1801014110291 p Status in System: RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER Other Agency Equity ORIGINATOR PROM TO TITLE. DATE PAGES DOCUMENT TYPE . SUBJECT(S) CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW COMMENTS Date im: 01/26/96 FTRPFPYFRPFF FRPPPRFRFFF NW 47055 Docld:32271095 Page 1 v09-16-S96ccr UFK RECORDS Cross Reference: None HSCA 180-10141-10291 CIA SEGREGATED COLLECTION. 13-29-04 None — DOCUMENT INFORMATION , CIA ANNEX B: THE 201 SYSTEM ‘LL/15/74 19 REPORT CTA, 201 FILES; CIA, FILES; UNCLASSIFIED 2 . POSTPONED IN PART 08/03/95 Box 6
AP! ROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA H STORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM DOHB 70-1-1 CHAPTER I~ Bs November 1974 ANNEX B THE 201 SYSTEM Rescission: Annex B of Chapter Il, CSHB.70-1-1, 27 O :tober 1966 1. INTRODUCTION The 201 system provides a method for identifying a person of specific in- s terest to the Operations Directorate and for controlling and filing all pertinent information about that person. The system also provides a means for identifying subjects of 201 files from various categories of informat on about them and for producing lisits of 201 personalities according to those categories. Only a rela. tively small number of personalities indexed are of suflicient interest to justify opening a 201 dossier. These are normally subjects of extensive reporting and CI investigation, prospective agents and sources, membe s of groups and organi- zations of continuing target interest, or subjects on wlom a voluine of corre- spondence has accumulated. ; ' 2. THE 201 SYSTEM + The principal features of the 201 system are: . a. The 201 Number: a unique number, i.e., 201-12 34567, assigned to each ' individual in the system to serve as identifying file aum!.er for reporting on that individual. b. The 201 Dossier: the official file containing the 2)1 opening form (Form 831) and all biographic reporting on and references to che individual, ie., pee- sonal history, current status, and prospects. ¢. The Master 201 Record: a machine record geneiated by the opening of a 201 file. This record produces the master 201 reference for the Main Index and stores the pertinent information which may later be-retri >ved' for special listings, d. Main Index Master 201 Reference: this reference. printed in reply to an Index Search Request, is printed as illustrated below, When data are absent _ within the record, succeeding data items or lines will be moved up and the ref- erence consolidated. . KW 47055 Docid:32271095 Page 2
DOHB 70-1-1 CHAPTER IH, ANNEX B 15 November 197. _ 2002 CROIX, WILLIAM PZNOLETON 5 ’ . 2011-00326 710 —-(@) Ty-d_ SEX M DOB 12 APR 26 B GERM, Beauty ) TYPE NAME T. (cere GERM OCC PHARMACTS @ OX CODES AA 65 Jpr-REF AACD-14345, 20 JUN $3 OCC CODE CHEN” RCD DATE $3 UBTECT RECENTLY ATTENOEO THE SEVENTEENTH ANMI AL CONFERENCE OF THE SNTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION Or CHEMISts AND PHARMACISTS HELD IN MUNICH, GERMANY FROM : 2 THROUGH 29 ocTosER. 00833595 30 KOV 79 Information Abdout Subject 1. Sequeuce Number and Name 2. Sex and Date of Birth a co wee : 3. Citizenship ; ‘ 2 ; ~ e oe 4. Place of Birth ae 5. ‘Occupation 6. Occupation Code 7. Text Document Reference Data Croup 8. 201 Number of 9. Name Type Indicator 10. OL Codes 11. Record Date (year only) 12. Reference ‘ISG Control Information 13. Date of Jatest update of the record 14. STAR Index Record Rumber NW 47055 Docld:32271095 Page 3 tant 68. Sh wil A) oP iS Sh mete soit Bh na tt Aas tA SL Bohl oe 6. tot. ban oak 1 ne oon
“errr gener se na 2 72 arm REO PO ME Ade NO: BUNA TTASSTA= aN OH, BEORLPTP RIO TP ESTO RS FRA! A: DOHB 70-1-1 CHAPTER TH, ANNEX B 15 November 1974 e. OF Code: a two letter symbol used in conji netion with the 201 per. sonality records in the 201 system to record the as-:ociation of an individual with organizations or activities of operational intere.t. OI codes cover: intelli- “ gence and security service affiliation, whether staf: or agent, or known or suspect, as well as activities of DDO interest. There are two categories of OI codes for use by components: ; - (1) general Ol codes (Attachment 4) (2) OF codes assigned to a specific compone at for intelligence services or other specific organizations. , A