DRAFT LETTER TO HSCA ON REQUEST FOR O/PERSONNEL FILE OF OPERATIONS OFFICER
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: BRECKINRIDGE, S.D.
To: DDO, DDA, IG, DDCI
Document date: 8/1/78
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505

Attachment to: OLC-78-2488/

DRAFT

Office of Legislative Counsel

31 July 1978

Mr. G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.

20515

Dear Mr. Blakey:

Along with other requests, your letter of

6 July 1978 seeks access to the Office of Personnel

files of certain employees.

We have some reservations

about making

available everything contained in these

employees' files.

First,

there is a variety of personal information,

the revelation of

which would intrude unnecessarily on

the employee's privacy. Further

, an Agency officer's

file is more

than

just

a compendium of his career; there

is much detail on

assignments, including the countries

where he served, the cover used, a rather detailed de-

scription of duties, and information on a wide variety

of operations which

are outside our understanding of

the scope of your investigation.

Perhaps it would be

possible for

a member of my

staff to discuss the specific

area(s) of HSCA interest with your representative.

mutually agreeable solution should be available.

Since your investigator/researchers have had the

opportunity to interview or depose employees of interest,

it would appear that the above course

of action would

supplement whatever narrow areas the personal interview

left uncovered.

Sincerely,

S. D. Breckinridge

Principal Coordinator,

HSCA

APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993

CIA ESTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

2/082

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UNGLASSIFTED

CONFIOENTIAL

SECRET

USE ONLY

ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET

DIO

SUSIECT: (Optionel)

FROM:

Draft Ltr to HSCA re Request for 0/Pers. Files

EXTENSION

NO.

S. D. Breckinridge

OIC 78-2488752

1046

DATE

31 July 1978

DATE

OFFICER'S

INITIALS

COMMENTS (Number

eoch comment-lo show from whom

to whom. Draw o line across' column after nach comment.)

TO: (Officer designation, room number, and

building

"N. Shepanek

PCS/ LOC

DX-6 Green

(Eric Isenstead)

C/CCS

GH44

3

RECEIVED

FORWARDED

NOTE: This new policy

may effect the release of

OPFs and CCS material.

DFN

9.

10.

11.

DO

CK

51798

12.

13.

14.

15.

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11-62

670

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FREVIOUS

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UNCLASSTFIES

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OLC 78-2488/1

31 July 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM

SUBJECT

:

Deputy Director for Operations

Deputy Director for Administration

Inspector General

Special Assistant, Deputy Director

of Central Intelligence

S. D. Breckinridge

Draft Letter to HSCA on Request for

0/Personnel File of Operations Officers

The attached draft letter is prepared as a

result of a decision of the DCI at the Morning Meeting

on Friday, 28 July, concerning general requests by the

HSCA for

access to

the Official Personnel Folders of

Agency employees.

Some of the reasons advanced in the

letter for not providing blanket access refer to classi-

fied considerations; however, these statements do not,

in themselves, seem classified: If you differ, the

letter can be

assigned a classification.

2. Your comments would be appreciated. As this

issue dates back to 6 July, your prompt attention would :

be helpful.

Bricity

S. D. Breckinridge

Attachment

Distribution:

Orig

- DDO/PCS/LOC w/att

1

* DDA w/att

1

- IG w/att

1

- SA/DDCI w/att

1

- OLC/Subj w/att

- OLC/Chron w/att

OLC/SDB: KJW

31

July 1978

APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993

CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

21081

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UNCLASSIFIED

SUBJECT: (Optional)

FROM:

INTERNAL

USE ONLY

CONFIDENTIAL

ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET

Draft Letter to

HSCA

on Request

for 0/Personnel

Files

of Operations Officers

BIENSION NO.

SECRET

Benson Grayson

EA/ADDO

TO: (Officer designation, room number, and

building)

1.

RECEIVED

FORWARDED

9203

PRICER"

NIVIAL

1. August 1978

COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from what

to whom.

Drawo line across column after each "comment.

S.D. Breckinridge

Deputy Inspector

General

2.

3.

A.

5.

6.

"Heris"

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

FORM

3-62

610 USE

REVIOU

DITION

SECRET

CONFIDENTIAL

INTERNAL

USE ONLY

UNCLASSIFIED

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505

Attachment to: OLC-78-2488/

DRAFT

Office of Legislative Counsel

31 July 1978

Mr. G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.

20515

Dear Mr. Blakey:

Along with other requests, your letter of

6 July 1978 seeks access to the Office of Personnel

files of certain

employees. We have some reservations

about making

available everything contained in these

employees' files.

First,

there is a variety of personal information,

the revelation of which would intrude unnecessarily

the employee's privacy. Further

• an Agency officer's

file is more

than just

a compendium of his career; there

is much detail on assignments, including the countries

where he served,

the cover used, a rather detailed de-

scription of duties, and information on a wide variety

of operations which are outside our understanding of

the scope of

your investigation.

Perhaps it would be

possible for a member of my staff to discuss the specific

area (s) of HSCA interest with your representative.

A

mutually agreeable solution should be available.

Since your investigator/researchers have had the

opportunity to interview or depose employees of interest,

it would appear that the above course of action would

supplement whatever narrow areas the personal interview

left uncovered.

Sincerely,

S. D. Breckinridge

Principal Coordinator, HSCA

2/082

APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993

CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

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