AUTHORITY TO DECLASSIFY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001300010018-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 26, 1962
• Content Type: MF

Approved For ReJse 2003/06/12: CIA-RDP80B01676RQQ.1300010018-0
26 September 1962
MEMORANDUM FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: Authority to Declassify Classified Information
M4
1. I have thumbed through the NSCIDs and the DCIDs but have
not come across a clear-cut, unequivocal statement of policy as
to who has the responsibility within the U. S. Government for de-
classifying classified information -- that is, insofar as I am
concerned, determining that information which previously had been
classified could now be unclassified and turned out for public con-
sumption through press media.
2. Please have the staff prepare me an initial memorandum
indicating the present status on this problem and, if it appears to
be a problem, have them start to work at once to develop an
appropriate Government policy.
STAT
Marshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director
Distribution:
Orig & 1 - Addressee
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