The 201 System — CIA Clandestine Services Handbook (DOHB 70-1-1, Annex B)
This file is a CIA internal handbook annex describing the '201 System,' the Agency's method for identifying, filing, and controlling information on persons of interest to the Operations Directorate (Clandestine Services). Two versions are present: Chapter III, Annex B of the DDO Handbook (DOHB 70-1-1), dated 15 November 1974, and its predecessor, Annex B of the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB 43-1-1), dated 15 February 1960. The document explains the 201 number (a unique file-identifying number assigned to each individual), the 201 dossier and its contents, the master 201 record and Main Index reference, OI (organization/intelligence affiliation) codes, procedures for opening, maintaining, purging, restricting, transferring, and cancelling dossiers, machine listings (standard and non-standard), and categories of persons for whom 201 files are opened automatically (e.g., diplomats and intelligence officers of the Arab Republic of Egypt, British Commonwealth, Cuba, Israel, North Vietnam, and the USSR). The 1960 annex additionally describes IDN numbers for personalities on whom insufficient information exists to warrant opening a full file. Released by the National Archives on 18 March 2025 under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Act of 1992.
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The CIA 201 system assigns each individual of interest a unique 201 number serving as a file identifier for all reporting on that person.
95%201 dossiers are opened on persons of counterintelligence or operational interest, prospective agents/sources, and members of target groups, but not on staff employees or most contract employees.
90%201 files are opened automatically for certain categories of foreign officials and intelligence officers, including diplomats and intelligence personnel of Egypt, the British Commonwealth, Cuba, Israel, North Vietnam, and the USSR.
90%The CIA's 201 system provides a method for identifying persons of specific interest to the Operations Directorate and for controlling and filing all pertinent information about them.
90%Each individual in the system is assigned a unique 201 number used as a file number for reporting.
90%OI codes are two-letter symbols recording an individual's affiliation with intelligence/security services or activities of operational interest.
88%IDN numbers were used for identifiable personalities on whom insufficient information existed to warrant opening a full 201 file.
85%201 files are opened via Form 831 and are not normally opened on staff employees, staff agents, or most contract employees.
85%Two-letter OI codes record an individual's association with intelligence/security services or organizations of operational interest.
85%201 files are opened automatically on specified categories of foreign diplomats and intelligence officers, including personnel of the USSR, Cuba, Israel, Egypt, North Vietnam, and the British Commonwealth.
85%Top Secret documents are not to be retained in a 201 dossier forwarded to Central Files and must be downgraded or removed.
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Events
Mar 17, 2025
NARA public release
Document released by the National Archives under the JFK Assassination Records Act.
Nov 14, 1974
Issuance of DOHB 70-1-1, Chapter III, Annex B (The 201 System)
CIA DDO Handbook annex describing the 201 personality filing system, rescinding the prior Annex B of Chapter III dated 27 October 1986 (as noted in the rescission line).
Feb 14, 1960
Issuance of CSHB 43-1-1, Chapter III, Annex B (Personalities - 201 and IDN Numbers)
Earlier Clandestine Services Handbook annex describing 201 and IDN numbers.
Nov 14, 1974
Issuance of DOHB 70-1-1, Chapter III, Annex B
Effective/authoring date of the 201 System handbook annex.
Feb 14, 1960
Predecessor handbook annex (CSHB 43-1-1)
Earlier Clandestine Services Handbook version of the 201/IDN personalities annex.
