TASK FORCE CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/MANDATORY REVIEW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP93B01194R001200050003-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 1, 1978
• Content Type: REGULATION

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TASK FORCE CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/MANDATORY REVIEW
DECLASSIFICATION
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1. "Guideline for systematic declassification review"
a. should be unclassified to the extent practicable (classified
guidance implied)
b. in unclassified form, shall be published in the Federal_ Register
(no date specified)
c. shall be submitted to DISOO (including classified) for review
d. shall be promulgated within 180 days after 1 December 1978
e. shall be prepared after "consultation with the Archivist of the
United States."
f. shall be reviewed by 1SOO before issuance
g. "shall state specific limited categories of information"
h. "shall be authorized for use by the Archivist of the U.S."
NOTE: CIA will want to prepare special guidelines for use by
the Archivist re segregation of material for CIA review.
"may, upon approval of the issuing authority, be used by any
agency having custody of the information"
CAUTION: "All information not identified in -these guidelines
as requiring review and for which a prior automatic declassification
date has not been established shall be declassified automatically
at the end of twenty years from the date of original classification.'
2. "The DCI may establish special procedures for systematic review and
declassification of classified information concerning the identities
of clandestine human agents."
a. shall be reviewed and approved by DISOO prior to implementation
b. shall be consistent, so far as practicable, with the objectives
of Section 3-401 and 3-402.
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DECLASSIFICATION (Continued)
3. Guidelines for review for declassification of foreign government
information after 30 years
a. shall be developed by Agency heads, in consultation with the
Archivist of the United States and, where appropriate, with the
foreign government or international organization concerned.
b. ...shall be authorized for use by the Archivist of the U.S.
NOTE: This provision apparently refers back to 3-203: "classi-
fied information transferred to the GSA for accession into
the Archives of the U.S. shall be declassified or. downgraded
by the Archivist of the U.S. in accordance with this Order,
the directives of the ISOO, and the Agency guidelines."
However, CIA will want to prepare special guidelines for
use by the Archivist re segregation of material for CIA
review.
c. may, upon approval of the issuing authority, be used by any agency
having custody of the information.
NOTE: The DISOO may extend the period between subsequent reviews
for specific categories of documents or information. (10 year
intervals for 20 year old information and no mention of interval
for subsequent review of foreign government information).
Question: What "specific categories of documents or information" should
a wavier of the 10 years review interval be sought?
a. Foreign government information
b. Other?
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Classification Guides and Regulations
1. Guides
a. "guides for security classification that will facilitate the
identification and uniform classification of information
requiring protection under the provisions of this Order"
shall be promulgated by agencies with original classification
authority.
b. "Classification guides used to direct derivative classification
shall specifically identify the information to be classified"
(1) "Each classification guide shall specifically indicate
how the designations, time limits, markings and other
requirements of this Order are to be applied to the
information."
(2) Each such guide shall be approved personally and in
writing by an agency head or by an official with Top
Secret classification authority.
2. Regulations
a. For documents classified for more than six years, the reason
for the prolonged classification may be stated by reference
to criteria set forth in Agency implementing regulations".
"These criteria shall explain in narrative form the reason
the information needs to be protected beyond six years".
b. A copy of any informat W security regulations adopted shall be
submitted to the ISOO.
(1) to the extent practicable,such regulations should be
unclassified (may be classified by implication)
(2) unclassified regulations that establish agency information
security policy shall be published in the Federal Register.
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(3) DISOO shall review all Agency implementing regulations and
require any regulations or guidelines to be changed subject
to appeal.
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