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3. All requests to any of the above three components for
alias documentation or disguise must be by memorandum and must be
signed by one of two authorized officers designated by the requesting component. The instruction requires that this approval authority be confirmed to the chief of the division or staff, or to a
senior operations officer specifically designated by the division
staff chief to exercise this function. The request is routed
through OSIS/OCS for concurrence at which time the requesting
signature is verified as being on the approved list and all of the
documents requested are recorded in the OCB file. All requests for
documents to be used in CONUS are then routed to Office of Security,
Operational Support Division, Special Activities Branch for approval
and then are forwarded to the component which is to issue the documents. Issuing components are required to maintain controls on
accountability and establish conditions for use of documents that
they issue. OPS is developing a new computerized system which is
scheduled to become operational in November 1973. Every six months
each component will be given a complete listing of all documentation
and disguises issued to them and they will be required to either
justify the continued retention of the documents or return them.

Component Controls

4. There is no established procedure prescribing how each
component is to control the documents issued to it. The instructions do require, however, that the documents will be handled as
controlled documents from the time of issue until their ultimate
disposition. The general practice is to maintain a record of all
documents received within the component, but to issue the documents
to the appropriate officers who assume responsibility for handling
them properly. There is no evidence of periodic spot checking. At
least one area division of the Directorate of Operations follows a
procedure which requires that the documents be retained in the front
office until needed for an operation, being returned after the
operation is completed. On the surface this may appear to be a
strict control; yet in actuality the documents are retained in
individual packages for each senior officer, and are never inspected
before they are issued nor after they are returned; in effect, no
record accountability by the officer is required.

Ultimate Document Retrieval

5. Every employee using alias documents is now required to
process through OCS as part of his exit-out process for either
resignation or retirement. It is at this time that he is given
a list of all alias documentation issued to him and is requested
to return all such documents. If there are any of these documents

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