NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE GOVERNING THE CLASSIFICATION, DOWNGRADING, DECLASSIFICATION AND SAFEGUARDING OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

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Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WI-TJTE HOUSE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
DIRECTIVE GOVERNING THE CLASSIFICATION,
DOWNGRADING, DECLASSIFICATION AND SAFEGUARDING
OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
The President has directed that Executive
Order 11652, "Classification and Declassification of
National Security Information and Material," approved
March 8, 1972 (37 F.R. 5209, March 10, 1972) be
implemented in accordance with the following:
I - AUTHORITY TO CLASSIFY
A. Personal and Non-delegable. Classification
authority may be exercised only by those officials
who are designated by, or in writing pursuant to,
Section 2 of Executive Order 11652 (hereinafter the
"Order"). Such officials may classify information or
material only at the level authorized or below. This
authority vests only to the official designated under
the Order, and may not be delegated.
(B, Observance of Classification. Whenever information
or material classified by an official designated under
A above is incorporated in another document or other
material by any person other than the classifier, the
previously assigned security classification category
shall be reflected thereon together with the identity
of the classifier.
C. Identification of Classifier. The person at the
highest level authorizing the classification must be
identified on the face of the information or material
classified, unless the identity of such person might
disclose sensitive intelligence information. In the
latter instance the Department shall establish some
other record by which the classifier can readily be
identified.
D. Record Reauirement. Each Department listed in
Section 2TA of the Order shall maintain a listing
by name of the officials who have been designated in
writing to have Top Secret classification authority.
Each Department listed in Section 2(A) and (B) of the
Order shall also maintain separate listings by name
of the persons designated in writing to have Secret
authority and persons designated in writing to have
Confidential authority. In cases where listing of
the names of officials having classification authority
might disclose sensitive intelligence information, the
Department shall establish some other record by which
such officials can readily be identified. The fore-
going listings and records shall be compiled beginning
July 1, 1972 and updated at least on a quarterly basis.
E. Resolution of Doubts. If the classifier has any
substantial doubt as to which security classification
category is appropriate, or as to whether the material
should be classified at all, he should designate the
less restrictive treatment.
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II - DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION
A. General Declassification Schedule and Exemptions.
Classified information and material shall be declas-
sified as soon as there are no longer any grounds for
continued classification within the classification
category definitions set forth in Section 1 of the
Order. At the time of origination the classifier shall,
whenever possible, clearly mark on the information or
material a specific date or event upon which downgrading
or declassification shall occur. Such dates or events
shall be as early as is permissible without causing
4amage to the national security as defined in Section 1
of the Order. Whenever earlier dates or events cannot
be determined, the General Declassification Schedule set
forth in Section 5(A) of the Order shall apply. If the
information or material is exempted under Section 5(B)
of the Order from the General Declassification Schedule,
the classifier shall clearly mark the material to show
that it is exempt and indicate the applicable exemption
category. Unless impossible, the exempted information
or material shall be assigned and clearly marked by the
classifier with a specific date or event upon which
declassification shall occur. Downgrading and declas-
sification dates or events established in accordance
with the foregoing, whether scheduled or non-scheduled,
shall to the extent possible be carried forward and
applied whenever the classified information or material
is incorporated in other documents or material.
B. Extracts and Compilations. When classified infor-
mation or material from more than one source is
incorporated into a new document or other material,
the document or other material shall be classified,
downgraded or declassified in accordance with the
provisions of the Order and Directives thereunder
applicable to the information requiring the greatest
protection.
C. Material Not Officially Transferred. When a
Department holding classified information or material
under the circumstances described in Section 3(D) of
the Order notifies another Department of its intention
to downgrade or declassify, it shall allow the notified
Department 30 days in which to express its objections
before taking action.
