https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/6b3e0a4cf3c5b43ff071211a58aa362c.pdf f532fcb5e116f7cfa9555aef3515b480 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information CSC 1617-3 C O N F I D E N T I A L DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE INSTRUCTION T^M SECURITY OF PERSONNEL AIM 1. The aim of this instruction is to effect uniformity in the field of personnel security investigations and clearances throughout the Department of National Defence particularly as to: a) Minimum standards of investigation b) Criteria upon which clearances may be granted GENERAL 2. No person is entitled to access to classified information or material solely by virtue of rank, appointment, or security clearance. Access to such information will be authorized only when the governmental duties of the individual require such access and he has been cleared. A security clearance serves only to indicate that the person is eligible for access to classified military information as required by his duties and does not, in itself, authorize access. 3. This instruction is applicable to all personnel, military and. civilian, employed by or on behalf of the Department of National Defence. STANDARDS OF INVESTIGATION A. The standard of investigation as detailed hereafter is related to the level of clearance " required and is to be interpreted as a minimum. These standards may be exceeded by competent authority but no lower standard may be authorized except in the event of war or national emergency. TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS 5. Personnel security investigations are of three types: a) a check of the subversive and fingerprint indices of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (hereafter referred to as an "indices" check). i b) a background investigation which, in addition to sub-paragraph a) above, will Include a detailed examination of all federal government records A applicable to the individuals service in the federal government covering an uninterrupted period of ten years of federal government service. This investigation may also include the taking up of references. As applicable, Citizenship and Immigration External Affairs (Passport Division) Department of Veterans Affairs Civil Service Commission Department of National Defence (DNI, DMI, DAFS, D S c i Int) Other Departments and Agencies. 0 0 :: T I D K N T I A L' 000153 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information CO N V I D 2 N H A L c) a field investigation: when the background investigation (detailed in sub-paragraph b) above) does not provide a minimum of ten years continuous coverage or develops derogatory information or appears insufficient to give adequate assurance of loyalty, integrity, and discretion of the individual, a field investigation will be undertaken. This investigation will cover: i) ii) iii) iv) place of birth and citizenship, attendance at last school, employment, standing in the community through a neighbourhood investigation, v) local police records. SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION 6. The types of investigation required to support a clearance are as follows: a) Top Secret - Military Personnel i) a check of indices and a background investigation, cjr. ii) a check of indices and field investigation b) Top Secret - Civilian Personnel i) a check of indices and field investigation r_a c) Aliens will not be cleared to Top Secret d) Interim Top Secret clearances will not be granted. e) Secret - Military Personnel i) indices check and a satisfactory service record f) Secret - Civilian Personnel i) indices check and background investigation or, ii) in the absence of ten years continuous service, a field investigation g) Seeret - Aliens i) aliens may be cleared to Secret on the basis of a field investigation and indices check covering a minimum period of ten years. h) Interim clearances to Secret may be granted both military and civilian personnel on the basis of indices check but these will be held to a minimum. Interim clearances to Secret will not be granted to aliens. i) Confidential - Military and Civilian Personnel i) a check of indices. �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information C O N F I D E N T I A L J) Confidential - Aliens Aliens may be cleared to Confidential on i) an indices check ii) a check of Citizenship and Immigration records. k) No formal clearance, is required for Restricted. CRITERIA 7. In assessing information developed as a result of the investigations outlined above, the following criteria should be used as a guide. Information of the type listed hereunder may preclude the issuance of a clearance or permit only a low level clearance. Each case, however, must be considered on its own merits: a) Gommitted or attempted to commit, .-conspired to, or aided or abetted another to commit or attempt to commit any act of espionage, sabotage, treason or sedition. b) Established an association with espionage agents of a foreign nationj with individuals who are reliably reported as suspected of espionage; or with representatives of foreign nations whose interests are^inimical to the security of Canada, j^c^l" 4 > ~ v ^ MAJJJL Wi^t-i-o c) Advocated or supported the overthrow of the Government of Canada by force or violence. d) Sympathetic interest in totalitarian, fascist, or communist, or other subversive political Ideologies. e) Identification with a "front" or infiltrated organization when there is also other information which establishes the probability that he, may be part of, or sympathetic to, the infiltrating element. f) Close continued association with individuals (including those to whom he may be bound by ties of kinship, affection, or obligation) who have subversive interests or associations as defined above when the circumstances are such that he may be presumed to know of such associations or interests. g) Present or recent alien status. h) Convictions for felony which indicate habitual criminal' tendencies. i) Conviction for, or manifested tendencies of homosexuality or perversion* j) Addiction to the use of alcohol or narcotics habitually and to excess, without evidence of rehabilitation. k) Manifested tendencies demonstrating unreliability, abuse of trust or dishonesty. '•I. 000155 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information C 0 _N_F I. D E N T I.E.I l) Record of a dishonorable discharge from Her Majesty*s Service. m) To have been adjudged insane, have been committed to an insane asylum, or treated for serious mental illness or serious neuropsychiatric disorders without evidence of cure. n) To have wilfully violated or disregarded security regulations to a degree which could have endangered national security. o) Demonstrated a lack of discretion or honesty essential to the handling of classified information. p) The loyalty, character or discretion of any person may be vulnerable through those to whom he is bound by ties of kinship, affection, or obligation. Therefore, in justice to the individual as well as in the interest of security, serious thought should be given to the clearance of anyone whose near relative are resident in a communist nation or a satellite thereof, under circumstances permitting coercion or pressure to be brought on the individual through them. ATOMIC ENERGY, INFORMATION 8. Access» within the Department of National Defence, to atomic information classified Top Secret, Secret, or Confidential will be governed by the clearances procedures as set forth in this instruction. « REVIEW OF CLEARANCES 9. Clearances will be reviewed as the occasion demands. 25 !*iy 1955. 000156 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW01148 Title A name given to the resource Departent of National Defence Instruction Security of Personnel Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/25/1955 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Canada/US Agreement for Cooperation concerning military aspects of atomic energy." RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5957, 50219-AK-40, part 1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Atomic energy, tripartite cooperation Description An account of the resource Instructions to provide uniformiry in the field of personnel security investigations and clearance in the Department of National Defence Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en