Dates mentioned
Keywords
Entities
Organizations
People
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ANNEX B
THE 201 SYSTEM
Rescission: Annex B of Chapter IIT, CSEIB 70-1-1, 27 October 1986
. INTRODUCTION
The 201 system provides a method for identifying a person of specific in-
terest to the Operations Directorate and for controlling and filing all pertinent
information about that person. The system also provides a means for identifying
subjects of 201 files from various categories of information about them and for
producing lisits of 201 personalities according to those categories.-Only a rela-__
tively small number of personalities indexed are of sufficient interest to justify
opening a 201 dossier. These are normally subjects of extensive reporting and
CI investigation, prospective agents and sources, members of groups and organi-
zations of continuing target interest, or subjects ¢ on whom a volume of corre-
spondence has accumulated. oo:
2 THE 201 SYSTEM —
, The. principal: feats of. the. 20 system s are: Nee Pek a
a. The 201 Number: a unique number, ie., 201-1934567, assigned to “each
' . individual in the system to serve as s identifying file number for reporting on that
individual.
b. The 201 Dossier: the official file containing the 201 opening form (Form
"831) and all biographic reporting on and references to the individual, ice., » pec =
: sonal history, current status, and prospects. 7
“@ “The Master 201 Record: a machine ‘record generated by the opening of
a 201 file. This record produces the master 20] reference for the Main Index and
stores the pertinent information which may later be retrieved! for special listings.
d. Main Index Master 201 Reference: this reference, printed in reply to an’
Index Search Request, is printed as illustrated below. When data are absent
within the record, succeeding data items or lines will be mov: ed up and the ref-
erence consolidated.
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e. OI Code: a two letter symbo] used in conjunction with the 201 per-
sonality records in the 201 system to record the association of an individual
with organizations or activities of operational interest. OI codes cover intelli-
gence and security service affiliation, whether staff or agent, or known or .
suspect, as well as activities of DDO interest. There are two categories of OI
codes for use by components: _
(1) general OI codes (Attachment 4)
(2) OI codes assigned to a specific component for intelligence services
or other specific organizations.
A component may request an OI code be’ established by submitting a@ mem-
‘orandum to the DDO/RMO through the component Records Management
Officer.
A 201 personality may y be assigned two ol codes. An OI code n may be assigned
when the 201 Personality File Action Request (Form 831) is initiated (see
paragraph 3b below) by filling in Box 13 or a code may be assigned 0 or added
at a later date by a Form 831 amendment.
.. The.201 system _ has the capability, of producing machine listings of, 201
a personalities ~ “by OL codes: Fo example, if an OF code/has peen.opened for 1 the
“security service of a certain country a a listing may -be ‘compiled of. all members
of that service.
f. 201 Machine Lists: | produced from the mechanized 201 Index, based on
names or other identifying information of Personalities on whom 201 dossiers
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3. OPENING A 201 DOSSIER a ok
a. General
The opening of a 201 dossier is the prerogative of an operational com-_
ponent, in coordination with the Information Services Group. An opening creates
a master 201 record. Changes to the master record and the occasional closing
of a 201 dossier are controlled jointly by the desks and ISG. 201 dossiers may be ©
opened on persons who meet the carding criteria described in Chapter II of this
handbook, when there is a reasonable expectation that additional information
will be acquired and filed in such a dossier. Generally dossiers are opened on
persons about whom counterintelligence information is being reported, and per-
sons of operational interest to the Operations Directorate, specifically those
_ persons for whom provisional operational approvals and operational approvals
are requested (see exception below). 201 files are not to be opened on staff
employees, staff agents and most categories of contract employees. Files on
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persons who are only of local interest to a field station or Headquarters desk
and on whom no DDO records correspondence exists are not a part of the DDO |
records systém and are to be maintained by that unit. Some desks levy require-
ments on ISG for automatic 201 openings on certain categories of persons whose
“names appear in incoming dispatches. These are listed in Attachment 2. 201
dossiers should be opened in the following categories: —— one hE
(1) Subjects of provisional operational approval and | operational ap-
' proval requests. However, a file need not be opened when a POA is requested
for persons being trained for a foreign liaison. service and who are of opera-
a tional interest for training purposes only.
(2) Persons for whom the field requests a 201 opening.
- (3) MHFIXTURE personalities: bonafide diplomats. of ‘other than
denied area countries, in close association with staff personnel,
. __{4) Subjects of a Personal Record Questionnaire Part i.