.D. Declassification of Material 30 Years Old. The
head of each Department shall assign experienced per-
sonnel to assist the Archivist of the United States in
the exercise of his responsibility under Section 5(E) of
the Order to systematically review for declassification
all materials classified before June 1, 1972 and more
than 30 years old. Such personnel will: (1) provide
guidance and assistance to archival employees in identi-
fying and separating those materials originated in their
Departments which are deemed to require continued classi-
fication; and (2) develop a list for submission to the
head of the Department which identifies the materials so
separated, with recommendations concerning continued
classification. The head of the originating Department
will then make the determination required under
Section 5(E) of the Order and cause a list to be cre-
ated which identifies the documentation included in
the determination, indicates the reason for continued
classification and specifies the date on which such
material shall be declassified.
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E. Notification of .Ex-edi.ted Downgrading or
Declassification. When ci&ssiziea information or
material is downgraded or declassified in a manner
other than originally specified, whether scheduled or
exempted, the classifier shall, to_the extent prac-
ticable, promptly notify all addressees to whom the
information or material was originally officially
transmitted. In turn, the addressees shall notify any
other known recipient of the classified information
or material.
III - REVIEW OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL
FOR DECLASSIFICATION PURPOSES
A. Systematic Reviews. All information and material
classified after the effective date of the Order and
determined in accordance with Chapter 21, 44 U.S.C.
(82 Stat. 1287) to be of sufficient historical or
other value to warrant preservation shall be systemati-
cally reviewed on a timely basis by each Department
for the purpose of making such information and material
publicly available in accordance with the determination
regarding declassification made by the classifier under
Section 5 of the Order. During each calendar year each
Department shall segregate to the maximum extent pos-
sible all such information and material warranting
preservation and becoming declassified at or prior to
the end of such year. Promptly after the end of such
year the Department responsible, or the Archives of
the United States if transferred thereto, shall make
the declassified information and material available to
the public to the extent permitted by law.
B. Review for Declassification of Classified Material
Over 10 Years Old. Each Department shall designate
in its implementing regulations an office to which
members of the public or Departments may direct re-
quests for mandatory review for declassification under
Section 5(C) and (D) of the Order. This office shall
in turn assign the request to the appropriate office
for action. In addition, this office or the office
which has been assigned action shall immediately
acknowledge receipt of the request in writing. If the
request requires the rendering of services for which
fair and equitable fees should be charged pursuant to
Title 5 of the Independent Offices Appropriations Act,
1952, 65 Stat 290, 31 U.S.C. 483a the requester shall
be so notified. The office which has been assigned
action shall thereafter make a determination within
30 days of receipt or shall explain the reasons why
further time is necessary. If at the end of 60 days
from receipt of the request for review no determination
has been made, the requester may apply to the Depart-
mental Committee established by Section 7(B) of the
Order for a determination. Should the office assigned
action on a request for review determine that under
the criteria set forth in Section 5(B) of the Order
continued classification is required, the requester
shall promptly be notified, and whenever possible,
provided with a brief statement as to why the re-
quested information or material cannot be declassified.
The requester may appeal any such determination to the
Departmental Committee and the notice of determination
shall advise him of this right.
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C. Departmental Committee Review for Declassification.
The Departmental Committee shall establish procedures
to review and act within 30 days upon all applications
and appeals regarding requests for declassification.
The Department head, acting through the Departmental
Committee shall be authorized to over-rule previous
determinations in whole or in part when, in its judg-
ment, continued protection is no longer required. If
the Departmental Committee determines that continued
classification is required under the criteria of
Section 5(B) of the Order it shall promptly so notify
the requester and advise him that he may appeal the
denial to the Interagency Classification Review Committee.
D. Review of Classified Material Over 30 Years Old..
A request by a member of the public or by a Department
under Section 5(C) or (D) of the Order to review for
declassification documents more than 30 years old shall
be referred directly to the Archivist of the United
States, and he shall have the requested documents re-
viewed for declassification in accordance with Part II.D.
hereof. If the information or material requested has
not been transferred to the General Services Adminis-
tration for accession into the Archives, the Archivist
shall, together with the head of the Department having
custody, have the requested documents reviewed for
declassification. Classification shall be continued in
either case only where the head of the Department con-
cerned makes at that time the personal determination
required by Section 5(E)(1) of the Order. The Archivist
shall promptly notify the requester of such determination
and of his right to appeal the denial to the Interagency
Classification Review Committee.
