INFORMATION CONTROL - - ARCHIVES, HISTORY, AND RECORDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00883R000100160017-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: May 26, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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Couxacil Diroctives govex?ni.ng th:; classi~ication/dcY~classizicatiox~ a~' xxa~tional
secrzrit}r inr:ox?rnation must k~c: i.rnplexnuntcad 1~y 1 Juno 1972. It i.s also cle:ax
f:lis~t n.n~v pressures arc builclix~.g under tho t'x?eedox7~. o# L~fo:rrxxation Act
towa_rcl cl~clas;~i:Cica..'cion of evexzts i.n U.S. history ~=ihex?ein CIf~. playc;d a
>i.gniiicant .role. ~.Clae ixnplicat:ions of these devtil.o~r~m.ex1'cs cleax:ly require
the SLxlle:st coox?clixx.Gtioxx o# infor.rxxation coxxtxol pr?~ce;dures, i.ncl.ucl~ix2g
xccox?ds xnanagerxxexzt, lzis"tories, and archives acinzini.stz?atioza. Tt follol~rs
that are should px?ovide a single xx7.EChaxxisxn for the e.rUcu'cioxl o# ti.zesc pro--
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~~[anagexxxex:x:t, .frchives, and Hiss, all x?ec.ax?rl our e.xpc.rienc,F to rrzal;e
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~.~~zs~~rexing i:press or coz~zgx?essional qu:stions as to ~f:he l~.go.ncy's ro1_n ire.
ea x?liex evcxxts. Trze px?obl.~xrz is to design a sysi;erri cvb:ielz ~cvill satir~:Eactox?ily
rGi7.stiv.er tlxe nc:e;ds of the; frAture in thus e fields ~vii:h a xrzixxi.xxeum c~xp~xxdi.ttire
of rnan-hou:rs axzd :Luncls at pxesent. TxZ these clays o:L el.es(: and x?espcci; our fiduciary
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~~.~;:.rzcy, ii: is essexzta.al to dterrx wl-xiclx. -~vil1 i~nctica'ce th~~ degrc,e. to which minimum.
~;;;a:aclaz?d.~ ~:rc; 7:net by all Y1xlits, and a xnech~.xzisxxx key ~,vh.ickz units care profit
l.>y intcx?c~i1~~.n.gc: of e~p~>7?i~.izc~ ar~cl by s}xvs.. Soria o:f aux
recard~> arcz irrlpox?taxzt basic z?c,:#^rea:ice 'cools, e: ~. , C:C files. Sonic: ax?e
a.rza7.yst Ivor}cinC; fi:kes o:f. xrxade:rate lift; recluirerxxents. Soxxxe are formal
pzz#~licti'cions of tine _f~.gvncy distx?ibx:ttecl else?rhe:fi?c1 izz tlz.? government with
soLx:c?ce saxzit;izai;i.orz. Sarrze are operati.on~.l .records ax;d c3.ocuxx-i.eni:s, and
sax-rte of these; are highly sensitive and must: rexxxai.n co:m.f~artnzcntecl as vr..ll
as class?ilied. Sa-m.e of our xevi.,~vs of past event. ire essen'~ially chraniclc:s
of t%~~~ sc: avezzts, ~,vhich h~,v:. value to nc~v arrival:. Soxxxe should lie analytical
revie~ur~ dravring lLssons and c.oxzclusio:as. Our system should. reflect thew.-
c3.i:F.fer~~xxces if it is to da ~tkxe job xzeecled.
5, lre. fo7.lavri.rxgr overa_J.l approach to th.:i.s situa'c~iaxx has b~.en developed
:fox izx~pJ.e:ccxr;:xzc:at:ion tixratzgkz thG-xnectxaxxi r._zs inclicatecl.:
I:~ecard::; Man i-m~l:~lexn.ezxtixxg axxy such
x ecaxn:znexrdatiox~.s: The pr esc~x2t C7A :kZecords Adnzinis'c~ratiazz ~3raxach,
Szzl~part Scrvic^s ,S'a:a:Ef, D1~7S, wi11 be I:ransfe:rrecl to the O.FFice. of the
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