DEAR (Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01156A000100070005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 31, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

AODREBS OFFICIAL COM?ved For Rase 2000/07/05: CIA-RDP79-0 156A0001
THE SECRETAR O
DEPARTMEN l yr 0 1 t~ c
WASHINGTON
December 31, 1963
CONFIDENTIAL
25X1A9a
Chief Geograpz c es a ch
Room 4F^19 Headquarters
Langley, Virginia
Dear 25X1A9a
25X1A9a
25X1AEg^o
Recently held a
discussion on the application of our Special International
Boundary_ S to certain classified map projects being
undertaken by the Agency and the Army Map Service.
For the record, we would like to state that the Special
Study embodying the Department of State's restrictions on
international boundaries and names is intended for unclassified
documents or for those few classified items which may soon be
declassified or which may be released to the foreign government
concerned, The Department has recognized the need for the repr-
sentation of de facto names and boundaries on legitimate, classified
intelligence cu s, Our intent, though not specifically
stated in the special IBS, is to avoid the embarrassment to the
United States Government which unclassified or foreign disseminated
maps bring when de facto boundaries are utilized without proper
symbols or discialmera.
Sincerely yours,
G. Etzel Pearcy
The Geographer
State Dept. declassification & release instructions on file
CONFIDENTIAL
Approved For Release 2000/07/05: CIA-RDP79-01156A000100070005-6