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To: Scrambler Bob; OldMissileer; publius911

Scrambler Bob, OldMissileer, publius911,

Interesting points; would there be portion markings if a document is completely declassified?

214 posted on 02/02/2018 5:13:07 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)

To: WildHighlander57

If a document starts out as unclass, it may be marked FOUO, For official use only.

An unclass govt doc is not open for public distribution.

It has to say it is approved for public distribution.

218 posted on 02/02/2018 7:23:22 PM PST by Scrambler Bob

To: WildHighlander57

Interesting points; would there be portion markings if a document is completely declassified?

No. I was responsible for the declassification of thousands of old documents from the DoD and other departments in regards to a certain subject and we would use a stamp on the cover with our signature to certify the declassification. Used the same stamp on individual pieces of paper that we declassified. We never marked out the paragraph markings as it would be too labor intensive. The stamp with our signature indicated that the document or paper was now unclassified.

Many documents I reviewed had been declassified years before and had the same type of stamp and they had not marked paragraphs or pages within the documents.

220 posted on 02/02/2018 7:33:16 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)

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