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pnotegraphs of many areas should now be considered unclassified, even
though they show physical installations and previously would have required
grading of Confidential Defense Information,
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3.15.2 Control of Nonclassified Information
Although the following matters are not classification problems, they
are usually referred to the Classification Office for decision.
For some unexplained reason, extremely stringent Hmitations are
placed on the Task Group organization and personnel relative to statements
political significance, including the announcement of the completion of a test
series.
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in private communication or in noncommittal home town newsstories, even
thegh that information has been declared to be unclassified. Such information {is still placed under an administrative ruling that it shall not be
privately communicated until announced by the Joint Office of Test Information, or authorized for individual release bythat office.
*That practice is inconsistent with the AEC policy on the use of the
marking Official Use Only or any equivalent administrative p:.vacy grading.
An exccrtion has been made in Redwing Administrative Directive No. 19,
June 22, 1956, permitting the sale of unclassified photographs without prior
soint Office of Test Information review. However, 2s 2 security order, the
organizations were not permitted to have printed in home town papers the
simple statement that the individusls of the organizations were taking part
in the current test operation at Eniwctok Atoll, without prior approval of
the Joiat Office of’ Test Information. Suspension of this normal! pri-ilege
for no cacvrity or classified reasons deprives the organization of an excellont moans of improving the mora’? of many workers.
Tne aforementioned limitation that no unclassified information may be
p.ivately communicated untill offictal release by joint AEC-DOD announceMla) apeccors as a generally controlling condition in the classification guide.
As a result, all unclassified information or photographs relating to the operation have been marked Official Use Only as a corstant reminder to all
individuals,
*i. ig telleved more practical and consistent with U. S. Government
policy to eliminate Joint Office of Test Information censorship of unclassified information which obviously has no administrative policy significance.
The administrative marking Official Use Only or the equivalent "Not to be
released until officially announced by Joint Office of Test Information" could
then be used on that class of information which is considered of real administratively-private significance, such as statements bearing international