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- 14 - p r i o r t o t h e i r formal approval f o r inplementatl on. RE Special. Group's report a l s o noted that ur.der paraglgph 4 t h e Departrrient of State has a small group which staffs covert projects; t h a t t h c Department of Defense likewise has a small group which'siRilarly staffs such projects hav?.ng military irnplicatims; and t h a t "at the present t i m e , under paragraph 7 of NSC 5412/2, there is n o advance zoint s t a f f i n g by t h e undersigned of ma,jor covert programs recommended ,by CIAv1. As t o paragraph 7, the report of the Special Group states "the undersigned agree t h a t I n tlw future there should be advance j o i n t consideration of major covert programs rcr,o;nmend:xl by C I A ... . t h e e.xtent of such advance Joint consideratfor! t o :.)e deterrnln.ed i n each case". edoption of the following standard procedures f o r the p'xpoc-3 of implsmenting t h e recovmendakLon made by t h e President Is rjnard of C(?nsultants on Foreign Intelligence Activit::es. (Oil .%arch 26, 1957, +,heee standard. pr,ocedures were a,p rove3 t;; the Pr?s93ant as recommendcd by t h e Special XSC 5'112$ Czouy and were Tnci'r- porated as an annex t c ? !.TSc 5412/2. ) ; : \ ' . The Special Group t k z n reccmendgd P. 1 ' . .' "ANNBX TO NSC 5!;3.?,'2 . _: . , . \i . . I '. , .' . i , , ..' .. . . .! Standard Prcccdures for Insurinc Ii!;;>lmcnta.t ic? of ParaL;rsp,h 7 cf NSC 31::'2 "(1) With x s p e c t t o a cover: prcgran t o bo :*.?con;- mendzd by CIA Pc.? pollcy approval, tt? YSC !5412/2 Group ma:; d e c i d e a t any mee%:.r,G wlletker t o procwC' at such meeting t o ccnsider and a c t upon an oral pi*.;esnt.a- tlcm of such cov-5~: program csr t o bas? such cons:Lerat!.cn on a detailsd liapcr t o be clrculated t o the 3roq) nzcrnbzrs I n edvance of. a subsequent r!eet-.in@. Any paper so c i x u - lated will be h m d l e d on a "resd-and-~ieturn'' basLs i n order to avoid duplicate files, tlr:ercby cnhmcit?z the sscurity of t h c inrcrmation containecl i n such gaper. A t a nEe8ine; held CG cll,rcu;~:s E dezailec? paper circulated pursuant t o (1 1 abo;??, t h e Cr-oup mem&ers will dcclde i n each instancz on $he pro- cedures t o be followed t o piiov5.de coordinatnd con- sideration p r i o r 40 the Group '3 g i v l n p f i n a l pol ic2- approval and t o prcvide coordlnated support .?tftzi* srich approval C I A w i l l keep th2 State and Defense Depart- ments advised an a need-to-know and sizcwe basis of developments pertaining t o the irnplcmmtatiou of pro- grams t o whlch pclicy approval has hc?n Siven by the Group. " ( 2 ) " ( 3 )