component may request an OI code be establis ied by submitting a mem- orandum to the DDO/RMO through the compon nt Records Management Officer. , ; A 20] personality may be assigned two Ol codes. Ai Ol code may be assigned ‘when the 201 Personality File Action Request (Fo:m 831) is initiated {see- ‘4 paragraph 3b below) by filling fa Box 13 or a code inay be assigned or added at a later date by a Form 891 amendment. : : The 201 system has the capability ‘of produciny machine listings of 201 personalities by OF codes. For example, if an OI cod: has been opened for the security service. of a certain country a listing may be compiled of all members of that service. f. 201 Machine Lists: produced from the mechar ized 201 Index, based on names or other identifying information of personaliti>s on whom 201 dossiers exist. ~ 3. OPENING A 201 DOSSIER a. General The opening of a 201 dossier is the ‘prerogativ.- of an operational com- ponent, in coordination with the Information Services (Group. An Opening creates & master 201 record. Changes to the master record aad the occasional closing of a 201 dossier are controlled jointly by the desks and ISG. 20) dossiers. may be opened on persons who meet the carding criteria desc: ibed in Chapter II of this handbook, when there is a reasonable expectation that additional information will be acquired and filed in such a dossier. Generally dossiers are opened on i persons about whom counterintelligence information is being reported, and per- ‘ sons of operational interest to.the Operations Dire: torate, specifically those : persons for whom provisional operational. approvals ind operational approvals are requested (see exception below). 201 files are not to be opened on staff ! employees, staff agents and most categories of cont -act employees. Files on 3 SEgpet N@ 47055 Doecld:32271095 Page 4 ca
DOHB 70-1-1 4 CHAPTER III, ANNEX B ei. ! 15 November 1974 ¥ E and on whom no DDO records correspondence e cists are not a part of the DDO records systém and are to be maintained by tha! unit. Some desks levy require. * ments on ISG for automatic 201 openings on ceri xin categories of persons whose - names appear in incoming dispatches. These a e listed in Attachment 2. 201 dossiers should be opened in the following cate: -ories: .- persons who are only of local interest to a fiel station or Headquarters desk | (1). Subjects of provisional operational approval and operational ap- proval requests. However, a file need not be c pened when 4 POA is requested for persons being trained for a foreign liaiso : service and who are of opera- ‘onal interest for training purposes only. 5 Se (2) Persons for whom the field request: a 201 opening. (3) § : H personalities: boncfide diplomats of other than denied area countries, in close association wit : staff personnel. ; (4) Subjects of a Personal Record Ques ionnaire Part I. _. , (5) Persons on whom a Main Index se ach reveals information in five | or more documents (see DOI 70-20). ; (6) Subjects of Interagency Source Rc gister memoranda from LSN/ ISR (opened only by IP/RMS). : b. Requesting a 201 File Opening Headquarters desks may open a 201 file oy filling out and submitting ‘a 201 Personality File Action Request (Form 831) to the Records Main- tenance Section (IP/RMS). Form 831 is also used to create or amend the master 201 record and 201 machine listings and to register the assign- ment of a cryptonym to a 201 personality. Atiachment 3 consists of sample 201 Personality File Action Requests for openin: and amending 20I's. A field station may request the opening of a 201. file by writing 201- in the Head- quarters file or cross-reference box on the di patch form and/or after‘ the subject's name in the body of the dispatch. A tele; ouch request for a 201 opening is made by indicating 201- in the file number lire. A cable request is made by placing 201- after the term “File” on the last lite of the transmission. IP/AN will open 201 files as requested by dispatch or t lepouch but it is the respons}. bility of the desk to‘respond to cable requests. Field stations are notified of 201 openings through receipt of the field master £01 record, seein . we WD cet ie & 28 ass aque alos 1 Se Saabscene belts BaP as i NW 47055 Doold:32271095 Page 5