PORTION MARKING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION BY CIA CONTRACTORS (REQUEST FOR CHANGE) (U)

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Security
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SUBJECT:
Deputy Director 0? Security (PTOS)
Portion Marking of Classified Information
by CIA Contractors (Request for Change) (U)
1. Action Requested: It is requested that the proposed
recommendations be approved. (U)
2. Background: During the Industrial Security Confer-
ence in September 1979, a security officer from a large indus-
trial contractor asked the DCI why the Agency required portion
marking at the end of a paragraph instead of at the beginning,
as other government agencies do. The DCI advised that he would
have the Director of Security look into the matter and advise.
(C)
Section 1-504 of Executive Order 12065 states "...each
classified document shall, by marking or other means, indicate
clearly which portions are classified, with the applicable clas-
sification and which portions are not classified." (U)
Paragraph I.G.9. of Directive I issued by the Infor-
mation Security Oversight Office of the InterAgency Classifi-
cation Review Committee states "...portion marking shall be
accomplished by placing a parenthetical designator immediately
preceding or following (emphasis added) the text it governs."
(U)
The
portion mark at t e beginning o eac para,rap an.
instructions to industry to follow suit. (U)
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Agency policymakers ont1 tn nnrtion mark at the end
of the paragraph. Chapter 12 indicates that "All
national security information classified by the Agency shall
be identified and marked as prescribed below...." (C)
Paragraph 12.d. states that "Each classified document
shall indicate which paragraphs or other portions...are clas-
sified and which are unclassified." It also states that the
proper symbol "will be placed immediately following (emphasis
added) the portion of text to which it applies." (C)
The above instruction was inserted into the new in-
dustrial security manual, Standard Security Procedures for
Contractors, that was released to over III1Agency contractors
in July 1979. Additionally COMIREX released a document, D-2.9/3,
in December 1978 entitled Guidelines to Implementation of Ex-
ecutive Order 12065. This was released to TK contractors and
provided an example of portion marking with the classification
following the paragraph. The Office of Development and Engi-
neering provided similar instructions to their contractors in
a book message cable on 13 December 1978. (C)
There is a twofold problem involved; one involves
cover and the other involves a major inconvenience for the
contractor. Because the CIA is the only government agency in
the Intelligence Community which portion marks following the
text, it clearly labels all classified documents thus marked
as CIA. The same is true of documents going to the contractor
from the CIA. This also puts a burden on the contractor's
clerical staff who has to remember to mark the CIA's documents
differently from the other government agencies, the latter of
which usually makes up the bulk of their contractors. (C)
the CIA Classification Officer,
opined that it may be necessary to amend Agency regulations
before any direction to contractors can be made. However, as
the over-riding governmental guidelines prepared by the Infor-
mation Security Oversight Office allow portion marking either
preceding or following.the text it governs, it is believed
that the Director of Security can .change his instructions to
the contractors without formal amendment to Agency regulations.
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A change in current procedures would certainly in-
volve considerable time and effort, because it would entail
communication to all CIA contractors, as well as a change in
the manual. However, in view of the cover problem the current
policy presents, I believe we should attempt to amend our por-
tion marking policy as it pertains to contractors. (U)
3. Recommendations: It is recommended that the Security
Staff of the Office of Logistics be advised to amend line 5
of paragraph 4.(3)(a) of Standard Security Procedures for
Contractors to read as follows: "The symbol '(TS)' for TOP
SECRET, '(S)2 for SECRET, '(C)' for CONFIDENTIAL, and '(U)'
for UNCLASSIFIED may be placed immediately preceding or fol-
lowing the portion of the text to which it applies." It is
further recommended that the Security Staff of the Office of
Development and Engineering advise their contractors by cable
that portion marking may be accomplished at either the begin-
ning or end of the text to which it applies. (U)
APPROVED:
Acting Director of Security
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PART IV 1
THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY
INFORMATION
Executive Order 12065
and Order Designating
Certain Officials
Within th-3 Executive
Office of the President
? To Classify
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presidential documents
Title 3?The President
Executive Order 12065 June 28, 1978
Notional Secuay informaticm
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of
the United States of America, in order to balance the public's interest in
access to Government information with the need to protect certain national
security information from disclosure, it is hereby ordered as follows:
TABLE OF CONTENTS .
[FR page]
SicTi0r4 1. ORIGINAL CLASSIFICRTION:
1-I Classification Designation [289501
1-2 Classification Authority 128950]
1-3 Classification Requirements /28951]
1-4 Duration of Classification [28952]
1-5 Identification and Markings [28952]
1-6 Prohibitions? t 28953]
SECTION 2. DERMATTVE CLASSIFICATION:
2-1 Use of Derivative Classification 'T289531
2-2 Classification Guides 428953)
2-3 New Material 428954]
SEcTiou 3. DECLASSIFICATION AND DOWNGRADING:
3-1 Declassification Authority ? 4289541
-3-2 Transferred Information 428954)
3-3 Declassification Policy . _ 128955]
3-4 Systematic Review for Declassification [28955)
3-5 Mandatory Review for Declassification 128956]
3-6 Downvrackng 1,289571
SECTION 4. SAFEGUARDING:
4-1 General Restrictions [213957]
4-2 Special Access Programs 42.8957)
4-3 Access by Historical Researchers and Former Presidential Appointees -.... 1289581
4-4 Reproduction Controls- [28958]
SEION 5. ISIRLEKENTATION AND REVIEW:
5-1 Oversight r18959]
5-2 Information Security Oversight Office [28959]
5-3 Interagency Information Security Committee [28960]
5-4 General Responsibilities 128960)
5-5 Administrative Sanctions 128961]
SECTION 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS:
6-f Definitions [28961]
6-2 General [28961]
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SECTION 1. ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION.
1-1. ClassVication.Designation.
1-101. Except as provided in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amend-
ed, this Order provides the only basis for classifying information. Information
may be classified in one of the three designations listed below. If there is
reasonable doubt which designation is appropriate, or wiled-y-7 the information
should be classified at all, the less restrictive designation should be used, or
the information should not be classified.
1-102. "Top Secret" shall be applied only to information, the unauthor-
ized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally
grave damage to the national security.
1-103. "Secret" shall be applied only to information, the unauthorized
disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage to
the national security.
1-104. "Confidential" shall be applied to information, the unauthorized
disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause identifiable damage
to the national security.
1-2. Classification Authority.
1-201. Top Secret. Authority for original classification of information as
Top Secret 'may be exercised only by the President, by such officials as the
President may designate by publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, by the
agency heads listed below, and by officials to whom such authority is delegat-
ed in accordance with Section 1-204:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Attorney -General
The Secretary of Energy
The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Administrator of General Services (delegable only to the Director,
Federal Preparedness Agency and to the Director, Information Security Over-
sight Office)
1-202. Secret. Authority for original classification of information as Secret
may be exercised only by such officials as the President may designate by
publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, by the agency heads listed below, by
officials who have Top Secret classification authority, and by officials to whom
such authority is delegated in accordance with Section 1-204:
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Transportation
The Administrator, Agency for International Development
The Director, International Communication Agency
1-203. Confidential. Authority for original classification of information as
Confidential may be exercised only by such officials as the President may
designate by publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, by the agency heads listed
below, by officials who have Top Secret or Secret classification authority, and
by officials to whom such authority is delegated in accordance with Section 1-
204:
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1-204. Limitations on Delegation of Classification Authority.
(a) Authority for original classification of information as Top Secret may
be delegated only to principal subordinate officials who have a frequent need
to exercise such authority as determined by the President or by agency heads
listed in Section 1-201.
(b) Authority for original classification of information as Secret may be
delegated only to subordinate officials who have a frequent need to exercise
such authority as determined by the President, by agency heads listed in
Sections 1-201 and 1-202, and by officials with Top Secret classification
authority.
(c) Authority for original classification of information as Confidential may
be delegated only to subordinate officials who have a frequent need to exer-
cise such authority as determined by the President, by agency heads listed in
Sections 1-201,1-202, and 1-203, and by officials with Top Secret classifica-
tion authority.
(d) Delegated original classification authority may not be redelegatecl.
(e) Each delegation of original classification authority shall be in writing
by name or title of position held.
(f) Delegations of original classification authority shall be held to an
absolute minimum. Periodic -reviews of such delegations shall be made to
ensure that the officials so designated have demonstrated a continuing need to
exercise such authority. ?
1-205. Exceptional rail' C When an employee or contractor of an agency
that does not have original cLassification authority originates information be-
lieved to require clacsification, the information shall he protected in the
manner prescribed by this Order and implementing directives. The informa-
tion shall be transmitted promptly under appropriate safeguards to the agency
which has appropriate subject matter interest and classification authority. That
agency shall decide within 30 days whether to classify that information. If it is
not clear which agency should get the information, it shall be sent to the
Director of the Information Security Oversight Office established in Section 5-
2 for a determination.
1-3. CgessVrcaticra Requirements.
1-301. Information may not be considered for classification unless it
concerns:
(a) military plans, weapons, or operations;
(b).foreign government information;
(c) intelligence activities, sources or methods;
(d) foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States;
(e) scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to the national
security;
(I) United States Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials
or facilities; or
(g) other categories of information which are related to national security
and which require protection against unauthorized disclosure as determined
by the President, by a person designated by the President pursuant to Section
1-201, or by an agency head.
1-302. Even though information is determined to concern one or more of
the criteria in Section 1-301, it may not be classified unless an original
classification authority also determines that its unauthorized disclosure reason-
ably could be expected to cause. at least identifiable damage to the national
security.
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1-303. Unauthorized disclosure of foreign government information or the
identity of a confidential foreign source is presumed to cause at least identifi-
able damage to the national security.
1-304. Each determination under the criterion of Section 1-301(g) shall
be reported promptly to the Director of the Information Security Oversight
Office.
1-4. Duration of Classification.
.1-401. Except as permitted in Section 1-402, at the time of the original
classification each original classification authority shall set a date or event for
automatic declassification no more than six years later.
1-402. Only officials with Top Secret classification authority and agency
heads listed in Section 1-2 may classify information for more than six years
from the date of the original classification. This authority shall be used spar-
ingly. In such cases, a declassification date or event, or a date for review, shall
be set. This date or event shall be as early as national security permits and
shall be no more than twenty years after original classification, except-that for
foreign government information the date or event may be up to thirty years
after original classification.
1-5.-Identification and Markings.
1-501. At the time of original classification, the following shall be shown
on the face of paper copies of all classified documents:
(a) the identity of the original classification authority;
(b) the office of origin;
(c) the date or event for declassification or review; and
(d) one of the three classification designations defined in Section 1-1.
1-592. Documents classified for more than six years shall also be marked
with the identity of the official who authorized the prolonged classification.
Such documents shall be annotated with the reason the classification is expect-
ed to remain .necessary, under the requirements of Section 1-3, despite the
passage of time. The reason for the prolonged classification may be stated by
reference to criteria set forthein agency implementing regulations. These
criteria shall explain in narrative form the reason the information needs to be
protected beyond six years. If the individual who signs or otherwise authenti-
cates a document also is -authoriged to classify it, no further annotation of
identity is required.
1-503. Only the designations prescribed by this Order May be used to
identify classified information. Markings such as "For Official Use Only" and
"Limited Official Use" may not be used for that purpose. Terms such as
"Conference" or "Agency" may not be used in conjunction with the classifica-
tion designations prescribed by this Order; e.g., "Agency Confidential" or
"Conference Confidential."
1-504. In order to facilitate excerpting and other uses, each classified
document shall, by marking or other means, indicate clearly which portions
are classified, with the applicable classification designation, and which portions
are not classified. The Director of the Information Security Oversight Office
may, for good cause, grant and revoke waivers of this requirement for speci-
fied classes of documents or information.
1-505. Foreign government information shall either retain its original
classification designation or be assigned a United States classification designa-
tion that shall ensure a degree of protection equivalent to that required by the
entity that furnished the information.
1-506. Classified documents that contain or reveal information that is
subject to special dissemination and reproduction limitations authorized by
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this Order shall be marked clearly so as to place the user on notice of the
restrictions.
1-6. Prohibitions.
1-601. Classification may not be used to conceal violations of law, ineffi-
ciency, or administrative error, to prevent embarrassment to a person, organi-
zation or agency, or to restrain competition.
1-602. Basic scientific research information not clearly related to the
vational security may not be classified.
1-603. A product of non:government research and development that does
not incorporate or reveal classified information to which the producer or
developer was given prior access may not be classified under this Order until
and unless the government acquires a proprietary interest in the product. This
Order dOes not affect the provisions of the Patent Secrecy Act of 1952 (35
U.S.C. 181-188).
1-604. References to classified documents that do not disclose classified
information may not be classified or used as a basis for classification.
1-605. Classification may not be used to limit dissentination of informa-
tion that is not classifiable under the provisions of this Order or to prevent or
delay the public release of such information.
1-606. No document originated on or after the effective date of this
Order may be classified after an agency has- received a request for the docu-
ment under the Freedom of Information Act or the Mandatory Review provi-
sions of this Order (Section 3-5), unless such classification is consistent with
this Order and is authorized by the agency head or deputy agency head.
Documents originated before the effective date of this Order and subject to
such a request may not be classified unless .such classification is consistent
with this Order and is authorized by the senior official designated to oversee
the agency information security program or by an official with Top Secret
classification authority. Classification authority under this provision shall be
exercised personally, on a document-by-document basis.
1-607. Classification may not be restored to documents already declassi-
fied and released to the public under this Order or prior Orders.
SECTION 2. DERIVATIVE CLASSIFICATION.
2-1. Use of Derivative Classification.
2-101. Original classificatio-ii authority shall not be delegated to per-ions
who only reproduce, extract, or summarize classified information, or who only
apply classification markings derived from source material or as directed by a
classification guide.
2-102. Persons who apply such derivative classification markings shall:
.(a) respect original classification decisions;
(b) verify the information's current level of classification so far a's practica-
ble before applying the markings:, and
(c) carry forward to any newly created documents the assigned dates or
events for declassification or review and any additional authorized markings,
in accordance with Sections 2-2 and 2-301 below. A single marking may be
-used for documents based on multiple sources.
2-2. Classifration Guides.
2-201. Classification guides used to direct derivative classification shall
specifically identify the information to be classified. Each classification guide
shall specifically indicate how the designations, time limits, markings, and
other requirements of this Order are to be applied to the information.
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2-202. Each such guide shall be approved personally and in writing by an
agency head listed in Section 1-2 or by an official with Top Secret classifica-
tion authority. Such approval constitutes an original classification decision.
2-3. New Material.
2-301. New material that derives its classification from information classi-
fied on or after the effective 6te of this Order shall be marked with the
declassification date or event, or the date for review, assigned to the source
information.
2-302. New material that derives its classification from information classi-
fied under prior Orders shall be treated as follows:
(a) If the source material bears a declassification date or event twenty
years or less from the date of origin, that date or event shall be carried
forward on the new material.
(b) if the source material bears no declassification date or event or is
marked for declassification beyond twenty years, the new material shall be
marked with a date for review for decla-,ification at twenty years from the date
of original classification of the source material.
(c) If the source material is foreign government it :a:rmation bearing no
date or event for declassification or is marked for declassification beyond
thirty years, the new material shall be marked for review for declassification at
thirty years from the date of original classification of the source material.
SECTION 3. DECLASSIFICATION AND DOWNGRADING.
3-1. Declassification Authority.
5-101. The authority to declassify or downgrade information classified
under this or prior Orders shall be exercised only as specified in Section 3-1.
3-102. Classified information may be declassified or downgraded by the
official who authorized the original classification if that official is still serving
in the same position, by a successor, or by a supervisory official of either.
3-103. Agency heads named in Section 1-2 shall designate additional
officials at the lowest practicable echelons to exercise declassification and
downgrading authority.
5-104. If the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office deter-
mines that information is classified in violation of this Order, the Director may
require the information to be declassified by the agency that originated the
classification. Any such decision by the Director may be appealed to the
National Security Council. The information shall remain classified until the
appeal is decided or until one year from the date of the Director's decision,
whichever occurs first.
3-105. The provisions of this Order relating to declassification shall also
apply to agencies which, under the terms of this Order, do not have original
classification authority but which had such authority under prior Orders.
3-2. Transferred information.
3-201. For classified information tr-z?Liferred in conjunction with a trans-
fer of functions?not merely for storage purposes?the receiving agency shall
be deemed to be the originating agency for all purposes under this Order.
.3-202. For classified information not transferred in accordance with Sec-
tion 3-201, but originated in an agency which has ceased to exist, each agency
in possession shall be deemed to be the originating agency for all purposes
under this Order. Such information may be declassified or downgraded by the
agency in possession after consulting with any other agency having an interest
in the subject matter.
3-203. Classified information transferred to the General Services Admin-
istration for accession into the Archives of the United States shall be declassi-
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fled or downgraded by the Archivist of the United States in accoid.ance with
this Order, the directives of the Information Security Oversight (Alice, and
the agency guidelines.
3-204. After the termination of a Presidential administration, the Archivist
of the United States shall review, and declassify or downgrade all information
classified by the President, the White House Staff, committees or commissions
appointed by the President, or others acting on the President's behalf. Such
declassification shall only be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3-504.?
3-3. Declassification Policy.
3-301. Declassification of classified information shall be given emphasis
comparable to that accorded classification. Information classified pursuant to
this and prior Orders shall be declassified as early as national security consid-
erations permit. Decisions concerning declassification Shall be based on the
loss of the information's sensitivity with the passage of time-or on the occur-
rence of .a declapification event.
3-302. When information is reviewed for declassification pursuant to this
Order or the Freedom of Information Act, it shall be declassified unless the
declassification authority established pursuant to Section 3-1 determines that
the information continues to meet the classification requirements prescribed in
Section 1-3 despite the passage of time.
3-303. It is presumed that information which continues, to meet the
classification requirements in Section 1-3 requires continued protection. In
some cases, however, the need to protect such information may be outweighed
by the public interest in disclosure of the information, and in these cases the
information should be declassified. When such questions arise, they shall be
referred to the agency head, a senior agency official with responsibility for
processing Freedom of Information Act requests or Mandatory Review re-
quests under this Order, an official with Top Secret classification authority, or
the Archivist of the United States in the case of material covered in Section 3-
503. That official will determine whether the public interest in disclosure
outweighs the damage to national security that might reasonably be expected
from disclosure.
3-4. Systematic Review for Declassification.
8-401. Classified information constituting permanently valuable records
of the Government, as defined by 44 2103, and information in the
possession and control of the Administrator of General Services, pursuant to
44 U.S.C. 2107 or 2107 note, shall be reviewed for declassification as it
becomes twenty years old. Agency heads listed in Section 1-2 and officials
designated by the President pursuant to Section 1-201 of this Order may
extend classification beyond twenty years, but only in'accordance with Sections
3-5 and 3-402. This authority may not 4e delegated. When classification is
extended beyond twenty years, a date no more than ten years later shall be set
for declassification or for the next review. That date shall be marked on the
document. Subsequent reviews for declassification shall be set at no more
than ten year intervals. The Director of the Information Security Oversight
Office may extend the period between subsequent reviews for specific catego-
ries of documents or information.
3-402. Within 180 days after the effective date of this Order, the agency
heads listed in Section 1-2 and the heads of agencies which had original
classification authority under prior orders shall, after consultation with the
Archivist of the United States and review by the Information Security Over-
sight Office, issue and maintain guidelines for systematic review covering
twenty-year old classified information under their jurisdiction. These guide-
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Apotoweth-Earslavlw&PPiiMe-ci eategones ol information which, because of
their national security sensitivity, should not be declassified automatically but
should be reviewed item-by-item to determine whether continued protection
beyond twenty years is needed. These guidelines shall be authorized for use
by the Archivist of the United States and may, upon approval of the issuing
authority, be used by any agency having custody of the information. All
information not identified in these guidelines as .requiring review and for
which a prior automatic declassification date has not been established shall be
declassified automatically at the end of twenty years from the date of original
classification.
3-403. Nothwithstanding Sections 3-401 and 3-402, the Secretary of
Defense may establish special procedures for systematic review and declassifi-
cation of classified cryptologic information, and the Director of Central Intelli-
gence may establish special procedures for systematic review and declassifica-
tion of classified information concerning the identities of clandestine human
agents. These procedures shall be consistent, so far as practicable, with the
objectives of' Sections 3-401 and 3-402. Prior to implementation, they shall be
reviewed and approved by the Direttor of the Information Security Oversight
Office and, with respect to matters pertaining to intelligence sources and
methods, by the Director of Central Intelligence. Disapproval of procedures by
the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office may be appealed to
the National Security Council. In such cases, the procedures shall not be
implemented until the appeal is decided.
3-404. Foreign government information shall be exempt from automatic
declassification and twenty year systematic review. Unless declassified earlier,
such information shall be reviewed for declassification thirty years from its
date of origin. Such review shall be in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3-Sand with guidelines developed by agency heads in consultation
with the Archivist of the United States and, where appropriate, with the
foreign government or international organization concerned. These guidelines
shall be authorized for use by the Archivist of the United States and may,
upon approval of the issuing authority, be used by any agency having custody
of the information.
3-405. Transition to systematic review at twenty years shall be implement-
ed as rapidly as practicable and shall be completed no more than ten years
from the effective date of this Order.
3-5. Mandatory Review for Deciasscation.
3-501. Agencies shall establish a mandatory review procedure to handle
requests by a 'member of the public, by a government employee, or. by an
agency, to declassify and release information. This procedure shall apply to
information classified under this Order or prior Orders. Except as provided in
Section 3-503, upon such a request the information shall be reviewed for
possible declassification, provided the request reasonably describes the infor-
mation. Requests for declassification under this provision shall be acted upon
within 60 days. After review, the information or any reasonably segregable
portion thereof that no longer requires protection under this Order shall be
declassified and released unless withholding is otherwise warranted under
applicable law.
3-502. Requests for declassification which are submitted under the provi-
sions of the Freedom of Information Act shall be processed in accordance with
the provisions of that Act.
3-503. Information less than ten years old which was originated by the
President, by the White House Staff, or by committees or commissions ap-
pointed by the President, or by others acting on behalf of the President,
including such information in the possession and control of the Administrator
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'from the provisions of Section 3-501. Such information over ten years old
shall be subject to mandatory review for declassification. Requests for viands-
tory review shall be processed in accordance with procedures developed by
the Archivist of the United States. These procedures shall provide for consul-
tation with agencies having primary subject matter interest. Any decision by the
?Archivist may be appealed to the Director of the Information Security Over-
sight Office. Agencies with primary subject matter interest shall be notified
promptly of the Director's decision on such appeals and may further appeal to
the National Security Council through the process set forth in Section 3-304.
3-504. Requests for declassification of classified documents originated by
art agency but in the possession and control of the Administrator of General
Services, pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2107 or 2107 note, shall be referred by the
Archivist to the agency of origin for processing in accordance with Section 3-
501 and for direct response to the requeston The Archivist shall inform
requestors of such referrals.
3-505. Nct agency in possession of a classified document may, in response
to a request for the document made under the Freedom of Information Act or
this Order's Mandatory Re-view provision, refuse to confirm the existence or
non-existence of the document, unless the fact of its existence or non-exis-
tence would itself be classifiable under this Order.
3-6. Doumgrading.
3-601. Classified information that is marked for automatic downgrading is
downgraded accordingly without notification to holders.
3-602. Classified information that is not marked for automatic -downg, ad-
Ing may be assigned a lower classification designation by the originator or by
other authorized officials when such tlowngtading is appropriate. Notice of
downgrading shall be provided to holders of the information to the extent
practicable.
SECTION 4. SAFEGUARDING.
4-1. General Restrictions an Access.
4-101. No person may be given access to classified information unless
that person has been determined to be trustworthy and unless access is
necessary for the performance of official duties.
4-102. All classified information shall be marked conspicuously to put
LL-SeTS on notice of its current classification status and, if appropriate, to show
any special distribution or reproduction restrictions authorized by this Order.
4-103. Controls shall be established by each agency to ensure that classi-
fied information is used, processed, stored, reproduced, and transmitted only
-tinder conditions that will provide adequate protection and prevent access by
unauthorized persons_
A-104. Classified information no longer needed in current working files
or far reference or record purposes ,shall be processed for appropriate disposi-
tion in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 21 and 33 of Title 44 of
the United States Code, which governs disposition of Federal records.
4-105. Classified information disseminated outside the Executive branch
shall be given protection equivalent to that afforded within the Executive
branch.
4-2. Special Access Programs.
4-201. Agency heads listed in Section 1-201 may create special access
programs to control access, distribution, and protection of particularly sensi-
tive infoimation classified pursuant to this Order or prior Orders. Such pro-
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grams may be created or continued only by written direction and only by
those agency beads and, for matters pertaining to LAtelligence sources and
methods, by the Director of Central ,Intelligence. Classified information in
such programs shall be declassified according to the provisions of Section 3.
4-202. Special access programs may be created or continued only on a
specific showing that:
?(a) normal management and safeguarding procedures are not sufficient to
limit need-to-know or access;
(b) the number of persons who will need access will be reasonably small
and commensurate with the objective of providing extra protection for the
information involved; and
(c) the special access controls balance the need to protect the information'
against the full spectrum of needs to use the information.
4-203. All special access programs shall be reviewed regularly and, except
those required by treaty or international agreement, shall terminate automati-
cally every five years unless renewed in accordance with the procedures in
Section 4-2,.
4-204. Within 180 days after the effective date of this? Order, agency
heads shall review all existing special access programs under their jurisdiction
and continue them only in accordance with the procedures in Section 4-2.
Each of those agency heads shall also establish and maintain a system of
accounting for special access programs. The Director of the Information Secu-
rity Oversight Office shall have non-delegable access to all such accountings.
4-3. Access by Historical Researchers and Former Presidential Appointees.
4-301. The requirement in Section 4-101 that access to classified infor-
mation may be granted, only as is necessary for the performance of official
duties may be waived as provided in Section 4-302 for persons who:
(a) are engaged in historical research projects, or
(b) previously have occupied policy-making positions to which they were
appointed by the President.
4-302. Waivers under Section 4-301 may be granted only if the agency
with jurisdiction over the information:
(a) makes a written determination that access is consistent with the inter-
ests of national security;
(b) takes appropriate steps to ensure that access is limited to specific
categories of information over which that agency has classification jurisdiction;
(c) limits the access granted to former Presidential appointees to items
that the person originated, reviewed, signed or received while serving as a
Presidential appointee.
Reproduction Controls.
4-401. Top Secret documents may not be reproduced without the consent
of the originating agency unless otherwise marked by the originating office.
4-402. Reproduction of Secret and Confidential documents may be re-
stricted by the originating agency.
4-403. Reproduced copies of classified documents are subject to the same
accountability and controls as the original documents.
4-404. Records shall be maintained by all agencies that reproduce paper
copies of classified documents to show the number and distribution of repro-
duced copies of all Top Secret documents, of all documents covered by
special access programs distributed outside the originating agency, and of all
Secret and all Confidential documents which are marked with special dissemi-
nation and reproduction limitations in accordance with Section 1-506.
4-405. Sections 4-401 and 4-402 shall not restrict the reproduction of
documents-for the purpose of facilitating review for declassification. However,
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such reproduced documents that remain classified after review must be de-
stroyed after they are used.
SECTION 5. IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW.
5-1. Oversight.
5-101. The National Security Council may review all matters with respect
to the implementation of this Order and shall provide overall policy direction
for the information security program.
5-102. The Administrator of General Services shall be responsible for
implementing and monitoring the program established pursuant to this Order.
This responsibility shall be delegated to an Information Security Oversight
Office.
5-2. Information Security Oversight Office.
5-201. The Information Security Oversight Office shall have a full-time
Director appointed by the Administrator of General Services subject to ap-
proval by the President. The Administrator also shall have authority to ap-
point a staff for the Office.
5-202. The Director shall:
(a) oversee agency actions to ensure compliance with this Order and
implementing directives;
(b) consider and take action on complaints and suggestions from persons
within or outside the Government with respect to the administration of the
information security program, including appeals from decisions on declassifi-
cation requests pursuant to Section 3-503;
(c) exercise the authority to declassify information provided by Sections
3-104 and 3-503;
(d) develop, in consultation with the. agencies, and promulgate, subject to
the approval of the National Security Council, directives for the imPtementa-
tion of this Order which shall be binding on the agencies;
(e) report annually to the President through the Administrator of General
Services and the National Security Council on the implementation of this
Order;
(f) review all agency implementing regulations and agency guidelines for
systematic declassification review. The Director shall require any regulation or
guideline to be changed if it is not consistent with this Order or implementing
directives. Any such decision by the Director may be appealed to the National
Security Council. The agency regulation or guideline shall remain in effect
until the appeal is decided or until one year from the date of the Director's
decision, whichever occurs first.
(g) exercise case-by-case classification authority in accordance with Section
1-205 and review requests for original classification authority from agencies or
officials not granted original classification authority under Section 1-2 of this
Order; and
(h) have the authority to conduct on-site reviews of the information
security program of each agency that handles classified information and to
require of each agency such reports, information, and other cooperation as
necessary fulfill his responsibilities. If such reports, inspection, or access to
specific categories of classified information would pose an exceptional national
security risk, the affected agency head may deny access. The Director may
appeal denials to the National Security Council. The denial of access shall
remain in effect until the appeal is decided or until one year from the date of
the denial, whichever occurs first.
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5-3. Interagency Ilyrorrnation Security Committee.
5-301. There is established an Interagency Information Security Commit-
tee which shall be chaired by the Director and shall be comprised of represent-
atives of the Secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury, and Energy, the Attorney
General, the Director of Central Intelligence, the National Security Council,
the Domestic Policy Staff, and the Archivist of the United States.
5-302. Representatives of other agencies may be invited to meet with the
Committee on matters of particular interest to those agencies.
5-303. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman or at the
request of a member agency and shall advise the Chairman on implementation
of this order.
5-4. General Responsibilities.
5-401. A copy of any information security regulation and a copy of any
guideline for systematic declassification review which has been adopted pursu-
ant to this Order or implementing directives, shall be submitted to the Infor-
mation Security Oversight Office. To the extent practicable, such regulations
and guidelines should be unclassified.
5-402. Unclassified regulations that establish agency information security
policy and unclassified guidelines for systematic dedassiEcation review shall be
published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
5-403. Agencies with original classification authority shall promulgate
guides for security classification that will facilitate the identification and uni-
form classification of information requiring protection under the provisions of
this Order.
5-404. Agencies which originate or handle classified information shall:
(a) designate a senior agency official to conduct an active oversight pro-
gram to ensure effective implementation of this Order;
(b) designate a senior agency official to chair an agency committee with
authority to act on all suggestions and complaints with respect to the agency's
administration of the information security program;
(c) establish a process to decide appeals from denials of declassification
requests submitted pursuant to Section 3-5;
(d) establish a program to familiarize agency and other personnel who
have access to classified information with the provisions of this Order and
implementing directives. This program shall impress upon agency personnel
their responsibility to exercise vigilance in complying with this Order. The
program shall encourage agency personnel to challenge, through Mandatory
Review and other appropriate procedures, those classification decisions they
believe to be improper;
(e) promulgate guidelines for systematic review in accordance with Sec-
tion 3402;
(f) establish procedures to prevent unnecessary access to classified infor-
mation, including procedures which require that a demonstrable need for
access to classified information is established before initiating administrative
clearance procedures, and which ensures that the number of people granted
access to classified information is reduced to and maintained at the minimum
number that is consistent with operational requirements and needs; and
(g) ensure that practices for safeguarding information are systematically
reviewed and that those which are duplicative or unnecessary are eliminated.
5-405. Agencies shall submit to the Information Security Oversight Office
such information or reports as the Director of the Office may find necessary to
carry out the Office's responsibilities.
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5-5. Administrative Sanctions.
5-501. If the Information Security Oversight Office finds that a violation
of this Order or any implementing directives may have occurred, it shall make
a report to the head of the agency concerned so that corrective steps may be
taken.
5-502. Officers and employees of the United States Government be
subject to appropriate administrative sanctions if they:
(a) knowingly and willfully classify or continue the classification of infor-
mation in violation of this Order or any implementing directives; or
(b) knowingly, willfully and without authorization disclose information
properly classified under this Order or prior Orders or compromise properly
classified informa,ion through negligence; or
(c) knowingly and willfully violate any other provision of this Order or
implementing directive.
5-503. Sanctions may include reprimand, suspension without pay, remov-
al, termination of classification authority, or other sanction in accordance with
applicable law and agency regulations.
5-504. Agency heads shall ensure that appropriate and prompt corrective
action is taken whenever a violation under Section 5-502 occurs. The Director
of the Information Security Oversight Office shall be informed when such
violations occur.
5-505. Agency heads shall report to the Attorney General evidence re-
flected in classified information of possible violations of Federal criminal law
by an agency employee and of possible violations by any other person of those
Federal criminal laws specified in guidelines adopted by the Attorney General.
SECTION 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
6-1. Definitions.
.6-101. "Agency" has the meaning defined in 5 U.S.C. 552(e).
6-102. "Classified information" means information or material, herein
collectively termed information, that is owned by, produced for or by, or
under the control of, the United State's Government, and that has been
determined pursuant to this Order or prior Orders to -require protection
against unauthorized disclosure, and that is so designated.
6-103. "Foreign government information" means information that has
been provided to the United States in confidence by, or produced by the
United States pursuant to a written joint arrangement requiring confidentiality
with, a foreign government or international organization of governments.
6-104. "National security" means the national defense and foreign rela-
tions of the United States.
6-105. "Declassification event" means an event which would eliminate the
need for continued classification.
6-2. General.
6-201. Nothing in this Order shall supersede any requirement ma'de by or
under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. "Restricted Data" and
information designated as "Formerly Restricted Data" shall be handled, pro-
tected, classified, downgraded, and declassified in conformity with the provi-
sions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulations issued
pursuant thereto.
6-202. The Attorney General, upon request by the head of an agency, his
duly designated representative, or the Director of the Information Security
Oversight Office, shall personally or through authorized representatives of the
Department of Justice render an interpretation of this Order with respect to
any question arising in the course of its administration.
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6-203. Executive Order No. 11652 of March -S. 1972. as amended by
Executive Order No. 11714 of April 24, 1973, and as further amended by
Executive Order No. 11862 of _June 11, 1975, and the National Security
Council Directive of May 17, 1972 (3 CFR .1085 (1971-75 Comp.)) are re-
voked.
6-204. This Order shall become effective on December I, 1978, except
that the functions of the 'Information Security Oversight Office specified in
Sections .5-202(d) and 5-202(1) shall be effective immediately and shall be
Performed in the interim by the Interagency Classification Review Committee
established pursuant to Executive Order No. 11652.
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THE WHITE HOLTE,
June 28, 1978.
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Order of June 28, 1978
Designation of Certain Officials Within the Executive Office of the President To Classify
National Security Information
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-201 of Executive Order 12065 of
June 28, 1978, entitled "National Security Information", I hereby designate
the following officials within the Executive Office of the President to originally
classify information as "Top Secret"
The Vice President
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
The Director, Office of Management and Budget
The Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
The Chairman, Intelligence Oversight Board
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-202 of said Order, I designate the
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the President's Personal
Representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations to originally classify infor-
mation as "Secret".
Any delegation of this authority shall be in accordance with Section 1-204
of the Order.
This Order shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
THE WI-IrrE HOUSE,
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nuLas AND REGULATIONS
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Title 32--Naticmal Defense D Cla.ssification Guides.
CHAPTER XX?INTERAGENCY CLAS-
SIFICATION REVIEW COMMITTEE
(Directive No.
INFORMATION SECURtTY OVERSIGHT
OFFICE
National Security Information ?
AGENCY: Interagency Classification
Review Committee (ICRC).
ACTION: Implementing directive.
SUMMARY: The Interagency Classifi-
cation Review Committee is publishing
this directive to implement Executive
Order 12065,? relating to the classifica-
tion, dOwngrading, declassification and
safeguarding of national security in-
formation. This directive was ap-
proved by the National Security Coun-
cil for publication and issuance on
September 29, 1978. The Executive
order is intended to increase opermess
in Government by limiting classifica-
tion and accelerating deciqs.sification
but at the same time, providing Ira-
proved protection against unauthor-
ized disclosure for th.at information
that requires such protection in the
interest of national security. This di-
rective sets forth guidelines tq agen-
cies on original and derivative classifi-
cation, downgrading, declassification
and safeguarding of national security
information.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1,
1978.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Robert W. Wells, Executive Director,
ICRC, Telephone: [phone].
SUPPLEME_'NTARY INFORMATION:
This directive is issued pursuant to the
provisions of section 6-204 of Execu-
tive Order 12065. The purpose of the
directive is to assist in the implemen-
tation of Executive Order 12065. and
users of the directive shall refer con-
currently to .the Executive . order for
guidance.
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TADLE Or CONTENTS
Section I. Original Classification
Definition.
Classification Authority.
Request for Classification Authority.
Record Requirements,
Classification Procedure. ?
Foreign Government Information.
Standard Identification and Markings.
Additional Markings Required.
Abbreviations.
Section II. Derivative Classification
A Definition.
B Responsibility.
Section III. Declassification and
Downgrading
A Record Requirements.
13 Declassification Policy.
C Systematic Review for Declassification.
D Procedures for Mandatory Declassifica-
tion Review,
Section IV. Safeguarding
A General.
B General Restrictions on Access.
C .Acces.s by Historical Researchers and.
Former Presidential Appointees.
D Dissemination.
E Accountability ProCedures.
F Storage. ?
G Transmittal.
R Loss or Passible Compromise.
Destruction.
Section V. Implementation and Re4ew:
Challenges to Classification
? Section VI. General Provisions
A Notification. ?
B Posted Notice.
C Downgrading, Declassification, and Up-
grading Markings.
D Combat Operations.
E Publication and Effective Date.
I. ORIGINAL CLASSIFICAT/ON
A. Definition. "Original classifica-
tion" as used in the order means an
Initial determination that information
requires protection against unauthor-
ized disclosure in the interest of na-
tional security, and a designation of
the level of classification (1).'
B. Classification authority. In the
absence of an authorized classifier,
anyone designated to act in that per-
son's absence may exercise the
fier's authority (1-204).
C. Request for classification authori-
ty. Requests for original classification
authority for agencies not listed in sec-
tion 1-2 of the order shall be submit-
ted to the President through the In-
formation Security Oversight Office.
Requests shall include: (1) The desig-
nation of the officials for whom or po-
sitions for which authority is sought,
(2) the level of authority requested,
and (3) the justification for such re-
quests, including a description of the
type of information that is anticipated
to require original classification (1-2).
D. Record requirements. Agencies
and officials granted original classifi-
cation authority pursuant to section 1-
2 of the order shall maintain a current
listing, by classification designa.ticn, of
individuals to whom or positions to
which original classification authority
has been delegated (1-2).
E. Classification procedure. Except
as provided in section 1-303 of the
order, the fact that the information
concerns one or more of the qualifying
criteria or categories of information
'Parenthetical references are to related
sections of Executive Order 120e5.
-whether the information meets the
damage tests (1-302 and 1-303).
P. Foreign government iriforma-
tion.-1. !dent ificallon. "Foreign gov-
ernment information" is:
a. Information provided to the
United States by a foreign government
or international organization of gov-
ernments in the expectation, express
or implied, that the information is to
be kept in confidence; or
b. Information produced by the
United States pursuant to a written
joint arrangement with a foreign gov-
ernment or International organization
of governments requiring that, either
the information or the arrangement,
or both, be kept in confidence. Such a
written joint arrangement may be evi-
denced by an exchange of letters, a
memorandum of understanding, or
other writ/en record (1-303 and 6-103).
2. Duration of classification. Unless
the guidelines developed pursuant, to
section 3-404 of the order or other
guidelines prescribe dates or events for
declassification or for review for de-
classification:
a. Foreign government information
shall not be assigned a date or event
for automatic declassification unless
such Is specified or agreed to by the
foreign government or international
organization of governments.
b. Foreign government information
classified after the effective date of
the order shall be assigned a date for
review for declassification up to 30
years from the time the Information
was classified or acquired. (1-402 and
3-404).
G. Standard identification and
markings. At the time of original clas-
sification, the following shall be
shown on the face of paper copies of
all classified documents:
1. Identity of classifier. The Identity
of the classifier, unless also the signer
or approver of the document, shall be
shown on a "classified by" line: e.g..
"Classified by John Doe" or "Classi-
fied by Director, XXX" (1-501(a)).
2. Date of classification and office of
origin. The date and office of origin
on a document at the time of its origi-
nation may be considered the date of
classification and identification of the
office of origin (1-501(b)).
3. Date or event for declassification
or review. The date for automatic de-
classification or for declassification
review shall be shown on a "declassify
on" or a "review for declassification
on" line: e.g., "Declassify on 1 Novem.
her 19E14," "Declassify on completion
of State visit," or "Review for declassi-
fication on 1 November 1998" (1-
501(c)).
4. Downgrading markings. When It
is determined (e.g.. In a classification
guide) that a classified document
should be downgraded automatically
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at a certein date or upon a certain
event; thet date or event shall be re-
corded on the face of the document:
e.g.. "Downgraded to Secret on 1 No-
vember 1090" or "Downgraded to Con-
fidential an 1 December 1985" (1-5).
5. Identity of extension authority.
The identity of the official who autho-
rizes a date tor declassification or for
review for (feel:is:A(1=1'0n that Is more
than 6 years beyond the date of the
document '3 classification shall be
shown on the document, unless that
official also is the classifier, Signer, or
approver of the document. This mark-
ing shall be shown substantially as fol-
lows: "Extended by (Insert name or
title of position of agency head or-Top
Secret classification authority)" (1-
502).
6. Reason for extension. When class!.
firation is extended beyond 6 years,
the reason shall be stated on the docu-
ment either in narrative form or by
reference to an agency regulation that
slates the reason for extension in nar-
rative form. The reaeon shall be
shown substantially as follows:
'Reason for extension: (State reason
or applii.'able reference)" (1-502).
7. Overall and page marking of docu-
nients. The overall classificetlon of a
document shall be marked, stamped,
or affixed permanently at the top and
bottom of the outside of the front
cover (if any), on the title page (if
any), on the first page, and on the out-
side of the back cover (if any). Each
interior page of a classified document
shall be marked or stamped at the top
and bottom either according to the
highest classification of the content of
the page, including the designation
"Unclassified" when appropriate, or
according to the highest overall dazed-
firation of the document. In any crux..
the ela.ssification marking of the page
shall not supersede the classification
marking of portions of the page
marked with lower levels of classifica-
tion (1-501(d)).
ft. Subject and titles. Whenever prac-
ticable, subjects and titles shall be se-
locLed so as not to require cia.ssifica-
I on. When tne silleiect or title is cies-
sitied, an unciessified identifier may
be assigned to facilitate receipting and
((eel-once (I-5).
9. Mandatory portion marking. Clas-
sifiers shall identify the level of classi-
fication of each classified portion of a
document (including subjects and
!tics). and those portions that are not
classified. Portion marking shall he ac-
coniulislird by placing a parenthetical
designator immediately preceding or
folirakinv. the text that it governs. The
symbk,ls "iTS)" for top secret. "(Sr
fur secret. "IC)" for confidential, and
"fU l" for unclassitled shall be used for
this purpose. if individual portion
marking Is impracticable, _ne docu-
ment shall contedn a description stiffi-
dent to identify the Information that
is classified and the level of such clas-
sification. A waiver of the portion
marking requirement may be granted
by the Director of the Information Se-
curity Oversight Office. Requests for
such waivers shall be made by the
head of an agency or designee to the
Director and shall Include: (a) Identifi-
cation of the information or classes of
documents for which such waiver is
sought, (b) a detailed explanation of
why the waiver should be granted. (c)
the agency's best judanent as to the
anticipated dissemination of the infor-
mation or chess of documente for
which waiver is sought, and (d) rhe
extent to which the information sub-
ject to the waiver may form a basis for
classification of other documents (1-
504).
10. Material other Phan documents.
The dries. ificatIon and associated
markings prescribed by this directive
of documents shall, where practicable,
be affixed to material other than doe-
ument3 by stamping, tagging, or other
means. If this is not practicable, reciei-
ent3 shall be made aware of the classi-
fication and associated markings by
notification or other Means as pre-
scribed by the agency (1-5).
11. Transmittal documents. A trans-
mittal document shall indicate on its
face the highest classification of the
information transmitted by it and the
classification, if any, of the transmit-
tal document. For example, an unclas-
sified transmittal document should
bear a notation 'substantially as fol-
lows: "Unclassified When Classified
Enclosure is Detached" (1-5).
12. Harking foreign government in'
formation. Except in those cases
where such markings would reveal In-
telligence information, foreign govern-
ment information Incorporated In
United States documents shall, when-
ever practicable, be Identified in such
manner as. to ensure that the foreign
government information is not declas-
sified prematurely or made accessible
to nationals of a third country without
consent of the originator. Documents
classified. by a foreign government or
an international organization of gov-
ernments shall, if the foreign .classifi-
cation is not ln English, be marked
with the equivalent U.S. classification.
Foreign government information not
classified by a.foreign government or
an international organization of gov?
crnrnents but provided to the United
States iii confidence by a foreign gov-
ernment or by an international organ!-
7-atoll of governments shall be classi?
Ned at an appropriate level and shall
be marked with the U.S. classification
accordingly (1-5).
11. Additional markings required. In
addition to the marking requirements
in paragraph G. the following mark-
ings shall, as appropriate, be displayed
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prominently on classified information.
When display of these additional
markings la not practicable, their ap-
plicability to the Information shall be
included in the written notification of
the assigned classification (1-5).
1. Restricted data or formert.y re-
stricted data. For classified informa-
tion containing restricted data or for-
merly restricted data es defined in the
Atomic Energy Act of 195, as amend-
ed, such markings as may be pre-
scribed by the Department of Energy
In regulations issued pursuant to the
act shall be applied.
2. Intelligence sources and methods
information. For classified informa-
tion Involving Intelligence sources or
methods: "Warning Notice?intelli-
gence Sources and Methods Involved".
3. Dissemination and reproduction
notice, For classified information that
the originator has determined, pursu-
ant to section 1-506 of the order,
should be subject to special dissemina-
tion or reproduction limitations, or
both, a statement placing the user on
notice of the restrictions shall be in-
cluded in the text Of the document or
on its cover sheet; e.g.. "Reproduction
requires approval of originator," or
"Further diseemination only as direct-
ed by (Insert appropriate office or of-
ficial)" (1-506).
I. Abbreviations. Classified docu-
ments that are tranemitted electrically
may be marked with abbreviations or
codes In a single line to satisfy the re-
quirements of each subsection of para-
graphs G and Ti In a manner consist-
ent with economic and efficient use of
electrical transmission systems, pro-
vided that the full text represented by
each such abbreviation or code and its
relation to each subsection of para-
graphs G and H is readily available to
each expected user of the classified
documents affected.
IDLIIIVAITVE CLASSIFICATIOn
A. Definition. ?Derivathe claselficn-
Lion" as used in the order means a de-
termination that informatioh is In sub-
stance the same as information that Is
currently classified, and a desie.nation
of the level of classification (2-1).
B. Responsibility. Derivative applica-
tion of classification markings is a re-
sponsibility of those who incoreorate,
paraphrase, restate, or generate in
new form information that is already
classified, and of those who apply
marking-3 in accordance with instruc-
tions from an authorized classifier or
in accordance with an euthoriee-u cla.s-
sificat ion guide. Persons who apply de-
rivative classification markings should
Lake care to determine hether their
paraphrasing, restating, or ,surremariz-
ing of classified information has re-
moved the basis for eieezifiration.
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other appropriate inquiries show Hint
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don than originally assigned Is appro-
priate, the derivative document shall
be issued as unclassified or shall be
marked appropriately (2-101 and 2-
102).
C. Marking derivatively cla.ssified
documents. Paper copies of derivative-
ly classified documents shall be
marked at the time of origination as
follows:
1. The classification authority shall
be shown on a "classified by" line: e.g..
"Classified by (Insert identity or clas-
sification guide)" or "Classified by
(Insert source of original classifica-
tion)." If the classification Is derived
from more than one source, the single
phrase "multiple sources" may be
shown, provided that identification of
each such source is maintained with
the file or record copy of the docu-
ment (2-102(c));
2. The identity of the office originat-
ing the derivatively classified docu-
ment shall be shown on the face of the
document (2-102);
3. Dates or events for declassifica-
tion or review shall be carried forward
from the source material or classifica-
tion guide and shown on a "declassify
on" or "review for declassification on"
line. If the classification is derived
from more than one source, the latest
date for declassification or review ap-
plicable to the various source materi-
als shall be applied to the new infor-
mation (2-102(c));
4. The classification marking provi-
sions of sections I.G. 7 through 9 and
I.G. 12 are also applicable to deriva-
tively classified documents (2-102(c));
5. Any additional marking under sec-
tion Ili. of this directive appearing on
the source material shall be carried
forward to the new material when ap-
pro,.:,!iate (2-102(c)); and
6. Any abbreviation or code permit-
ted under section I. I. of this directive
may be applied to derivatively classi-
fied documents.
D. Cla.ssification guides.-1. Require-
ments. Classification guides issued
pursuant to section 2-2 of the order
shall:
a. Identify the information to be
protected, using categorization to the
extent necessary to insure that the in-
formation involved can be identified
readily and uniformly (2-201):
b. State which of the classification
designations tie.. top secret, secret, or
confidential) applies to the informa-
tion (2-201);
c. State the duration of classification
in terms of a period of time or future
vent. When such duration is to
exceed 6 years, tile reason for such ox-
tendon shall be provided in the g-uide.
However, if the inclusion of classified
reasons would result in a level of clas-
sification for a guide that would inhib-
it its desirable and required dissemina-
tion, those reasons need be recorded
only on or with the record copy of the
guide (2-201): ezid
d. Indicate how the designations,
time limits, markings, and other re-
quirements of the order and this direc-
tive are to be applied, or make specific
reference to agency regulations that
provide for such application (2-201).
2. Review and record requirements.
Each classification guide shall be kept
current and shall be reviewed at least
once every 2 years. Each agency shall
riSaintain a list of all its cleesifIcation
guides in current use (2-2).
III. DECLASSIFICATION AND ?
. DOWNGRADING ?
A. Record requirements. Agencies
and officials granted original classifi-
cation authority pursuant to section 1-
2 of the order shall maintain a record
of individuals or positions designated
as declassification authorities pursu-
ant to section 3-103 of the oraer (3-
103).
B. Declasslfication policy. In making
determinations under section 3-303 of
the order, officials shall respect the
intent of the order to protect foreign
government information and confiden-
tial foreign sources (3-303).
C. Systematic Review for Declassifi-
cation.-1. Systematic review guide-
lines.
a. U.S. originated information. Sys-.
tematic review guidelines shall be kept
current through review at least every
2 years, unless earlier review for revi-
sion is requested by the Archivist of
the United States (3-402).
b. Foreign government information.
Within 1 year after the effective date
of the order, heads of affected agen-
cies shall, in consultation with the Ar-
chivist and in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 3-404 of the order,
develop systematic review guidelines
for 30-year-old foreign government in-
formation. These guidelines shall be
kept current through review by
agency heads at least once every 2
years, unless earlier review for revision
is requested by the Archivist of the
United States. A copy of these guide-
lines and any revisions thereto shall
be furnished to the Information Secu-
rity Oversight Office. Upon request,
the Department of State shall provide
advice and such assistance as is neces-
sary to effect foreign government co-
ordination of the guidelines (3-404).
2. Systematic review procedures.?a.
Scheduling for systematic review. Clas-
sified nonpermanent records that are
scheduled to be retained for more
than 20 years need not be systemati-
cally reviewed but shall be reviewed
for declas-sification upon request.
Within 60 days of the effective date of
the order, heads of agencies and offi-
cials designated by the Pee:ident pur-
suant to section 1-2 of the order shall
direct that all classified records 20
years old or older, whether held in
storage areas by the agency or in Fed-
eral records centers, be surveyed to
identify those that require scheduling
for future disposition. Such scheduling
shall be accomplished within 2 years
of the effective date of the order (3-
401).
b. Extending classification after
review.?(1) Foreign government infor-
mation. Agency heads listed in section
1-2 and officials designated by the
President pursuant to section 1-201 of
the order may extend the classifica-
tion of foreign government informa-
tion beyond 30 years. but only in ac-
cordance with sections 3-3 and 3-404.
This authority may not be delegated.
When classification Is extended
beyond 30 years, a date no more than
10 years 15ter shall be set for declassi-
fication or for the next review. Subse-
quent reviews for declassification shall
be set at no more than 10-year inter-
vals (3-904).
(2) Waivers of further review. Heads
of agencies listed in section 1-2 and of-
ficials designated by the President
pursuant to section 1-201 of the order
may request from the Director of the
Oversight Office a waiver of the 10-
year review requirement for both U.S.-
originated and foreign government in-
formation. Such requests shall include
a personal certification by the agency
head that the classified Information
for which the waiver is sought has
been systematically reviewed as re-
quired, and that a definitive date for
declassification could not be deter-
mined. Waivers should not be request-
ed unless- the results of the review
have 'established an identifiable need
to continue classification for a period
in excess of 20 additional years. Each
request shall include a recommended
date or event for subsequent review or
automatic declassification (3-401).
c. Assistance to the Archivist.?(1)
The head of each agency shall desig-
nate experienced personnel to assist
the Archivist of the United States in
the systematic review of 20-year-old
U.S.-originated Information and 30-
year-old foreign government informa-
tion accessioned into the National Ar-
chives of the United States. Such per-
sonnel shall:
(a) Provide guidance and assistance
to National Archives employees In
identifying and separating documents
and specific categories of inforrnation
within documents that are deemed to
require continued classification: and
(b) Submit to the head of the agency
recommendations for continued elassi-
fication that Identify document.; or
specific categories of information so
separated.
(2) The head of the agency shall
then make the determinations person-
ally and in writing required under sec-
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documenta or entegorlea of Informa-
tion require continued Protection:The
agency shall inform the Archivist of
the United States of this determina-
tion (3-4).
d. Special procedures. Special proce-
dures for systematic review and declaa-
stficetion of classified cryptologic in-
formation and classified information
concerning the identities of clandes-
tine human agents promulgated ln ac-
cordance with the provisions of section
3-403 of the order shall be Mncling on
all agencies (3-403).
e. Foreign relations series. In order
to permit the editors of foreign rela-
tions of the United States to meet
their mandated goal of publishing 20
years after the event, heads of depat-te
talents and agencies are requested to
assist the editors in?the Department of
State by facilitating access to appro-
priate classified materials in their cus-
tody and by expediting declassification
review of items from their files select-
ed for publication (3-4).
D. Procedures for mandatory cicalas-?
sification review.
1. U.S.-originated information.?a.
Action on an initial request. Each
Agency shall designate. In its imple-'
menling reg-ulations published in the
FEDERAL REGISTER. ()MC= to which re-
quests for mandatory review fur de-
classification may be directed. Upon
request for declassification pursuant
to section 3-5 of the order, agencies
shall apply the following procedures-.
(1) The designated offices shall ac-
knowledge receipt of the request.
(2) Whenever a request does not rea-
sonably describe the information
sought, the requester shall be notified
that unless additional Information is
provided or the scope of the request is
narrowed. no further action Will be un-
dertaken (3-501).
b. information in the clistodis of and
under the exclusive declassification
authority of an agency. The designate
ed office shall determine whether.
under the declassification provisions
of section 3-3 of the order, the re-
quested information rnay be duchess:I-
tied anci, if so. shall make such infor-
mation available to the requestor,
uniess withholding is otherwise war-
ranted under applicable law. If the in-
!ovulation .may not be released in
whole or in part, the request-or shall
he given a brief statement as to the
reasons fur denial, a notice of the
ht In appeal the determination to a
nesignated agency appellate authority
in eluding name, title, and address of
siuheuthority), and a notice that
such an appeal must be filed with the
aftenca vathin GO days in order to be
considereci (3-501).
C. Ilvorination classified by agencies
oti,er than the.clistc.)dial agency. When
an ale icy receives a request for infor-
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fled by another agency, In shall for-
ward the request to the appropriate
agency for review, together alai a
copy of the document containing the
information requested where practica-
ble, and with its recommendation to
withhold any Of the information
where appropriate. Unirsa the agency
that elms:Oiled the information objects
on grouncla that its aasoclation with
the information requires protection,
the agency that received the request
shall also notify the requestor of the
referral. After the agency that classi-
fied the information, completes its
review (In coordination with other
agencies that a direct interests in the
subject matter), a response shall be
sent to the requester in accordance
with the procedures described above.
11 requested, the agency shall also
communicate its determination to the
referring agency (3-501).
d. Action on appeals The head of an
agency or a designee shall establish
procedures to act within 30 days upon
all appeals of dental-3 of requests for
declassification. These procedures
shall provide for meaningful appellate
consideration, shall be forwarded to
the Oversight .Office for review, and
shall be published in the FEDERAL REG-
ISTER. In accordance with these proce-
dures, agencies shall determine wheth-
er continued classification is required
in whole or in part, notify the reques-
ter of the determination, and make
available any information that Is de-
classified and otherwise releasable.. If
continued classification is required
tinder the provisions of section 3-3 of
the order, the requestor shall be noti-
fied of the reason.s therefor. If re-
quested, the agency shall also commu-
nicate the appeal determination to
any referring agency (3-5 and 5-
404(c)).
e. Fees. If, the request requires the
rendering of services for. which fair
and equitable fees may be charged
pursuant at title 5 of the independent
Offices Appropriation Act, 05 Stat.
200, 31 U.S.C. 483a t1976). such fees
may be imposed at the discretion of
the agency rendering the services.
Schedules of such fees shall be pub-
lished in the Para:eat REGISTER (3-
501).
2. Foreign onvcrrimcni information.
Except as provided hereinafter, re-
quests for mandatory review for the
declassification of classified docu?
rnents that contain foreign govern-
ment information shall be processed
and acted upon in accordance with the
provisions of section D.1 above. If the
agency receiving the request is also
the agency that initially received or
elm-sail-led the foreign government in-
formation, it shall determine whether
the foreign government information in
the document may be dieflaieiiitfa and
ciainisifirnEloormisdance with 'agency
polfifrirr atitTeErics, after consulting
with other ageacies that have subject
matter intereat as neeeesary. If the
agency receiving the request, is not the
agency that received or clensifled the
foreign government Information, It
shall refer the request to the appropri-
ate agency, a hich shall take action az
described above, including its recona-
mend:Won to svithhold any of the in-
formation where appropriate. In those
cases where agency policy or guide-
lines do not aPPIY, consultation with
the foreign originator through appro-
priate channels may be advisable prior
to final action on the request (3-5).
rv. SAirEGIJARDT:Ta
A. Genera/. Information classified
pursuant to Executive Order 12085 or
prior orders shall be afforded a level
of protection against unauthorized dis-
closore commensurate with its level of
claasIficatIon (4-1).
B. General restrictions on access.
1. Determination of need-to-know.
Classified Information ahall be made
available to a person only when the
possessor of the classified information
establishes in each instance, except as
provided in section 4-3 of the order,
that access Is essential to the accom-
plishment of official Government
dutien or contractual obligations (4-
101).
2. Determination of trustworthiness..
A person Ls eligible for access to classi-
fied information only after a. showing
of trustworthiness as determined by
agency heads based upon appropriate
investigations In accordance with ap-
plicable standards and criteria (4-101).
C. Access by historical researchers
and former Presidential appointees.
Agencies shall obtain: (1) Written
agreements from requestors to safe-
guard the information to which they
are given access as permitted by the
order and this directive; and (2) writ-
ten consent to the agency's review of
their notes and manu.scripta for the
purpose of determining that no classi-
fied information Ls contained therein.
A determination of trustworthiness Is
a precondition to a requester's access.
If the access requested by historical
researchers and. former Presidentlal
appointees requires the rendering of
services for which fair and equitable
fees may be charged pursuant to title
5 of the Independent Offices Appro-
priations Act, G5 Stat, 290, 31 U.S.C.
483a (1976), the requeator shall be so
notified and the fees may be ;mowed
(4g).
D. Dissemination. Except as other-
wise provided by section 162 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1.947, 61 Stat,
495, 50 U.S.C. 403 (1970 arid Supp. V
1975), classified Mien-reit:on originat-
ing In one agency may not be dissemi-
nated outside any other agency to
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which it has been made avaliaose witn? ever new security' equ,terent is pro- en the classified imormation being
mt the consent. of the originating
wency (4-403).
E. it procedures.-1.
Top secret. Top secret control officers
;hail be designated to receive, trans-
mit, and maintain current access and-
iccountability records for top secret
Aformation. An inventory of top
;egret documents 'shall be made at
e.--egist annually; however, heads of
agencies may authorize the annual in-
eentory of top secret documents in re-
positories, libraries, or activities ?that
store large volumes of such informa-
tion to be limited to documents to
which access has been afforded within
the past 12 months. The Director of
the Oversight Office may grant a
waiver with respect to the requirement
of an annual inventory for storage sys-
tem.s involving large volumes of infor-
mation if security measures with re-
spect to such storage systems are ade-
quate to prevent access by unauthor-
ized persons (4-103).
2. Secret and confidential. Secret
and confidential classified information
shall be subject to such controls and
current accountability records as the
head of the agency may prescribe (4-
103).
1. Storage. Classified information
shall be stored only in facilities or
under conditions adequate to prevent
unauthorized persons from gaining
access to it (4-103). ?
11. Top secret. Top secret informa-
tion shall' be stored in a GSA-ap-
proved, safe-type, steel file cabinet
having a built-in, three-position, dial-
type combination lock or within an ap-
proved vault, or vault-type room, or in
other storage facility that meets the
standards for top secret established
under the provisions of subsection 3
below. In addition, heath of agencies
shall prescribe such additional, supple-
mentary controls as are deemed appro-
priate to restrict unauthorized access
to areas where such information, is
stored (4-103).
2. Secret and confidential. Secret
and confidential information shall be
stored in a manner and under the con-
ditions prescribed for top secret infor-
mation. or in a container or vault that
ineets the standards for secret or con-
fidential, established pursuant to the
provisions of subsections 3 or 4 below
(4-103).
3. Standards for security equipment
The General Services Administration
shall, in coordination with agencies
originating classified Information, es-
tablish arid publish uniform standards.
specifications, and supply schedules
for containers, vaults, alarm systems,
and associated security devices suit-
able for the storage and protection of
all categories of classified information.
Any agency may establish more strin-
gent, standards for its own use. When-
cured, It shall be in conformance with
the standards arid specifications re-
ferred to above and shall, to the maxi-
mum extent practicable, be of the type
designated on the Federal Supply
Schedule, General Services Adminis-
tration (4-103).
4. Exception to standards for securi-
ty equipment. ?a. Secret and confiden-
tial information may also be stored in
a steel filing cabinet having a built-in,
three-position, dial-type, changeable
'combination lock, or a steel filing cabi-
net equipped with a steel lock bar, pro-
vided it. Is secured by a three-position,
changeable, combination padlock ape
proved by GSA for the purpose. The
storage of secret information in the
steel filing cabinets described above re-
quires the use of such'supplementary
controls ,as the head of the agency
deems necessary to achieve the degree
of protection warranted by the sensi-
tivity of the information involved (4-
103).
b. For protection of bulky secret and
confidential material (for example,
weaponry containing classified compo-
nents) in magazines, strong rooms, or
closed areas, access oenings may be se-
cured by changeable combination or
key-operated, high-security padlocks
approved by GSA. When key-operated
padlocks are used, keys shall be con-
trolled in accordance with subsection 6
below (4-103).
5. Combinations.?a. Equipment in
service. Combinations to dial-type
locks shall be changed only by persons
having appropriate security clearance,
and shall be changed whenever such
equipment is placed in use, whenever a
person knowing the combination no
longer requires access to the combina-
tion, whenever a combination has been
subjected to possible compromise,
whenever the equipment is taken out
of service, and at least once every
year. Knowledge of combinations 'pro-
tecting classified information shall.be
limited to the minimum number of
persons necessary for operating pur-
poses. Records of combinations shall
be classified no lower than the highest
level of -classified information to be
stored in the security equipment con-
cerned (4-103).
B. Equipment out of service. When
security equipment having a built-in
combination lock is taken out of serv-
ice, the lock shall he reset to the
standard combination 50-25-50. Com-
bination padlocks shall be reset to the
standard combination 10-20-30 (4-
103).
6. Keys. Heads of agencies shall es-
tablish administrative procedures for
the control and account-ability of keys
and locks whenever key-operated,
high-security padlocks are utilized.
The level of protection provided such
keys shall be equivalent to that afford-
protected. Under no circumstances
may keys be removed from the prem-
ises. They shall be stored in a secure
container (4-103).
7. Responsibilities of custodians.
Persons entrusted with cla.?sifi,:d in-
formation shall be responsible for pro-
viding protection and accountablility
for such information at all times and
for locking classified information in
approved security equipment when-
ever it is not in use or under direct su-
pervision of authorized persons:Custo-
dians shall follow . procedures that
Insure unauthorized persons do not
gain access to classified Information
(4-103).
8. Inspections. Individuals charged
with the custody of classified informa-
tion shall conduct the necessary in-
spections-within their areas to insure
adherence ,to procedural safeguards
prescribed to protect classified infor-
mation. Agency security officers shall
insure that periodic inspections are
made to determine whether procedur-
al safeguards prescribed by agency
regulations are in effect at all times
(4-103).
G. Transmittal.-1. Preparation and
receipting. Classified information
shall be enclosed In opaque inner and
outer covers before transmitting. The
inner cover shall be a sealed wrapper
or envelope plainly marked with the
assigned classification and addresses
of both sender and addressee. The
outer cover shall be sealed and ad-
dressed with no identification of the
classification of its contents. A receipt
shall be attached to or enclosed in the
inner cover, except that confidential
Information shall require a receipt
only if the sender deems It necessary.
The receipt shall identify the sender,
addressee, and the document, but shall
contain no classified information. It
shall be immediately signed by the re-
ciplent and returned to the sender. -
Any of these wrapping and receioting
requirements may be waived by
agency heads under conditions that
will provide adequate protection and
prevent access by unauthorized per-
sons (4-103).
2. Transmittal of top secret. The
transmittal of top secret information
shall be by specifically designated per-
sonnel, by State Department diplo-
matic pouch, by a messenger-courier
system specially created for that pur-
pose, or over authorized secure com-
munications circuits (4-103).
3. Transmittal of secret. The trans-
mittal of secret material shall be ef-
?fected in the following manner:
. a. The 50 States, District of Ci:,Zum-
bia, and Puerto Rico. Secret informa-
tion may be transmitted within and
between the 50 States, District of Co-
lumbia, and Puerto Rico by one of the
means authorl7ed for top secret
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Provided by U.S. air or surface com-
mercial carriers under such conditions
as may be prescribed by the head of
the agency concerned (4-103).
b. Canadian Government Installa-
tions. Secret information may be
transmitted to and between United
States Government and Canadian
Government installations in the 50
States, the District of Columbia, and
Canada by United States and Canadi-
an registered mail with registered mail
receipt (4-103).
c. Other areas. Secret Information
may be transmitted from, to, or within
areas other than those specified In
subsections a or b above by one of the
means established for top secret infor-
mation, or by U.S. registered mail
through Army. Navy, or Air Force
Postal Service facilities provided that
the information does not at any time
pass out of U.S. citizen control and
does not pass through a foreign postal
system. Transmittal outside such areas
may also be accomplished under escort
of appropriately cleared personnel
aboard U.S. Government and U.S.
Government contract vehicles or air-
craft, ships of the United States Navy,
civil service manned U.S. Naval ships,
and ships of U.S. Registry. Operators
of vehicles, captains or masters of ves-
sels. and pilots of aircraft who are U.S.
citizens and who are appropriately
cleared may be designated as escorts
(4-103).
4. Transmittal of confidential infor-
mation. Confidential information
shall be transmitted within and be-
ween the 50 States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico. and U.S. territories or posses-
sions by one of the means established
for higher classifications, or by US.
Postal Service certified, first class, or
express mail service when prescribed
by an agency head. Outside these
areas, confidential information shall
be transmitted only as is authorized
for higher classifications (4-103).
person who has knowledge of the loss
or possible compromise of classified in.
formation shall Immediately report
the circumstances to an official &sig.
'sated by the agency or organization.
In turn, the oiginating agency shall be
notified about the loss or compromise
In order that a damage assessment
may be conducted and appropriate
measures taken to negate or minimize
any adverse effect of such a compro-
mise. Art immediate inquiry shall be
initiated by the agency under whose
cognisance the loss or compromise oc-
curred, for the purpose of taking cor-
rective measures and appropriak ad-
ministrative, disciplinary, or legal
action (9-103).
I. Destruction. Nonrceord classified
Information that has served its intend-
ed purpose shall be destroyed In ac-
cordance with procedures and meth-
ods approved by the head of the
agency. The method of destruction se-
lected must preclude recognition or re-
construction of the classified informa-
tion or material (4-103).
V. IMPLEMENTATION AND RI:VIEW
Challenges to classification. Agency
programs established to implement
the order shall encourage holders of
classified information to challenge
classification in cases where there is
reasonable cause to believe that infor-
mation is classified unnecessarily, Im-
properly, or for an inappropriate
period of time. These programs shall
provide for action on such challenges
or appeals relating thereto within 30
days of receipt and for notification to
the challenger of the results. When re-
guested, anonymity of the challenger
shall be preserved (5-404(d)).
VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. Notification. Notification of un-
scheduled changes in classification or
changes in duration of classification
may be by general rather than specific
notice (4-102).
B. Posted notice. If prompt remark-
would be unduly burdensome, the cus
todian may attach a change of chassifi
cation notice to the storage unit ii
lieu of the marking action otherwisi
required. Each notice shall inclicati
the change, the authority for thf
action, the date of the action, and tip
storage units to which it applies. Itetn:
permanently withdrawn from suet
storage units shalt be marked prompt
ly In accordance with the marking pro
visions herein. However, when Infor
mation subject to a posted downgrad-
ing, upgrading, or deciss.slfication
notice Is withdrawn from one storagr
unit solely for transfer to another, or
a storage unit containing such infor
mation is transferred train one place
to another, the transfer may be made
without marking If the notice Is at-
tached to or remains with each ship-
ment (4-102).
C. Downgrading, declassification,
and upgrading markings. Whenever a
change is made In the original classifi-
cation or In the dates of downgrading
or declassification of any-classified in-
formation, it shall be promptly and
conspicuously Marked to indicate the
change, the authority for the action.
the date of the action, and the Identi-
ty of the person taking theo,action.
Earlier classification markings shall be
cancelled when practicable (4-102).
D. Combat operations. The provi-
sions of the order and this Directive
with regard to dissemination, trans-
mittal, or safeguarding of classified in-
formation may be so modified in con-
nection with combat or combat-related
operations as the Secretary of Defense
may by regulations prescribe (4-103).
E. Publication and effectips date.
This directive shall be published in
the FE.DERAL Rrctsgra. It shalt become
effective December 1,1978 (8-204).
JANIFS B. RHOADS.
Acting Chairman, Interagency
Classification Review Com-
mittee.
Oc-roBER 2,1978.
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27 November 1978
Directorate of Administration Classification Guide
Foreword
1. This Directorate of Administration Classification Guide (DACG)
is designed and approved effective 1 December 1978 in accordance with
the requirements of E.O. 12065. It sets forth the categories of infor-
mation to be considered for classification,.and provides guidance for
determining the proper levels of classification (i.e., Confidential,
Secret, or Top Secret). For each classifiable subcategory of information,
it also sets forth a classification duration limit and a justification for
extending classification beyond sixyears to a maximum of 20 years, or to
30 years in the case of forei n government information. The Guide is to be
used in conjunction Section 12 of the Handbook provides
guidance on marking each document at time of classification.
2. The Guide is essentially a series of predetermined original
classification decisions by a Top Secret classifier for information
requiring extension of classification beyond six years, and provides the
authority for derivative classification. It is to be used by:
a. personnel with original classification authority below
the Top Secret level;
b. personnel, as may be designated by their Office Heads, who
do not have original classification authority but who can act as classifiers
by citing the applicable portion(s) of the Guide as the basis for their
classification actions;
c. personnel with original Top Secret classification authorit
who elect to use the Guide in lieu of citing paragraph 3d
Personnel using the Guide are "derivative classifiers".
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3. The DACG is based on the seven general categories of information
meriting classification consideration, as specified by E.O. 12065. These
seven categories, subdivided into broader subcategories, constitute the
Agencyclassification criteria (unclassified) set forth in Section 9a-9g
The DACG includes these criteria and breaks them down into
subcategories applicable to the Directorate of Administration
applicable to NFAC, the DO, DS&T, and Independent Offices for
specific
and also
classification of administrative information or material. The letter
"A" has been assigned to the Directorate of Administration to identify the
DACG and must preface each citation of the Guide. Consider, for example,
the citation A 9a(1) (1.1):
"A" indicates that the citation is from the DACG;
"9" is the
and Agency
"a" is the
categories
(1) is the
represents
(1.1) is
a(1).
Section containing E.O. 12065
classification criteria;
first of seven E.O. 12065
of information subject to
criteria or
classification;
first Agency criterion under "a" and
a more specific breakdown of information;
the first classifiable DA subcategory under
When the Guide is cited in derivative classification, the above citation
is to be simplified to A 9a 1.1 plus required markings. Note that in some
instances no specific breakdown is made under the broad categories of
Agency criteria. In these cases, the term "Reserved" is used to indicate
the possibility of future subcategorization. Also note that with the
exception of categories 9a, b, g, Annex A, and Annex B, which are applicable
to the Directorate generally, the specific subcategories listed under 9c-9f
are listed by Office of functional interest in alphabetical order for ease
of reference.
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4. A single level of classification has been established for each
subcategory although a range of classification is possible depending upon
the sensitivity of the information. A derivative classifier should compare
the information or material he believes to require classification with the
information and classification level established in the DACG. If the DACG
does not apply, a derivative classifier should consult an officer with
original classifying authority at Top Secret level who will determine
level of classification and, if warranted, classify the information, assign
a duration of classification, and provide justification for extension of
classification beyond six years.
5. The justifications used in the Guide are also to be used by original
Top Secret classifiers in justifying extension of classification beyond six
years, as set forth in paragraph 3d nd attached as Annex B to
this Guide. Personnel with original ...ton authority are thus
provided the option of justifying a classification duration extending
beyond six years by citing the applicable portion of the Guide, or by
citing the Handbook as noted above. This option provides flexibility
considering that predetermined classification decisions set forth in the
Guide may not always be applicable.
6. As noted above, in the event an item of information is not
covered in the DACG, a classification determination must be made by an
officer to whom original classification authority has been delegated at
the Top Secret level. If such cases occur, the Agency Security Classifi-
cation Officer, ISAS/DDA, should be advised in writing so that any omission
from the DACG can be included in future updates thereof. The DACG should
be viewed as an aid to classification, susceptible both to expansion and
to improvement.
a e
Deputy Director
for
Administration
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DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Index to Principal Criteria
SECTION 9 - TAB
a. Military plans, weapons, or operatiops A
b. Foreign government information
c. Intelligence activities, sources or methods
d. Foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States
e. Scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to the national security
f. United States Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or facilities
g. Other categories of information related to national security and determined
by the Director of Central Intelligence to require protection against
unauthorized disclosure
ANNEX A (Cover Classification Guide)
ANNEX B (Justifications for Extension of Classification Beyond Six Years)
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Sections 9a - 9g)
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level
of
Classification
Information shall not be considered for classification
unless it concerns one of the categories set forth below
and shall not be classified unless its unauthorized
disclosure could cause exceptionally grave, serious, or
identifiable damage to the national security. (U)
9a. Military plans, weapons or operations
Information concerning foreign intentions, capabilities,
or activities which pose a potential threat to United
States national security interests or to those of allied
or other friendly governments.(U)
(1.1) RESERVED
(2) Information which could reveal the extent or degree
of success achieved by the United States in the collection
of information on and assessment of foreign military plans,
weapons, capabilities or operations.(U)
(2.1) Studies, historical reviews and analyses based on
personal experience or assignments.(U)
(3) Information that could reveal defense plans or posture
of the United States, its allies, or other friendly countries
or enable a foreign nation or entity to develop counter-
measures to such plans or posture. (U)
(3.1) RESERVED
(4) information that could reveal the capabilities,
vulnerabilities or deployment of United States weapons
or weapons systems.(U)
(4.1) RESERVED
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" tion Guide
tions 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
9c. Intelligence activities, sources, or methods
(1) Information that could reveal or identify a
present, past or prospective intelligence source,
whether a person, organization, group, technical system,
mechanism, device, or any other means or instrument
that provides, has provided, or is being developed to
provide foreign intelligence or foreign counterintelligence. (U)
OFFICE OF FINANCE
, (1.1) Information dealing with budget, expenditures,
funding or other fiscal aspects which reveals, or if
joined with other information, could reveal or identify
an intelligence source. (U)
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"SECRET" level is required to
protect sensitive technical and
human clandestine sources of
intelligence which could remain
vulnerable to counteraction for
a period of at least 20 years.
Nullification or reduction in
effectiveness of these sources
could result in a loss of
informational advantage to the
United States, causing serious
damage to the national security
If
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Minctions 9a - 9g)
OFFICE OF TRAINING
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(1.3) Information used in regular or special training
programs, briefings, consultative activities, or lectures
which could reveal or identify an intelligence source,
including information contained in historical documents,
background materials, analytical studies, reviews, lecture
notes, course outlines, student handouts, lesson plans,
student reading materials, tests, ADP input and output
forms, and audio-visual aids.(U)
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required to protect human and
technical clandestine sources
of intelligence which could
remain vulnerable to counter-
action for a period of at least
20 years. Nullification or
reduction in effectiveness of
these sources could result in a
loss of informational advantage
to the United States causing
identifiable damage to the
national security.
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Classification Guide
Sections 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
(2) Information which could reveal or identify a
present, past or prospective intelligence method,
procedure, mode, technique, or requirement used or
being developed to acquire, transmit, analyze,
correlate, evaluate, or process foreign intelligence
or foreign counterintelligence or to support an
intelligence source, operation, or activity. (U)
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
(2.1) Information pertaining to CIA's worldwide
electronic communications network for transmitting
intelligence and related management and administrative
information, including training, equipment, circuitry,
communications services provided to or obtained from
other United States Government components, use of the
RF spectrum, capabilities, systems and procedures.(U)
(2.2) Information concerning the existence, plans,
covert capability, techniques, procedures, equipment
systems and subsystems used by CIA in support of
clandestine operations. (U)
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Extended classification at the
"SECRET" level is required to
protect sensitive cryptologic,
technical, and clandestine methods
of transmitting intelligence which
would remain vulnerable to counter-
action for a period of at least
20 years. Compromise of such
equipment, procedures, and systems
would result in loss of vital
information causing serious damage
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ctions 9a - 9g)
Level
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Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
OFFICE OF FINANCE
(2.3) Information dealing with budget, expenditures,
funding, or other fiscal aspects which reveals or, if
joined with other information, could reveal or identify
intelligence methods. (U)
SECRET
SECRET
SECRET
20 years
(review)
20 years
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"SECRET" level is required to
protect sensitive intelligence
or counterintelligence methods
which could remain vulnerable
to counteraction for a period
of at least 20 years.
Nullification or reduction in
effectiveness could result in a
loss of informational advantage
to the United States causing
serious damage to national
security.
Extended classification of the
information at the "SECRET" level
is required because it deals with
intelligence funding techniques
of current and continuing applic-
ability which, if compromised,
could jeopardize personnel and
mechanisms involved in on-going
operations and adversely impact on
foreign relations with resultant
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OFFICE OF LOGISTICS
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SECRET
20 years Extended classification of the
(review) information at the "SECRET" level
is required because it deals with
intelligence funding techniques
which, if disclosed in total, would
reveal the Agency's intelligence
budget and scope of effort. Such
disclosure would cause the hostile
powers opposition to intensify their
collection efforts against the U.S.,
as well as undertake defensive
action to negate U.S. collection
efforts. Such actions could deprive
the U.S. of an informational
advantage and cause serious damage
to national security.
6 years Maintenance of classification for
(review) six years and possibly longer is
required to protect information
concerning logistical support of
operations or activities important
to national security, the disclosure
of which could reasonably be
expected to result in negating the
support, reducing its effective-
ness, or compromising the operation
or activity itself, with serious
damage to national security.
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(review) vulnerability or capability data,
the unauthorized disclosure of
which could reasonably be expec-
ted to result in negating or
nullifying the effectiveness of
a system, installation or pro-
ject important to national
security and/or place in immed-
iate jeopardy a person important
to the national security.
6 years Protection at SECRET level for
(review) six years and possibly longer
is required because this infor-
mation reveals intelligence
methods, vulnerability and
capability data the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effec-
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ication Guide of of for Extension
Sections 9a - 9g) Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
(2.10) Information concerning Real Property CONFIDENTIAL 6 years Protection at CONFIDENTIAL level
Acquisition Procedures. (U) (review) for six years and possibly
longer is required because this
information reveals intelligence
methods, vulnerability and
capability data the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effec-
tiveness of a system, installa-
tion or project causing identi-
fiable damage to the national
security.
(2.11) Information concerning quantities of and
disposal methods for Agency classified material,
classified waste, and excess material. (U)
CONFIDENTIAL
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20 years Extended protection at SECRET
(review) level is required because this
information reveals iLtelligence
methods, vulnerability and
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effec-
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ections 9a - 9g) Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
(2.13) Information concerning procedures
for checking incoming mail. (U)
CONFIDENTIAL
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6 years Protection at CONFIDENTIAL
(review) level for six years and
possibly longer is required
because this information reveals
intelligence methods, vulner-
ability and capability data
the unauthorized disclosure of
which could result in negating
or nullifying effectiveness of
a system, installation or project
causing identifiable damage to
the national security.
20 years Extended protection at SECRET
(review) level is required because this
information reveals intelligence
methods, vulnerability and cap-
ability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effec-
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ctions 9a - 9g)
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
OFFICE OF MEDICAL SERVICES
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
(2.17) Information concerning employee suggestions to
improve, or to propose new methods, procedures, modes,
or techniques used or being developed to acquire, transmit,
analyze, evaluate or process foreign intelligence or
counterintelligence, or to support an intelligence source,
operation, or activity. (U)
OFFICE OF SECURITY
(2.18) Information concerning the type of equipment
and methodology employed in technical surveillance
countermeasures. (U)
TOP SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET
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SECRET
20 years, review, Continued protection of the informar
or five years tion is essential to national
security because it reveals
intelligence methods which, if dis-
closed, could deprive the U.S. of
an advantage in methodology and
would reveal the target of such
methodology. Such disclosure could
have an adverse impact on U.S.
foreign relations and defense
programs with exceptionally grave
damage to national security.
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
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Continued protection of the
information is essential to .the
national security because it reveals
intelligence methods which, if
disclosed, could deprive the U.S.
of an intelligence advantage with
identifiable damage to national
security.
Extended classification at the
SECRET level is required to protect
unique intelligence equipment and
methods employed in technical
surveillance countermeasures which,
if compromised, could deprive the
Agency of an effective defense
against hostile technical
surveillance with resultant serious
damage to national security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level Duration Justification
Classification Guide of of for Extension
ctions 9a - 9g) Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
(2.19) Information concerning the results of SECRET 20 years Extended classification at SECRET
technical surveillance countermeasures inspections.(U) (review) level is required because the
information concerns operations or
activities important to national
security and/or could reveal
vulnerability or capability data,
the unauthorized disclosure of which
can reasonably be expected to result
in negating or nullifying the
effectiveness of a system, operatiod
activity, installation or project
important to national security
and/or impede orderly implementation
of plans/operations/activities.
SECRET
,PrT
20 years Extended classification at the
(review) SECRET level is required to pro-
tect unique intelligence equipment
and methods employed in defense of
intelligence installations, which,
if disclosed, could result in a
vulnerability leading to an infor-
mational loss to the U.S. and
causing serious damage to national
security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
ections 9a - 94)
Level Duration Justification
of of for Extension
Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
(2.22) Information pertaining to personnel
security information of a counterintelligence nature.(U)
SECRET
SECRET
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SECRET
20 years Extended classification at the
(review) SECRET level is required to pro-
tect unique intelligence equipmerit
and methods which, if compromised,
would result in opposition aware-
ness of CIA capability and the
development of countermeasures
making clandestine collection of
intelligence more difficult.
Such negation of CIA. capability
could deprive the U. S. of an
informational advantage with
resultant serious damage to
national security.
20 years Extended classification at the
(review) SECRET level is required to
protect sensitive information
used in personnel and physical
security investigations, which,
if compromised, could lead to a
penetration and resultant infor-
mational loss causing serious
damage to national security.
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DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
ections 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(2.23) Information that could reveal, compromise,
or jeopardize data processing access procedures and/or
controls to computer classified data banks in use, being
developed, or proposed for use by CIA.(U)
(2.24) Information disclosing operational support
activities of the Office of Security.(U)
(2.25) Safe or lock combinations, when coupled with
information identifying the lock or the location of the
device to which the lock is affixed. (U)
(2.26) Information correlating a staff employee or
staff employee equivalent badge and the code number
required for valid entry through the Security Access
Control System. (U)
SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
TOP SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
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SECRET
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
Until Combination
is changed
Until badge or
code number is
invalidated
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Extended classification at the
SECRET level is required to protect
sensitive intelligence methods used
to protect classified information in
ADP systems. Compromise of such
methods could lead to a loss of
vital information and serious damage
to national security.
Extended classification is required
to protect intelligence methods and
techniques of continuing applicabil-
ity, the unauthorized disclosure of
which could result in impeding or
negating operations/activities
and/or placing in immediate jeopardy
a person important to national
security.
Protection of this information is
essential because it reveals Agency
internal data specifically protected
by statute, the unauthorized dis-
closure of which could result in
exceptionally grave damage to
national security.
Protection of this information
is essential because it reveals
vulnerability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which would result in
identifiable damage to national
security.
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Classification Guide
Sections 9a - 9g)
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
OFFICE OF TRAINING
(2.27) Information describing covert training
techniques and materials used in training which
reveal intelligence methods.(U)
(3) Information not officially released that could
disclose the organizational structure of the Central
Intelligence Agency; the numbers and assignments of CIA
personnel; the size and composition of the CIA budget,
including internal and external funding; logistical and
associated support activities and services, security
procedures, techniques, and activities including those
applicable to the fields of communication and data
processing; or other quantitative or qualitative data
that could reveal or indicate the nature, objectives,
requirements, priorities, scope or thrust of Agency
activities, including the missions, functions, and
locations of certain CIA components or installations.(U)
CONFIDENTIAL
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SECRET
20 years
(review)
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Extended classification is
required to protect intelligence
methods and techniques used in
training which have continuing
applicability and whose negation
could deprive the U.S. of an
informational loss with identifi-
able damage to national security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
ections 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
OFFICE OF FINANCE
(3.1) The Annual Report of the Central Intelligence
Agency and monthly CIA Statement of Financial Condition. (C)
(3.2) Information relating to appropriations to and
obligations of CIA, including total amounts, number of
employees, details of budgets and expenditures, data on
progra_ms and activities, internal distribution or allocation
of funds or requisitioning authorities, information on
confidential funds received or expended on behalf of other
Government agencies. (C)
(3.3) Information relating to the Contingency Fund of
CIA, the source of the fund, and amount or purpose for
which such funds are released.(C)
TOP SECRET
SECRET
SECRET
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SECRET
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
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Extended protection of this infor-
mation at TOP SECRET level is
required because it reveals
quantitative and qualitative Agency
internal data, the nature,
objectives, requirements, prioritie%
scope and thrust of Agency
activities, the unauthorized dis-
closure of which could cause
exceptionally grave damage to
the national security.
Extended protection of this
information at SECRET level is
required because it reveals
quantitative and qualitative
Agency internal data, including
the nature, objectives, require-
ments, priorities, scope and thrust
of Agency activities, the un-
authorized disclosure of which
could cause serious damage to the
national security.
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DIRECTORATE OF AD' TION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
ctions 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
INFORMATION AND PRIVACY STAFF
(3.4) Names or initials of non-overt DDO components
below the Directorate level; names or initials of non-
overt NFAC, DDS&T, and DDA components below the Office
level. (U)
OFFICE OF LOGISTICS
(3.5) Agency Vehicular Assets. Computer printouts
and vehicle status card (Form 794) for individual vehicles
which include complete description, serial number, motor
vehicle number, station name, station location, project
name (if any), individual vehicle assigned to (if applicable)
Certificate of Origin and vehicle title. (C)
(3.6) Information pertaining to construction
engineering, and communication and utilities systems
at domestic/overseas installations. (C)
CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
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:',ECRET
20 years
(review)
6 years
(review)
6 years
(review)
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This information reveals internal
Agency data protected by statute,
the unauthorized disclosure of
which could cause identifiable
damage to national security.
Protection of this information for
six years and possibly longer is
required because it could reveal
vulnerability or capability data,
the unauthorized disclosure of
which could result in negating or
nullifying the effectiveness of a
system, installation, or project,
or placing in immediate jeopardy
a person important to the national
security.
Protection of this information for
six years and possibly longer is
required, because it could reveal
sources, methods, vulnerability, ani
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effective-
ness of a system, installation or
project, causing identifiable damaw
to the national security.
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DIRECTORATE OF A
CLASSIFICATION G
Classification Guide
Sections 9a - 9g)
B01041R000300080003-6
TION
DACG)
Level
of
Classification
(3.7) Information concerning methods and techniques
for providing physical security to a facility. (U)
(3.8) Information concerning locations, frequency,
and mode of travel for courier runs and sensitive
deliveries. (U)
(3.9) Information concerning inventories, listings,
computer printouts, of individual Agency stock items or
aggregates of items.(U)
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET
SECRET
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SECRET
Duration Justification
of for Extension
Classification Beyond Six Years
6 years Protection of this information for
(review) six years and possibly longer is
required because it reveals
vulnerability or capability data,
the unauthorized disclosure of
which could result in negating or
nullifying effectiveness of a
system, installation, or project,
causing identifiable damage to
the national security.
6 years It
(review)
20 years Extended protection of this
(review) information is required, because
it reveals vulnerability or
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effective-
ness of a system, installation, or
project, causing serious damage to
the national security.
20 years
(review)
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DIRECTORATE OF RATION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
C1ssificatjon Guide
ctions 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration Justification
of for Extension
Classification Beyond Six Years
(3.11) Information concerning the quantitative computer
run of overt Agency Metropolitan space and personnel by
om.onent. Information not off iciall released concerning
SECRET
(3.12) Information concerning procedures for procurement SECRET
contracts and contractors.(U)
(3.13) Information concerning the organization, location,
mission and support activities pertinent to staybehind
agent networks. (C)
SECRET
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20 years Extended protection of this
(review) information is required because
it could reveal vulnerability/
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in serious damage to national
security.
20 years Extended protection of this
(review) information is required, because
it could reveal intelligence
sources/methods, vulnerability/
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effective-
ness of a system, operation,
installation, or project, causing
serious damage to national security.
6 years Extended protection of this informa-
(review) tion is required because its un-
authorized disclosure could
jeopardize intelligence mechanisms
planned or in being, the loss of
which could reveal intelligence
sources and methods, deprive the
U.S. of a defense capability and/or
place an individual in jeopardy
causing serious damage to the
national security.
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Sections 9a - 9g)
B01041R000300080003-6
DIRECTORATE OF 11 TRATION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level
of
ClassifiLation
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Bcyond Six Years
OFFICE OF SECURITY
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
(3.16) Information disclosing the organizational structure
of individual components of the Central Intelligence Agency. (U)
(3.17) Current and planning-related information disclosing
the numbers, grades, skills and assignments of personnel.(U)
CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET
SECRET
SECRET
SET
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
10 years
(review)
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Extended protection at CONFIDENTIAL
level is required because this
information reveals intelligence
methods, vulnerability and
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negating or nullifying effective-
ness of a system, installation or
project, causing identifiable
damage to the national security.
Extended protection at SECRET level
is required because this informatiaa
reveals intelligence operations or
activities, the unauthorized dis-
closure of which could result in
negating, nullifying, or impeding
their effectiveness, causing
serious damage to the national
security.
This information is specifically
protected by statute, and un-
authorized disclosure could result
in serious damage to national
security.
Extended protection at the SECRET
level is required because it reveals
quantitative and qualitative Agency
internal data, including the nature,
objectives, requirements, priorities,
scope and thrust of Agency
activities, the unauthorized dis-
closure of which could cause serious
damage to the national security.
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DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
IIIIIIIIIIIIIections 9a - 92)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(4) Information that could disclose the identities of
certain CIA personnel or of code designations used by CIA
or other agencies to protect such personnel or intelligence
sources, methods, and activities.(U)
DIRECTORATE WIDE
(4.1) Any word or combination of words, letters, symbols
or numbers used as a code designation to conceal the
identity of an intelligence activity, place, organization,
facility, installation, person, operation, device or
method including action, routing and control indicators,
slugs, designators, cryptonyms, pseudonyms, and aliases.(0
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
(4.2) Information disclosing the names and official
titles of all CIA employees, or the entire CIA organi-
zational structure, numbers and assignments, locations
of components and/or installations, which is contained
in the Staffing Complement Report. (U)
OFFICE OF SECURITY
(4.3) Information concerning the scheduled travel and
itinerary of Office of Security personnel engaged in
technical surveillance.ectivities.(U)
CcoNrearnept5v?-eS
CONFIDENTIAL,
in the absence of
other classified
information.
TOP SECRET
SECRET
dRET
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
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Extended protection of this
information is essential because it
reveals intelligence sources and
methods protected by statute, the
unauthorized disclosure of which
could cause identifiable damage to
national security.
This information is specifically
protected by statute and un-
authorized disclosure could result
in exceptionally grave damage to
national security.
Extended protection of this infor-
mation is essential because it
reveals vulnerability/capability/
operational/activity data, the
unauthorized disclosure of which can
reasonably be expected to result in
negating effectiveness of systems,
operations, activities, causing
serious damage to national security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
11111111111Fections 9a - 9s)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
(5.1) SEE ANNEX A (COVER ANNEX) FOR INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THIS SECTION. (U)
(5.2)
(6) Information pertaining to contractual relationships
with private individuals, commercial concerns, or non-
governmental institutions and entities when such a
relationship involves a specific intelligence interest,
or reveals the extent or depth of knowledge or technical
expertise possessed by CIA, or when disclosure of the
relationship could jeopardize the contractor's willingness
or ability to provide services to CIA. (U)
OFFICE OF LOGISTICS
(6.1) Information concerning administration of such contracts CONFIDENTIAL
and methods and procedures for contracting with individuals,
non-governmental institutions, or commercial companies where
the contractual relationship, product, the identity of the
Federal agency involved, the identity of the contractor, or
any other aspect of the relationship is classified. (U)
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20 years
(review)
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Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
Extended protection of this
information is essential to protect
intelligence activities sources and
methods, the unauthorized dis-
closure of which could result in
compromise and loss, negating Agency
operations, projects, or systems and
causing identifiable damage to the
national security.
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DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
IIIIIIIIIIIections 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(7) Information pertaining to intelligence-related
methodologies, techniques, formulae, equipment,
programs or models, including computer simulations, ranging
from initial requirements through planning, source
acquisition, contract initiation, research, design, and
testing to production, personnel training, and operational
use. (U)
OFFICE OF LOGISTICS
(7.1) Information concerning Agency procurement policies
and procedures.(U)
OFFICE OF TRAINING
(7.2) Information pertaining to analytical methods, computer
simulations and models, equipment selection, design, purchase,
installation, or procedures, policies and programs for the
training of personnel.(U)
CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET
SgRET
6 years
(review)
6 years
(review)
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Maintenance of classification of
this information for six
years and possibly longer is
essential because it reveals
intelligence methodologies, the
unauthorized disclosure of which
could cause identifiable damage to
national security.
Maintenance of classification of
this information for six
years and possibly longer is
essential because it reveals
intelligence methodologies, the
disclosure of which could cause
serious damage to national
security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level
Classification Guide of
ections 9a - 9g) Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(8) Information which could identify research, procedures,
or data used by CIA in the acquisition and processing of
foreign intelligence or counterintelligence or the production of
finished intelligence, when such identification could reveal the
particular intelligence interest of the CIA, the value of the
intelligence, or the extent of the CIA's knowledge of a particular
subject of intelligence or counterintelligence interest. (U)
OFFICE OF TRAINING
(8.1) Information dealing with course descriptions, lecture
outlines, training aids, texts, student rosters, speaker lists,
critiques, and subject identification involving the teaching
of Agency unique analytical methods, automated systems,
information sources and techniques.(U)
(9) Information that could disclose CIA criteria and
procedures for the handling of critical intelligence that could
affect the national security of the United States or of its
allies and that requires the immediate attention of senior
Agency officials. (U)
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
(9.1) Information concerning the CRITIC communication
system. (U)
SECRET
SECRET
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6 years
(review)
20 years
(review)
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Maintenance of classification of
this information for six
years and possibly longer is
required because it reveals
intelligence methods whose
unauthorized disclosure could
cause serious damage to
national security.
Continued protection of the
information is essential to
national security because it
reveals intelligence sources,
methods, vulnerability or
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in negation of a system, causing
serious damage to national security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
IIIIIIIIIIIIIctions 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
(10) Information that could reveal, jeopardize or
compromise a cryptographic device, procedure, or system,
or intelligence data resulting from the employment of such
a device, procedure or system or the sites, facilities,
systems, and technologies used or proposed for use in the
collection, interpretation, evaluation, or dissemination of
signals intelligence (U)
DIRECTORATE WIDE
(10.1) Cryptographic information, including all crypto-
graphic keying material, detailed information concerning
cryptographic systems, information concerning the weakness
of cryptographic systems, any other materials or information
concerning cryptographic logic or keying; i.e., photoplates,
screen masks, chips, etc.(U)
(11) Information pertaining to training in intelligence
sources, methods, and activities provided under the auspices
of CIA to individuals, organizations, or groups that could
reveal or identify equipment, materials, training sites,
methods and techniques of instruction, or the identities of
students and instructors.(U)
OFFICE OF TRAINING
(11.1) Video tapes, audio tapes, motion pictures, photo-
graphs, slides, vu-graphs, charts, brochures, and other
aural-visual materials produced for purposes of announcement,
background, or subject information in displays, briefings,
scheduled or special training programs, both overt and covert,
conducted domestically or in foreign locations.(U)
TOP SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
,tCRET
20 years
(review)
6 years
(review)
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Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
This information is specifically
protected by statute and its
unauthorized disclosure could
result in exceptionally grave
damage to the national security.
Protection of this information for
six years and possibly longer is
necessary because it reveals
intelligence sources, methods,
vulnerability and capability data,
the unauthorized disclosure of which
could result in nullification of
plans, operations, activities,
and/or loss of intelligence
advantage causing identifiable
damage to national security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
Sections 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(11.2) Course descriptions, outlines, syllabus, lecture
notes, student materials, reports, evaluations, registration
procedures, catalogs, selection criteria, roster,
instructor and guest speaker lists, training sites,
locations and facilities.(U)
(11.3) Agency training record, enrollment procedures,
student selection criteria, course selection procedures,
institution or facility selection policies, procedures,
financial arrangements and information which reveals the
identification of former, present, or prospective
students. (U)
SECRET
SECRET
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(review)
20 years
(review)
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Extended protection of this
information is necessary because
it reveals intelligence sources,
methods, vulnerability and
capability data, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result
in nullification of plans,
operations, activities and/or loss
of intelligence advantage causing
serious damage to national security.
Extended protection of this
information is necessary because
it reveals intelligence sources,
methods and Agency internal
data, the unauthorized disclosure
of which could result in impeding
the training of intelligence
personnel, causing serious damage
to national security.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
IIIIIIIIIII1Sections 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(12) Information not officially released that could
disclose CIA policies and procedures used for personnel
recruitment, assessment, selection, training, assignment,
and evalauation.(U)
OFFICE OF MEDICAL SERVICES
(12.1) Information concerning psycological tests, test
results and evaluations of Agency employees and applicants
for employment.(U)
CONFIDENTIAL
(12.2) Information concerning Medical Evaluation Systems.(U) CONFIDENTIAL
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Unsuccessful Applicant
Files: 6 years
Employee Files: 20 years
review, or six years
after separation from
the Agency, whichever
occurs first.
10 years
(review)
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Extended protection of this
information is essential
because it reveals intelligence
methods, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could
result in identifiable damage
to the national security.
Extended protection of this
information is essential
because it reveals intelligence
methods, the unauthorized
disclosure of which could
result in identifiable damage
to the national security.
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DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Classification Guide
Sections 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
(12.3) Information concerning recruitment policy and
management matters, instructions, directives, guidance
and specific action requests to recruiters, and analyses
of recruitment activity and results. (U)
(12.4) Information concerning assessment, selection,
and evaluation of Agency employees and applicants. (U)
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operations, or activities
important to national security,
the unauthorized disclosure
of which can reasonably be
expected to result in negating
or nullifying the effectiveness
of Agency recruitment activity;
or impeding its orderly
implementation.
Extended protection of this
information is essential becaum
it reveals intelligence methods
and Agency internal data
specifically protected by
statute (CIA Act of 1949), the
unauthorized disclosure of
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Classification Guide
9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
OFFICE OF TRAINING
(12.5) Information concerning policies and procedures for
recruitment, assessment, selection, training, assignment,
and evaluation of personnel for the Career Training Program,
internal CIA training programs, sensitive U.S. Government
conducted or sponsored training programs when the
information concerns covert relationships or would identify
personnel who have been, are, or may be under cover or would
reveal a unique Agency interest in a particular subject
matter, training facility or educational institution. (U)
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and Agency internal data
specifically protected by
qi-nrurp (CTA Act of 1949), the
unauthorized disclosure of
which could result in serious
damage to the national security'.
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Classification Guide
ections 9a - 9g)
Level Duration Justification
of of for Extension
Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
9d. Foreign Relations or Foreign Activities of the United States
(1) Information that, if disclosed, could lead to foreign
political, economic or military action against the United
States or other friendly nations.(U)
(1.1) RESERVED
(2) Information that, if revealed, could create, stimulate,
or increase international tensions in such manner as to impair
the conduct of United States foreign policies.(U)
(2.1) RESERVED
(3) Information that, if revealed, could deprive the United
States of a diplomatic or economic advantage related to the
national security, or that could weaken the position of the
United States or its allies in international negotiations, or
adversely affect other activities pertinent to the resolution
or avoidance of international conflicts or differences having
national security significance. (U)
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? ' ion Guide
ions 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(4) Information that could disclose plans prepared,
under preparation, or contemplated by officials of the
United States to meet diplomatic or other contingencies
affecting the security of the United States. (U)
(4.1) RESERVED
(5) Information that could identify or otherwise
disclose activities conducted abroad in support of
national foreign policy objectives, and planned and
executed so that the role of the United States Government
is not apparent or acknowledged publicly; or information
that could reveal support provided to such activities.(U)
OFFICE OF FINANCE
(5.1) Information dealing with budget, expenditure,
funding or other fiscal aspects which reveals, or
information which could, when joined with other
information, reveal or identify activities conducted
abroad in support of nonattributable national foreign
policy objectives of the United States Government. (C)
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Classification Guide
ctions 9a - 9g)
Level
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Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
(6) Information that could reveal that the United States
has obtained, or seeks to obtain, certain data or materials
from or concerning a foreign nation, organization, or group,
and thereby could adversely affect United States relations
with or activities in a foreign country. (U)
(6.1) RESERVED
(7) Information which, if disclosed, could lead to
political or economic instability, or to civil disorder
or unrest, in a foreign country or could jeopardize the
lives, liberty, or property of United States citizens
residing in or visiting such a country or could endanger
United States Government personnel or installations there. (U)
OFFICE OF SECURITY
(7.1) Information derived from Office of Security surveys
of overseas Agency installations, including personal
residences, reflecting their security posture and
vulnerabilities. (U)
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ctions 9a - 9g)
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level
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Duration Justification
of for Extension
Classification Beyond Six Years
9e. Scientific, technological, or economic matters relating
to the national security
(1) Information that provides the United States with a
scientific, technical, engineering, economic or intelligence
advantage of value to the national security. (U)
(1.1) RESERVED
(2) Information concerning CIA research of a scientific
or technical nature leading to the development of special
techniques, procedures, equipment and equipment configurations, or
systems, and their use in the collection or production of foreign
intelligence or foreign counterintelligence. (U)
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or activities which, if lost,
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negated, nullified or impeded,
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ctions 9a - 9g)
(3.1) RESERVED
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (DACG)
Level
of
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Duration
of
Classification
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Duration Justification
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Classification Beyond Six Years
9f. United States Government programs for safeguarding nuclear
materials or facilities.
(1) Information that could reveal, jeopardize,
compromise, or reduce the effectiveness of United States
Government programs to safeguard nuclear materials,
techniques, capabilities or facilities.(U)
(1.1) RESERVED
(2) Information on foreign nuclear programs, activities,
capabilities, technologies, facilities, plans and
intentions, weapons and their deployment that could
disclose the nature, scope or effectiveness of United
States intelligence efforts to monitor nuclear developments
abroad or could cause such efforts to fail or to be
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ions 9a - 9g)
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
9g. Other categories of information related to national
security and determined by the Director of Central
Intelligence to require protection against unauthorized
disclosure. (U)
(1) Information that could be expected to place a
person in jeopardy.(U)
DIRECTORATE WTT1P
(1.1) Any activity of the Directorate of Administration
which could place a person in jeopardy. (U)
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A9a5.2 Information that could identify Agency personnel under official cover, but which does not identify the cover
organization and which is not otherwise classified or classifiable.
Level of Classification: Confidential
Duration of Initial Classification: 20 years/review
Justifiaction: Central Intelligence Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403a), as amended.
Note: Documents which contain the types of information specified under A95.1 and A95.2 above shall be marked
"WARNING NOTICE - INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED" as provided in section 12
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DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION CLASSIFICATION GUIDE
ANNEX B
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR USE BY ORIGINAL TOP SECRET CLASSIFIERS FOR EXTENSION OF CLASSIFICATION BEYOND SIX YEARS
Officials with original Top Secret classification authority have the option of using an approved Classification Guide to establish the duration
of classification for information (acting as derivative classifiers), or may extend classification beyond six years without reference to a Guide
upon a determination based on their knowledge, experience or common sense that an initial classification beyond six years is required acting as
original classifiers). Information for which classification is thus extended shall be marked appropriately (see Paragraph 12b and the
reason for extension shall be indicated on the information either in narrative form or by citing one or more of the basic justiricatlons ror extension
set forth hereunder from Paragraph 3d Such citations (e.g., ("3d(3)") constitute the Top Secret classifier's certification that the
information is expected to retain its ity sensitivity, and therefore requires continued protection. The following citations may be
used, as applicable, for information that:
(1) Is foreign government information, as described in paragraph 9b id this Guide, provided to or acquired by the United States
Government with the expressed or implied expectation that its confidentiality would be maintained for a period exceeding six years in length;
(2) Pertains to United States Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or facilities (paragraph 9f of and this Guide)
and is determined by the Department of Energy or its predecessor agencies, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended U.S.C. 2011, et
seq.), to require continued protection beyond six years;
(3) Could reveal intelligence activities, methods including CIA missions, functions, organizational or financial data and personnel
25X1A matters, as further described in paragraph 9c and this Guide, which require protection for longer than six years;
(4) Is cryptologic information requiring protection beyond six years in accordance with procedures promulgated by the Secretary of Defense
pursuant to Executive Order 12065 and approved as to intelligence sources and methods by the Director of Central Intelligence, or pertains to other
cryptographic matters requiring such protection;
(5) Otherwise concerns intelligence or counterintelligence programs or activities (paragraph 9c of and this Guide) and could, if dis-
e closed after six years, result in action to negate or impede such activities or programs or expose United ntelligence or counterintelligence
vulnerabilities or capabilities;
(6) Pertains to a military plan, weapon or weapons system or operation as described in paragraph 9a of and this Guide and could, if
disclosed after six years, result in nullification or reduction in the effectiveness of such a plan, weapon, system, or operation or could otherwise
deprive the United States of a military advantage;
(7) Concerns diplomatic or other foreign relations matters or activities as described in paragraph 9d of and this Guide and could, if
disclosed after six years, result in action to counter, nullify, or impede the orderly implementation of United States toreign policies, or could
deprive the United States of a diplomatic, economic, scientific or technological (paragraph 9e and this Guide) or other informational
advantage;
(8) Could, if revealed after six years, place a person in jeopardy.
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE
PEN AND INK CHANGES
In Section 4.3, page 23, line 3, after the word surveillance
please add the word "countermeasure."
In Annex A, page 39, please change the citation "A9a5.1" to
"A9c5.1."
In Annex A, page 40, please change the citation "A9a5.2" to
"A9c5.2." Please change the citations in the "Note" from "A9a5.1 and
A9a5.2" to "A9c5.1 and A9c5.2."
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DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS CLASSIFICATION GUIDE
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DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS CLASSIFICATION GUIDE
FOREWORD
1. This Directorate of Operations Classification Guide (DOCG) is
designed in accordance with the requirements of E.O. 12065 and is
approved effective 1 December 1978. It sets forth the categories of
information to be considered for classification, and provides guidance
for determining the proper levels of classification (i.e., Confidential,
Secret, or Top Secret). For each classifiable subcategory of information,
it also sets forth a classification duration limit and a justification ?
for extending classification beyond six years to a maximum of 20 years,
or to 30 years in the case of foreign government information.
2. The DOCG is based on the seven general categories of information
which can be considered for classification as specified by E.O. 12065.
These seven categories, subdivided into broader subcategories, constitute
the Agency classification criteria (unclassified) set forth in Sections
9a-9g of The DOCG is based on these criteria and assigns a
level of c assi ication, duration of classification, and justification
for extension of classification beyond six years for each category. A
Cover Annex applicable to the Agency as a whole is included as Annex A.
The DOCG is applicable to Directorate of Operations (DO) information and
material and, in addition to DO personnel, is available for use by
personnel of NFAC, the DDA, the DS&T, and Independent Offices for
classifying DO information and material.
3. The Guide is essentially a series of predetermined original
classification decisions by a Top Secret classifier for information
requiring extension of classification beyond six years and as such
provides the authority for derivative classification. Persons authorized
to classify information, whether originally or derivatively, first should
attempt to determine the appropriate classification level and duration
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for that information from the Guide. If the Guide does not meet the
requirement, the person should then request an original classifier to
classify the information. If the classification, regardless of level,
must be extended beyond six years, the extension must be authorized by
a Top Secret classifier who will cite as justification for the extension
one of the reasons set forth in Section 3d attached as
Annex B to the Guide. When it becomes apparent -original classifi-
cation authority is being continually applied to a category of information
not covered by the Guide, that fact should be reported to the Agency
Security Classification Officer, ISAS/DDA through the component Records
Management Officer so that the Guide may be amended. The Guide should
be viewed as the standard reference for all classification, susceptible
both to expansion and improvement.
4. The letter designation "D" has been assigned to the DOCG to
identify it in relation to other Directorate Guides. Citations of the
DOCG will be made in the following manner, using as an example D9a.1:
"D" indicates that the citation is from the DOCG;
"9" is the Section which contains
E.O. 12065 and Agen,cation criteria;
"a" is the
categories
"1" is the
represents
categories.
first of seven E.O. 12065 criteria
for information subject to classification;
first Agency criterion under "a" and
a more specific breakdown of information
When the DOCG is cited in derivative classification, the appropriate
citation will be placed on the material with other required
For details on complete marking requirements see Section 12
John N. NcMahon
De Director for Operations
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE
Level
of
Classification
Duration
of
Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
D9a. Military plans, weapons or operations
D9a.1 - Information concerning foreign intentions,
capabilities, or activities which pose a potential threat
to United States national security interests or to those
of allied or other friendly governments.
D9a.2 - Information that could reveal the extent or
degree of success achieved by the United States in the
collection of information on and assessment of foreign
military plans, weapons, capabilities, or operations.
D9a.3 - Information that could reveal defense plans
or posture of the United States, its allies, or other
friendly countries or enable a foreign nation or entity to
develop countermeasures to such plans or posture. (This
would include intelligence war planning such as Staybehind,
Escape and Evasion, Covert Action, etc.)
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Review in
20 years
Continued protection of the information is essential
to the national security because it reveals intelli-
gence sources or methods which, if lost cannot be
regained or replaced, or whose disclosure would cause
serious damage to the national security; or the
information could reveal vulnerability or capability
data, the unauthorized disclosure of which can
reasonably be expected to result in negating or
nullifying the effectiveness of a system, installation
or project important to the national security; or the
information concerns plans, operations, or activities
important to national security, the unauthorized
disclosure of which can reasonably be expected to
result in negating or nullifying the effectiveness of
the plan, operation or activity, or impeding its
orderly implementation.
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Level Duration
of of
Classification Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
D9b. Foreign government information
D9b.1 - Information provided to the United States
by any element of a foreign government, or international
organization of governments, with the explicit or
implicit understanding that the information is to be
kept in confidence.
D9b.2 - Information produced by the United States,
whether unilaterally or jointly with a foreign government
or international organization of governments, pursuant to
an arrangement with any element of such government or
organization evidenced by an exchange of letters, memo-
randum of understanding, or other written record and
requiring that the information, the arrangement itself
or both be kept in confidence.
D9b.3 - Information revealing the past, present,
or proposed existence of joint intelligence activities
or facilities or the nature thereof in foreign countries.
D9c. Intelligence aCtivities, sources or methods
D9c.1 - Information that could reveal or identify
a present, past, or prospective intelligence source,
whether a person, organization, group, technical system,
mechanism, device, or any other means or instrument that
provides, has provided, or is being developed to provide
foreign intelligence or foreign counterintelligence.
(Human sources include witting or unwitting agents,
informants, collaborators, and defectors used in
operations or in support of operations.) (For
information dealing with cover, see Annex A, Part I
(D9c.12) or Part II (D9c.13).)
Equivalent to
foreign gvt.
classification.
TS, S, C in
accordance w/
agreed class.
determinations.
TS, S, C in
accordance w/
agreed class.
determinations.
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30 years
Review in
30 years
Review in
30 years
Review in
20 years
This information is foreign government information as
defined in E.O. 12065, i.e., information that has been
provided to the United States in confidence by, or
produced by the United States pursuant to a written
joint arrangement requiring confidentiality with, a
foreign government or international organization of
governments.
Same as D9b.1
Same as D9b.1
Continued protection of the information is essential
to the national security because it reveals intelli-
gence sources or methods which, if lost, cannot be
regained or replaced, or whose disclosure would cause
serious damage to the national security; or the
information could reveal vulnerability or capability
data, the unauthorized disclosure of which can reason-
ably be expected to result in negating or nullifying
the effectiveness of a system, installation or project
important to the national security; or the information
concerns plans, operations, or activities important to
national security, the unauthorized disclosure of
which can reasonably be expected to result in negating
or nullifying the effectiveness of the plan, operation
or activity, or impeding its orderly implementation.
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Classification
D9c.2 - Information which could reveal or identify a
present, past, or prospective intelligence method,
procedure, mode, technique, or requirement used or being
developed to acquire, transmit, analyze, correlate,
evaluate, or process foreign intelligence or foreign
counterintelligence or to support an intelligence source,
operation, or activity. (Methods include cover (See Annex A),
security, training, tradecraft, funding, communications,
records, technical equipment, and services.)
D9c.3 - Information not officially released that
could disclose the organizational structure of the Central
Intelligence Agency; the numbers and assignments of CIA
personnel; the size and composition of the CIA budget,
including internal and external funding, logistical and
associated support activities and services; security
procedures, techniques, and activities including those
applicable to the fields of communications and data
processing; or other quantitative or qualitative data that
could reveal or indicate the nature, objectives, require-
ments, priorities, scope or thrust of Agency activities,
including missions, functions, and locations of certain CIA
components or installations. (Such information on intelli-
gence activities includes operational proposals, plans,
directives, correspondence, reports, management reviews,
summaries and histories.)
D9c.4 - Information that could disclose the identities
of certain CIA personnel or of code designations used by CIA
or other agencies to protect such personnel or intelligence
sources, methods, and activities. (For information dealing
with cover, see Annex A, Part I (D9c.12) or Part II
(D9c.13).)
D9c.5 - Information that could reveal the existence,
nature, scope, or effect of, or identify personnel covered
S or equivalent
to foreign gvt.
classification.
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Review in
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Review in
20 years
Review in 20
years/30 years
if foreign gvt.
information.
CONFIDENTIA'
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
Same as D9c.1
Same as D9c.1; or is information specifically pro-
tected by statute.
Same as D9c.1
Continued protection of the information is essential
to the national security because it reveals intelli-
gence sources or methods which, if lost, cannot be
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Level Duration Justification
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Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
D9c.6 - Information pertaining to contractual
relationships with private individuals, commercial concerns,
or non-governmental institutions and entities when such a
relationship involves a specific intelligence interest, or
reveals the extent or depth of knowledge or technical
expertise possessed by CIA, or when disclosure of the
relationship could jeopardize the contractor's willingness
or ability to provide services to CIA.
D9c.7 - Information pertaining to intelligence-
related methodologies, techniques, formulae, equipment,
programs or models, including computer simulations, ranging
from initial requirements through planning, source
acquisition, contract initiation, research, design, and
testing to production, personnel training, and operational
use.
D9c.8 - Information that could identify research,
procedures, or data used by CIA in the acquisition and
processing of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence
or the production of finished intelligence, when such
identification could reveal the particular intelligence
interest of the CIA, the value of the intelligence, or the
extent of the CIA's knowledge of a particular subject of
ence interest. (Subjects
D9c.9 - Information that could reveal, jeopardize, or
compromise a cryptographic device, procedure, or system or
intelligence data resulting from the employment of such a
device, procedure, or system or the sites, facilities,
systems, and technologies used or proposed for use in the
collection, interpretation, evaluation or dissemination of
signals intelligence.
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
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Same as D9c.1
Same as D9c.1
Same as D9c.1
This information pertains to cryptography and thus its
continued protection is absolutely essential to the
national security.
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Level ?Duration
of of
Classification Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
D9c.10- Information pertaining to training in
intelligence sources, methods, and activities provided
under the auspices of CIA to individuals, organizations,
or groups that could reveal or identify equipment,
materials, training sites, methods and techniques of
instruction, or the identities of students and instructors.
D9c.11- Information not officially released, that
could disclose CIA policies and procedures used for
personnel recruitment, assessment, selection, training,
assignment, and evaluation.
D9c.12- See Annex A, Part I for information
concerning cover in general.
D9c.13- See Annex A, Part II for information
concerning certain types of official cover only.
D9d. Foreign relations or foreign activities
of the United States
D9d.1 - Information that, if disclosed, could lead
to foreign political, economic, or military action against
the United States or other friendly nations.
D9d.2 - Information that, if revealed, could create,
stimulate, or increase international tensions in such manner
as to impair the conduct of United States foreign policies.
D9d.3 - Information that, if revealed, could deprive
the United States of a diplomatic or economic advantage
related to the national security, or that could weaken the
position of the United States or its allies in international
negotiations, or adversely affect other activities pertinent
to the resolution or avoidance of international conflicts or
differences having national security significance.
D9d.4 - Information that could disclose plans prepared,
under preparation, or contemplated by officials of the United
States to meet diplomatic or other contingencies affecting the
security of the United States.
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20 years
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
Same as D9c.1
Same as D9c.1
This information concerns foreign relations matters,
the continued protection of which is essential to the
national security.
CONFIDENTIAI
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Same as D9d.1
Same as D9d.1
Same as D9d.1
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of of for Extension
Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
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D9d.5 - Information that could identify or otherwise
disclose activities conducted abroad in support of national
foreign policy objectives, and planned and executed so that
the role of the United States Government is not apparent Or
acknowledged publicly; or information that could reveal
support provided to such activities.
D9d.6 - Information that could reveal that the United
States has obtained, or seeks to obtain, certain data or
materials from or concerning a foreign nation, organization,
or group and thereby could adversely affect United States
relations with or activities in a foreign country.
D9d.7 - Information that, if disclosed, could lead to
political or economic instability, or to civil disorder or
unrest, in a foreign country or could jeopardize the lives,
liberty, or property of United States citizens residing in
or visiting such a country, or could endanger United States
Government personnel or installations there.
D9e. Scientific, technological or economic matters
relating to the national security
D9e.1 - Information that provides the United States
with a scientific, technical, engineering, economic, or
intelligence advantage of value to the national security.
Review in
20 years
Review in
20 years
Review in
6 years
Review in
6 years
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Continued protection of this information is essential
to the national security because it reveals intelli-
gence sources or methods which, if lost, cannot be
regained or replaced, or whose disclosure would cause
serious damage to the national security; or the
information could reveal vulnerability or capability
data, the unauthorized disclosure of which can reason-
ably be expected to result in negating or nullifying
the effectiveness of a system, installation or project
important to the national security; or the information
concerns plans, operations, or activities important to
national security, the unauthorized disclosure of
which can reasonably be expected to result in negating
or nullifying the effectiveness of the plan, operation
or activity, or impeding its orderly implementation;
or the information concerns foreign relations matters,
the continued protection of which is essential to the
national security.
Same as D9d.5
The information concerns foreign relations matters,
the continued protection of which is essential to the
national security; or disclosure of the information
would place in immediate jeopardy a person important
to the national security.
The information concerns plans, operations, or
activities important to national security, the
unauthorized disclosure of which can reasonably be
expected to result in negating or nullifying the
effectiveness of the plan, operation or activity, or
impeding its orderly implementation.
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of of
Classification Classification
Justification
for Extension
Beyond Six Years
D9e.2 - Information concerning CIA research of a
scientific or technical nature leading to the development
of special techniques, procedures, equipment and equipment
configurations, or systems, and their use in the collection
or production of foreign intelligence or foreign counter-
intelligence.
D9e.3 - Information dealing with the research and
development, operational planning, deployment, or use of
scientific and technical devices, equipment, or techniques
used for national security purposes by the CIA jointly
with, or through the cooperation of, other United States
or foreign commercial, institutional, or governmental
entities.
D9f. United States Government programs for safeguarding.
nuclear materials or facilities
D9f.1 - Information on foreign nuclear programs,
activities, capabilities, technologies, facilities, plans
and intentions, weapons and their deployment that could
disclose the nature, scope, or effectiveness of United
States intelligence efforts to monitor nuclear developments
abroad or could cause such efforts to fail or be restricted
in a manner detrimental to national security.
S or equivalent
to foreign gvt.
classification.
Review in
20 years
Review in 20
years/30 years
if foreign gvt.
information.
Review in
20 years
Continued protection of the information is essential
to the national security because it reveals intelli-
gence activities, sources or methods which, if lost,
cannot be regained or replaced, or whose disclosure
would cause serious damage to the national security;
or the information could reveal vulnerability or
capability data, the unauthorized disclosure of which
can reasonably be expected to result in negating or
nullifying the effectiveness of a system, installation
or project important to the national security; or the
information concerns plans, operations, or activities
important to national security, the unauthorized
disclosure of which can reasonably be expected to
result in negating or nullifying the effectiveness of
the plan, operation, or activity, or impeding its
orderly implementation.
Same as D9e.2; or the information is foreign govern-
ment information as defined in E.O. 12065, i.e.,
information that has been provided to the United
States in confidence by, or produced by the United
States pursuant to a written joint arrangement
requiring confidentiality with, a foreign government
or international organization of governments.
Continued protection of the information is essential
to the national security because it reveals intelli-
gence sources or methods which, if lost, cannot be
regained or replaced, or whose disclosure would cause
serious damage to the national security; or the
information could reveal vulnerability or capability
data, the unauthorized disclosure of which can reason-
ably be expected to result in negating or nullifying
the effectiveness of a system, installation or project
important to the national security; or the information
concerns plans, operations, or activities important to
national security, the unauthorized disclosure of
which can reasonably be expected to result in negating
or nullifying the effectiveness of the plan, operation
or activity, or impeding its orderly implementation.
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Level Duration Justification
of of for Extension
Classification Classification Beyond Six Years
D9g. Other categories of information related to
national security and determined by the
Director of Central Intelligence to require
protection against unauthorized disclosure
D9g.1 - Information that could be expected to place C Until jeopardy
an individual in immediate jeopardy. is no longer a
factor. Review
in 6 years.
(Other categories may be added later.)
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DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS CLASSIFICATION GUIDE
ANNEX A
COVER
Part I
References:
a. Executive Order 12065, Section 1-301(c)
(Intelligence activities, sources or methods)
b. Agency Classification Guide, q,.,'tie,71 D9c
(Intelligence activities, sources or methods)
D9c.12 Information concerning the acquisition, implementation, use, maintenance and termination of foreign and domestic cover for Agency personnel,
activities, and installations, including the operational, financial, logistical, communications, personnel administration, and security
aspects of such cover as regards:
A. The techniques and methods used to establish, maintain, use and terminate official and non-official cover;
B. The identification of official and non-official cover units, facilities, organizations or installations;
C. The Agency's use of personnel, funds, materiel, real or other property, equipment or other assets in support of cover facilities or
activities;
D. The identification of Agency employees or agents in relation to their cover, when both the employee or agent and the cover unit or
organization are specified;
E. The identification of official or non-official organizations, entities or persons providing cover;
F. The identification of official or non-official organizations, entities or persons providing operational, financial, logistical or
other support for cover;
G. The identification of personnel who are, have been, or are expected to be under non-official cover.
Level of Classification: Secret
Duration of Initial Classification: 20 years/review
Justification: Central Intelligence Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403a), as amended.
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COVER
Part II
D9c.13 Information that could identify Agency personnel under official cover, but which does not identify the cover organization and which
is not otherwise classified or classifiable.
Level of Classification: Confidential
Duration of Initial Classification: 20 years/review
Justification: Central Intelligence Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403a), as amended.
Note: Documents which contain the types of information specified under I and II above shall be marked "WARNING NOTICE - INTELLIGENCE
SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED" as provided in Section 12
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ANNEX B
JUSTIFICATION FOR USE BY ORIGINAL TOP SECRET CLASSIFIERS
FOR EXTENSION OF CLASSIFICATION BEYOND SIX YEARS
CONFIDENTIAL
The following is a list of the justifications to be used to extend classification as taken from paragraph 3d of
and which are referred to in paragraph 3 of the Foreword to this Guide. They should be cited (e.g., "3d(1)") as applicable,
for information that:
3d(1) Is foreign government information, as described in paragraph 9b of hich is identical to paragraph 9b
of this Guide), provided to or acquired by the United States Government with the expressed or implied expectation that its
confidentiality would be maintained for a period exceeding six years in length.
3d(2) Pern to United States Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or fa-414- " as described in
paragraph 9f of identical to paragraph 9f of this Guide) and is determined by the Department of Energy or its
predecessor agencies, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011, et seq.), to require continued
protection beyond six years.
3d(3) Could reveal intelligence activities, sources or methods includin CIA missions, functions, organizational or
financial data and personnel matters, as further described in paragraph 9c o identical to paragraph 9c of this Guide),
which require protection for longer than six years.
3d(4) Is cryptologic information requiring protection beyond six years in accordance with procedures promulgated by the
Secretary of Defense pursuant to Executive Order 12065 and approved as to intelligence sources and methods by the Director of
Central Intelligence, or pertains to other cryptographic matters requiring such protection.
3d(5) Otherwise concerns intelligence or counterintelligence programq or activities as described in paragraph 9c of
identical to paragraph 9c of this Guide) and could, if disclosed after six years, result in action to negate or
impede such activities or programs or expose United States intelligence or counterintelligence vulnerabilities or
capabilities.
3d(6) Pertains to a military plan, weapon or weapons systems or operation as described in paragraph 9a of
(identical to 9a of this Guide) and could, if disclosed after six years, result in nullification or reduction in iie
effectiveness of such a plan, weapon, system, or operation or could otherwise deprive the United States of a military
advantage.
3d(7) Concerns diplomatic or other foreign relations matters or activities as described in paragraph 9d o
(identical to paragraph 9d of this Guide) and could, if disclosed after six years, result in action to counter, nullity, or
impede the orderly implementation of United States forPic7i nolicies, or could deprive the United States of a diplomatic,
economic, scientific or technological (paragraph 9e nd identical to paragraph 9e of this Guide) or other
informational advantage.
3d(8) Could, if revealed after six years, place a person in jeopardy.
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