48) Persons on swhone’ 2 Maite Indic earch reveal snore ia fixe”
or more documents (see DOI 70-20). - Cesk : ve OR ae
(6) Subjects of Interagency Source ‘Register memoranda from LSN/
ISR (opened only by TP/ RMS).
b. Requesting a 201 File Opening
_ Headquarters desks may open a 201 file by filling | out aad submitting
a 201 Personality File Action Request (Form 831) to the Records Main-
tenance Section (IP/RMS). Form 831 is also used to create or amend the
master 201 record and 201 machine listings and to register the assign-
ment of a cryptonym to a 201 personality. Attachment 3 consists of sample
201 Personality File Action Requests for opening and amending 201’s. A field -
station may request the opening of a 201 file by writing 201- in the Head- .
quarters file or cross-reference box on the dispatch form and/or after’ the:
subject's name in the body of the-dispatch. A telepouch request for a 201 opening —
is made by indicating 20]- in the file number line. A cable request is made by ©
placing 201- after the term “File” on the last line of the transmission. IP/AN
will open 201 files as requested by dispatch or telepouch but itis the responsi-
bility of the desk to respond to cable requests. Field stations are notified of
201 openings through receipt of the field master 201 record.
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4. CONTENTS OF THE DOSSIER
Information about a 201 personality should be filed or cross-referenced into
his dossier. When additional information is discovered on a 201 subject through
a name trace or other process, i.e., review of predecessor documents, it must
be consolidated into his personality’ dossier. See DOI 70-20 for consolidation
procedures. CO ee
Material which is filed in the dossier includes but is not limited to: °
»_ a, 201 Personality File Action Request ( Form 831),
b. Biographic information including photographs, fingerprints,’ and
_ handwriting samples. Lo ; -
& Personal Record Questionnaire Parts I and II. .
a. Operational and other security approvals. a i so e a -
‘e. Name check replies, requests, clearances, and approvals. . ;
Acknowledgement of pseudonym? “=n
201 personality assessments and evaluations. .
h. Copy of contract and termination papers, |
i. Secrecy agreement. -_
j. Agent Duty Status Report. : :
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nm Any information which helps provide a better understanding of the
subject and our interest in him; this may include operational reporting.
5. MAINTENANCE OF 201 DOSSIERS
The 201 personality dossier contains, in document date order, papers which
have been made a part of the Central Records System as well as those which
have not. Record documents may range from newspaper or magazine articles
Gn the subject to finance and other ‘administrative papers.
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a. Purging ;
Purging a 201 dossier is the responsibility of the desk officer. It requires
discrimination in recognizing operationally useful material, rather. than the ~
simple distinction between official and unofficial papers; it will therefore take
place under the supervision of a Records Officer. Purging should be done
periodically. A 201 dossier being forwarded to Central Files for retention should
be purged. A 201 dossier should be purged of the following:
(1) Duplicate material, i.c., exact copy(s) of a document.
(2) Name trace form (Form 362) unless it has been the basis for
_ the opening. ae ; rs
(3) All abstract slips, a
' (4) All document restriction notices (Form 1884).
(5) The disseminated version of positive intelligence information if
a copy of the raw report is contained in the 201 file; the dissemination number
then must be transferred to the first page of the raw report..
(6) Routing slips, routing and record sheets (Form 610) and dispatch
_ cover sheets unless there. are remarks such as. coordinations or comments.
“x(Z)- Record copy-doeuments’ which’? only” repeat” gubstantive® information”
“by the Records Officer,
(8) Top Secret documents are not to. be retained in a 901 dossier
forwarded to Central Files; the document must be downgraded for retention -
in the 201 dossier. To downgrade a Top Secret document, an authorized
officer in the originating office or the Records Officer having jurisdiction
over the contents of the material must possess Top Secret classification
authority. If the document cannot be. downgraded the file should be retained
in a desk TS file or forwarded to the Top Secret Control Officer, and a
" cross-reference sheet (Form 867) placed in the 201 file giving the location
of the TS document.