E. Burden of Proof for Administrative Determinations.
For purposes of administrative determinations under B.,
C., or D. above, the burden of proof is on the originat-
ing Department to show that continued classification
is warranted within the terms of the Order.
F. Availability of Declassified Material. Upon a
determination under B., C., or D. above that the
requested material no longer warrants classification
it shall be declassified and made promptly available
to the requester, if not otherwise exempt from dis-
closure under Section 552(b) of Title 5 U.S.C. (Freedom
of Information Act) or other provision of law.
G. Classification Review Requests. As required by
Section 5 C of the Order, a request for classification
review must describe the document with sufficient
particularity to enable the Department to identify it
and obtain it with a reasonable amount of effort. When-
ever a request is deficient in its description of the
record sought, the requester should be asked to provide
additional identifying information whenever possible.
Before denying a request on the ground that it is
unduly burdensome, the requester should be asked to
limit his request to records that are reasonably ob-
tainable. If none-the-less the requester does not
describe the records sought with sufficient particular-
ity, or the record requested cannot be obtained with a
reasonable amount of effort, the requester shall be
notified of the reasons why no action will. be taken
and of his right to appeal such.decision.
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IV - MARKING REQUIREHENTS
A. When Document or Other Material is Prepared. At
the time of origination, each document or other material
containing classified information shall be marked with
its assigned security classification and whether it is
subject to or exempt from the General Declassification
Schedule.
(1) For, marking documents which are subject to
the General Declassification Schedule, the following
stamp shall be used:
(TOP SECRET, SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL)
CLASSIFIED !Y-_--_-_---_-_- _
SUBJECT TO GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652
AUTOMATICALLY DOWNGRADED AT TWO
YEAR INTERVALS AND DECLASSIFIED ON DEC. 31
(insert year)
(2) For marking documents which are to be
automatically declassified on a given event or date
earlier than the General Declassification Schedule
the following stamp shall be used:
(TOP SECRET, SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL)
CLASSIFIED by _ _
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON (effective
date or event)
(3) For marking documents which are exempt from
the General Declassification Schedule the following
stamp shall be used:
(TOP SECRET, SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL)
CLASSIFTED BY -____
EXEMPT FRO, GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652
EXEMPTION CATEGORY (k; 5B (1). (2),_(3).L 2r_(4))
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON (effective date
orevent ifany)
Should the classifier inadvertently fail to mark a docu-
ment with one of the foregoing stamps the document shall
be deemed to be subject to the General Declassification
Schedule. The person who signs or finally approves a
document or other material containing classified infor-
mation shall be deemed to be the classifier. If the
classifier is other than such person he shall be identi-
fied on the stamp as indicated.
The "Restricted Data" and "Formerly Restricted Data"
stamps (H. below) are, in themselves, evidence of exemp-
tion from the General Declassification Schedule.
B. Overall and Page Markin of Documents. The overall
classification of a document, whether or not permanently
bound, or any copy or reproduction thereof, shall be
conspicuously marked or stamped at the top and bottom
of the outside of the front cover (if any), on the title
page (if any), on the first page, on the back pace and
on the outside of the back cover (if any). To the
extent practicable each interior page of a document
which is not permanently bound shall be conspicuously
marked or stamped at the top and bottom according; to
its own content, including the designation "Unclassified"
when appropriate.
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C. Paragraph Marking. Whenever a classified document
contains either more than one security classification
category or unclassified information, each section,
part or paragraph should be marked to the extent prac-
ticable to show its classification category or that it
is unclassified.
