B-130740, MAY 6, 1957
Highlights
WAS CLASSIFIED AS "SECRET- - BECAUSE IT REFERS TO OUR PREVIOUS DECISIONS OF DECEMBER 30. WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED AS "SECRET" AND "CONFIDENTIAL. THE CHIEF OF FINANCE SAYS THAT AT THE TIME HIS OFFICE REQUESTED THE 1949 DECISIONS IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THE SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONS BE MADE IN VIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEN EXISTING. REGARDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE 1949 DECISIONS TO PARTICIPATION OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN A LOCAL INSURANCE PROGRAM IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS WAS NOT CONSIDERED CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE REGRADING OF OUR DECISION OF APRIL 2.
B-130740, MAY 6, 1957
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
IN LETTER OF APRIL 22, 1957, REFERENCE FINEM 016/23 JAN 57) GENERAL, THE CHIEF OF FINANCE REQUESTED OUR COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED REGRADING OF OUR DECISION OF APRIL 2, 1957, B-130740, FROM ,SECRET" TO "UNCLASSIFIED.'
THE DECISION OF APRIL 2, 1957, B-130740, WAS CLASSIFIED AS "SECRET- - BECAUSE IT REFERS TO OUR PREVIOUS DECISIONS OF DECEMBER 30, 1949, B 91050, AND FEBRUARY 15, 1949, B-83347, WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED AS "SECRET" AND "CONFIDENTIAL," RESPECTIVELY.
THE CHIEF OF FINANCE SAYS THAT AT THE TIME HIS OFFICE REQUESTED THE 1949 DECISIONS IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THE SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONS BE MADE IN VIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEN EXISTING. HE FURTHER SAYS, HOWEVER, THAT SINCE THESE CONDITIONS NO LONGER PREVAIL, ALL CORRESPONDENCE PERTAINING TO THE TWO DECISIONS HAS BEEN REGRADED TO "UNCLASSIFIED" PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10501 OF NOVEMBER 5, 1953, AND THAT THE REQUEST OF FEBRUARY 12, 1957, REGARDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE 1949 DECISIONS TO PARTICIPATION OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN A LOCAL INSURANCE PROGRAM IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS WAS NOT CONSIDERED CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.
IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE REGRADING OF OUR DECISION OF APRIL 2, 1957, B-130740, FROM "SECRET" TO "UNCLASSIFIED.'