GUIDELINES FOR DECLASSIFICATION OF FINANCE RECORDS FOR THE PERIOD 1946-1950

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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2019
• Case Number: F-2019-00018
• Publication Date: May 16, 1977

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GUIDELINES FOR DECLASSIFICATION OF
FINANCE RECORDS FOR THE PERIOD 1946-1950
1. GENERAL
a. All classified records, documents and information for which the Office of
Finance (or its predecessor components) is responsible may be declassified
after 30 years from date of original classification except those which
contain information, the unauthorized disclosure of which could reasonably
be expected to:
(1) Cause damage to the national security;
(2) Lead to disruption of foreign relations;
(3) Place a person in jeopardy; or,
(4) Compromise intelligence sources or methods which require protection
as prescribed by the National Security Act of 1947.
b. Subject to approval of the Director, documents and information which would
ordinarily be exempted from declassification under the above concepts may
be declassified if it is determined that, based on prior official disclosure
or other considerations, current or future equities clearly would not be
adversely affected by declassification.
c. All documents to be certified as requiring continued protection after
30 years may be retained at the Confidential level. Decisions on the
year in which these documents will be re-reviewed for declassification
will be made by the reviewer within the following limits: 50 years for COI,
OSS or SSU; 60 years for CIG; and 75 years for CIA. (These periods begin
with the date of origin of the classified documents.)
2. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. Finance documents which, after review in accordance
with paragraph 1 above, are found to contain information of the types described
below will be certified as requiring continued classification at the Confidential
level.
a. Financial data indicating the magnitude, scope or thrust of the intelligence
effort of the period such as:
(1)
Facts and figures relating to the appropriations, budgets, obligations
or expenditures of CIA or predecessor agencies, including total amounts,
numbers of employees, details of budgets and expenditures, data on
programs or activities, internal distribution or allocation of funds
or requisitioning authorities, information on confidential funds, funds
received or expended on behalf of other government agencies, etc.
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(2) Facts and figures relating to the Contingency Fund of CIA, the source
of its funds and amounts or purpose for which such funds are released.
d.
Information disclosing details of location, organization, cover, staffing
and functions of CIA or predecessor agencies' activities and installations
outside CCNUS.
e. Information which names or effectively reveals the identity of any human
or technical source of intelligence, either actual or planned.
f. Information disclosing cover arrangements, identity of cover organizations
or entities, or the linking of a person or organization with U.S.
Intelligence unless prior official disclosure of such information clearly
makes it unnecessary to continue classification.
Pseudonyms, cryptonyms and codewords are part of intelligence methodology,
causing need for classification on a document containing such; however,
if the document does not contain information of the type which would require
protection under other provisions of these guidelines, it may be declassified
after excision of the pseudonym, cryptonym or codeword.
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