D.C. FIRM PUBLISHES DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000100190008-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 1, 1975
• Content Type: MISC

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0.0. firm publishes declassifi.ad menus Reference
documents
Thousands of post-World War II U.S.
Government documents which were formerly
classified TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CON-
FIDENTIAL are now being indexed, cata-
logued, and published in microform by
Carrollton Press, Inc. of Washington,
D.C.
Most of these documents have been de-
classified over the past two years under
the "mandatory review" provisions of .
Executive Order Number 1.1,652 and more
.recently under the. newly amended Freedom
of Information Act. .
"The quantity and quality of docu-
ments released under these programs have
increased significantly in recent
months," said -William Buchanan, Presi-
dent of Carrollton Press. "But until
now there has been no way for media
people, scholars, or librarians to find
out which documents have been declassi-
fied on any given subject, let alone
have access to a convenient. single
source for acquiring copies."
. The documents are fathered from a
score of sop _ e government offices,
Buchanan not , w_th the majority
published in t-.u first Quarterly collec-
tion originating in the Central Intelli-
gence Agency, to State Department, and
various components of. the Department of
Defense. Buchanan is a former intelli-
gence officer, having served for several
years with CIA.
Although he characterized portions of
some of the declassified documents in
his publications as "rather startling,"
Buchanan stressed that the real purpose
of the project was to create a large
cumulative reference system for libra-
ries--which, when used alongside tra-
ditional sources will offer a whole new
dimension to recent U.S. history.
"As we keep adding documents to the
system, and keep adding new index en-
tries under the same subject headings,
the cumulative reference value of the
collection should increase signifi-
cantly," said Buchanan. "In fact, it
should reach a point where few students
of the Cold-War-through-Vietnam era will
feel secure. in this historical research
until they have App mNted f(A? FtiWgas c Qg09/28
their subjects in the Declassified Docu-
0
Carrollton's Declassified Documents
Reference System includes a "Quarterly
Catalog" with a "Cumulative Subject
Index" and microfiche copies of the
documents themselves, plus a separate
"Retrospective Collection" of several.
thousand documents on microfiche, also
accompanied by its own Catalog of
Cumulative Subject Index; in hook format:.
r:: nge in
size and scope from telegrams, corres-
pondence, and unevaluated field reports
to lengthy background studies, detailed
minutes of cabinet level meetings, and
complete "National Intelligence Esti.-_
mates"--offering the reader not only
previously hidden facts and interpret.a-
t.ions of events, but also unique in-
sights into decision-making processes
at the highest levels of government.
According to Buchanan, his company
is now applying the same technique; of
indexing and bibliographic control of
declassified documents that it has been
providing for some time for the much
more nu;-nerous unclassified government
documents. One example is the 15
volume, 13,000 page, "Cumulative Sub-
ject Index to the Monthly Catalog of
U.S. Government Publications, 1900--
1971," which brings together some three
million subject citations to more than
one million U.S. Government publica-
tions.
FF31 statistics-bombings 6.. police
officer killing
Thirty-one persons were killed in
bombing attacks in the United States
Puerto Rico during the first seven
and
months of 1975, compared to 14 -during
the same period of 1974 according to the
latest FBI Eo:r~b Summary report.
There were 206 injuries this year
compared to 96 for the same period of
1974, the FBI said. The number of bomb-
ing incidents for the two periods also
was up-from 1,122 to 1,173. Property
damage rose from $4 million to $22 mil-
lion.
The FBI said 449 of the attacks oc-
curred in western c' ' nr c in south-
-central states,
149 in northeastern states and 42 in