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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 8, 1987
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MEMORANDUM FOR THOMAS C. GRISCOM

FROM: ARTHUR B. CULVAHOUSE, JR_m, . /

COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT, G1'-'
SUBJECT: Request for nspection -- Financial
Disclosure Statement -- Form SF 278
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We have received a request from the following person to inspec~
and obtain a copy of your Financial Disclosure Statement: ·

2021 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.
Since this request satisfies the requirements of 5 U.S.C. App.
§ 205(b) (2), we have made your Financial Disclosure Statement
available to the requesting individual.
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Request of Terence Hunt/Associated Press dated 5/15/87

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1. Howard Baker/attached

2. Ronald Reagan/to be distributed week. of 5/18/87 through

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5. Kenneth Duberstein/Fe¥im, Bs:t gQmpletie ~

6. Rhett Dawson/attached

7. A.B. Culvahouse/attached

8. Frank Carlucci/attached

9. Marlin Fitzwater/attached

10. Gary Bauer/attached

11. Frank Donatelli/Fovie~.r not com~let:e ~ 4~1,fg,

12. Kenneth Cribb/attached

13. David Chew/attached

14. Nancy Risque/attached

15. Mari Maseng/attached

16. Anthony Dolan/i-eview not complete ~

17. Frederick J. Ryan, Jr./attached

18. William Ball/attached

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as set forth above. The court may assess against such a person a penalty in any amount not to exceed $5,000. Such remec.
shall be in addition to any other remedy available under statutory or common law.

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c. for determining or establishing the credit rating of any individual; or
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as set forth above. The court may assess against such a person a penalty in any amount not to exceed $5,000. Such remec ,
shall be in addition to any other remedy available under statutory or common law.

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in this form. Failure to fur,:,ish the informat ion w, 11 result 1n this agency's inability to allow access to, or to provide copies
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The law requires that a report not be available to any person except upon written application by such person stating his o,
her name, occupation and addresa, and the name and address of any other person or organization on whose behalf the repori
is requested, and that the person be aware of the prohibitions on improper use, set forth below.

IMPORTANT NOTICI
Section 205 of the EthlCI in Government Act of 1978 provides in part that it is unlawful for any person to obtain or use a repon -
a. for any unlawful purpoM;
b. for any commercial purpoM, other than by news and communications media for dissemination to the general public.
c. for determining or establishing the credit rating of any individual; or
d. for use, directly or indir~tly, in the solic1tat1on of money for any political. charitable. or other purpose.
The Attorney General may·bring a civil action against any person who obtains or uses a report for any such prohibited purpo , •
as set forth above. The court may assess against such a person a penalty in any amount not to exceed $5,000. Such rem•-= •
shall be in addition to any other remedy ava,1ao1e under statutory or common law .

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in this form. Failure to furnish the informat,on .- ,11 result 1n this agency's inability to allow access to, or to provide copies
the financial disclosure forms requested . Ot r,erw,se furnishing the riQuested information 1s voluntary. The informar
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

January 25, 1988

MEMORANDUM FOR JAY B. STEPHENS

FROM: PETER D. KEISLERf\'JI\

SUBJECT: Continuing Correspondence from Mr. Lee M. Graham

Mr . Lee Graham is the continuing correspondent who is seeking

"authentication" of several documents which are in his posses-
sion. These documents purport to be government records dealing
with the discovery of extraterrestrial life. You have sent him
two letters thus far. In your letter of November 27, 1987, you
declined his Freedom of Information Act request to the Presi-
dent's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. In your letter of
January 11, 1988, you declined his Freedom of Information Act
request to the White House. In the January 11 letter, you
further indicated that the White House does not "authenticate"
records upon private request, and suggested that he contact other
government agencies or repositories of government documents if he
wishes to pursue his inquiry.

In the attached letter, dated December 1, 1987, Mr. Graham

requests that we inform him which agency he should contact in
order to make a Freedom of Information Act request for complete
copies of the documents in his possession. I believe your letter
of January 11 answers this inquiry to the appropriate extent. I
have attached a copy of that letter for your reference. In my
judgment, that letter suffices as a response to Mr. Graham's most
recent correspondence, and therefore no further action is
required.

Attachment
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PDKeisler ✓
Chron.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

JAN 1 l 1988

Dear Mr. Graham:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request to

Peter Keisler, Associate Counsel to the President.

As I explained in my letter to you dated November 23, 1987, the

White House, as an entity whose "sole function is to advise and
assist the President," is not an "agency" subject to the Freed0m
of Infor~ation Act. Kissinger v. Reporters Commit.tee fo~ Freedom
of the Press, 445 U.S. 136, 156 (1980). Accordingly, we respect-
fully decline to comply with your request.

Moreover, the White House is not in a position to "authenticate"

upon private request documents which purport to be governmental
rec0rds. The White House records of prior Administrations are
stored at private libraries or at the National Archives and
Records Administration. Other departments Rnd agencies of the
government are responsible for the storage of their own histori-
cal documents. I suggest that you contact those repositories if
you wish to pursue your inquiry.

Sincerely,
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Jay B. Stephens
Deputy Counsel to the President

Mr. Lee M. Graham

526 W. r-,aple
Monrovia, CA 91016
1 December 1987
JAY B. STEPHENS
Deputy Counsel to the President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. Stephens:

Thank you Sir for responding (see enclosure A) to my letter

of request (FOIA) for an authenticated/unclassified copy of
this document (see enclosure BS thru Bll).

While you did not provide me with an

authenticated/unclassified copy of the requested document; by
responding in the manner that you have; you have implied that
this document (see enclosure BS thru Bll) is genuine; i. e.,
if you are obeying the DoD Directive 5200.1-R and the
Executive Order #12356 (see enclosure Cl thru C4 and Dl thru
D9 respectively).

Please note that I am attempting to obey the DoD Directive

5200.1-R (see enclosure C2 Sec. 6-102 b) as I am led to
understand same. I have thus submitted this document (see
enclosure BS thru Bll) to you for your perusal. If this
document is not genuine or has not been properly
unclasssified; I trust that you will inform me of the fact.

I have already made numerous FOIA requests to other

Government agencies as to the authenticity of this document
(see enclosure BS thru Bll) but have been unable to locate
that agency with the primary responsibility that first
unclassified the document.

I, therefore, would appreciate it if you would apprise me of

that agency to which I should make a FOIA (Freedom of
information Act) request for a complete
authenticated/unclassified copy of this document (see
enclosure BS thru Bll).

Thank you again for your time Sir.

Sincerely
:z::__.~ . ..h--r.,~
Lee M. Graham -
526 W. Maple
Monrovia, CA. 91016
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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

November 27, 1987

Dear Mr. Graham:

This letter responds to your Freedom of Information Act request
to Anne Armstrong, Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelli-
gence Advisory Board.
Please be advised that the President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board is part of the White House Office. The White
House Office is an entity whose "sole function is to advise and
assist the President" and, as such, is not an "agency" subject to
the Freedom of Information Act. Kissinger v. Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press, 445 U.S. 136, 156 (1980). Accordingly,
we respectfully decline to comply with your request. You may
wish to submit your request to other government agencies that are
subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Sincerely-,

Jay B. Stephens
Deputy Counsel to the President

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Mr. Lee M. Graham
526 W. Maple
Monrovia, CA · 91016

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The Monthly Newsletter
Fa i r --W i t n e s s Proj e c t . i n c .
-1-219 W. Oli\'C St.. Suite 247 Burbank. C..\ 91505
Vo I. II. NO. 8. (12 Pages)
THE M J - 1 2 UFO DOCUMENTS:
MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH DR CLEVER
Included in this issue of FOCUS are co1pletely clean, unex-
purgated copies of the controversial NJ-12 UFO docu1ents
which were released to the press last Nay 28th. These
docu ■ents are part of the research properties of Nillia ■ L.
Noore 1 Jai ■e H. Shandera and Stanton T. Fried ■an, who have
■ade the1 available to FOCUS as a courtesy, Both Noore and
Fried■an are recognized and respected UFOiogists of long
standing with solid backgrounds for factual reporting, and
both are a part of the Fair-Nitness Project. Shandera, who is
less known in UFOlogical circles, is a Los Angeles television
producer with a background that includes directing a variety
of news and docu1ent1rv shows, Noor, ind Fried ■an had been
working closely together since 1978. In 1982, with the add-
ition of Shandera, the three tea■ed up on a research project
that would take the■ further into the bizarre world of gov-
ern ■ent involve■ent with Unidentified Flying ObJects than
anyone in the civilian fie!~ is known to have ever gone
~efore. During the course of this proJect, infor1at1on was
obtained fro■ a nu■ber of (necessarily anony■ousl indivi-
duals, all apparently well connected within the govern ■ental
1ilit1ry intelligence establish1ent, which strongly suggests
th1t UFOs ire indeed extraterrestrial spacecraft and th1t
certain ele1.nt1 of the U.S . intelligence c011unitv continue
to 11int1in • high-level but covert interest in this ph1no1-
enon •t • ti ■t when official position st1t11ents 1ssert th1t
thert is no govern ■ent int,rest wh1tsoev1r.
Ovtr the past sevtn y11rs, the Noore-Sh1ndera-Fr1ed1an te11,
working clostly with• nu ■btr of other associates both in the
news ■tdia and within tht civili•n UFO co11unity, his quietly
but 1ggressively pursued cont1cts, developed ,ourc,s of in-
for11tion, and c1r1fully r1s11rch1d leads. Nuaerous inter-
view, •trt conduct,d 1nd ■any days were sptnt coabing throu9h
rKord1 at tht Nat1on1l Archivts in N1sh1n9ton D.C. as •tll
a1 both tht Truaan and Eistnhowtr pr1s1dtntial librarits and
nu1trou1 tiaillf' fKilit : ts both ftdtral 1nd priv1te. It is
01
of the
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SEPTEMBER 1, 1987 6FWP,Inc
HOAX?
now possible to report th1t consider1ble progr11s h•s bHn
■ ade.
The alleged Eisenhower briefing docu ■ ent and acco1panying
'Tru ■ an• 1e1orandu1 arrived in the ■ ail (on a roll of unde-
veloped 3511 fil ■ l in a plain brown wrapper at the residence
of Jai ■ e Shander• in Dece■ ber, 1984, A detailed and exh1us-
tive study of every aspect of this docu1ent h•s bee~ ~~1!~
way since then. Although an unqualified endorse1ent c· :~;
authentici~y is not possible at this ti1e, no infor1at1c~ ~.f
surfaced to date which is of sufficient weight to suggt:;•
that the docu ■ ents are anything but the genuine articles
Indeed, one docu■ent was uncovered at the Nation•! Archivt!
wM1ch · uncuestionably verifies the existence of an '"J 12'
~rJuP in !954 and definitely links both the National Security
Counc i l and the President of the United States to it. Acopy
~+ t~is docu ■ ent 1s also included in this issue.
A nu ■ ber of questions •nd answers about the contents of thew
docu ■ents follow: ' ,
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT
THE MJ - 12 UFO DOCUMENTS,
Q: Is there any other evidence that the U.S. govern ■tnt re-
trieved• crashed alien craft outside Roswell, New i.txico f
July, 1947?
A: Noor,• Fried11n h1v1 since 1978 conducted I v1ry, ~~
ertensive research project conc1rning the so-called Ros~ .
Jnc1dent, To date, 92 difftrtnt people have been located~
interviewed about the event, 31 of who■ hid first-hind 1nvlll
vetent, Inc Iudtd are stvtr al gtntr als, the but stc:iri ~
offic1r, counter-int1lli91nc1 corps personntl, tht neiQt!'or: ~
CONTINUED ~ PAGE ~ •••
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i•• • • • AND DIVIDED
By Jimmy Ward
WE FAUL
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!• America the beautiful ha~ become America the can - l
: cerous. Lon,;, before Iran9ate~ the steel:: scandals I
: and the religious mud -sli nginQ-- long before the :
: Cha ll enger tragedy, it began. Our prisons have
■ liJ Ill liJ Iii liHiJ laJ fiiJ [iJ (iJ fil fiJ al li1 : changed from places of punishment for crime ~
FOCUS is a monthly newsletter, • against societ y to rehabilitation centers for the
published hy the Fair-Witness
ProJect, Jnc •• a non-profit organi-
!: culturall~ deprived.
facing hard
Welfare, once aid to those
times~ has become~ right for citizen
zation incorporated in Delaware, : and non-citizen alike-- a virtual dut v of govern-
and reqistered as a foreiqn corpor- ! ment for how ever long it is requested by those who
' at1on in rhe stat.- of California. ! do little or nothing to help themselves. America n
: products~ once eagerly sought the world over for
-1 fiJ li1 ~ ilJ fi1 lil 1111 fiJ fiJ liJ liJ liJ Ii Ill : their top quality and value. have become secon~
Publisher: The Fair-Witness Pro- : rate. America now imports more than she e x ports.
ject. Inc. : The deluge of scientific and technological di5 -
lditor: Ji.av Ward le w. Moore : coveries and innovations has slowed. The proud
•••••••••••••••••••••••••• : mel ting pot haE bec ome a tu rgi d pool. America. J~

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Fair-Witness Reporters:

Branch
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• seems is d vi n g
complacency'
from the insidiou s disease of

K. Korff
•
S. F rit•rlmnn N. Magnuson
B. Moore ••• "Let George do it." "It's not my job." (,Jhat ' s ir.
• it for me ';' " These have become American mottos. the
•••••••••••••••••••••••••• :• underlying motif of American works. Complacenc y

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has permeated our society from the highest to the ,
LEn'ERS TO THE 1!:DITal are wl- lowest levels. If we expect to retain our positio n
OOM and vill be run it appro- of world leadership~ it must be stopped.
priate. Pleue &dd.N•• letten
to the Project,c/o the addrea•
i•
on our ... the&d. : Thirt y y ears ago while America sat on her post-
.............................. : medici n e. but it galvanized America.
erior. Russia put up ~putnil::. It was a dose of bad
•· We woke up.
POCUS aubecribera are reai.Dded
tiiatth.,. are anti tled to a
i went
became
to work~
number
and
one
the Space-Race
again-- and
was
suddenly
on.
the
America
medicine
~ diaCOUDt OD the pvchue
ot booka and puhlioatioDa t'l"oll
i was no longer effective. Complacency set in again.