D. Material Other Than Documents. If classified
material cannot be marked, imitten notification of the
information otherwise required in markings shall accom-
pany such material.
F. Transiaittal Documents. A transmittal document shall
carry on it a prominent notation as to the highest classi-
fication of the information which is carried with it,.
and a legend showing the classification, if any, of the
transmittal document standing alone.
F. Wholly Unclassified Material. Not Usually Marked.
Normally, unclassified material shall not be marked or
stamped "Unclassified" unless the purpose of the marking
is to indicate that a decision has been made not to
classify it.
G. Downgrading, Declassification and Upgrading Markings.
Whenever a change is made in the original classification
or in the dates of downgrading or declassification of
any classified information or material it shall be
promptly and conspicuously marked to indicate the change,
the authority for the action, the date of the action,
and the identity of the person taking the action. In
addition, all earlier classification markings shall be
cancelled, if practicable, but in any event on the first
page.
(1) Limited Use of Posted Notice for Large
Quantities of Material. When the volume of information
or material IS such that prompt remarking of each
classified item could not be accomplished without
unduly interfering with operations, the custodian may
attach downgrading, declassification or upgrading
notices to the storage unit in lieu of the remarking
otherwise required. Each notice shall indicate the
change, the authority for the action, the date of the
action, the identity of the person taking the action
and the storage units to which it applies. When
individual documents or other materials are withdrawn
from such storage units they shall be promptly re-
marked in accordance with the change, or if the docu-
ments have been declassified, the old markings shall
be cancelled.
(2) Transfer of Stored Quantities Covered by
Posted Notice. When information or material subject
to a posted downgrading, upgrading or declassification
notice are withdrawn from one storage unit solely for
transfer to another, or a storage unit containing such
documents or other materials is transferred from one
place to another, the transfer may be made without
remarking if the notice is attached to or remains with
each shipment.
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H. Additional Warning Notice. . In addition to the
foregoing markin ; requirer,~,er,ts , warning notices shall
be prominently displayer. on classified documents or
materials as prescribed below. When display of these
warning notices on the documents or other materials
is not feasible, the warnings shall be included in the
written notification of the assigned classification.
(1) Restricted Data. For classified information
or material containing Restricted Data as defined in
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended:
"RESTRICTED DATA"
This document contains Restricted
Data as defined in the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954. Its dissemination or
disclosure to any unauthorized person
is prohibited.
(2) Formerly Restricted Data. For classified
information or material containing solely Formerly
Restricted Data, as defined in Section 142.d., Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended:
"FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA"
Unauthorized disclosure subject to
Administrative and Criminal Sanctions.
Handle as Restricted Data in Foreign
Dissemination. Section l44.b., Atomic
Energy Act, 1954.
(3) Information Other Than Restricted Data or
Formerly Restricted Data. For classified information
or material furnished to persons outside the Executive
Branch of Government other than as described in (1) and
(2) above:
"NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION"
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal
Sanctions.
(14) Sensitive Intelligence Information. For
classified information or material relating to sensitive
intelligence sources and methods, the following warning
notice shall be used, in addition to and in conjunction
with those prescribed in (1), (2), or (3), above, as
appropriate:
"WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE
I1 TELLIGENCL SOURCES AND
METHODS INVOLVED"
V - PROTECTION AND TRANSMISSION
OF CLASS L I D I FOIE; . TIO
A. General. Classified information or material may be
used, held, or stored only where there are facilities
or under conditions adequate to prevent unauthorized
persons from gaining access to it. Whenever such infor-
mation or material is not under the personal supervision
of an authorized person, the methods set forth in Appen-
dix A hereto shall be used to protect it. Whenever
such information or material is transmitted outside the
originating Department the requirements of Appendix B
hereto shall be observed.
