ARMY REQUESTS FOR UTILIZATION OF CHESS MATERIALS ON THE MIDDLE EAST

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• Publication Date: January 15, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary
Utilization Advisory Board
TCS-2603-58
HTA-OC-93-58
15 January 1958
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SUBJECT: Army Requests for Utilization of CHESS
Materials on the Middle East
REFERENCES: A. Army memo TCS-2361-57, 21 November 1957
B. Army Memo TS(T)-2597, 30 September 1957
C. Army Memo TS~(T)-2317, 10 September 1957
D. Memo to Chairman from Chief, HTAUTOMAT
TCS-1923-57, 13 September 1957
E. UAB Memo to Army, TCS-1920-57, 13 September
F. Navy Memo NT-000252/57, 18 July 1957
G. UAB-M-4. TCS-181+-57, 5 August 1957
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1. It is recommended that approval of References A and B,
involving the sanitization of Middle East photography, be formally
approved. With verbal approval, part of the material was accomplished
at HTAUTOMAT on an urgent basis. The type of sanitization was con-
sistent with stated policy.
2. Part of the requests, namely the sanitization and utilization
of selected vertical photographs, is consistent with previous approved
requests (References C, D, E, F, G) for Middle East material and
sanitization was accomplished in HTAUTOMAT in accordance with procedures
described in Reference E and delivery made to Army.
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drawings utilizing collateral and CHESS material without attribution
of source. Their release is consistent with the previously approved
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release of actual Middle East photography.
5. Classification of the sanitized material is SECRET/NOFORN/
CONTINUED CONTROL.
6. Request is also made, in Reference A, para. 4, that, upon the
initiation of actual operations in the areas involved, the Commanding
General, U. S. Army, Europe, may automatically downgrade to "Confidential
Modified Handling Authorized" the sanitized material listed in References
A, B, and C. Such procedure would be consistent with similar materials
for the area and approval is recommended in the event of emergency or
wartime conditions involving U. S. Forces.
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