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DIRECTOR  OF  CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  DIRECTIVE  NO.   11/2 
CONTROL  OF  DISSEMINATION  AND  USE  OF 
INTELLIGENCE  AND  INTELLIGENCE  INFORMATION 
Approved 
(11/15/54 :  'IIHifcHilliliHraTB  1 
Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  NSCID  No.  11  and  paragraphs  7,  9,  10 
and  11  of  NSCID  No.  1,  and  for  the  purpose  of  preventing;  unauthorized 
disclosure  of  intelligence  and  intelligence  information,  the  following  pro- 
cedures are  established  to  control  the  dissemination  and  use  of  intelli- 
gence and  intelligence  information  (hereinafter  called  information) : 
1.  Classified  or  controlled  intelligence  and  information  originating  in 
another  department  or  agency  will  not  be  disseminated  or  used  outside 
the  receiving  agency  without  permission  of  the  originating  agency  except 
as  provided  in  paragraph  7,  NSCID  No.  1,  and  paragraphs  5  and  6  of  this 
Directive.  In  controlling  dissemination  and  use  of  intelligence  and  in- 
formation, the  policy  of  "need  to  know"  will  be  closely  followed. 
2.  a.  The  standardization  of  the  stamps  and  the  procedures  set  forth 
in  this  directive  do  not  preclude  a  department  or  agency  from  adding 
those  internal  controls  it  considers  essential  to  meet  extraordinary  in- 
ternal requirements. 
b.  Further,  these  stamps  and  procedures  will  not  apply  to  the  FBI, 
•which  has  established  controls  over  the  dissemination  and  use  of  its 
information,  nor  do  they  affect  tie  special  controls  over  the  dissemina- 
tion and  use  of  special  and  atomic  intelligence;  information  subject  to 
copyright,  libel,  slander  and  communication  laws;  information  which 
for  moral,  ethical  or  legal  reasons  must  be  protected;  or  unclassified 
material  published  for  non-governmental  use. 
3.  Whenever  it  is  deemed  necessary  to  provide  for  control  of  intelli- 
gence or  information,  in  addition  to  the  protection  provided  by  a  defense 
classification,  the  appropriate  control  stamp  or  stamps  will  be  placed 
(preferably  underneath  the  defense  classification)  upon  a  document. 
These  stamps  may  be  followed  by  the  definitions  below,  or  used  alone. 
Stamps  will  be  in  full  capitals. 
a.  "NOT  RELEASABLE  TO  FOREIGN  NATIONALS.'*  Dissemina- 
tion limited  to  U.S.  officials.  No  dissemination  of  this  material  will  be 
made  to  foreign  nationals  and  immigrant  aliens,  including  U.S.  gov- 
ernment employed,  utilized  or  integrated  foreign  nationals  and  immi- 
grant aliens,  without  permission  of  the  originating  agency. 
1)  The  originating  agency  may  abbreviate  this  stamp  to  "NO- 
FORN/' 
2)  When  the  originating  agency  permits  the  release  of  any  of  its 
materials  to  certain  foreign  nationals  and  immigrant  aliens,  it  will 
modify  this  stamp,  e.g.,  by  adding  "EXCEPT  BRITISH  AND  CANA- 
DIAN" "RELEASABLE  TO  U.K."  or  other  clear  and  appropriate 
modification.
3)  The  absence  of  this  stamp  on  classified  material  does  not  mean 
that  the  receiving  agency  may  disseminate  such  material  to  foreign. 
nationals  and  immigrant  aliens  without  permission  of  the  originat- 
ing agency. 
b.  "NO  DISSEM  ABROAD."  Dissemination  limited  to  the  con- 
tinental United  States  exclusive  of  territories  and  possessions  without 
permission  of  the  originating  agency. 
c.  "NSC  PARTICIPATING  AGENCIES  ONLY."  Dissemination 
limited  to  the  Bureau  of  the  Budget,  Foreign  Operations  Administra- 
tion, Department  of  Treasury,  Office  of  Defense  Mobilization,  staff  of 
the  Operations  Coordinating  Board,  Federal  Civil  Defense  Administra- 
tion, all  components  of  Defense,  State,  AEC,  FBI  and  CIA  unless  per- 
mission of  the  originating  agency  is  obtained. 