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B. Loss or Possible Compromise. Any person who has
knowledge-of the .Loss or possible compromise of classi-
fied information shall immediately report the circum-
stances to a desi4~,at~ i of f lcial of his Department or
organization. In turn, the originating Department and
any other interested Department shall be notified about
the loss or possible compromise in order that a damage
assessment may be conducted. An immediate inquiry shall
be initiated by the Department in which the loss or
compromise occurred for the purpose of taking cor-
rective measures and appropriate administrative,
disciplinary, or legal action.
VI -- ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
A. General Access Requirements. Except as provided in
B. and C. below, access to classified information shall
be granted in accordance with the following:
(1) Determination of Trustworthiness. No person
shall be given access to classified information or
material unless a favorable determination has been
made as to his trust-viorthiness. The determination of
eligibility, referred to as a security clearance, shall
be based on such investigations as the Department may
require in accordance with the standards and criteria
of E.O. 10450 and E.O. 10865 as appropriate.
(2) Determination of Need-to-Know. In addition
to a security clearance, aperson must have a need for
access to the particular classified information or
material sought in connection with the performance of
his official duties or contractual obligations. The
determination of that need shall be made by officials
having responsibility for the classified information
or material.
(3) Administrative Withdrawal of Security
Clearance. Each Department shall make provision for
administratively withdrawing the security clearance of
any person who no longer requires access to classified
information or material in connection with the perfor-
mance of his official duties or contractual obligations.
Likewise, when a person no longer needs access to a
particular security classification category, the security
clearance shall be adjusted to the classification category
still required for the performance of his duties and
obligations. In both instances, such action shall be
without prejudice to the person's eligibility for a
security clearance should the need again arise.
B. Access by Historical Researchers. Persons outside
the Zxecutive Branch engaged in historical research
projects may be authorized access to classified infor-
mation or material provided that the head of the
originating Department determines that:
(1) The project and access sought conform to the
requirements of Section 12 of the Order.
(2) The information or material requested is
reasonably accessible and can be located and compiled
with a reasonable amount of effort.
(3) The historical researcher agrees to safeguard
the information or material in a manner consistent with
the Order and Directives the eunder.
(11) The historical researcher agrees to authorize
a review of his notes and manuscript for the sole pur-
pose of deterr;,ir.i::g that no clasU:i4'f,ed information or
material is contained therein.
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An authorization for access shall be valid for the period
required but no longer than two years from the date of
issuance unless renewed under regulations of the originat-
ing Department.
C. Access by Former Presidential Appointees. Persons
who previously occupied policy making positions to which
they were appointed by the President, other than those
referred to in Section 11 of the Order, may be authorized
access to classified information or material which they
originated, reviewed, signed or received while in public
office. Upon the request of any such former official,
such information and material as he may identify shall
be reviewed for declassification in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5 of the Order.
D. Consent of Originating Department to Dissemination
Recipients Except as otherwise provided by Section 102
of the National Security Act. of 1947, 61 Stat. 495,
50 U.S.C. 403, classified information or material
originating in one Department shall not be disseminated
outside any other Department to which it has been made
available without the consent of the originating
Department.
E. Dissemination of Sensitive Intelligence Information.
Information or material bearing the notation '~+A .NINO
NOTICE - SENSITIVE INTELLIG:,NCE SOURCES AND METHODS
INVOLVED" shall not be disseminated in any manner out-
side authorized channels without the permission of the
originating Department and an assessment by the senior
intelligence official in the disseminating Department
as to the potential risk to the national security and
to the intelligence sources and methods involved.
F. Restraint on Sn ecial Access Requirements. The
establishment of special rules limiting access to,
distribution and protection of classified information
and material under Section 9 of the Order requires the
specific prior approval of the head of a Department
or his designee.
G. Accountability Procedures. Each Department shall
prescribe such accountability procedures as are neces-
sary to control effectively the dissemination of
classified information or material. Particularly
stringent controls shall be placed on information
and material classified Top Secret.
(1) Top Secret Control Officers. Top Secret
Control Officers shall be designated, as required, to
receive, maintain current accountability records of,
and dispatch Top Secret material.