Perhaps what is needed once again is a good shot in

V.L. Moore PUblioatiOIUI. 'l'o
reoeiTe a liat ot &Tail.able the tail.
iteu, pleue vri.te.
............................... A scratch test to check for reaction was recentl v
made b y . of all people~ the Rudsians. T~ey pro-
~ aubeaription• 1 $20.00/yr. posed a joint venture-- a Mars landing with a crew
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of both Americans and Russians on board.
thi s spi r i t of cooperation.
And in
they would establi s h a
lditora who receiTe POCUS on an : Russian / American base for exploration and re-
exchance buia are hereb7 IJ'D~ : search-- using Russian equipment, of course. So
ed pel'lliaaion to reprint or quote : far. no rash has developed. Indeed, the proposal
tro■ artiol•• appearinc herein : recei v ed only passing attention in the press.
proTided that due credit i• ciTell •
the vriter (it liated) and tha :• The Australians. it seems~ are worl::ing on another
Project, and prorided that the :• medicine. On February 19~ 1987. the Australian
atateMnt •CoP7right 81986 b7 • F'rem1er. Sir Joh Bjell-:e-F'eterson. announced that
1, ::.o .:, , <:1( 11:1 would be made available for the study of c:..
The 1air-Vitn••• Project, Inc.,
4219 V. Oliff st., Suite 247, i proposecj intern~tional. multi-pad spaceport comple ::
&w-buk, C• 91505• 1• inalw:led.
Gopi•• ot a,q aaterial ao uaed
\i!O\Ud be ■oet appreciated.
i:• at Cape Yor i 1n
to de vel op an
□ L1eensland. Efforts would be ma r. e
international marketing program to
encourage commercial interest from private~ multi -
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SEPTEMBER 1, 1987
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3 Continued:
1nd f111)y of th• r1nch•r who discov,r,d th, wr,ctfd d1v1ce,
th, pub!1: re)1t1ons off1c,r of the , 1r bise, local news
1edi1 Dfrsonnel, etc. To dite, one boo~ ind five research
Pipers have been published presenting the dat,.
Q: Is there inv proof that the event was first publicized ind
then covered-up by the governtent?
A: Y,s . A press release was first distributed by th, Ar1y
Air Force at Roswell stating that a crashed disc had been
r,covered. Then shorth' afterwards the hud of the 8th Air
torce announced that a 1istake had been tade and that it was
only a radar reflector fro■ a weather balloon, The officer
who took the call fro• Washington DC with the instructions to
cover-up the story has so t,stified to Fried ■an ind ftoore.
"any people who handled the very strange 1aterials have test-
ified that the ■aterial could not have been fro■ a ridar re-
flector. Ten first-hand witnesses ar, on record as having
stat,d that the object was, in fact, so■ e sort of space
crift.
Q: Was th,re any evidence of strange writing on the retriev-
ed ■ at.rial?
A: Yes, Five p,rsons who actual! y hand! ed pieces of the
wreckage have described very unusuil sy ■ bols on _pieces of the
wr,ckage.
Q: Is there any evidence that President-elect Eisenhower
received a ■ ilitary briefing on 1B Nove■ ber, 1952'
A: Y,s. Infor ■ ation at th, Eisenhower Libr;· and in the
Tru1an fil,s indicates Nhite House and Pent•g~- jriefings on
that date. A Wash1ngton Post article also confir ■ s a
bri,fing on that date.
Q: ls there any evidence that Dr. Bush and Secretary For-
restal ■et with President Tru■an on Sept. 24th, 1947?
A: Yes. Forrestal's diary, Bush's files ind the Tru■ an
library listing of Presidenti•l 1ctivities ill estiblish th1t
Bush and Forrestal first ■et with e•ch other ind then with
Tru ■ an on thit d1t,. Bush ind Forrest•! oft,n ■et with e1ch
oth,r during the 1947-49 ti ■ e fra1e.
C: ls th,re anv ev1den~e that the Cutler to Tw1n1ng "Top
Sec ret Re~tr1cted" 1e10 1s genuine~
A: Yes, There are sev,ral factors t~ be considfrfd here:
A, It wu found 1n a file box it the Nation•! Archi-
ves bv "o~re and Shandera who were the first persons to go
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8, The irchivist Jo1nn1 iilli11son •ho lfiS in charge
ol the R6 341 file ii quoted in the London Ob11rv1r 1s
uying 'It us found in the filH of the U.S. Air Force's
Director of Intelligence 1nd is certainly 91nuint, 1
C, A very 1i1il1r in for1at ind content 'Top Secret-
Eyes Only' 1no w•s sent by Cutler to Twining in 1953 about a
si1ilar NSC ■eeting on ,nother, unrelated, project.
U: Nhy i~ there no sign,ture on the 1e10'
A: The file copy was a carbon. Carbons are nor1allv not
signed.
Q: Is there any reason at all to think that Harv1rd astron-
01er Dr. Don1ld H. "•nzel, who wrote three anti-UFO books and
tiny articles, could re1lly hive been pirt of i Top Secret-
Eyes Only group that knew so1e UFOs were 'Identified Alien
Crdt"'
A: As a result of extended research by Fried11n at Harvard
ind elsewhere, these f1cts have been est1blished about Dr.
"en.el:
A. "enzel once 1entioned in• letter written to Presi-
dent-elect J1ck Kennedy thit he possessed a Top Secret-Ultra
security clearance.
B, "enzel clii1ed to JFK in 1960 that he had a longer
continuous association with the highly classified National
Security Agency INSAI ind its predecessor U.S. Navy agency
than inyone else in the govern1ent ,t thit ti1e.
C. "enzel's association •ith Dr. Vinnevar Bush, war-
ti1e head of the Office of Scientif ic Research ind Develop-
1ent, dates back to 1934.
D. Bush was the staunchest "enzel defender at a USAF
loyalty heiring in 1950. Indeed, Bush hid instructed Dr.
"enzel 's ~ttorney to notify hi ■ IBushl i11ediitely upon
resolution of the loyilty proble1.
E. "enzel worked on clissified progra1s for 1ore than
30 different co1p1nies.
F, "enzel is on record 1s having 1ade nu1erous trips
during 1947 to both Nishington, DC ind New "exico on govern-
1ent reseirch iCtivities.
6, "enzel had learned Japinese for his cryptography
work for the Navy, wis fitiliar with disinfora,tion, and
would hive been the perfect person to show the Rosw,11
writing to, ' •
H. "enzel hid written science fiction and popular
ne•spiper articles for 11jor pipers. He w1s the best quili-
fied of the 12 to put out disinfor ■ ation and his first book
was trinsl1ted into Russi1n.
Q: The docu1ents indicite thit i second object crished in
Texas on the night of 0.ce ■ber 6th-7th, 1950, ls there any
indicition thit such in event ever occurred?
A: Yes. Acopy of an official coa1un1Que was located 1r
files released by the F.B. J. 1nd1cat1ng a "high alErt' stat u~
about UFOs had been called bv the Air Force on Dece1ber 6th,
1950. There ,re also sev,ral newspaper articles 1nd;cat1 n4
that 1ilit1rv leaves at vir1ous airbases were abrupt lv can-
celled that sa ■ e d1y.
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Continued:
Q: Whit 1bout other offici1l docu1ent1ry evidence?
A: Afor1erly Top Secret C1n1di1n 1e10 d1ted Nov11ber 1
14?50, st1tes th1t "the 11tter !of UFOs) is the 1ost highly
classified subject in the United Stites 9overn1ent• ind
1dtntified Dr. V1nnev1r Bush 1s head of• project which w1s
tning to discover how UFOs work.
Q: "r· Philip Kl1ss h•s suggested th•t Ad1ir1l Hillenkoetter
..s 1ctu1lly serving in the P1cific •t the ti1e of the sup-
posed Eisenhower briefing. Is this true?
4: No. The f1cts ire th•t ht hid been 1ssigned to P1cific
duty in Nov11ber, 1950, but he returned 1s co111ndtr of the
Brooklyn, NY, N•v•l Bise in Septelber, 1951. In June, 1952,
bt ••s n111d Co111nd1nt of the U.S. N1vy Third District ind
..s b1sed in New York City,
Q: Doesn't it see• str1nge th•t 6ener•l Eisenhower h•d to be
!~;efed in 1952 on 11tters •bout which he surely would have
bten infor1ed 1s Ar1y Chief of Stiff ye1rs e1rlier?
A: Not •t 111. The f1cts ire th1t he 1ccepted the job •s
President of Colu1bi• University in June, 1947-- before the
~cs•ell Incident and the est1blish1ent of "•jestic 12. He
sHved until "•Y, 1950, when he begin• very difficult job in
::..rope as Supre■e Co1under of the NATO forc"es trying to
wii+y • nu1ber of different politic•l ind 1ilit1ry fictions.
·e re11ined there until 19~2 when he returned to c11p1ign for
~~e presidency. In other words, he h•d no "need-to-know•
Jur:ng the period July, 1947 through Nove1ber, 1952. His
'orte ••• neither intelligence nor technology.
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EDITORIAL: COIHIIIUED FRON PA6£ 2.. ..
n1tion1l coljl1nie1 1nd "third world" govtrn1t11ts. J1p1n •Ad
Chin• hive 1lre1dy shown strong interest, 1s hive soet U.S.
c.,...,-ci1l conc1rns.
It should be noted her, th1t III irrit1nt h•s betn 1dd1d to
the Austr1li1n 1edicin1. The Aussi1s ire not ev1n consider-
ing A1er1can 11de rockets. It sens th1y pref1r in1te1d to
~uv th, 1uch 1or1 reli1bl1 ind che1per Russi1n Proton.
~t~rally the Russ11ns hav, off.red to supply thn with tech-
it:11ns, labor ind trainers 1s I part of the p1ck1ge.
Sllouldn't this be enough for ~r1ca to once ag1in stind u,
,and t1k1 notice' Hopefully-, will find so1e w1y to dr14
..,.selves out of our n1c1, w1r1 beds ind fight off the coe-
Jl.tetncy th1t h11 b19un to thr11ten our Y9ry 11i1ttnc1.
£itll«' "Ua1ted wt St1nd 0 • • • or 1ls1 1 !JWl
••• BOOK REVIEN •••
THE CO""ON SENSE APPROACH TO GHOSTS, By Robert L. Gruzdis
!Knowledge Unli1ited, 1271 N. Dundee Rd., Suite 14-A, e~:falo
6rov1, IL, 60089; 1986, 92pp., softbound, ISBN 0-9616045-4-4)
Revi1111d for FOCUS by "r. Dile K1cz11rek, President of th1
6ho1t Rese•rch Society, POBX 205, 01kl••n, IL 60454.
I hive 1lways s1id th1t wh•t students of p1r1psycholo9y nttd
is 1n 11sy to under1t1nd, si1pl1 to r11d, infor11tion picked
book on the subject of ghosts. This book truly fulfills
those needs, ind• lot 1or1! 1 "•ny books •ritten on pu1-
nor11l subjects •re p1ck1d •ith 1c1d11ic ter1inology ind t1ke
1uch too long to get their point •cross. Not so with this
volu1e 1 •hich gets its points •cross quickly while 11king
interesting re1din9 1t the s11e ti11.
Unfortun1tely, even though Ghosts is lo1ded •ith very
useful infor11tion, it isn't long enougfl, The re•der is left
••nting 1or1-- • device ptrh1ps delib1r1tely utilized by the
1uthor to incre1s1 interest in the subject. The book is not
filled with i1possibl1 CIH histories, but r1ther is •e•nt to
be• sort of guidebook for •••teur ind profession1l ghost
hunters •like. Ch1pters include infor11tion •bout wh•t •
ghost is, whit they look like, why they 11ke the1selves kno•n
and how to try to co11unic1te with the1, There is i: ;~
11teri1l •bout poltergeists, different levels of spirit;~~=
even • section on what to do if you believe • ghost 1s
bothering you,
"r• 6rizdis is• true profession•! in his field 1s well •s •
pr1cticising psychic. He is a lecturer and• teacher who
1akes public present1tions on a wide v1riety of New-Age tech-
niques fro• self-hypnosis 1edit1tion to 1ind dyna1ics. He is
•lso • for1er Chair11n of the 801rd of the Intern1tion1l
Psychic Center, ind is a world traveler.
I highly reco11end this book to 1nyone who has even the
.
slighest interest in ghosts and the supern1tur1!. It is •
welco1e addition to anyone's bookshelf!
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The Pr0j1ct r1cently 11d1 • 1160,00 expenH rei1burs1H11t
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On 24 June, 1947, a civili,m pilot flying over the Cascade

