CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF CIA CABLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000200100010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 27, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: ALL CABLE ORIGINATORS
SUBJECT : CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF CIA CABLES
REFERENCES
27 JUNE 1972
1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO ALERT ALL CABLE ORIGINATORS TO THE
NEED FOR THE PROPER CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF CABLES IN COMPLIANCE
WITH LATEST AGENCY DIRECTIVES.
2. EFFECTIVE 30 JUNE 1972, ALL CABLE ORIGINATORS MUST INSERT THE APPROPRIATE
DECLASSIFICATION CAVEAT AT THE END OF THE MESSAGE TEXT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652.
FOR EXAMPLE:
A. "EX-2" MEANS THAT THE MESSAGE IS EXEMPT FROM DECLASSIFICATION
BECAUSE IT CONTAINS CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OR MATERIAL SPECIFICALLY
COVERED BY STATUTE, OR PERTAINING TO CRYPTOGRAPHY, OR DISCLOSING
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS.
B. "GDS-1980" ON A MESSAGE CLASSIFIED SECRET MEANS THAT THE MESSAGE
WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DOWNGRADED TO CONFIDENTIAL AT THE END OF THE
SECOND {2ND} FULL CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH IT WAS
ORIGINATED, AND DECLASSIFIED AT THE END OF THE EIGHTH {8TH} FULL
CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH IT WAS ORIGINATED.
3. THE DECLASSIFICATION CAVEAT MUST APPEAR AT THE VERY END OF THE MESSAGE
TEXT.
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