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AR 604-20

8. Interim requirements. Normally, the minimum requirements as listed above will be met upon selection of the individual and before the individual undergoes training in preparation for, or beginning duty with, Army information and/or education activities. However, in exceptional cases, interim requirements (using as a guide the requirements for interim clearance contained in paragraph 11c, AR 604-5) may be established for military and civilian personnel of the Army establishment selected for information and/or education duties pending completion of the necessary investigations.

9. Monitorship. In view of the sensitive nature of information and education activities, commanders must maintain active and close monitorship of all personnel engaged or employed in information and/or education activities. This monitorship will include surveillance of sensitive positions not designated on official TOE or TD. Command monitorship may include initiation of additional investigations as deemed necessary in the interests of national security.

10. Reinvestigation of civilians. When civilian personnel have terminated their employment in information and/or education activi ties and have applied for reemployment at a later date, a reinvestigation will be required provided there has been a break in Government service of over 3 months. Reinvestigations of civilian employees will conform to the investigative requirements for sensitive positions as outlined in SR 620-220-1 and CPR 12.

[AG 380.01 (18 Sep 56) ACSI}

By Order of Wilber M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army:

Official:

JOHN A. KLEIN,

MAXWELL D. TAYLOR, General, United States Army. Chief of Staff.

Major General, United States Army,

The Adjutant General.

Distribution:

Active Army: A.

To be distributed on a need-to-know basis to all units and headquarters down to and including companies and batteries and to units and headquarters of comparable size.

NG and USAR: C.

To be distributed on a need-to-know basis to all installations, activities located off an installation, and to all units and headquarters down to and including divisions, and units and headquarters of comparable size.

Senator STENNIS. All right. As you understand it, was it your duty to examine those regulations in the performance of your duties? Mr. LAWRENCE. Not on personnel security, sir.

Senator STENNIS. That regulation I just put into the record was the one I meant by my question. It was not

Mr. LAWRENCE. No, sir.

We have a personnel security office that establishes the clearance for our people to see classified information.

Senator STENNIS. Well, you might look at that circular, after we recess, and you might have some comment to make on it. I do not know what is in it, myself.

CLASSIFIED ARMY REGULATION 515-1 INADMISSIBLE

Another reference was made to a matter that you had not read. I believe that was a classified document; is that right, Senator? Senator THURMOND. Well, confidential. 515-1, "Collateral Activities in the Cold War." The title is unclassified.

Senator STENNIS. The title is unclassified, but it is classified to the extent that we could not put that into the record; is that correct? Senator THURMOND. That is correct. That portion would be held as classified.

Senator STENNIS. All right, that one cannot be put in the record.

REGULATIONS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE GIVEN REVIEWERS

So far as you know about that directive, do you know whether there is anything there that particularly pertains to your duties? Mr. LAWRENCE. No, sir; I do not.

Senator STENNIS. Or anything that would assist you in the performance of your duties?

Mr. LAWRENCE. No, sir; I do not. I feel sure, if it did, that it would have been brought up before.

I might say at this time, we were exceptionally busy in trying to get information that the subcommittee wanted, and I was away from the Army branch.

Senator STENNIS. One point that I am interested in, now, is that I think much could be done in getting better directives to you and your associates, and all those that write the speeches, the speechwriters, and the ones that are sending the speeches. These directives that have come up in this question are of an altogether different type and cover different subject matter from anything that would come to you or the people that are writing the speeches; is that correct?

Mr. LAWRENCE. Yes, sir.

This type of directive, the personnel security and the collateral activities regulations; yes, sir.

Senator STENNIS. All right.

Well, I understand that better now and I thank you.

Counsel, do you have any further questions?

Mr. KENDALL. No further questions.

Senator STENNIS. Senator Thurmond?

Senator THURMOND. I do not have any more until the question has

Senator STENNIS. With the understanding, now, that you will be subject to the call of the subcommittee, we are going to thank you for your attendance, and you are excused under those circumstances. Mr. LAWRENCE. Thank you, sir.

Senator STENNIS. The subcommittee will take a recess now until 2:30.

(Whereupon, at 12:51 p.m., the hearing was adjourned, to reconvene at 2:30 p.m., the same day.)

AFTERNOON SESSION

(Present: Senators Stennis (chairman), Thurmond, Bartlett, and Smith.)

Senator STENNIS. The subcommittee will please come to order. The Chair regrets that we are late starting the afternoon, but there have been some votes in the Senate that kept us until a few minutes ago.

HINKLE BIOGRAPHY

The next witness will be Mr. Charles W. Hinkle, who is now the Director, Directorate for Security Review, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs).

The reporter will place in the record at this point the biography of Mr. Hinkle, and for the benefit of those present, the chairman will read the last paragraph:

He became the public information officer on the staff of the commander in chief, Alaska, in February 1952. Upon returning to the continental United States in February 1954, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned to the Office of Security Review, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs). He was named Chief of the Air Force Branch of that Office on March 6, 1957, became staff assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) in October 1959, and executive assistant in February 1961. He retired from the Air Force in the grade of colonel on October 31, 1961. Mr. Hinkle was appointed Director of the Directorate for Security Review on December 4, 1961.

(The complete biography of Mr. Hinkle follows:)

CHARLES W. HINKLE, DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE FOR SECURITY REVIEW, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)

Mr. Hinkle was born May 5, 1910, in Nashville, Tenn. He was educated in Birmingham, Ala., public schools and later graduated from the School of Journalism, University of Missouri, in 1932. As a newspaperman in Birmingham, Ala., from 1932 to 1938, he was a reporter and copy reader on a daily newspaper, editor of a trade paper, and concurrently a teacher of journalism. In 1938 he was employed by Westinghouse Electric Supply Co., Baltimore, Md., remaining there until inducted into military service, February 26, 1941.