"(2) Physical Inventory. A physical inventory of
all Top. Secret material shall be made at least annually.
As an exception, repositories storing large volumes
of classified material, shall develop inventory lists
or other finding aids.
(3) Current Accountability. Top Secret and Secret
information andmaterial shall be subject to such con-
trols including current accountability records as the
head of the Department may prescribe.
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(tE) Restraint on Reproduction. Documents or
portions of docaaents containing Top Secret information
shall not be reproduced without the consent of the
originating office. All other classified material shall
be reproduced sparingly and any stated prohibition
against reproduction shall be strictly adhered to.
(5) Restraint on Number of Carries. The number of
copies of documents containing classified information
shall be kept to a minimum to decrease the risk of
compromise and reduce storage costs.
VII - DATA INDEX SYSTEM
Each Department originating classified information
or material shall undertake to establish a data irdbx
system for Top Secret, Secret and Confidential informa-
tion in selected categories approved by the Interagency
Classification Review Committee as having sufficient
historical or other value appropriate for preservation.
The index system shall contain the following data for
each document indexed: (a) Identity of classifier,
(b) Department of origin, (c) Addressees, (d) Date of
classification, (e) Subject/Area, (f) Classification
category and whether subject to or exempt from the
General Declassification Schedule, (g) If exempt,
which exemption category is applicable, (h) Date or
event set for declassification, and (i) File desig-
nation. Information and material shall be indexed
into the system at the earliest practicable date dur-
ing the course of the calendar year in which it is
produced and classified, or in any event no later
than iviarch 31st of the succeeding year. Each Depart-
ment shall undertake to establish such a data index
system no later than July 1, 1973, which shall index
the selected categories of information and material
produced and classified after December 31, 1972.
VIII - COMBAT OPERATIONS
The provisions of the Order and this Directive
with regard to dissemination, transmission, or safe-
keeping of classified information or material may be
so modified in connection with combat or combat-
related operations as the Secretary of Defense may by
regulations prescribe.
IX - INTERAGENCY CLASSIFICATION
REViE J COM IIT E
A. Composition of Interagency_ Committee. In accordance
with Section 7 of the Order, an Interagency Classifica-
tion Review Committee is established to assist the
National Security Council in monitoring implementation
of the Order. its membership is comprised of senior
representatives of the Departments of State, Defense,
and Justice, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Central
Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council staff,
and a Chairman designated by the President.
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B. Meetings and Staff. The interagency Committee shall
meet regularly, but no less frequently than on a monthly
basis, and take such actions as are deemed necessary to
insure uniform compliance with the Order and this
Directive. The Chairman is authorized to appoint an
Executive Director, and to maintain a permanent
administrative staff.
C. Interagency Committee's Functions. The interagency
Committee shall carry out the duties assigned it by
Section 7(A) of the Order. It shall place particular
emphasis on overseeing compliance with and implementation
of the Order and programs established thereunder by each
Department. It shall seek to develop means to (a) pre-
vent overclassification, (b) ensure prompt declassifica-
tion in accord with the provision of the Order, (c)
facilitate access to declassified material and (d)
eliminate unauthorized disclosure of classified infor-
mation.
D. Classification Complaints. Under such procedures
as the interagency Coiamittee may prescribe, it shall
consider and take action on complaints from persons
within or without the government with respect to the
general administration of the Order including appeals
from denials by Departmental Committees or the Archivist
of declassification requests.
X - DEPARTMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION
AND ENFORCEMENT
A. Action Prof rams. Those Departments listed in
Section 2 A a.rld B) of the Order shall insure that
adequate personnel and funding are provided for the
purpose of carrying out the Order and Directives
thereunder.
B. Departmental Committee. All suggestions and com-
plaints, including those regarding overclassification,
failure to declassify, or delay in declassifying not
otherwise resolved, shall be referred to the Departmental
Committee for resolution. In addition, the Departmental
Committee shall review all appeals of requests for
records under Section 522 of Title 5 U.S.C. (Freedom
of Information Act) when the proposed denial is based
on their continued classification under the Order.
