PROVISIONAL CIA POSITION ON DOWNGRADING OF CG/COCOM/CHINCOM DOCUMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00328A000100490076-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: February 10, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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4OR!~NDUM FOR: Chairman EUAC Executive Coeemitt
CgAPT
ary 1955
CIA Position on Downgrading of
Documents
1. A. surue7 of CG/CCCOM/CHIHCOM doctents has bees i undertaken
in CIA (Economic Defense Division) in connection with the proposed
downgrading of such documents from 'secret to Confidential. All such
documents in numbered series now are classified : ereet. TO'GL 812
of 10 December 1954 indicated that jashington would provide within
90 days a list of COCOM and CHINO documents for which Secret classifi
cation should be retained.
2. The following categories of such documents have been
identified and individual documents, isaued prior to 31 December 1954,
have been examined on the basis of criteria tentatively established
by CIA for determining their classifications
Consultatie Group Papers
CCU Dolts
COCCH Statistics (3 aeries)
COCCK Indexes (I) Series)
CO MM Secretariat Papers (Documents)
COCC$( Sub-C Series
tHD OM Documents
CHINO' Statistics (CH-3 Series)
CHIN 3eecreta.riat Papers
VHIN4 Sub-C Serie8
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oomorned, no objection is interposed to d
fidential the f ollowina:
rear,, that the foregoing five categories
P"Posed
scam 593 documents of the total of over 2$9( documents
do> A continuing survey is being
res ni g five categories of its and the ftocutive Gommittee
of subsequent findings. Complications arise, which
bV=d the . 90-day deadline whisk,
4. In
1955.
on with this proposed downgra
that a s iform system of security classification does not
The Agency is aware, however, of efforts
belft a in this direction (refs t Paris pMTO 13S5, 22 January &VA
Paris Tom 1,D66,* 27 January 1955).
5. an alternative toe missat an of individual docc a
greater speed transmission mid greater ease
storages and handling (of documents).,..
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CONFIDENTIAL
it is suggested that ODCM adopt a s;
'.car to an agreed cut-off date would b* reclassified either
or Confidential by categories on the basis of content. There-
types of information would be included in r;ecret
categories on the basis of criteria to be a rtabltshed
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D. x JAG tgg (10 February 1955,
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