Mr. Hinkle was commissioned as a 2d lieutenant in the Army on May 12, 1942, through the Infantry Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Ga. In 1943, he was promoted to the rank of captain. In 1944, he accompanied the 98th Division to the Pacific as an infantry company commander. At the end of 1944, he was transferred to the information-historical staff of headquarters 10th Army staging in Hawaii for the Okinawa invasion. During the Okinawa campaign Mr. Hinkle served as assistant to the public relations officer, 10th Army. At the end of the war he was acting public relations officer. He was promoted to major, October 8, 1945.

After returning from overseas, Mr. Hinkle was assigned on February 20, 1946, to the War Department Bureau of Public Relations as executive officer of the Analysis Branch and subsequently as Chief of the Planning Section.

He was transferred to the Air Force on October 11, 1948, and assigned as an Assistant to the Chief, Air Information Division, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force.

When the Office of Public Information in the Office of the Secretary of Defense was established in 1949, he was appointed Chief of the Accreditation and Travel Branch of that Office.

He became the public information officer on the staff of the commander in chief. Alaska, in February 1952. Upon returning to the continental United States in February, 1954, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned to the Office of Security Review, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs). He was named Chief of the Air Force Branch of that Office on March 6, 1957, became staff assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) in October, 1959, and Executive Assistant in February 1961. He retired from the Air Force in the grade of colonel on October 31, 1961. Mr. Hinkle was appointed Director of the Directorate for Security Review on December 4, 1961.

Senator STENNIS. Mr. Hinkle, we are glad to have you here as a witness, and if you will, stand now and be sworn, please.

Do you solemnly swear that your testimony in this hearing will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. HINKLE. I do.

TESTIMONY OF CHARLES W. HINKLE, DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE FOR SECURITY REVIEW, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)

HINKLE STATEMENT

Senator STENNIS. All right, sir. Have a seat. I believe you have a short prepared statement. If you desire, you may read it.

Mr. HINKLE. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am Charles W. Hinkle, the Director of the Directorate for Security Review in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs).

I was appointed to this position on December 4, 1961, following my retirement from the U.S. Air Force on October 31, 1961.

Most of my more than 20 years of active duty was in the public information career field. I was assigned to the Air Force Branch in the Office of Security Review from March 1954 until September 1959. I will be happy to answer any questions.

Senator STENNIS. All right, Mr. Hinkle. We are delighted to have you here, and with the consent of the subcommittee, we will ask counsel to proceed in the regular way.

SPEECHES FILED TO REFLECT IDENTITY OF REVIEWIER

Mr. KENDALL. Mr. Hinkle, what was your position in Mr. Sylvester's organization immediately prior to your retirement?

Mr. HINKLE. I was the executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.

Mr. KENDALL. And upon your retirement you were, as you say, appointed Director, Directorate for Security Review.

Mr. HINKLE. That is true.

Mr. KENDALL. Now, were you Chief of the Air Force Branch of the Directorate for Security Review from 1954 to 1959?

Mr. HINKLE. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENDALL. Colonel, in view of what happened this morning, I will not ask you at this time to make an effort to identify particular

and for the information of the subcommittee, whether or not in the Office of Security Review the records will reveal which reviewer cleared and reviewed a particular speech.

Mr. HINKLE. I am sure that the records will. There may be some isolated exceptions, but

Mr. KENDALL. But as a general rule, that information will be available, or would be available.

Mr. HINKLE. They are filed in that manner; yes, sir.

DEFENSE DIRECTIVES INTERPRETED LITERALLY FOR BRIEF TIME

Mr. KENDALL. I am sure, Mr. Hinkle, that reviewers naturally would like to know the attitude of their immediate superiors and the policy of their immediate superiors. Is that correct?

Mr. HINKLE. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENDALL. Now, you are familiar generally with the instructions and the policy guidance and the directives issued during this administration?

Mr. HINKLE. Generally. I hope to be better informed on them as I get into my job longer.

Mr. KENDALL. You heard the testimony of Mr. Lawrence this morning, did you not, sir?

Mr. HINKLE. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENDALL. You are familiar with Mr. McNamara's televised press conference last February, Mr. Gilpatric's press conference and the directive of May 31, I believe?

Mr. HINKLE. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENNDALL. The general tenor of these, I believe, was that military personnel should avoid speaking in public on foreign policy matters. Is this correct?

Mr. HINKLE. That is correct, sir.

Mr. KENDALL. Is there in your mind any conflict in this position with the previous policy which existed, and with which I am sure you are familiar, that discussions on foreign policy matters were permissible as long as they did not conflict with established foreign policy?

Mr. HINKLE. As I now understand it, I do not consider there is any conflict.

Mr. KENDALL. At the time the directives were first issued, did you consider that there was any conflict?

Mr. HINKLE. Well, I did not have responsibility for the review function at that time, but it is my recollection generally that there was a tendency for a more literal interpretation of the language of that directive.

Mr. KENDALL. Did this cause any difficulty?

Mr. HINKLE. Yes, sir.

Mr. KENDALL. Along what line?

Mr. HINKLE. Along the lines that there were certain speeches that I understand-which I have to say was hearsay since I had no personal knowledge that there were speeches that were rejected on grounds of what we refer to as guidance 18.

Mr. KENDALL. Well, you do recognize, of course, that a prohibition against speaking in the field of foreign policy matters if literally