CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80r01720r000700040049-4: LEAK IDENTIFICATION

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Approved or Release``200411.0128 : CIA-RDP80 120R000700040049-4 18 JAN 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. George A. Carver, Jr. Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs SUBJECT : Leak Identification REFERENCE : Your Memorandum, dated 11 January 1972; same Subject 1. Your interest in the problem of tracing unauthorized disclosures and leaks of Agency material is appreciated. Tracking down such leaks is indeed an almost impossible chore but if we can count on a spirit of cooperation among all employees similar to that demonstrated by your suggestion, perhaps we will be in a position to stem the flow. 2. Your suggestion about numbering each authorized Agency copy of any document, be it at the TOP SECRET, CODEWORD or CONFIDENTIAL level, is one that is again being given active con- sideration within the Agency. Copies of the Agency's more esoteric publications as the PDB and the CODEWORD version of the CIB are individually numbered and a system similar to your proposal is used for distribution control. 3. Unfortunately, to date we have not been able to win favorable consideration for the introduction of a like system to control dissemination of documents at the lower end of the sensitivity spectrum. 4. The reasons given are related to cost factors. Dollar figures are in terms of $150, 000 to $200, 000. Additional personnel GROUP 1 Excluded from automatic Approved For Releae7 . T0/28 : CIA RDr C P7620 000700040049-4 tiLLs, E decasstl cation Approv or Release 2004/10/28 : CIA-RDP80RO 1720R000700040049-4 and hard to come by space would also be required. These arguments against security innovations for document control continue to be raised. Perhaps this last example of loss of our documents to Anderson will weigh the discussion more toward our viewpoint. We certainly hope so. 5. Again, I express my appreciation for your suggestion and your overall consideration of this problem. r Howard-F. Osborn Dire, to of Security 25X1 Approved For Release 20b4D 1112'8' CIA-RDP80R0l720R000700040049-4