Mountains in the State ot Washington observed nine flyizu,:
disc-shaped aircraft travel~ng in formation at a hi~h rate .
of s~eed. Although thia was not the first known ai~hting
of such objects, it was the first to g,1in widespread attention
in the public media. Hundreds of reports of sightin~a of
similar objects followed. Many of these came from hi~hly
credible military and civilian sources. 'l'hese reports res-
ulted ~n independent efforts by several different elements
of the military to ascertain the nature and purpose of these
objects in the intereate of national defense. A number of
witneaaea were interviewed and there were several unsuccessful
attempt• to utilise aircraft in efforts to pursue reported
dtaoe- 1n·· tli~ht. Public .r eaction bordered on near hysteria
at tiaee. _,. _-. ~ ._ _ ~;i..:/~'.;:->

In e~ite of these ef~orte, little of substance was learned

about the objects l.Ultil a local rancher reported that one
had crashed in a remote region of Rew Mexico located approx-
imately eeventy-f1Te ■ilea northwest of Roswell Army Air
Base (now Walker Pield).

On 07 July, 1947, a secret operation was begun to assure

recovery of the wreckage of this object for scientific study.
Durin~ the course of this operation, aerial reconnaissance
discovered that four small human-like beings had P.oparently
ejected from the craft at some point before it exploded.
These had fallen to earth about two miles east of the wrecxnF,e
site. All four were dead e.nd badly decomposed due to action
by predatore and exposure to the elem~nte durinR t~e approx-
imately one week time period which had elapsed before their ,
discovery. A special ao1ent1tio team took char~e of removing
th8&e bodies for study. (See· Attachment "C".) The wreckage
ot the craft was also removed to several different locations.
(See Attachment "B".) Civilian &nd milit~ry witnesses in
the . area were debriefed, and news reporters were ~iven the
etteotiTe cover story that the object had been a mis~ided
veather reeearch balloon •

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A coT~t analytical effort .organized by Gen. Twining and

Dr. Bush acting on the direct orders of the President, res-
ulted in a preliminary oonoeneue (19 September, 1947) that·
the disc was most likely a short range reconnaissance cn1ft.
Thie conclusion was based tor the most part on the craft's
size And the apparent lack of any identifiable provisioning.
(See Attachment "D".) A similar analysis of the four dead
occupants was arranged by Dr. Bronk. It was the tentative
conclusion of this group (30 November, 1g47) thAt althour.h
these cr~aturee are human-like in appearance, the biolo~icAl
and evolutionary processes responsible tor their development
hfts a~parently been quite ditter~nt from those observed or
ooetulated in homo-eapiena. Dr. Bronk•a team has suggested
the term "Extra-terrestrial Biolo,d.oal Entitiea•, or •EnEs",
he adopted as the standard term of reference for these
crP.aturee until such ti~e aa a more definitive desi~tion
can be a~reed upon.

Since it is virtually certain that theee craft do not ori~in-

ate in any country on earth, considerable epeculation has ·
center~d around what their point of origin mi~ht be and how
they ,ret here. Mars was &nd remains a possibility, although
some ~cientists, moat notably Dr. Menzel, consider it more
likely th~t we are dealing with bein,.s from another solar
system entirely.

Numerous e~runoles of what appear to be a form of writinp

were found 1n the wreckage. Efforts to deciphP.r these have
re~Ained lar~ely unsuccessful. (See Attachment "E".)
EqUR.l]y unsuccessful h~ve been efforts to d~termine the
_method of propulsion or the nature or method of trAnsmi~s1on'
.. of the power source involved. Reeearch &lon,: these lines
h11a been complicated by the complete absence of 1c1ent1fiahle
win~a, propellers, jets, or other oonv~ntional metho~s or
propulsion 11nd ~uid1U1ce, aa well ae a total lack of met~llic
w1r1DP., v~cuum tubes, or similar reoo1r.111zahle •l~tronic
COJl'POnentc. (See Attachllent "P•.) It ie assumed that the
propulsion unit was completely destroyed by the explosion
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A need for aa much additional information as poAeihle abou~

these cr~ft, their performuoe characteriatica and their
purpose ]P.d to the undertllkinR known ae U.S. Air ~orce Project
SIGN in December, 1947. In order to preserve security, liason
bP.tween SIGR and Majeatic-12 was limited to two individuals
within the Intell~ence Division ot Air Materiel Command whose
role was to pass along c~rtain types of information throur,h
chann~la. SIGW evolTed into Project GRUDGE in December, 1g4a.
The operation ie currently being conducted under the code name
BLUE BOOK, with liaaon maintained thro1J8h the Air Poree officer
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On 06 December, 1950, a second object, probably o~ similar

orinn, imJ)llcted the earth at hi~h speed in the F.l Indio -
Guerrero area of the Texaa - Mexican boder aft~r followinp
a lo~ trajectory throl.U':h the Rtmosphere. By the time a
search team arrived, what remained of the object had been almost
totally incinerated. Such material ae could be recovered waa
transported to the A.B.C. facility at Sandia, Rew Mexico, tor
study.

Implicationa for the National Security are or continuing im-

portsnce in that the motives and ultimate intentions of these
visitors r~main completely unknown. In addition, a ai,mificllllt
upsur~e in the surveillance activity of these craft beginninY,
in May nnd continuing thro~ the autumn of this yl!ar has caused
coneid~r~ble concern that new developmente .mR.Y be imminent.
It 1a tor these re1U1one, •• well as the obvious international
and technolo~ical cona1derat1ona and ·the ultimate'need to •
·avoid a public panic at all coats, that the Majestic-12 Group
remains of the unanilloua opinion that imposition of the
strictest eecur11.y precautions should continue without inter-
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rupt~on into _the new ad■1nietration. At the aame time, con-
tirurenc7 -pan MJ•l949-04P/78 (Top Secret - lye• Onq) ehould
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September 24, 1947.

MEJIIORANDUN FOR THE SECRETARY OP DEFENSE

Dear Secretary P'orrestal •
As per our recent conversation on this matter,
you are hereby authorized to proceed with all due
speed and -caution upon your undertaking. Hereafter
this Dtter shall be referred to only as Operation
JlaJeatic TwelYe.
It continues to be ay feeling that any future
considerations relative to the ultimate disposition
of this -tter should rest solely with the Office
of the President following appropriate discussions
with yourself, Dr. Bush and the Director of Central
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you u:oon arriv,.l. Pl.ease elter ,our plnns ~ocordingly.
Yo-Jr concurre..'lce in the above ehnnga or errnnrer.icnt~
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CHAPTER VI
COMPROMISE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMA ON

6-100 Policy

Compromise of classified informati presents a threat to the national

security. Once a to have occurred, the seriousness
of damage to U. S . interests must b determined and appropriate measures
taken to negate or minimize the dverse effect of such compromise. When
possible, action also should taken to regain custody of the documents
or material that were compr ised. In all cases, however, appropriate
action must be taken to · entify the source and reason for the compro-
mise and remedial acti taken to ensure further compromises do not
occ ur . The provisio of DoD Instruction 5200.22 and DoD Directive
5210.50 (reference (jj) and (kk)) apply to compromises covered by this
Chapter.

6-101

rocedures for handling compromises of cryptographic information

forth in NSA KAG I-D (reference (bb)).

6-102 Responsibility of Discoverer

a. Any person who knowledge of the actual or possible compro-

mise (as defined in section 1-308) of classified information shall
reP. such fact to the security manager of the person's
subsection 13-304).

b. Any person who discovers classified information out of proper

fontrol shall take custody of such information and safeguard it in an
a2 ropriate manner, and sha--il notify immediately ap appropriate security
authority.

6-103 Preliminary Inquiry

A designated responsible official shall initiate a preliminary in-

quiry to determine the circumstances surrounding the actual or possible
compromise. The preliminary inquiry shall establish one of the following:

a. That a compromise of classified information did not occur;

b. That a compromise of classified information did occur but the

compromise could not reasonably be expected to cause damage to the
national security. If, in such instances, the official finds no indica-
tion of significant security weakness, the report of preliminary inquiry
will be sufficient to resolve the incident and, when appropriate, sup-
port the administrative sanctions under subsection 14-101; or

c . That compromise of classified information did occur and that the

probability of damage to the national security cannot be discounted.
Upon this determination, the responsible official shall:

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:1 l. Report the circumstances of the compromise to an appropriate

authority as specified in DoD Component instructions;

2 . If the responsible official is the originator, take the

action prescribed in subsection 6-106; and
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3. If the responsible official is not the originator, notify
the originator of the known details of the compromise, including identi-
fication of the classified information. If the originator is unknown,
notification will be sent to the office specified in DoD Component
instructions .

6-104 Investi ation

[ f i t is determined that further investigation is warranted, such

investigation will include the following:

a. Complete i dentificatio n of each item o f class i fied information

involved;

b. A thorough search for the classified information;

c. Identification of any person or procedure r s onsible

romise. Any person so identified shall be apprised of the natu_r.e
a_g,_d circumstances of the compromise and be provided an op_portuni t to
reP.lY t the violation charged. If such person does not choose to make
t, this fact shall b e included i n the report of investigati

d. A statement that c ompr omise of classified information occurred

or is probable, and the cause o f the loss or compromise; or a statement
that compro mise did not occur or that there is minimal risk of damage to
the nati o nal security; and

e. Compi l at i on of the da t a in par a gr a phs a. through d., above, in a

rep o rt t o the a uthor i ty o r d e rin g the i nvest i gat i on .

6-105 Re spons i b il ity o f Authori ty Ordering Investigation

a. The report of investigation shall be reviewed to ensure com-

pliance wi th this Reg ul at io n an d i nstr uc t i c ns is sue d by DoD Components.

b. The recommendati o n~ co ntained in the report of investigation

shall be reviewed to determine suffici e ncy of remedial, administrative,
disciplinary, or legal action proposed a nd, if adequate, the report of
investigation shall be forwarded with r eco mmendations through supervisory
channels. See subsecti o ns 14-101 and 14-102 .

6 -10 6 Respo ns i b ili ty o f Originat o r

Th e or ig ina tor or a n offi c ial higher i n the o ri ginator's super-

visory c h a in shall, upon receipt of notifi c ation o f l o ss o r probable
c ompr o mis e o f c lassified i nformation, t a ke act i on a s prescribed in
s ubse c ti o n 2 - 2 10 .

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Case ■ of espionage and deliberate unauthorized disclosure of classi-

fied inforaation to the public shall be reported in accordance with DoD
Instruction 5200.22 and DoD Directive 5210.50 (references (jj) and (tk))
and implementing issuances.