(9) Deferred documents (see 5b(2)).
b. Maintenance Procedures
(1) All material in a 201 dossier will be filed in document date order.
- In the case of document attachments which have been classified into a 201
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dossier and separated from the basic document by the assignment of a slash
number, the attachment will be filed by the date of the basic document.
(2) Deferred documents will not be filed in a 201 dossier. If they are
to be retained in the dossier they should be sent to IP/RMS for classification
into that 201.
(3) Field index cards (held by some-desks) and area desk cards may
be retained in the 201 as part of a consolidation procedure. These cards
should be mounted on a full-size sheet of paper for filing in the 201...
(4) A 201 dossier previously opened on a person who becomes a staff
employee and which contains Record Copy documents will be restricted to _
the ISG/DIP unless the desk retains the restriction. The dossier should be
closed if there are no Record Copy documents in it.
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(5) A 201 opened in pseudonym should be consolidated i into the true
name 201 if one exists or converted to the true name. .
(8) Field and duplicate (shadow) 201 files no longer of active interest
should be incorporated into the official 201 after the duplicate material
. has been purged by the desk officer and the remaining information classified
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(1) ‘Any document with: a "predecessor argantiation. cover. ic sheet or. ae: :
OPC (Office of Policy Coordination) cover sheet from thd Archives and ©
Disposition Section (IP/ARD) must be retumed to 0 TP/ARD for processing
to the 201. ; ; .
(8) Desk memoranda (with or without a document source - number)
containing substantive or derogatory information on the subject of the 201
- should be sent to.IP/AN to be classified officially into the 201 file. —
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(9) An attachment which should be separated from its basic document.
_for inclusion in a 201 personality dossier will be forwarded with the basic —
document to IP/ AN for processing into the 201.
3 (10) To retain the P&L, RYBAT, or KAPOK sensitivity of a document
_ - remaining in a 201 dossier being retired to Central Files, place that document
po, in an envelope sealed with black tape (see DOI 70-17). Any RYBAT, P&L,
or KAPOK document sent to Central Files not in a black-taped envelope will
automatically be handled as desensitized. A black-taped envelope may con-
tain only one document and must be filed in chronological order within the
file. If there are numerous documents of this type the desk officer may black-
tape the entire dossier rather than individual documents (see DOI 70-10).
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handled as restricted dossiers.
(11) An inactive 201 dossier or an inactive volume of : a large 201
dossier on. permanent charge: should be -returned to-Central Files under a
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6. 201 DOSSIER CHARGES ~
A 201 dossier may be kept on permanent charge at the desk during any
period of active interest. If the dossier is transferred to another desk, the desk
officer who is transferring the dossier must notify Central Files of the transfer.
Central Files will then send the Notice of Transfer of Document or File Account-
ability (F orm 2977) to the new action desk officer.
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Request (Form 813) to change the action desk designation to insure that the ~
201 personality will be included in the Headquarters and field machine: e_ listings
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a. Access to a sensitive 201 dossier may be restricted by holding the file at the
desk or placing it on restriction in Central Files.
(1) The dossier may be restricted by checking - Box 2 on the 201.
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(2) The dossier may be restricted by holding it on permanent charge
from Central Files. (Note: To maintain the restriction of a dossier being
returned to Central Files for retention, a File Restriction Notice (Form
2021) must accompany the dossier.)
(3) The dossier may be restricted and held in Central Files by. sub-
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personnel of the restricting desk or persons authorized by that desk. Any request .
for the charge of a restricted dossier or any document within a restricted dossier
held in Central Files will be forwarded with the entire dossier and a multiple-
routed cover sheet to the restricting desk. This desk may then forward the file
to the requester or deny the request and return the dossier to Central Files. The © .
desk will notify the requester of a denial.
