UPGRADING OF CERTAIN PUBLICATIONS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000300110075-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: March 8, 1949
• Content Type: MF

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OPF'ICE OF THE CHIEF OF 1~AA9AL OPERATIONS
~Pashington 25, D. C. 8 March 19lc9
MEl~ORltNDO1a4 Ft3Rs Central Intelli$enas tgency
Attn~ pftiae of Collection
and Diassminatiort
gub,~sct# Upgrading of certain Publiaatiane.
Referenas= ~a) CIAsOCD Searet Memorandum dtd
23 November 19l~8.
l? In response to reference {a) the
following comments are forwarded herewithi
Paragraph 2a - It is believed that RB:3;TRICTED
clasa~itication is adequate where the
sub~eat ~oatter has been derived fraoa
doaume~a rrhicah ors ostensibly iJI~-
CI,ASSII~t) and available on the publie
newsstand in II3SH ar at a Soviet b?oky-
shop. tTI~J~[ISSIFI~ is not adequate as
it is desirable to conceal the tact
that ws are publishing translated
abstracts.
i~hsre the subleot matter is
actually classified by the Soviets
and/or has been obtained, the indi-
vidual abstracts or periodicals Mould
ret7.ect the appropriate security olasei-
ticatian by II,S. standards, bearing in
mind that over clasaifioation is undesirable
trot the user+s point of vieAr.
Paragz~aph 3 There- is essentially little ditfer-
ence in rsquire?asnta insofar as security
alassificatian of "periodical Abatractae
ar ~Bibliagraphyp is concerned. BESTRICTBD
olaasifioation is app~icabls to this type
of material far the same reasons e~prassed
in Paragraph Za above.
ONI review(s) completed.
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Paragraph ~tb - It is believed that upgrading of
Soviet Press ~ctracts~ to the SSCRET
classification is not 3ustifYed for
the fa~loxing reason :
Ij The upgrading to 3LCRST clasai-
fication prevents use of press eac-
tracts in publications of loner
classification such as in the t~tI
Revie~r (Confidential and the ONI
quarterly ~Restricted~. The material
rich ~4Y be contained in the contracts
is frequently used in these publications.
It is intended that this practice will, be
continued in the future regardless of
claasificatians that may or eay not be
app33ed to specific iteas of the Soviet
prase by other agencies.
2} It is strnngly believed that Soviet
prase items should not be placed in the
same security classification as other
types of information coming tram ofYi-
cial U.S, sources au6h as dispatch
trafY'3.o: reports and research studies.
2. Trans~i.asion by U.S. registered mail or
registered guard mail is authorised in accordance with Article
7~, U.S. Navy Security Yanual tar Classified m attar.
R. H. ROI~ERS~
Gaptain,~ tT . S, N.
Iieadi Services Seetion~
Office of ~iaval Intel7.igence.
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