6-108 Unauthorized Absentees

When an individual who has had access to classified information is

on unauthor~zed absence, an inquiry as appropriate under the circum-
stances, to include consideration of the length of absence and the degree
of sensitivity of the classified information involved, shall be conducted
to detect if there are any indications of activities, behavior, or
associations that may be inimical to the interest of national security.
When such indications are detected, a report shall be made to the DoD
Component counterintelligence organization.

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Orders
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;it~ ~. publicly, and functions in support of such activities, but
~::- · . · . P.t)IOC intended to influence United States political processes,
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f SEC. 3. The Board shall , when required by this O,c er, rt!por:t d irtctly
to the President. The Board "h.1II c:ons1d.:r and . ta.kc appropriate action
::.,.
.v~'i- 1' • •
po.licics, or media ~nd do. not !nclude diplomatic activi-
.'° Qr :'the coUectton and production of mtelhgence or related support
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1 with respect to nw tr1.: n, 11.k11t1lil·d by the D ir~tor of CentraJ l mt:lli·
gence, the Central Intelligence Agency or o ther agencies of the lntelli•
- gence Community . With rt'spect to matters deemed appropriate by the
. ....,•~ ~ ~tata p,non means a United States citizen, an a!ien known
._pponatoo
__.Jiacnce agc:n'-=Y concerned to be a permanent resident aht'n,
auociation substantially composed of United States
President, the BoarJ ~hall advise .and make .1ppro priate recommend"·
tions to th'-' Din·'--·1111 o f <. 'i·111ral l111elligcnce, the Central lnielligence
· {ji( permanent resident aliens, or a corporation incorporated in Agency, and other age rwi e:. of the Intelligence Communh .
,'~ · """.iiled States, except for a corporation directed and controlled by a SLc. 4. The ht.•ad~ oi dcpa rtmcr-t s and aget1cics of 11:: Jntelligt'tiCe
Community shall, to the t'Xtt'nt permitted by law, provide the Board
::~:,- - ·,ovunmcnt or aovemments.
, .' :r,~);5 ,.,.,,._ and E/l«t. This Order is intended to control and provide with all information net·essary to ca rry out its r~ ponsibilitics. Inspec-
·. t1INctioa Ind gujdance to the Intelligence Community~ ,Nothing con- tors General and General Counsel of the Intelligence Community shall,
/ tl!liiaed herein or in any procedures promulgated -hereunder is intended to the extent perm itted hy law, report to the Bllard concerning intelli-
Jaf CDllf'er any .•uh;ltantive or procedural right or privilege on any gence activities that they have reason to believe may be un!&wful or
contrary to Executive o rde r or Prt.•sidential d irective.
· penoa or qrpruz.abon. ..
SEC. S. Informatio n made availa ble to the Board shaJ! be given all
· · 3,6 Rnlpltion. Executive Order No. 12036 of January 24, 1978, as
amended. entitled "Unitcd·States Intelligence Activities,'' is revoked. necessary security protec ti on in accordance with applic:.i.b:e Llws and
regulations. Each mt'mber of the Board, each member o !" the lJoard's
. ;, ·:lanallllve ONler 12334 he1lclent'1 lnt.;n1t,eecie .Ovenl1ht Board staff, and each of the Board's consultants -;hall e-xecuce an agreeme nt
-never to reveal any dassifit'd information obtained by vu tue of his or
SouacE: TIie provisions of Ea:ecutive Order 12H4 of Dec. 4, 1981, appear al 46 FR her service with the Board except to the Pres id.:m or to such person,;
a\ the President may d esign ate.
r.J -~ l .all.1911 Comp.• p. 216, unlesa otherwise noted.
,... :•. •-i) ,.>\r:L._;_,_1·. • SEC. 6. Members of lhl' Board shall ,;erve without compcnsa:ion, bur
- . :\1-·By ·• authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and may receive transport atio n. npt!n,e, a·:J per d iem aJlowan,·e : as ao-
llatutc!s of the United States of America. and in order to enhance the thorized by law. Staff anJ i:or.~.ul tari !s ·.u the Board s~ll rt'1..-~i V:! ~y
tecurity or the United States by assuring the legality of activities of the and allowances as au1 ;ioriz .:-d by ' ~" Pre-~i de111.
InteJli.cenoe Community, it is hereby ordered as follows : '
SEcnoN 1. There is hereby established within .the White House Executive Order 12356-Nat ional security :n (-: -..., at:or

·~=ted•f'rom
0fflce. Executive Office of the President, the President's Intelligence
. Qw=niabt Board. which shall be composed of three members. One
eip·
among the membership or the President's For-
Adviaory Board, shall be designated by the President
j SouRcE: The provis1o m o f E 1-..-c u1 1v,: Orui:r 123S6 o f A pr. ;;, 1982, aPJ."CL" at 4i FR
1>4874 and IS557, 3 CFR . !9S2 Comp .. p. l u6. un!~ s 01!,av. i-.c noted.

. ._ ,a.irman. Manben of the Board shall serve at ·Jhe pleasure of the

-;':fimideat and sbaJJ be appointed by the President from among trust- t T AIII.E Of CO:"ITE:-ITS

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· qualified oa the basis of achievement. experience and independence.
· The Board shall utilize such full-time staff and consultants as authorized f
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, :h tbe Praictent. . < I.I Classification Levels ..... ... .. 111,•
,:,;;.,·Sac. 2. The Board shall: l
1.2 Classification Au1horiry . ...... ls.t.17
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(a~orm the President of intelligence activities that any member of I.J Classification C111egnn..-s ...
,-.dli· believes are in violation of the Constitution or laws of the 1.4 Duration of Cla.'1.~ilica1io n . [S9Jj
·;V,mted Stales. Executive orden, or Presidential directives; 1.5 Identification and Ma rk ing\ .. ·················•···•·····•·•··••···•············ [S9J'5
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':,· (b) Forward to the Attorney General reports received concerning in- 1.6 Limitations on Cla\Mfk a1ion
. ·w..fflaeace activities that the Board believes may be unlawful; PART 2. INrirati-,r Classijic<1tio11 ··················•·-···················· .. ········· [!~1J '
't((e) ~ the internal guidelines of each agency within the Intelli-
~ ,-.i:e Community concerning the lawfulness of intelligence activities; 2. 1 Use of Derivative: Cla, ,11i.:a1ion ..... ............ ............... ............................... ,............ (J'>JJ
-:; t~ (~ Review the practices and procedures of the Inspectors General 2.2 Classification Guides ................................................ . [.I\IJ)
. :~-1 .~ Counsel of the lntelligence Community for discovering PART 3. D«lossification and Dow11grading
<•;...- . . . . . intelli~tivitics that may be~awful or contrary to
·~ "liill!li!IPMI ada'. .01' . · •tial •directive:• and ·. · ·
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, , 1-.1-:"e);. VICt· such mvcstigatiOnl as the .BQard. .deems necessary to 3.2 Transferred Information ................. .......................·-····-·-~ . ;~ -·. .... ..... ;.· ,-'./J
I ;Cllff1. .• :.~ :f\mctiona under this Order. · 3.3 S)'ltematic: Jlcvicw for Declassification ............................. ~..·•--....·--···..·· [J!U)
· ~ . W w- ».,J>- .· ~ . . 3.4 Mandatory Review for Dcclassification ............... - ........."--•..··•• .. •••· ....~
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. . f~-~(1 . . SEC. 1.2 Classification Authority. t _

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. d~~-:liJ.:Hil&orical Racarchen and Former Presidential Appoinlccs .... ...... (.5117)
(a) Top Secret. The authority to c!a,;sify information originally a~ Top
Secret may be exercised only by :
(I) the President;
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ERAi. REGISIHt; anl.l
(3) officials delegated this authority pursuant to Section l.2(d).

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Security Ovcniaht Office................................................................ (.597)
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E1>1TOklAI. N<TTt-: : On Ma~ 7, l'lK:!, th.: President w~ an order of dnignation (41
,··'.':ic'·i .... ,,,,,,,..,,,, FR 20105, .3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 2~7) the text of which follows:
;i.1:•1' ·: ·•'.:;-. ·.",.' ~ •. .. Punuant lo the provisions of Section 1.2 of Executive Order No. 12356 ol April 2,
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-;.~· .~ .,.. • .. ' .......... (.599] 1982, entitled MNational Security Information," I hereby designaie thr fol!owing officials
~{: ' ~~ - - . -................... __ ........................................................ -~~ ........... (6(X)J to classify information origina!Jy as " Top Set.:ret". "Secret", or "CbnfiMnti.al":
Top Si,;cuT

