MINUTES OF MAY 2, 1973 MEETING OF THE INTERAGENCY CLASSIFICATION REVIEW COMMITTEE

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• Publication Date: May 18, 1973
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Proceedings:
May 18, 1973
MINUTES OF MAY 2, 1973
MEETING OF THE INTERAGENCY CLASSIFICATION
REVIEW COMMITTEE
Dr. James B. Rhoads - Acting Chairman
Robert T. Andrews - Defense
Robert G. Dixon - Justice
Mark.B. Feldman - State
Lawrence R. Houston - CIA
Charles L. Marshall - AEC
James E. O'Neill - Archives
Mark A. Spiegel - State
Richard C. Tufaro - Domestic Council
Leon Ulman - Justice
The following items were discussed in the order in which they appeared
on the agenda:
1. Dr. Rhoads noted the resignation of Ambassador Eisenhower and re-
marked that the Committee had made substantial progress during his
tenure because of his integrity and perseverance. He also mentioned
the resignation of David R. Young, Executive Director of the Committee.
?Ii.. Young played an important role in the development of F. O. 11()52
and its early inlplenlctltationr. iV.tr. Ti ul:aro will act in iltr. Young
place for the tune being.
1) r'. Rhoads Spoke of hi!" own dt.'te r. IYIin nti.er and c'O1"rlnIit:rnent to continue
tiit reform by ensuring- tiier.t the t)r'oviSiotnS Of the Order
are caroled old. lie said that the Conlriiiitree membders should act not
sotel", :~ F)iti'seniatives of their ovcn particular a,~encie?i' interests
l;ut as cialli.orI waic:lulor;'1 It)r til; 'Od0L'rll (~overn1Cti^nc an.i
gun t.d ian;; o tilt' pl;hl u' Lrlt(,, mOSt, l[0 pointed tuft that ll!'. e'rpcctt:.d his
tour', as cl'Illatl \?.'Oirltd be brief and tliat he would assist in any way
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he could to find a suitable permanent replacement for Ambassador
Eisenhower.
Dr. Rhoads told the Committee that just prior to the meeting he met
with Fred Malck, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and
Budget. Malek advised that oversight support for the classification
program would be shifted to OMB. Malek emphasized that the move
does not signal any lessening of high-level interest in the classifica-
tion program; it continues to have the President's strong support. It
was felt, however, that the functioning of the program could be more
efficiently handled within OMB.
Dr. Rhoads welcomed the Committee's new member, Robert G. Dixon,
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, who has taken
the place formerly held by Ralph Erickson.
Dr. Rhoads stated that he had been invited by Senators Ervin and Muskie
to testify on May 9th before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Re-
lations of the Senate Committee on Government Operations during its
hearings on Executive Privilege and Government Secrecy. His state-
rrient will be limited to topics which are related to the work of the ICRC.
Dr. Rho-As said he plans to cover the situation prevalent before the
promulgation of E. O. 11652 and the progress made over the past year.
Yo.- the most part he ;rill ..-.void conini.'nl:ing on the legislation undr~r
id :1'ct{io.. .); t.ti.. :+: :% :: t '?i :1.ttee, Sine reprc.nentativ.?s from Dr.-
I:.nise, Jus'., ice and AEC ~-: il', be! to st i y il= ; on this Hill in th:: nca r future,
it was deerided 1?t, turniit,; w,-or dociin-wiits which would have
d I clo, .:eci intelligence .ac)t~ rc .. _, o: Its='`hod: .
7., Ci ?rt? tvt'i'.? tt a corre itoris 1r t!: filltites:
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most classified documents submitted to the United
States by foreign govc rnments. "
Mr. Marsbal] also nosed a clarification of a statement of his recorded on
page 3, in paragraph 3 of the Minutes. A'C attempts to ascertain the
desires of the foreign government with regard to the protection of
foreign classified information. In many cases, the government may
indicate that the document need not be protected beyond the period
of the General Declassification Schedule.
3. Dr. Rhoads indicated that his opposition to the separation of
exemption authority from Top Secret authority was already known to
most of the members. Keeping the amount of material exempted from
the GDS to a minimum is crucial to the success of the new classification
system. This would appear to be best achieved by limiting exemption
authority to those Government officials with Top Secret classifying
authority. He stated that he would rather see a slight increase in
authorized Top Secret classifiers than to see the two divorced.
Mr. Mars hall said it was his belief that exemption authority should be
separated froirt authority to classify Top Sec ret. The proper use of ex-
emptioll authority is Certai.nl as C3'l'.:;lal to the effectiveness of the new
as i;i t:h: U_Srt o.i ES authority and , 1AIC'r01ore, C:1"ilS_. ~~le rS should
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