[LETTER OF INTERPRETATION REGARDING INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CLASSIFIED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 10501 OR A PREDECESSOR ORDER]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00793R000200170019-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 2, 1973
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For ease 2004/11/01 : CIA-RDP75-0079310200170019-0
May 2, 1973
LETTER OF INTERPRETATION
NSC REFERRAL NOT
REQUIRED
Information or material classified pursuant to Executive Order 10501
or a predecessor order and marked Group 3 under Section 4(a)(3)
of that Order is subject to automatic downgrading at 12 year intervals
until the lowest classification is reached, but shall not become
automatically declassified. Section 5(D) of Executive Order 11652
intends nothing to the contrary.
Appropriate action should be taken to implement this letter of inter-
pretation and to advise the undersigned accordingly.
James B. Rhoads
Acting Chairman
Interagency Classification Review
Committee
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