l=.:t!!: the public be informed concerning the activities of its

-,. d + - ~ but that the interests of the United States and its citizens
&«wri-.., Off,a of rite Pr~s1den1:
The Vice President
The Counsellor to the President
~~ . 4bai certain information concerning the national ·.defense and The Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President
·~ .re.latiom be protected against unauthorized djscl01Ure. lnforma- The Deputy Chief or Staff and Assistant 10 the President
'l)ie Director, OfTice or Management •1\d Uudget
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c. . ...,eould
:-~ - DOt be cJ:assified under this Orc! cr unless its disclosure reason-
be expected to cause damage to the national security.
:, 'HO\V. t,, the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
The United Stales Trade Ri:pr=ntati ve
The Assistant lo the President for Nauonal Security Affairs
The Director, Ofrice of Science lllld Technology 1'0lky
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Jawt or ,the United States of America. it is hereby ordered as fol- The Chairman, The Pre5idc:nt\ Foreign lnti:ll i~en ce Advisory Board
The Chairman, The PrL-,.1d.-n1\ !111dligl·n.:c O,crMght IJoard
,·; The Secretary of S1a1e
. ': The Secretary of the Tri:asury
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Thc Secretary of the Navy
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.1.l Ckmifteation ~Is.
r~ . ~ tioaa•clwifl<d
security information (hereinafter "classified
at one of the lollowins three levels,
informa-
Thc Secre1ary of the Air Force
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Encr3y
The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory CommiMion
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Secret" shall be applied to information. the unauthorized
Thc Director, United States Arm~ Control and Di\amwnent ~ y
· of which reaonably could be expected to cause exccptional- The Director of Central Intelligence
ly.-.W damage to the national security. The Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administratioa
-. (2) ""Seem" shall be applied to information, the unauthorized disclo- The Administrator of General Services
. _,ol which reuonably could be expected to cause serious damage to The Director, Federal Emergenc) Managt"mc:nt Agc:nc~· o-•
SECaET
CNCUrity.
""Confidential" shall be applied to information, the unauthorized Ex«uti,r O,Qke of rite President:
or which reasonably could be expected to cause damage to The Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
ia.:«i,timal security.
·- .~,r,peprt II otherwise provided by statute, no other terms shall be
'_ .. ti) ll'lentify claaified information.
The President's Person11I Rc:pri:sentatiw for \1icrone\ian Status Nego:iations
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Transportation
:'.-.~(~.If, ~ is reasonable doubt about the need to classify information, The Administrator, Agency for International Development
The Director, lntemationa! Communication Agency
it. . ... . lafesuarded as if it were classified pending a determination CONAOENTIAL
-'' • c,rlgmal classification authority, who shall make this determina-
.'~ thirty (30) days. If there is reasonable do~t about the ap- The President. Export-lmp,.•rt Han~ of the United Stat~
The President, Over..«!as Pn\'ate lnwstmc:nt Corpora1:on
·• ·level.of classification. it shall be safC&l:JMded at the higher Thc Administrator, Environm.-n1nl Protection Agency
, _,~ ,~ pending a determination by·Jm. original classifica-
Any deleption of this authority ~hall be in accordance with Sec':ion l.2(d) or thr
, ~ ' l ! ! ' l ; ~ i .~ ~ho shall make this determination within thirty (30) Order. •
.~ {;·:;··:.. · --~(i~.- This Order shall be published in the FEt>l:IUI. REGISTEa.
 ::~~~;:: ~.,._.Ion of PrHJdentlal Prodamatlon1 and Executive Orders
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The authority to classify information originally as Secret
a...:a.ercilcd onl y b y :
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-~ 'llEbtsTEa
);~-'.ti, offlcials wkb original Top Secret classification authority; and
• ;?(3) offlcials delegated such authority punuant to Section 1.2(d),
,;;:f ,{c) Confidential The authority to classify information originally as
_J ~o•ftdential may be exercised only by:
· ::·'.,,(I) aaency heads and officials designated by the President in the
, ·DAL REGISTER;
- (2) officials with original Top Secret or Secret classification author-
-itr. and
t (3) officials delegated such authority pursuant to Section l.2(d).
.. (d) Dd•tiolf of Original Classification Authority.
.: (1) DeJeptions of original classification authority shall be limited 10
the minimum required to administer this Order. Agency heads are re-
lpOlllible for ensuring tha! designated subordinate officials have a de-
momtrable and continuing need to exercise this authority.
(l) Original Top Secret classification · ~uthority may be delegated
only by the President; an agency head or o11icial designated pursuant to
1t
0 Section 1.2(a){2); and the senior official designated under Section
5.l(aXJ), 1 provided that official has been delegated original Top Secn:l
· dulitication authority by the agency head,
·'..(,,<'(3) Oriainal Secret classification authority may be delegated only by
·.the President; an agency head or official designated pursuant to Sec-
tions 1.2(a)(2) and l.2(bXl); an official with original Top Secret classifi -
cation authority; and the senior official designated und~r Section
-5.l(a)(l), 1 provided that official has been delegated original Secret cla~ -
lifacation authority by the agency head .
~: ·(4) Original C6nfidcntial classification authority may be delegated
. oaiy by the President; an agency head or official designated pursuant to
;Sectiom 1.2(a)(2), l.2(b)(l) and l.2(c)(l); an official with original Top
: .$ec:cet dassifteation authority; and the senior official designated under
. Sectioli 5.l(a)(l), 1 provided that official has been delegated original
·e1aliflcation authority by the agency head,
· i {S) Bach delegation of original classification authority shall be in
'vn,iting and the authority shall not be redelegated except as provided in
.thia Order. It.shall identify the official delegated the authority by name
Of poaitioo title. Delegated classification authority includes the author -
·::~~8Mif'y information at the level granted and lower levels of clas-
./~{:~(e) E.xaptional Cases. When an employee, contractor, licensee, or
.puree of aa agency that does not have original classification authority
, ~ t a information believed by that person to require classification,
·.-the. iafonnatioo shall be protected in a manner consistent with this
.Order aad its implementing directives. The information shall be trans-
. milted p,oa3:1y as provided under this Order or its implementing di-
. ~ ,;to . agency that has appropriate subject matter intcr~t and
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::{tJi. lllllilll,...-_ Nan.: TIIC correct citation is Section 5.J(a).
t'~~;__ .. NO'l"e: The correct citation is Section 5.3(a).
, ·r::~ .~ Nan: Tbe correct citation is Stction S.3(a).
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classification authorit) with respect to th :s information. Tha i :tgency
shall decide within thirty (JO) days whe ther to classify th:s ;11 ( : rr.i ation.
If it is not clear whi,:h agency has c !assification resr ons1t-il > / iur this
information, it shall be sent to the Director of the ln turm;1t1..m Sect:rity
Oversight Office. The Director shall determine the a::;enc.·y having pri-
mary subject matter interc,t and forward the infonr.tt tion , with arpro-
priate recomme11datio11, , tu tktt ;i gc:111.:y for a .,·:as..,iiicauon dete m una-
tion .
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Si::c:. l.J Classificutivn Cu1t-gorit's.
(a) Information shall be considered for clas'iification if it cone-ems:
(I) military plans, wearon~. or or,eration-;;
(2) the vulnerabilitie, or l'arahil i!ie, (' " '>ystems, ii:1sta!la ti,1n~. y,rojec-ls,
or plans relating to the n;itinna '. secu ri ty:
(3) foreign government informati on
(4) intelligence activ itie, (111duJi11g spec ia! ac t;vities), or inte!lig e!1 ~'1.'
sources or methods;
(5) foreign relations or fore ;gn activities of the United States:
(6) scientific, technologiL·:1 !. o r eco no mic ma '. tt·rs relat in~ : , •:-ie na-
tional security;
(7) United States Government program ~ for , afeguarding nuclear ma-
terials or facilities;
(8) cryptology;
(9) a confidential source; or
(10) other categories of in fo rmation that are related to the natiu~ ~
security and that require r r()te,:t it, n agam,1 uruut horizcd d isclo, ~re ;, s
determined by the Pre, iJen t u r by age n...::-, heJds or o ther olli;: i:.t!s , . hL'
have been delegated u rigin .1 I L'las~lfi ,: a t: c n "u thority by tht· Presidem.
Any determination made under thi s '>Ub~ction ~hall be repo:-ted
promptly to the Director of the lnformat.on Security Oversight Oflicc:.
(b) Information that is determined to concern one or more ,,r t 1:c l'at•
egories in Section I .)(a) shall be classified when an original das~ifica-
tion authority also determines that its unauthorized disclosure, eitht'r by
itself or in the context c,f other information , rc:asonab!y could b<! expect•
ed to cause damage to the national security.
(c) Unauthorized disclosure of foreign government information, the
identity of a confidential foreign source, or intelligence ~ rcec; or
methods is presumed to cause damage to the national secur it)!.•
(d) Information classified in accordance with Section 1.3 ~h~ ! net ~
declassified automaticall y as II rl·,u !t 01' any ur.off:c: ial pu!:>!icat ior or in-
advertent or unau1h1>n1t·d d"clo,urt' 111 tli l.'. Uni k d States or al:>10 .. d of
identical or similar infn rrnat1or 1.
SEC. 1.4 Duration of Cluss,jication.
(a) Information shall be c 1assified as long as required by nationa l , ...
curity considerations. When it can be determined, a speci: c d ate or
event for declassification shall be set by '.he original classifi .:ati c, 11 au -
thority at the time the information is originally classified.
(b) Automatic declassification determinations under predecessor
orders shall remain valid unless the clac;sification is ext~ded by an au-
thorized otracial of the originating agency. These exten.~ons may be by
individual documents or categoril.'s of information. The agency sha:l be
responsible for notifying holder.. o.f the information of such exte!)sion.c;.
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clulified
~ shalt remain
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under .predecessor orders and marked for
classified until reviewed for decla!.-
·. . ..Wder the provisions of this Order.
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tory review provisions of this Order (Section 3.4) if such cla~iftcation

· ·· -'--~ ::te:.tiffle of original cwsirtcation, the following information
~ on the face of all classified documents, or clearly associ-
meets the requirements of this Order and is accomplished personally
and on a document-by-document basis by the agen~y head, the- deputy
agency head, the senior agency official dcsignatoo under Seer:: n
5.3(a)(l), 1 or an official with original Top Secret classification•au[hor-
ity.