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dossier, .permanently or temporarily charged to a desk, will be referred to that
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8. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON’ 201 PERSONALITIES
The Automated Index Section (IP/AIS) will provide the identity of the
subject of a 201 number unless the 201 file is restricted, in which case the
requester will be referred to the restricting desk.
IP/ AIS will also provide the 201 number assigned to a name, unless the 201
file is restricted, or state that there is no 201 number assigned. Requesters should
_ supply identifying information whenever available for each name submitted.
“Requests pertaining to five or fewer names or numbers may be made by
telephone by calling the IP/AIS red line extension; IP/AIS will provide the
information by return call to the requester’s extension as listed in the Badge |.
Table. Requests for more than five names or numbers must be listed and sent
by tube or courier to IP/AIS; IP/AIS will reply by? return mail.
9. 201 DOSSIER CANCELLATION
A 201 file may be authorized for cancellation by a Records Officer, “after
.. appropriate coordination. The file should be forwarded to IP/RMS which will <:....
. destroy..the folder and the cards: leading -to it.and will. remove. the. name “and Z
= number. from-machine lists: Any Record Copy décument coiitained. in:the folder -
-.. will be: reclassified to another appropriate file or sent to the Destruction Unit”
(IP/DU) as directed by the desk Records Officer.
10. 201 MACHINE LISTINGS
Machine listings provide field stations and Headquarters desks with names
and 201 numbers in the requester’s particular geographic or functional area of
interest. If a component wishes to exclude a sensitive 201 personality from its | .
alphabetic, numeric, and cryptonym listings, this may be done when opening *—
the 201 or later by a 201 amendment. On the 201 Personality File Action Request
(Form 831) leave the country of location (Box 15) and interest desk (Box 16)
blank, use the-non-country ‘code 900 in the action box (Box 14), and indicate
permanent charge to the responsible desk. The only listing which will include the
201 number is the IP/201 record for the Vital Records program. 201 listings are
categorized as standard or nonstandard and as scheduled or special.
a. Standard Listings
Issued semi-annually to Headquarters and the field; based on a component's
interest as indicated in the “Action Desk,” “Country of Location,” and “Interest
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All standard listings are cumulative; previous editions must. be destroyed 7
upon receipt of current editions. These listings are by their very nature extremely |
sensitive compilations of information and must be given every possible safeguard.
b. Non-Standard Listings eet _
' Based on one or more of the following selection criteria:
2. (1) Country of location . L
(2) OI codes (organization and/or intelligence affiliation ) ae
; " (3) Citizenship = es eb are So
_ (4) Year of birth (plus Or minus a given number of years)
(5) Occupation... © 6-6,
These selection criteria may be used singly or in combinations. For éxample, a
a user could obtain a list of all 201 personalities who have been assigned the
-, Ol-eode of XX or codes of XX, XY, or XZ. 'A 201 personality list could also.be 77 aaa
"Note however’ that the listing would contair:ealy those ‘personalities. with: an-
} “ - will be included ‘in the printout. These non-standard listings may be sorted ..
_.... arranged) according to any, but not more than three, of the following keywords: - .
“” that when retrieving lists based on occupation, the listing will be only as specific . |
. produced of all persons who were born: in Germany between the years 1915 2 >
and. 1920, with the occupation.computer specialist, who are now. citizens of the “5.00 0).
-., United States, located in Mexico, and who. had been assigned the OI code AA. ra
OI code AA. Those personalities with an..OF“code other.:than- AA:-and “these-«:
. With no OI code would be excluded. The requester could however ask that —
persons who have not been assigned an OI code also be included. Note also -
as the occupation code (Attachment 1). The’ occupation code. for a courier ~
covers only a documented courier. Some occupation ‘codes cover moré than one” oy
. Occupation. For example, the occupation code CRAF covers those who practice..." °" -
- Some trade or manual occupation, ie., carpenters; bricklayers, painters, mechanics |.