C. Regulations and Reoorts. Each Department shall
submit its proposed implementing regulations of the
Order and Directives thereunder to the Chairman of the
Interagency Classification Review Committee for approval
by the Committee. Upon approval such regulations shall
be published in the Federal Register to the extent they
affect the general public. Each Department shall also
submit to the said Chairman (1) copies of the record
lists required under Part I.D. hereof by July 1, 1972
and thereafter quarterly, (2) quarterly reports of
Departmental Committee actions on classification review
requests, classification abuses and unauthorized dis-
closures, and (3) provide progress reports on informa-
tion accumulated in the data index system established
under Part VII hereof and such other reports as said
Chairman may find necessary for the Interagency Classi-
fication Review Committee to carry out its responsibilities.
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D. Administrative Enf'orcement. The Departmental Committees
shall have responsibility for recommending to the head
of the respective Departments appropriate administrative
action to correct abuse or violation of any provision of
the Order or Directives thereunder, including notifica-
tions by warning letter, formal reprimand, and to the
extent permitted by law, suspension without pay and
removal. Upon receipt of such a recommendation the head
of the Department concerned shall act promptly and
advise the Departmental Committee of his action.
Publication and Effective Date: This Directive shall be
published in the Federal Register and become effective
June 1, 1972.
Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
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APPENDIX A
PROTECTION CF CLAS"IFIED INFGRI ATIGN
A. Storage of Top Secret. Top Secret information and
material shall be stored in a safe or safe-type steel
file container having a built in three-position dial-
type combination lock, vault, or vault-type room, or
other storage facility which meets the standards for
Top Secret established under the provisions of (C) below,
and which minimizes the possibility of unauthorized ac-
cess to, or the physical theft of, such information or
material.
B. Storage of Secret or Confidential. Secret and
Confidential material may be stored in a manner authorized
for Top Secret information and material, or in a container
or vault which meets the standards for Secret or Confi-
dential, as the case may be, established under the pro-
visions of (C) below.
C. Standards for Security Equipment. The General Ser-
vices Administration shall, in coordination with Depart-
ments originating classified information or material,
establish and publish uniform standards, specifications
and supply schedules for containers, vaults, alarm systems
and associated security devices suitable for the storage
and protection of all categories of classified information
and material. Any Department may establish for use within
such Department more stringent standards. Whenever new
security equipment is procured, it shall be in conformance
with the foregoing standards and specifications and shall,
to the maximum extent practicable, be of the type desig-
nated on the Federal Supply Schedule, General Services
Administration.
D. Exception to Standards for Security Equipment. As an
exception to (C} above, Secret and Confidential material
may also be stored in a steel filing cabinet having a built
in, three-position, dial-type combination lock; or a steel
filing cabinet equipped with a steel lock bar, provided it
is secured by a GSA approved changeable combination padlock.
E. Combinations. Combinations to security equipment and
devices shall be changed only by persons having appropriate
security clearance, and shall be changed whenever such
equipment is placed in use, whenever a person knowing the
combination is transferred from the office to which the
equipment is assigned, whenever a combination has been
subjected to possible compromise, and at least once every
year. Knowledge of combinations shall be limited to the
minimum number of persons necessary for operating purposes.
Records of combinations shall be classified no lower than
the highest category of classified information or material
authorized for storage in the security equipment concerned.
F. Telecommunications Conversations. Classified information
shall not be revealea in telecommunications conversations,
except as may be authorized under Appendix B with respect
to the transmission of classified information over approved
communications circuits or systems.
G. Responsibilities of Ci.u:todians. Custodians of classified
material shall be responsible for providing protection and
accountability for such material at all times and particu-
larly for locking classified material in approved security
equipment whenever it is not in use or under direct super-
vision of authorized persons. Custodians shall follow
procedures which insure that unauthorized persons do not
gain access to classified information or material by sight
or sound, and classified infor~:ation shall not be discussed
with or in the presence of unauthorized persons.