, ·1.~ ·;~ forms of classified information in a manner appropriate

. :;:,..an.m involved, unless this information itself would reveal a
".d r~n~r relationship not otherwise evident in the docu- Derivative Classification
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~i:_ . : - :-~ the three clusification levcit defined in Section 1. l;
:2 . .. -~ identity of the oriaiJw clauification authorityAf other than
?. . ~ - __ ·whole name appears as the approving .or signulg official;
~:-i~ . dle'egency and off"tee of origin; and
·:(<: _. the date or event for dcclaaification, or the
·, ··~ • Determination Required."
notation ..Originating
/ t~i(b) ~ clalli~ doc1&ment_ shall, bf marking o~ other ~ s , i~di-
.· ~ . which pomons are clawfied, W1th the applicable classificauon
··'. -1cwt, aad which portions arc not classified. Agency heads may, for
½ .\\'p od came. srant and revoke waiven of this requirement for specified
.Il i;-~ of documents or information. 1ne Director of the Information
~ l i g h t Off10e shall be notified of any waiven.
-~•.. ·..:: ; . · · · desiptions implementing the provitions of this Order,
~:-!', ··· _ 'e1Jbr'eviahons, shall conform to the standards prescribed in
·lJi!:S lCMS directives is.sued by the Information Secunty Oversight
>(d) -~ aovcrnment information shall either retain its original
• ·■- ~ or be assigned a United States classification that shall
-~_)'.91~iCJl.t~ of prot~on at ~cast equivalent to that required by the
·-:· •■· ll lunusheci the mformahon.
.i~ •· · i~ usipcd a level of classification under .J!rcdcccssor
.. ·be considered as ~ at i!1at level of clus1fie;ation de-
~~: · . _ :-.. ...
;..: ·. •"''"-(Mina of other required markings. Omitted markings may
VJ ! ~ on a doc;ument by the .ofYk1als specified in Section 3.1 (b).
~·ft,_.Slllet l.6 U.U.tioM OIi Clamf,cation. · .
.:·:~-la-..,_~ ~ i n f ~ - ~ c~ined in order to conceal viola-
:J· . of Jaw. inef1iciency. or admuustrative error; to prevent embarrass-
,.:~ ~ a'penon. oraam,zatioo, or agency; to restrain competition; or to
-. . « delay the rcleae of information that does not require protec-
ia - - - oCnational teemity. '.. . .. ·
SEC. 2.1 Vu of Derivative Classification.
(a) Derivative cla.ssificalion is (I) the determination that information
is in substance the same as information currently c~sified, at1d (2) t:1~
application of the- same dassilication marking-.. Persor..s who 01 ,!y re-
produce, e,i;tract, or summarize classified in formation, or who only
apply classification markings derived from source material or ll." direct-
ed by a classification guide. need not possess original clauilication au-
thority.
{b) Persons who apply derivative classification marking'! shall :
(1) observe and respect original classification decisions; and
(2) carry forward to any newly created documenu any assigned au-
thorized markings. .The declas~ification date or event that providl's the
longest period of classification ~hall be used for d(~cuments classi!i :d on
the basis of multiJ\le sour~:cs.
SEC. 2.2 Classification Guide:S.
(a) Agencies with origi1:al c!assificat1on authority shall prepare classi-
fication guides to facilitate the proper and uniform derivative classifica-
tion of information .
(b) Each guide shall be approved personally and in writing by an of-
. ficial who:
(1) has program or supervisory responsibility over the information or
isthe senior agency official designated under Section ,.3(a)( I); 1 and ·
(2) is authorized to classify information originally at the highest level
of classification prescribed in the guide. ·r--':·· ,•. , ~~ _,. :~,•·
(c) Agency heads may, for good cause, grant and 'reYOke wf{ven .o f '
the requirement to prepare classification guides for specified dk,es of
· documents or information. The Director of the lnfonnatiori ~urity
.Oversight OfY'tec shall be notified of any waivers.
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• ...,,j,otbeclwified. -.
_ ' : ~Pl:••br an agency head or ofY'ICial ·deli
tcd under Sec- D«lassification and Downgrading
-:__: · .· · ~.2(bXl~ :or l~c)(l) may recJUlify ~rmation previ- SEC. 3.1 Declassification Authority.
:;,~ • and diiclosed if it is determined in writing that (l) the
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·~~~ nquira protection in the interest of national security; and
may reaaonably be recovered. These reclassification
·.z~ . ' : . t , . ~promptly to the Dir~ of the Information
(a) Information shall be de-classified or downgraded as soon as nation-
al security coniidcrations permit. AgenciC'S shall coordinate th~:_,.
review of classified information with other agencies that have a diner
interest in the subject matter. Information that continues to meet th!!
·~-••r<.
may be clulified or rcclusifted · after an agency has
~ for it under the Freedom of Inf'onnation Act (5 1 EDrrolltAL Nan: 1M correct citation is Section S.3(a).
..;,· _· ·. ;4r~~ Privagy ~ -of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). or.the manda- 1
EDITOJllAL NOTI!: The correct 1:i1ation is Scct!On ~-3(.t).
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~ements preteribed by Section l.3 despite the passage
··
.,---::7 ,- .~., ~continue to be ~ted in accordance with this Order.
,:- ~- ::_..:.(tif,: ·- tioio shall be declallif'acd or downgraded by the official
• ·. ~: ,.;fio "0!0 the original clasaification, if that official is still serving
': .:;;'.ia:lbe .-..e poution; the originator"1 successor; a supervisory official of
~ :. .dlher;· or
ofraciaJs delegated such authority in writing by the agency
.: J•I· or :the senior agency official designated pursuant to Secti,)n
1a)(I).·• ·
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_.;·/;;; (c)- ll lbe Director of the Information Security OversifJ:t Office de-
,-·s,~ icl:tis-.tbat information is classified in violation of this rder, the Di-
. ,.;: ~ .may require the information to be declassified by the agency that
~~tpsated the classification. Any such decision by the Director may be
~~~led · to the National Security Council. The information shall
:::~ classified, pending a prompt decision on ·the appeal.
·.',? :(d) The provisiom of this Section shall also ap_ply to agencies that,
IIDdel' the terms of this Order, do not have oripnal classification au-
.. ~ .dlorny, but that bad such authority under predecessor orders.
.:: \. •·$lie. 3.2 Trons/~rml llf/ormation.
;.-_;:-._ :°'(a) In the case of clas.sified information transferred in conjunction
..!)
·, 'with a transfer of functions, and not merely for storage purposes, the
D • receiving agency shall be deemed to be the originating agency for pur-
.· poea of this Order.
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.,,:/ J . (b)·, ln the case of classiftcd information that is not officially trans-
<··t, terred • · dacribcd in Section 3.2(a), but that originated in an agency
·. the! bas c:cascd to exist and for which there is no successor agency,
e a c ~ ~ i n possession of such information shall be deemed to be
the . · · g agency for purposes of this Order. Such- information
..•;-£.~
·, -...r~
declauiftcd or downgraded by the agency in possession after
~ ~th any. other agency that has an interest in the subject
~-~;,t:.<;,......or tbe informatJOD.
>:_?);_2'.'00, .a ..ified information acceasioncd into the National Archives of
. , ·diet U1lifed States shall be declassified or downgraded by the Archivist
· ,-c,t6e United States in accordaoc:e with this Order, the directives of the
·,:lmonnation Securi\y Oversight Office, and agency guideli~ .
.1i,~ ", SIie. .:U SplfflUllJc Rfflftl for D«lassijicarion.
·' :t.·(a) The Archivist of the United States shall, in accordance with pro-
:::~ and timeframes prescribed in the Information Security Over-
:: ~- tiaht Office..., directives implementing this Order, systematically review
:)!~)for declassifJCation or downgrading ( 1) classified records accessioned
· ,:.:.jato the National Archives of the United StatCS:, and (2) classified pres1-
_.:r:~·Jeo1ial" papen or records under the Archivist's control. Such informa-
t l.i.'.tioa -11 be reviewed by the Archivist for declassification or down-
;y(-~ in accordance with systematic review guidelines that shall be
-~~'.~--~ by the head of the agency that originated the information, or
··-: ,'.-Iii ~ ~ of fore:ign gove,:nment infof!!lation, by ~he Di_rect_or of the
:;t~ ,·"· beads.
Secunty Ovemght Office m consultallon with mtercsted
·.- ";' r,g~
' ;:~:¾;t ',.
heads may conduct internal systematic review programs
~fied information originated by thei~,:agencics contained in
•gence shall develop special procedures for the review of info rmation
1x.t··· ,.• • . ·
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records determined by the Archivist to be permanently valua_ble but
that have not been accessioned into the National Archivn of the
United States.
(c) After consultation with affected agencies. the Secretary of De-
fense may establish special rrocedures for systematic review f,: ~ ceclas-
sification of cla.-.sifit.·d cryrtologic information, and the Director or Cen-
tral Intelligence may estahlish special procedures for syste!Tl:1tic rev iew
for decl~ification of classitied informc1t1on pertaining to 1nielligence
activities (including special activit ies), or intelligence sourc~ or meth-
ods.
SEC. 3.4. Mandarory Revit-w for Declassification.
(a) Except as provided in Section 3.4{1:l ), a:1 information clas~ified
under this Order or predece ~sor o rders shal 1 be sut1ject to a revi~w for
decl~ification by the originating agency, if:
(I) the request is made· hy a L'ni :ed States citizen or per:nanent resi-
dent alien, a federal agenc y, or a State or local government; and
(2) the request des<.:ribes the document or material c0n!aining the in-
formation with sufficient specificity to enable the agenc)· to !ocate it
~th a reasonable amount o f effort .
(b) Information originated hy a President, the White House Staff, by
committees, commissions, or boards appointed by the President, or
others specifically providing advice and counsel to a President or
acting on behalf of a President 1s exempted from the provisions of~-
tion 3.4{a), The .Archivist of the Uni ted States shall have the authority
to review, downgrade and tkc lassify information under the control of
the Administrator of General Sav ice-; ur the Archi vist pu.rsuan'. to se~.-.
tions 2107, 2107 note. or 220 3 of l!tle 44, Cnited State; Code. Rt'vicw
procedures developed by the Arch ivist shal ! provide for consul rnti on
with agencies having primary su~Ject matter interest and shall be :on•
sistent with the provisions of applicable laws or lawful agr~ments tha t
pertain to the respective pr~idcntial pape rs or records. An) decision
by the Archivist may he appea led to th e Director of the loforn1ation
Security Oversight Office. Agencies with primary subject matter inter-
est shall be notified prn rn ptly of the Directo r·~ dei:i,ion o n su~h appeals
and may further appeal to the ~ational Secunty C.Ouncil. The informa-
tion shall remain classified pend ing a prompt decision on the appeal.
(c) Agencies conducting a mandatory review for dcclas,~ftcallon shall
declassify information no longer requiring protection under t his Order.
They shall release this information u11 '~·" withholding is ot11ei"wise au-
thorized under applicahle law .
(d) Agency heads shall dt."velop rrocedures to proc~s reque:c;t~ for
the mandatory review of classified int'orr.1ation. These: pr~c ..:r~s qhal l
apply to information classified under this or predecesso r orders. They
shall also provide a mt."an'i for administratively appealing a denial cf .1
mandatory review request.
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall develop special proced~ for the
review of cryptologic information, and the D irnctor of Centra'. lntelli-
pertaining to intelligence a<.:tivities (including special activiti~), or intel-
ligence sovrces or methods, after consultation with affected agencies.
The Archivist shall develop special procedures for the review of infor-
mation accessioned into the National Archives of the United Sta~.
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to a _request ·tor in(ormation under the Freed~ of In-
. . · ~ i:nvacy Act of 1~74. or the mandatory review pro- pointees.
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ap~.ft!Cipitsclf clallifiabJe ander this Order.
_i,·~ao·aaeney receives any request for documents in its custo-
wfle.%ti.ire ~Jed by another agency. it shal_l _refC! copies of the
~ the requested documents to the onginating agency for
ifl.:_and _may. after consuli.tion with the originating agency,
..,,.-,,f~ :requester of the refenaJ.- ,I n cases in which t!te originating
ii, ·4etenrunes in writing that a response under Secdon 3.4(()(1) is
5-i"i~ iiii- &he referring aacncy shall respond to the rcqutster in accord-
-,~-,r.i....,. llritll that Section. · (2) takes appropriate '>IC"p, 10 protC\:t cla,sified 111furmation from un•
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(a) The requirement in Section 4. l(a) that access to classified infor•
mation may be granted only as is essential to the accomplishment or au•
thorized and lawful Government purposes may be waived as provided
in Section 4.3(b) for pt>rsons whl) :
( 1) are engaged in historical rcscarch projects, or
(2) previously have occupied policy-making positions to which they
were appointed by the President.
(b) Waivers under Section 4.J(a) may be granted only if the originat-
ing agency:
.. (I) determines in writing that access is consistent with the intettst or
national security;
authorized disclosure or compromise, and ensures that the information
is safeguarded i°"a manner i:nnsistent with this Order; and

;}::::~,ding
.,:,:l_, · Sac. 4.1 ~
Ratncllons on Accas..-
·.. (3) limits the iccess granted to former presidentia' appointees to item,
that the p_crson originated, rev;~wed, signed. or r~ived while ser..-ing
as a presidential appointee.
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A ~ ~ eligible for ~ to classified· infOl"l\l&tion provided
a detenninatlOD of trustworthtnCSS has been made by agency heads PART 5
i:- ~- "~ officials and provided that such access ii essential to the Implementation and Rni<'w
~►?;,·.~t of lawful ~ authorized O o ~ t-purposes. .
·i s:~:~;.~ tro1s
shall be established by each qcncy to ensure that class1- SEC. 5.1 PolicJI... Direclion.
-A led illformation is used. processed, stored, reproduced~ transmitted, and (a) The National Security Council shall provide overall policy dirt>C•
tion for the information ,t·,:ur 11 ~- proi;r:1111.
~ ,;,:~ ·oely under conditions that will provide adequate protection
·.sf·· . . - r accaa by unauthorized penom. ' (b) The Administrator of Ucncral S<.:rv,ce-; ~hall be responsible! for
implementing and monitoring the program e~tab!ishcd pursuant to this
-: ~5~ ~ information shal~ !IOt be disaeminatcd outsid~ the ex~u-
acept under concbuons that ensure that the mformanon Order. The Administrator shall delegate the implementation and moni•
....._
. fjiwn protection equivalent to that afforded within the execu- · torship functions of this program to the Director of the Information Se-
.curity Ovenight Office.
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provided b y ~ iuu_e d by the .President through
