UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
5000 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-5000
APR 26 2007
INTELLIGENCE
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
UNDER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE
GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE
ASSISTANTS TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR, PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND
EVALUATION
DIRECTORS OF THE DEFENSE AGENCIES
DIRECTORS OF THE DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES

## Subject: Declassification Marking Guidance For Dod Special Access Program (Sap) Classified Material

Reference: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs memorandum, Exemption of Files Series from Automatic Declassification, March 30, 2005
This memorandum provides interim guidance on marking DoD Special Access Program (SAP) documents, media, hardware, and other program-generated SAP material with declassification information. The attached guidance is based on the File Series Exception (FSE) approved by the President and is effective immediately.

OUSD(I) will issue a DoD instruction within 180 days.

"f:s R. ciapper, Jr.

Attachment:
As stated

## Declassification Marking Guidance For Sap Documents, Media, Hardware, And Other Sap Material

A wholesale, immediate re-marking effort for SAP documents, media, hardware, and other program generated material *is not required.* This encompasses SAP records and material in the following status: active or operational; and retired. As these classes of material are used (e.g., as a source of extracted SAP information, transmitted or moved from one location to another, reintroduced into the working environment from retired status, or modified from their existing state), they must be marked in accordance with the guidance below. Newly generated DoD SAP
material shall also be marked per this guidance. Program Security Classification Guides shall be modified to integrate this guidance during the guide's periodic reviewlrevision. For all scenarios, custodians will perform a declassification review six months prior to the declassification date.

## Material Classified By An Original Classification Authority (Oca)


For material dated *prior* to 1 January 1982
Classified by: (identify OCA)
Reason: 1.4 (list appropriate subparagraph(s); a-h)
Declassify on: 25X(*), 31 Dec 2021
Authority: FSE dtd 30 Mar 2005


For material dated *after* 31 December 1981
Classified by: (identify OCA)
Reason: 1.4 (list appropriate subparagraph(s); a-h)
Declassify on: 25X(*), (4dh anniversary ofthe document)
Authority: FSE dtd 30 Mar 2005

## Material Classified From Derived Or Extracted Information


For material dated *prior* to 1 January 1982
Derived from: SCG, [date]; or Multiple Sources Declassify on: 25X(*), 31 Dec 2021
Authority: FSE dtd 30 Mar 2005


For material dated *after* 31 December 1981
Derived from: SCG, [date]; or Multiple Sources Declassify on: 25X(*), (40th anniversary ofthe document)
Authority: FSE dtd 30 Mar 2005

## Declassification Marking Guidance For Disestablished(*) Programs

Program personnel having access to SAP material shall implement mandatory actions as prescribed in the Program Termination Plan.

Additionally, when:


RESIDUAL SAP INFORMATION REMAINS IN A SINGLE DOCUMENT
o
SAP markings will not be altered and the document shall retain SAP protection
requirements.
o
Declassification markings will be modified to conform to the guidance provided for
SAP documents (see prior page).
o
When documents have been sealed in boxes or containers, or individual marking is
otherwise costly and time consuming, a letter shall be affixed to the box or container
that contains the correct marking instructions and declassification instructions. If
affixing a letteris inappropriate, it will be retained by the responsible security officer
and the custodian will place a copy of the marking instructions in the first file inside
the box when feasible.

SAP INFORMATION COMPLETELY TRANSITIONS TO NON-SAP CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION
o
In most instances, stripping a document of SAP protection/status (de-SAPing) does
not change the document's classification level (Confidential; Secret; Top Secret).
o
SAP markings on the document (in the header, footer, and at paragraphs) shall be
lined out or marked through to reflect the loss of SAP status.
o
Classified documents which have been judged to no longer contain SAP information
will be reviewed for collateral declassification by the later standard of:

December 31st of the 5th year following disestablishment, or

December 31st of the year in which the records are 25 years old.
If this declassification review is not performed, the pertinent records will be
declassified automatically.

DOD PROGRAM INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH OR TRANSFERRED TO
NON-DOD ENTITIES (e.g., DHS, DOE, DNI) AND THE INFORMATION RETAINS
NON-DOD SAP STATUS OR SPECIAL COMPARTMENT HANDLING
o
DoD SAP markings must be lined out to reflect the loss of DoD SAP status, and
o
The material shall be protected and marked per the Security Classification Guides or
the jointly approved transition plan.

As these items are reviewed to determine SAP and classification status, they should also be reviewed for retention. Unless there is intrinsic historical value or military utility, documents
should be destroyed and the reduction (in numbers) reported annually per Title 44, U.S.c.,
and other pertinent statutes, directives and regulations.
(*) Disestablished SAP - A DoD program that no longer warrants SAP protections and has been terminated as a SAP by the Deputy Secretary of Defense.