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APPENDIX B
TRANSMISSION OF CLASSIFIED INFOlU ATION
A. Preoaration and R. ce_l inm . Classified information
and material s:ia l )e enclosed in opaque inner and outer
covers before transmitting. The inner cover shall be a
sealed wrapper or envelope plainly marked with the assigned
classification and address. The outer cover shall be
sealed and addressed with no indication of the classifi
cation of its contents. A receipt shall be attached to or
enclosed in the inner cover, except that Confidential
material shall require a receipt only if the sender deems
it necessary. The receipt shall identify the sender,
addressee, and the document, but shall contain no classi-
fied information. It shall. be signed by the recipient and
returned to the sender.
B. Transmission of Tot Secret. The transmission of Top
Secret information and material shall be effected prefer-
ably by oral discussions in person between the officials
concerned. Otherwise the transmission of Top Secret infor-
mation and material shall be by specifically designated
personnel, by State Department diplomatic pouch, by a mes-
senger-courier system especially created for that purpose,
over authorized communications circuits in encrypted form
or by other means authorized by the National Security
Councils, except that in the case of information transmitted
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, such means of trans-
mission may be used as are approved by the Director, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, unless express reservation to the
contrary is made in exceptional cases by the originating
Department.
C. Transmission of Secret. The transmission of Secret
material shall. be effected in the following manner.
(1) The Fifty States, District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico. Secret information and material may be transmitted
within and between the forty-eight contiguous states and
District of Columbia, or wholly within the State of Hawaii,
the State of Alaska, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
by one of the means authorized for Top Secret information
and material, the United States Postal Service registered
mail and protective services provided by the United States
air or surface commercial carriers under such conditions
as. may be prescribed by the head of the Department concerned.
(2) Other Areas, Vessels, Military Postal Services,
Aircraft. Secret information and material may be trans-
mitted from or to or within areas other than those speci-
fied in (1) above, by one of the means established for
Top Secret information and material., captains or masters
of vessels of United States registry under contract to a
Department of the Executive Branch, United States regis-
tered-mail through Army, Navy or Air Force Postal Service
facilities provided that material does not at any time
pass out Qf United States citizen control and does not pass
through a foreign postal system, and commercial aircraft
under charter to the United States and military or other
government aircraft.
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(3) Canadian Government Installations. Secret infor-
mation and material may be ;transmit;ted between United States
Government or Canadian Government installations, or both,
in the forty-eight contiguous states, Alaska, the District
of Columbia and Canada by United States and Canadian regis-
tered mail with registered mail receipt.
(4) Special Cases. Each Department may authorize the
use of theJU ited States Postal Service registered mail
outside the forty-eight contiguous states, the District of
Columbia, the State of Hawaii, the State of Alaska, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto ico if warranted by security
conditions and essential operational requirements provided
that the material does not at any time pass out of United
States Government and United States citizen control and
does not pass through a foreign postal system.
D. Transmittal of Confidential. Confidential information
and material shall be trans fitted within the forty-eight
contiguous states and the District of Columbia, or wholly
within Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or
a United States possession, by one of the means established
for higher classifications, or by certified or first class
mail. Outside these areas, Confidential information and
material shall be transmitted in the same manner as autho-
rized for higher classifications.
E. Alternative Transmission of Confidential. Each Depart-
ment Having authority to classify information or material
as "Confidential" may issue regulations authorizing alter-
native or additional methods for the transmission of materi-
al classified "Confidential" outside of the Department. In
the case of material originated by another agency, the
method of transmission must be at least as secure as the
transmission procedures imposed by the originator.
F. Transmission Within a Denartment. Department regula-
tions governing the preparation and transmission of classi-
fied information within a Department shall ensure a degree
of security equivalent to that prescribed above for trans-
mission outside the Department.
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