Security C-Gunci1, clwifted infonnacioft- .o riginatiag in one
· ·
SEC. 5.2 Information &curi1y Oversight Office.
(a) The lnfortnation Security Oversight Office shall have a ·full-time
~ --•- ' · · nay not be diw:minated <Mltsidc any other agency to which it Director appointed by the Administrator of General Services subject to
·t~" _ ;~ ~made available without the content of the originating agency. approval by the President. The Director shall have the huthority to a-p,-
~~1.-~ ~r~ of this Section. the Department. ~ Pefcnse shall be con- point a staff for the Office. ._
·,',f\ ODe aaencY• . (b) The Director shall: if
-;.:, . .'.''. _.' : -'.2 $p«k,/ Accns P,r,granu. (l) develop,Jn' consultation with the agencies. and prom~te. •ob-
ject to the approval of the National Security Council. dirccti"Y'c:9 for the
~ - Agency ~ designated pu"uant to Section 1.2(a) may create implementation of this Order. wh ich shall be binding on L,e agencies;
~ -access prograrna to control access, distribution. and protection (2) oversee agency actions to ensure compliance with this Order and
., f . ~ y semilivc information classified pursuant to this Order or implementin1 directives:
-~-~ 1 _DC' orde:n,.: Such programs may b e ~ or continued only at (3) review all agency implementing regulations and agency guidelines
·( ~ direclioa of these agency heads. For special access {'ro- for systematic declassification review. The Director shall require a.'ly
. ' ii-,' ~ to intelligence activities (including special activities
1,-indadinl military operational, ~tratep:~and _tactical pro~rams),
___ 6ai · ce tomcea or methods, this function will be exercised by
regulation or guideline to be l.·hanged if it is not consistent ,.,.·itr: this
Order or implementing directives. Any such decision by the D; : -.: ctor
may be ap~ed to the National Security Council. The agency regub-
,-~ Central Intelligence. tion or guideline . shall remain in cffect pending a prompt dcci.~ion on
~-' ..-=, bead shall establish and ,r~mtain a system of ac- the appeal: · : ;· · .
::lw-tipocial accca propams. The Diioctor o( the Information
i~ C>ffice. consistent with the prpvilions or Section
<•> have the aathority to conduct on-site reviews of the information
security program. of each agency that generates or handles classified in•
~~- ba~ non~le access to all such IC(C(nuitings. formallon and to: require of each agency those reporu, inform~.'. · · .· , :ind
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mar beoesaary
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;:,..:.1:.Q, i::._.::.: -·~ •• - that be to fulfill the Director's respon-

rcports, inspections. or ~ to specific categories of (1) knowingly, willfull y. or neglig<;!11t ly disclose to unauthorized per-
ion ~ i ~ - • ~national security risk, sons information proper ly classified under this Order or predec~r
;,on · .. - hod « ·J.i!C~;(d'!-•t-t under Section orders;

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,_,, .;· '"•., ~ ··••. '. ' -.., , ..:-----:- denials to the (2) knowingly and willfully classify or continue the classification of

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.t; :~ .,, .. w ·. ' . sftall
ii,i,ealremain
· 1n
· e fficct information in violation of this Order or any implementing dire(: ti \ e ; or
~ ~~ :~)~ .. ' <->·· . .· . (3) knowinJIY and willfully violate any other provision of this Order
--~•r~·' puled·l•oriai~)~liuiflcation
o t . ~ ~ authority from agencies
authority and, if deemed
or implementing directive.
(c) Sanctions cnay int:ludc reprimand, suspension without pay, remov-
·.:recommend.presidential approval; al, termination of clas.s1ticution authoritv, loss or denial of access to
ad take action on complaints and suggestions from per- classified information, or uthl· r sa1H.:tions. in accordance with applicable
\ -, ~~- or ou~ the '!<>venunent with respect to,_ the administra- law and agency regulation .
? e,:jlle infonnation secunty program;
· ·; '(d) Each agency head or the senior official designated under Section
~; ~1)('1rt■ve the authority to prescribe. after conwltation with affected S.3{a)(I) 1 shall ensure that arrropriate and prompt oorrective action
,: ::i, · · ·. .. . standard forms that will promote the implementation of the taken whenever a viol ati l1n untlt-r Section 5.4(b) occun. Either 'ihail
lr' . ·· · security program; ensure that the Director of thl' In fo rmat ion Security Ovenight Office is
[" (I) report at least annually to the President through the National Se- promptly notified whene ve r a v1 o!ati o n un der Section 5.4(b) (l) or (2)
occurs.
i •. curity.·<;ouncil on the implementation of this Order; and
f ·.~ · ('9) .have the authority to convene and chair interagency meetings to
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5:3 Gm~ral _R_esponsibilitia. . _ .
ongmate or handle classified information shall:
'B~ ~ . • senior agency off'tcial to direct and administer its in-
. . • ;~ t y program, which shall include an active oversight
General Provisions
SEC. 6. 1 Definitions.
{a) "Agency" has the meaning provided at 5 U.S.C. 552(e).
(b) "Information" means any information or material, regardless of its
. ,:.~ education program to ensure effective implementation of physical form Qt ,characteristics, that is owned by, produced by or for,
,.i l'~ ,.- . or is under the C()btrol of the United States Government.
"';.~!\t►,)
·· · · ;a
-· · . implemen~g ~•tions. ~ny uncladificd regula- (c) "National tecurity information" mean~ info rmation that has bttn
~ . . :,. . , . . , ~ .information ICCUnty
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Ii shall be ~ub-
·-~ t: f ~ :~~ regulations
determined pursuant to this Order or any predeces~,· ... ,rder to require
protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is so designated.
· (d) "Foreign government information" means:
{ (l) information provided hy a foreign government or governments,
,;~ = r ~ = ~ ~ _ ' ° d = ~ ~ a ~ ~ ;an international organization of governments, or any element thereof
,tar IICCal 1D cheei&d inlonnauon is e s t ~,;Wore initiating · with the e x ~ n . expressed or implied, that the information, the
lntiw deafa.nce procedures. and (ii) ensu,eCthaf.the number of source of the in~tion, or both, are to be held in confidence; or
. lftlDled ~ to classirted information is linnted to the mini- (2) information' produced by the United States punuant to or as a
COlllietent with operational and security requirements and needs;
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result of a joint arrangement with a foreign gover·' i:' c:>n t or govem-
menc!i or an international organization of governments, or any•lement

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:.;'i~ 1 therco(, requiring _that the information, the arrangement. or bodt, are to
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THE WHITE HOUSE Chron.
WASHINGTON

NOV 2 7 1987

MEMORANDUM FOR GARY SCHMITT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGGEli.CE . AO.V~ SORY BOARD
ORIGINAL SIGN1:U tn J.t,.~.
FROM: JAY B. STEPHENS
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Act Request by

Mr. Lee Graham

Attached for your information - are copies of (1) a request we

received under the Freedom of Information Act for records of the
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board; and (2) our
response denying that request.

Attachments
16 July 1987
Freedom of Information Act Request
(5 u.s.c. 552)
ANNE L. ARMSTRONG, Chairman
President's Foreign Intelligence -:.
Advisory Board - l
Old Executive Office Bldg. :,_.)

Washington, DC :_ , I

20500

;...
Dear Ms. Armstrong:

This is a formal Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)

Request to your office (see enclosusre A) for the following
records/documentation-

1. That record that defines the purpose/function of the

"Psychological Strategy Board" on which Gordon Gray served
(see enclosure B).

2. That record that defines Gordon Gray's function as a

member of the "Psychological Strategy Board".

3. That record that defines the reason the "Psychological

Strategy Board" was interested in "Flying Saucers" (see
enclosure C).

4. That record that indicates the follow-on to the

"Psychological Strategy Board".

5. That record that defines Gordon Gray's function as "a

member of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board" (see
enclosure B).

6. That record that defines Gordon Gray's function as a

member of the "Majestic-12 (Majic-12) Group" (see enclosure
D-2) and the length of tenure as a member of this "Group".

Thank you for your time.

~ncerely
~~-~
Lee M. Graham '
526 W. Maple
Monrovia, CA
91016 '
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Chron.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

NOV 2 7 1987

Dear Mr. Graham:

This letter responds to y our Freedom of Information Act request

to Anne Armstrong, Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelli-
gence Advisory Board.

Please be advised that the President's Foreign Intelligence

Advisory Board is part of the White House Office. The White
House Office is an entity whose "sole function is to advise and
assist the President" and, as · such, is not an "agency" subject to
the Freedom of In f ormation Act. Kissinger v. Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press, 445 U.S. 136, 156 (1980). Accordingly,
we respectfully decline to comply with your request. You may
wish to submit your request to other government agencies that are
subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

Sincere ].;y
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY J.B.S.

Jay B. Stephens
Deputy Counsel to the President

Mr. Lee M. Graham

526 W. Maple
Monrovia, CA 91016
 THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

November 23, 1987

MEMORANDUM FOR JAY B. STEPHENS

FROM: PETER D. KEISLER f tJK

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Act Request by
Mr. Lee M. Graham

The attached correspondence from Mr. Lee Graham is addressed to

Anne Armstrong, Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board. Mr. Graham has requested certain PFIAB records
under the Freedom of Information Act.

The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board was

"established within the White House Office," Executive Order
12537, and consequently its records are not subject to the
Freedom of Information Act. I have attached for your review and
signature a letter of response so advising Mr. Graham.

I have also attached for your review and signature a draft

memorandum to Gary Schmitt, Executive Director of the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, transmitting for his informa-
tion copies of Mr. Graham's request and our response.

By the way, if you have the time, you might want to glance
through the documents that Mr. Graham has attached to his letter
in order to explain his request. I do not know whether they are
authentic, but they are certainly fascinating.

Attachments
16 July 1987
Freedom of Information Act Request
(5 u.s.c. 552)
ANNE L. ARMSTRONG, Chairman
President's Foreign Intelligence
C •
. .. '
l .
Advisory Board
Old Executive Office Bldg.
Washington, DC
20500 (. _;

Dear Ms. Armstrong:

This is a formal Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)

Request to your office (see enclosusre A) for the following
records/documentation-

1. That record that defines the purpose/function of the

"Psychological Strategy Board'' on which Gordon Gray served
(see enclosure B).

2. That record that defines Gordon Gray's function as a

member of the "Psychological Strategy Board".

3. That record that defines the reason the "Psychological

Strategy Board" was interested in "Flying Saucers" (see
enclosure C).

4. That record that indicates the follow-on to the

"Psychological Strategy Board".

5. That record that defines Gordon Gray's function as "a

member of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board" (see
enclosure B).

6. That record that defines Gordon Gray's function as a

member of the "Majestic-12 (Majic-12) Group'' (see enclosure
D-2) and the length of tenure as a member of this "Group".

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely
,::;t:;__ ~ . ~
Lee M. Graham •
526 W. Maple
Monrovia, CA
91016
480 National S.Curlty

Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Va. technical facilities designed to collect national House Governm
(mailing address: Washington, D.C. 20505); 351- security intelligence and protect communica, Subcommittee 0 1
1100. William J. Casey, director. Information, tions security within the government. curity, 8373 Rt-
351-7676. Brooks (D Texas),
National Security Council (Execut ive Office)
A part of the Executive Office. Coordinates the The White House 20506; 456-2255. Robert C. staff director.
intelligence functions of government agencies as Mcfarlane, assistant to the president for na• Oversight respon
they relate to national security and advises the tional security affairs. Information, 395-3044. agencies related
National Security Council on those functions; t he Defense Dep1
gathers and evaluates intelligence relating to Advises the president on national security mat-
ters; collects information on national defenae armament Agenc:
national security and distributes the informa- and Federal Emt
tion to government agencies in the national and coordinates the defense and intellige1101
security field. functions of national security departments au House Pennaner
as state and defense. ligence, H405 C
Defense Dept., Command, Control, Commu- Hamilton (D Ind
nications, and Intelligence, The Pentagon Navy Dept. (Defense Dept.), Naval lntelligenc
The Pentagon 20350; 695-3944. Rear Ad mer, staff direct<
20301; 695-0348. Donald C. Latham, assistant
John L. Butts, director. Studies, makes rt
secretary.
Military office that directs Navy intelligen legislation on ir.
Civilian office that advises and makes recom - and policies; ove
mendations to the secretary of defense on the activities and coordinates activities with o
intelligence agencies. Agency, Nationi
management of all Defense Dept. intelligence Intelligence Ager
and communications programs, resources, and President's foreign lntelllgenc Advt ti vities of the U.E
activities. Board (Executive Office), Old Executive Offic.; mity with the U
Defense Dept., Intelligence Oversight, The Bid~. 20500; 456-2914. Anne L. Armstrong, t horizes budgets l
Pentagon 20301; 697-1346. Werner E. Michel, chairman; Gary Schmitt, executive d irector.
Senate Armed :
assistant to the secretary. Advises the president and makes recommenda- 20515; 224-3871
Responsible for the independent oversight of all tions to government intelligence agencies on chairman; James
Defense Dept. foreign intelligence and counter- improvement of U.S. intelligence-gathering ef•
intelligence activities; reviews intelligence oper- forts. Assesses the quality, quantity, and aa Jurisdiction over
affecting nations
ations and investigates and reports on possible quacy of intelligence collection and analysis ·
violations of federal law or regulations. of counterintelligence activities. Members a Senate Governm
pointed by the president. 340 20510; 244-
Defense Intelligence Agency (Defense Dept.), De l.), chairman;
The Pentagon 20301; 695-7353. Lt. Gen . James President's Intelligence Oversight Board (E~-
A. Williams (USA), director. ecutive Office), Old Executive Office Bldg. Oversees operati
20500; 456-2530. W. Glenn Campbell , chair• Council.
Gathers and evaluates military-related intelli-
man; Bretton G. Sciaroni, counsel.
gence information to satisfy the requirements of Senate Select Cc
the secretary of defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Advises the president on the legality and proprf-: 211 20510; 224
selected components of the Defense Dept., and 2fr,;ipf~g ~tivities; r eives re Min ), hairm·
other authorized agencies. Monitors and reviews rom Tntelligence agencies. Also advises the director.
t he operations of and develops guidelines for torney general en il!egal intellioence :ictivitie!.
:;tudies, makes r
Defense Dept. intelligence functioDB. legislation on i1
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Justice Dept.), and policies; ov1
Congress: Agency, Nation,
Intelligence Division, 10th St. and Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N.W. 20535; 324-4880. Edward J. House Armed Services Committee, Subcom- Intelligence Age1
O 'Malley, assistant director. Information, 324- mittee on Procurement and Military Nude¥ ti vities of the U.f
5352. Systems, 2120 RHOB 20515; 225-7160. Sam mity with the U
S. Stratton (D N.Y.), chairman; Adam Klein' thorizes budgets
Monitors and investigates foreign intelligence
activities in the United States and coordinates counsel.
similar activities carried out by other federal Jurisdiction over military intelligence activi Non-governmenta ,
agencies. affecting national security. Center for Nat
House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcorn Maryland Ave. t
National Security Agency (Defense Dept.), Fort
mittee on Arms Control, International Secur H. Halperin, diH
Meade, Md. 20755; 688-6311. Lt. Gen. Lincoln
D. Faurer (USAF), director. Information, 688- and Science, 2103 RHOB 20515; 225-89 Sponsored by the
6524. Dante B. Fascell (D Fla.), chairman; lvo· •._, ican Civil Liberti
Spalatin, staff director. and conducts ref
Assists the Defense Dept. in gathering national
Oversight of foreign military intelligence. security, and in t.,
security information; maintains and operates
ties of the Cen tr

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Gordon Gray, Former Secretary

Of U.S. Army, Dies at,.Age 73
By J. Y. Smith
Wuh_lnl'On Pett 81a_lf Wrl14r
Gordon Gray, 73, the national se-
curity adviter to President Dwight
D. Eiaenhower from 1958 to 1961
and a former secretary of the Army
and president of the University of
North Carolina, died of cancer yes-
terday at his home in W88hington.
Mr. Gray wae born to wealth, edu-
cated in a classic mold, trained for
the law and given to bU8iness. Al-
though he kept up his business in-
terests throughout his. life, much of
his career was devoted to public ser-
vice. It was often observed of him
that in seven years he went from the
rank of privaui in the Army to sec-
retary of the Army. It also was wide-
ly noted that he was guided hy nei-
ther fear nor favor in his dealings in
government. •
The m~t visible posts he held
were quintessentially involved with
national security. But he gave many
years to other aRpects of govern -
ment , including the affairs of Wash -
ington. From 1962 to 1973, he was
president of the National Trust for
Historic Preservation. In 1966, he
played a role in the pa888ge of the
Historic Preservation Act. In l962
and 196il, he was president of the
Federal City Council.
In accepting that post, he said the
l'OUncil should work for broad na -
tional support for a larger federal
payment to Washington for munic -
ipal services. He alRo said the council
should 11!,Sign "t-0p-priority ratin1s io
working for cultural and esthetic ob -
jectives in the nation's capital."
Mr. Grav was born in Baltimorl'.
His father , ·a president and chairman
of the R J. Reynolds Tohac{'o Co ..
moved the family to Winston-Salem.
lilted • a private. He eventually be-
came , . c;Jptain in military . intelli-
gende with the 12th Army Group of
Oen. Onw N. Bradley in Europe.
In 19417, he was named assistant
aecJttary of the Army by President
Harry S. Truman. In 1949, after a
period as underaecretary, he was
promoted to secretary.
In 1950, he was appointed pres-
ident of the University of North Car -
olina. While holding that office, he
carried out a number of tasks for the
White House, including a report on
foreign economic policy. In 195 I, he
was made the first director of the
Psychological Strategy Board.
In 191>4, he chaired a Per~onnel
Security Board that rerom mendPd
that t.he Atomic Enrrgy ( :ommi~sion GORDON GRAY
remove the security clearnnrP of ,J.
Robert Oppenheimer. !hi' noted of the R_rookings Institution and
physicist who played II major role in chairman of t.he Corcoran GAiiery of
the development of th1· ;itornil' bomb Art in WAshington and the Re~rurrh
in World War II. Mr. <;r/1\ ~nid that Triangle Fou ndntinn in North Car -
while Oppenheimer und ,n1hkdl l' w11 ~ olinA.
a loy11l citizen he h11d I iob ted t ht• Hi, fir~t wiff, th e t11 rnll' r .Ja 11t·
AEC's security prnced11rt•~. Thi~ ;w- Hi-ndn~on Boydrn ('rniw· , cli Pd 111
tion was in keepin1-: with the ~l'c11rilv 19:i:l.
concernR of those tim1•s. But nrnnv Survivor~ include his wife. Nnncy
who opposed the strid1•nt anti -rn11; . of WaRhington; four ~1111s hv hi~ first
munism exemplified by the l;ite Sen. marriage, Gordon ,Jr. of Nt->w Yor k
,Joseph R. McCmthy {H-\\'i~.J wnr C'it _\', Burton Crnigr 111' Md .ean , C.
han1hly critical of the 111·tion . Hoyden of Washington , and Ber1111 rd
In 195fi, Mr. (;ray rl'~i1;111•d fr11m of Win8ton -Salem ; two stepcl1rngh -
the Univer~ity of North Carolina 111 terH, Alexandra Brehf' Wright of
become ussistH11t secrP tnr\' 11t: 1lt· - Winston-Salem, 11nd Schuvler HreliP
fense for international ~l'~uri tv af- of W11~hington. 1nd four ·grandchil -
fairs. He later was di red or oft l;e llt- dren.
fire of Defense M11uilizat i111L Ei ,1·11
hower appointed him nut i1:11al , 1·1·11
ritv aclviHer in rn.">K and h(• rn11t i11 . In flrmariam, llrat
1w~I in thlll 1·111i 1111til tht · i11.,11~11 - 1OLLIIIII
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th• 19th v ■ e , tn Htitven Nn - In 8 nont on , NJ .
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from the Universitv of North ('ar - of Pi(1d1nont P11hli~hi11g 11ntil l ~}fi0 . ':/i~':~.:n• of lh. lo w• I H ia,., <1 ~.-,~,, .~":,.., ~~11,~ n
olina, where he w,;s elect ed to Phi when tht1 ('Otllpnny lu·('allH· :--i11111r11it NH! In .,..,.l 0 v• ... o .. t4ONf: , · ; ' \,vn,f u e; ~.~1: /b~f
Beta Kappa, and Yale Law S<"hool , Communicn ti,111~. Tlw tirn , "l)l• f'il!t•, i:uR ■ :MAii"v · , ····
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Journal and a member of the Coif. vision systems and Mr. (;ruvJ \VHS it!! Ol1r .....fafhtr No .. _ ,,. 105 and co~~•Tv,,.·,0
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He practiced law in New York rhairn111n until hi~ di-uth. li t• \\ 'lb II Nov e m1>e, ,, IUJ t1c:~' ~:i~~!•~C~O"
and then in Winston-Salt•m. In 19~8. director of n. ,J. Ht ynold, I11d tt~f1 It ·~ . N~;:;;~r <ome, "'- •'" ,.., ~~,,,:;,.'lltr";o~: . 1

he acquired control of the Piedmont Merlia (;pn(•ral Jn l'. and ll 1P :\n wr 11 1?:!~'i!"v'•~ a dav ..... ""' 111 ;;~·~-i: ..,~'i':1.dCJ~~··1
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intelli~nce and operation3.
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detail 1n t:J3 B.

3. I suggest that 1"t discuss at an early' boa.rd meeting .· .

the po:ssible o!!'cmin or dei'ensive utilization o! these ·
phenoacna tor ;J!5Ycholo;ieal. warfare purposes.
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SUBJECT: OPERATION MAJ!STIC-12 PRBLIMIBARY BRIEFING FOR
PRESIDEIT-ELBCT BISDHOWJR.
DOCUMEH'l' PRBPARBD 18 IOV!MB.SR, 1952.
BRIEPilfG OPPICim: All(. ROSOOB H. HILLBlllCOBTTBR (MJ-1)

NO!Ki !his document hae been prepared &a a prelimin~ry briefing

only. It should be re~ed u introductory to a full operations
brieti~ intended to follow.
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On 24 June, 1947, a civ111M pilot flying over the Cascade

Mountains in the State ot Washington observed nine flyi~
disc-shaped aircraft traveling in formation at a hi~h rate
of eneed. Although this was not the first known si~hting
ot such objects, it was the first to g,1in widespread attention
in the public media. Hundreds of reports ot sightin~s of
similar objects followed. Many of these came from hi~hly
cr~dible military and civilian sources. These reports res-
ulted in independent etforte by several different el ements
of the military to ascertain the nature and purpose of these
objects in the interests ot national defense. A number of
witnessee were interviewed and there were several unsuccess~l
attempts to utilize airoraf't in ettorte to pursue reported
disoe in. tli,dlt. Public reaction bordered on near hysteria
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In spite ot theee etf~ta ♦ - littl• of aubetance was learned

about the object• until a looal rancher reported th&t one
b&d craahed in a NllOte region ot ••w
Mexico located approx-
111ate:q enenty-t1Te a11.. northwe~t of Roswell Arrq Air
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On 07 July, 1947, a eecret operation was begun to assure

recovery ot the wreckage ot thie object for scientific study.
Durin~ the couree of thi.e operation, aerial reconnaissance
discovered that tour small human-like beings had apparently
ejected from the era.ft at some point before i t exploded.
Theee had fallen to earth about two miles east of the wreckn~e
eite. All four were dead and badly decomposed due to action
by predators and exposure to the eleaenta durin~ the approx-
imately one veet time period which had elapsed before their
discovery. A special aoientitio tea took charge ot removing
thftee bodiee tor study. (See Attachment "C".) The wrecka~e
of the craft vae alao remoTed to several different locations.
(See AttAchment •B•.) Civilian and military w:t.tneeeee in
the Area were debriefed, and newa reporter• were ~iven the
effective cover atory that the object had been a mis~ided
weather research balloon. · ·
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A covert analytical effort organized by Gen. Twining and

Dr. Rush acting on the direct orders ot the President, res-
ulted in a prelimir.ary oonceneue (19 September, 1947) that
the d1ec was most likely a short r&nBe recoMaissance crRft.
Thia concluoion was baaed for the most part on the craft's
size And the Rpparent lack of any identifiable provisioninp;.
(See Attachment "D•.) A similar analysis of the four dead
occupants was srranged by Dr. Bronk. It was the tentative
conclusion of this group (30 November, 1q47) thAt althour.ti
these cr~aturea are hman-11ke in appearance, the biolo~icAl
and evolutionary proceeaee responsible for their developm~nt
h~e aDparently been quite diffeNnt from thoee observed or
ix>etulated 1n homo-eapiena. Dr. Bronk'a team has suggested
the term "Bxtra-terreetrial BioloR'fcal Bntitiea•, or "EREs",
be adopted- as the standard term of reference for these
creatures until eucb time as a ■ore definitive deai~tion
can be a,rreed upon.

Since it 1a virtually certain that these craft do not origin-

ate in any country on earth, cona14erable speculation ha.a
centered around what their point ot or1~1n mi,mt be &nd how
they ,tet here. Mare was and remaine a poeaibility, although
eom~ scientists, moat notably Dr. Menzel, consider it more
likely th~t we are dealing with beiJlP.S trom another solar
eyatm entirely.
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A. nef'!d for as much additional 1n1'ormA.tion tt.s po~sihle 'lbout
th~se cr~ft, th~ir ~erformance char~cteriatics and their
nurnos~ ]f!d to the undert'lkin~ known AS U.S. Air llorce Proj~ct .
SIGN in Decernher, 1947. In order to preserve security, liason
bPtween SIGN and Majeatic-12 was limited to two indivirlu&ls
within the Intelli~ence Division ot Air Materiel Command who8e
role was to pass alon~ c~rtain types of inforn:ation t hrour,h
chA.nn~la. SIGN evolTed into Project GRUDGE in n~cernh~r, 1q4a.
The operation ia currently being conduct·e d under the code name
BLUE BOOK, with liaaon maintained thro\18h the Air Poree officer
-vho 1a head ot the project.

On 06 December, 1q50, a second object, probably ot similar

orinn, imp,Lcted the earth at hi~h speed in the Rl Indio -
Guerrero ,u-ea ot the Texaa - Mexican boder att~r tollowi~
a lo~ trajectory throu,i:h the Rtmoaphere. By the time a
aeareh team arrived, wat remained ot the object had been almost
totally incinerated~ Such mterial ae could be recovered waa
transported to '"tlie A.B.C. tacility at Sandia, Rev Mexico, tor
atudy.

Implications for the Jational Security are or continuing im-

portance in that the motives and ultimate intentions of these
visitors r~main completely unknown. In addition, a simiticant.
upsu.r~e in the surveillance activity of these cr&ft be~innin~
in May nnd continui~ throupjl the autumn of this yP.ar has caused
conaid~r1tble eoncem that new developmente .mRy be imminent.
It 1a tor these reA.sons, as well aa the obvious internation~l
and t~chnolo~icRl. cona1derationa and the ultim~te need to
uotd R public panic at all coats, that the Majeatic-12 Group
remains of the unlllli■oua opinion "that imposition of the
strictest security prec8ut1ona should continue without inter-
ruption into the new ~dmin1Rtrat1on. At the same ti~e, con-
tirurency pl~n MJ-1q49-0•P/78 (!op Secret - ~ea Only) should
he held in continued readineae ahould the need to m~ke a
public announcement present ttaelt. (See Attachment NG".)
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li:R'UMERATIOB OP ATTACHMENTS:

•ATTACHMDT •A• •••••••• Special Classified Ex~cutive

Order #092447. (TS/EO)
•ATTACHMD! •s• ••••..•. Operation Majestic-12 Status
Report #1, Part A. ~o NOV '47.
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- •AftACHMBI! •c• •••••.•• OperationMajeetic-12
- Report #1. Part B.
Statue
JO NOV '47.
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•AftACHMII! •D•••••••••Operation Majeatic-12 Preliminary
Analytical Report. 19 SEP '47.
(!S-MAJIC/BO)
•.lffACHMElft' •r •••..•.. Operation MaJeatic-12 Blue Team
· Report f5. ,o JUI '52.
(TS-MAJIC/EO)
*.lffACBMEl'f •p•••••••••Operation Maj'eetic-12 Status
Report f2. ,1 JAB '48.
(TS-MAJIC/BO)
*ATTACHl'!EIIT •G• •••••••• Operation Majeatic-12 ContinF,ency
Plan MJ-1Q49-04P/78: 31 JAN '49.
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September 24, 1947.

MJ-;MORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OP DF.FENSF.

Dear 3ecretary Forrestal,

As per our recent conversation on this matter.
you are hereby authorized to proceed with all due
speed and caution upon your undertaking. Hereafter
this matter shall be referred to only as Operation
Majestic Twelve.
It continues to be ray feeling that any future
considerations relative to the ultimate disposition
of this matter should rest solely with the Office
of the President following appropriate discussions
with yourself. Dr. Bush and the Director of Central
Intelligence.

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