d.  "INTELL  COMPONENTS  ONLY."  Dissemination  limited  to  CIA, 
AEC  and  FBI;  and,  within  State  and  Defense,  to  the  intelligence  com- 
ponents, other  offices  producing  NIS  elements,  and  higher  echelons 
with  their  immediate  supporting  staffs,  unless  permission  of  the  orig- 
inating agency  is  obtained. 
e.  "LIMITED.  Dissemination  limited  to  full-time  employees  of  CIA, 
AEC  and  FBI;  and,  within  State  and  Defense,  to  the  intelligence  com- 
ponents, other  offices  producing  NIS  elements,  and  higher  echelons 
with  their  immediate  supporting  staffs.  Not  to  be  disseminated  to 
consultants,  external  projects  or  reserve  personnel  on  short  term  active 
'  duty  (excepting  individuals  who  are  normally  full-time  employees  of 
CIA,  AEC,  FBI,  State  or  Defense)  unless  the  written  permission  of  the 
originating  agency  is  obtained." 
/.  "CONTINUED  CONTROL."  Information  may  be  used  in  only 
that  finished  intelligence  which  bears  the  same  controls  as  the  infor- 
mation itself. 
•  g.  "BACKGROUND  USE  ONLY."  Information  bearing  this  stamp 
will  not  be  included  in  any  intelligence  publication  without  permission 
of  the  originating  agency. 
•4.  "FOR  OFFICIAL  USE  ONLY"  Unclassified  information  bearing 
this  stamp  may  be  used  for  official  purposes  by  U.S.  departments  and 
agencies.  It  may  be  used  for  official  purposes  by  foreign  governments 
which  have  been  authorized  to  receive  it  by  the  originating  agency.  This 
information  may  be  disclosed  to  non-governmental  persons  and  organiza- 
tions, only  with  permission  of  the  originating  agency. 
5.  If  an  item  of  information  bears  neither  the  stamp  "BACKGROUND 
USE  ONLY"  nor  "CONTINUED  CONTROL/'  it  may  be  used  in  finished 
intelligence,  except  digests  and  summaries,  without  regard  to  any  con- 
trol stamps  appearing  on  it,  provided  that: 
a.  Information  in  the  CIA/OO-B,  CIA/CS,  CIA/CSDB  series,  and 
those  items  in  the  CIA/OO-A  series  which  contain  control  stamps  is 
so  used  as  to  conceal  the  source  and  method  of  collection,  and  that 
citation,  if  made,  refers  only  to  the  Agency  or  major  component  thereof 
(e.g.,  CIA/OO,  or  CIA/CS) ; 
b.  Information  in  Foreign  Service  communications  and  Defense 
Attache  reports  is  used  in  paraphrase;
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c.  While  the  producing  agency  is  responsible  for  the  dissemination 
of  its  finished  intelligence,  citation  of  the  documents  listed  in  5a  and 
5b,  if  made,  will  be  removed  before  release  to  foreign  nationals  and 
immigrant  aliens  unless  permission  of  the  originating  agency  is  ob- 
tained. 
6.  All  controlled  information,  except  that  which  bears  the  stamp 
BACKGROUND  USE  ONLY,"  may  be  quoted,  extracted,  or  summarized 
in  digests  and  summaries,  provided  the  dissemination  of  such  digests 
and  summaries  conforms  to  the  controls  on  the  information  and  the  con- 
trols are  reprinted  with  the  information.  .  Agencies  originating  informa- 
tion may  notify  the  offices  which  produce  such  digests  and  summaries 
of  special  requirements  with  respect  to  referencing  the  information.  Per- 
mission to  include  information  in  such  digests  or  summaries  to  receive 
a  broader  distribution  than  allowed  by  controls  on  the  information  will 
be  requested  of  the  originating  agency. 
7.  Letters  or  memoranda,  and  single  papers  of  a  non-recurring  nature, 
will  be  controlled  as  determined  by  the  originating  agency. 
8.  Intelligence  and  information  collected,  produced  and  disseminated 
prior  to  the  effective  date  of  this  directive,  which  will  be  ninety  days  after 
its  approval,  will  be  controlled  as  provided  herein  when  such  intelligence 
or  information  is  removed  from  files  for  dissemination  or  use.  Questions 
with  respect  to  any  conflicts  between  control  stamps  or  statements  on 
such  intelligence  and  information  and  this  directive  will  be  referred  to 
the  originating  agency. 
ALLEN  W.  DULLES 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence