REQUEST FOR SECURITY RULING ON AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE MOVIE OVER CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B01090R002600090005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 18, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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USIB-D.-?41. 14/82
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18 October 1963
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTEL, GENCE BOARD
SUBJECT: Request for Security Ruling on Aerial
Reconnaissance Movie over Cuba
1 o COMOR has considered an urgent request of the Navy
for a COMOR opinion to be considered by the United States Intelligence
Board at the Board meeting this dates The Navy requests approval to
releases, at an unclassified level and for public consumption, a color
movie taken over Cuba which is now classified SECRET.
In its consideration, CONIOR took note. of the following.,
a. The only known cases of releases to the
public of aerial reconnaissance photography taken over
Cuba were in connection with the Cuban Cris a of 1962,
b., The only Board ruling on classification of
Cuba overflight materials known to bear on this, problem
had to do specifically with the product of high-altitude
reconnaissance (see USIB-D-41. 5133; COr^0R.,Pg24127,
Z9 October 19b;). This ruling permitted release of the
materials from special security channels at the SECRET
level but with st io
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C. Neither COMOR not the Board participated
in the ruling that low. altitude photography ah,)lild be c:lassi
fied SECRET, This was probably a logical deduction by
the operator based on the Board ruling in regard to the
high-altitude reconnaissance.
d. As far as COMOR knows the Board has
not ruled on the classification of overhead movie photography
at low altitude nor aerial photography acquired over Cuba
in. any other way.
3. Conclusion:
A_ That the classification applicable t;) high
and low altitude photography over Cuba should almost
certainly apply to low-level movies taken over Cuba.
That the practice of releasing overflight
photography of a denied area for publ''I.c relations purposes
could have extensive ramifications. Ore could, for
example, readily argue that because of the public
release last fall, thereafter, any BK mater',.al through
1962, say, might also be useful in public relations,
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Recommendation. That the Board rule that the Aubj .ct
material remain classified SECRET and therefore not releaaeably for
public relatio;is purposes.
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