" and electricians. If a list is requested for electricians, all others in this category)
(a) Summamie Se aS
-(b) Given name ae ae a a
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(a) Country of birth ee
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(g) Location
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‘Sorts can-be made within ‘sorts. For example, 201 personalities may be sorted -
~ alphabetically: by surname within OI codes for given. countries of location.: - -
Because two OJ codes may be listed: for each personality, those names with two
OI codes would be listed twice. 1s
@ Scheduled Listings
» . : Standard and non-standard listings printed semiannually.
..d. Special Listings
". Unscheduled, usually non-standard, listings produced on a one time basis” | s :
in response to special operational requirements.
e. Request for Listings —
All requests for standard or non-standard alphabetical and numerical 201 |
"listings for Headquarters and the field, for changes in periodic. listings, and for: . |
_ information on the 201 machine list system should be made to the component:
‘Records Management Officer. oon ee
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AUTOMATIC 201 DOSSIER OPENINGS
Note: 201 files will be opened automatically by IP/AN on the following cate-
gories of people.
1. Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE)
‘.a, Diplomats with rank of third secretary or above.
b. Military attaches and assistant military attaches.
c. Intelligence officers of the General Intelligence Department (GID).
(Prior to opening of an ARE 201 file, check with NE/E for correct spelling
of name and additional biographic data.)
_ 2. British Commonwealth ron
a. All positively identified members of MI-5 and ML, the British Intellig gence.
Se ns By ALL pontvely identified ‘members. of ie a Miltay Tafeliigense § Service
c. Canadian Communist Party officials on national or provincial levels and
officials of the Canadian Communist Party front organizations. Do not open
unless there is at least a date of birth given. oe
d. All members of the Security Service of the Royal Canadian | Mounted
- Police (RCMP-SS).
( CS a
“3. Cuba.
Intelligence service employees (DSE, DGI).
+. Israel
a. All Israeli diplomats. C/NE/ISR should be indicated as the originating
office with CI/SP always indicated as the secondary office of interest.
b. Military attaches.
c. Assistant military attaches.
id. Identified intelligence officers.
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5. North Vietnam -
All diplomats and NFLSV (PRG) officials stationed abroad. :
6. USSR |
a. All Soviets assigned PCS to an official representational installation, Le,
embassy, consulate, commercial representation, national ‘airline (Aeroflot)
office, news media office. ne Donte
b. All Soviets assigned PCS to the United Nations in New York, Paris, Geneva,
and Vienna.) - 7 : ne Lo
. toe c. Audio technicians, after coordination with-SE desk.concerned: -:
. - d, Students who will be studying abroad for a full academic year at institutions
of higher learning. ee
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"PERSONALITIES - 201 AND IDN NUMBERS =.
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Bee 2. “The ‘201 ‘pumben, serves 2: ‘dual pt purge
spot “these personalities. Tato: the. CS: records ; rs!
e.g., 201 ~123456, is assigned to each j
1 number is asotened, it is used in
_ status -and prospects. Once the
al both as a file number and in, n. place of.
',. futyre reporting on the individy
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of the Cuban desk on the dramatis personae. In addition to 201 per- |
. gonalities, such lists should.contain the names arid identifying data ..
of persons who should be kept track of, althoug# they may only be of |
tangential interest or on whom there may be ittle ‘or no ‘data other
than that given in the listing itself. .
4. To accommodate this type of requi ement in the 201 system, |
identifiable personalities concerning whom enough information is not a
yet available to require the opening of d file may be assigned numbers -
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“Dispatch Symbol and No.
_ XYZA~12345
- Headquarters File No.
201 -
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6. IDN numbers are assigned by RID at headquarters upon the -
request of stations or desks which are developing special identification
programs within the 201 system. The field receives current notifica-
tion of new 201 openings and IDN numbers through the Field Index Card . ood.
Service. . . . Oo, Looe |
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4. Stations or branches often are concerned with peySonalities —.
not of general CS concern. Files on these may be kept in any desired
_ order. Should such personalities become of gener2% CS interest,
| they must be brought into the 201 system. *. 7 a
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