PART B - AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION AND DOWNGRADING

1.  RESTRICTED DATA AND FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA.  Documents containing RD
    and FRD are not subject to automatic declassification or downgrading.

2.  NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION.  (See Chapter X, Part F, Figure X-4, for
    a summary conversion table on the duration of classification.)

    a.   Documents Classified Pursuant to Executive Order 10290.  Documents
         classified pursuant to Executive Order 10290 and marked for
         automatic downgrading or declassification shall be downgraded and
         declassified in accordance with such markings.

    b.   Documents Classified Pursuant to Executive Order 10501 (as amended
         by Executive Order 10964).

         (1)  Groups 1 and 2.  Documents under Groups 1 and 2 of Executive
              Order 10501, as amended by Executive Order 10964, are not
              automatically downgraded or declassified.

         (2)  Group 3.  Documents under Group 3 of Executive Order 10501, as
              amended by Executive Order 10964, shall be downgraded as
              follows:  (a) Top Secret to Secret at 12 years from date of
              origin of the document or (b) Secret to Confidential at 12
              years from origin (unless the document was originally
              classified as Top Secret, in which case downgrade to
              Confidential at 12 years from the time it was downgraded to
              Secret).  These documents are not automatically declassified.

         (3)  Group 4.  Documents under Group 4 of Executive Order 10501, as
              amended by Executive Order 10964, are now unclassified.

    c.   Documents Classified Pursuant to Executive Order 11652.

         (1)  Advanced Declassification Schedule.  Documents marked for
              automatic downgrading in advance of the General
              Declassification Schedule (GDS) of Executive Order 11652 shall
              be downgraded in accordance with the schedule for downgrading
              marked on the documents.  Unless otherwise specified on the
              documents, they will be subject to the GDS for the rest of the
              time they remain classified.

         (2)  General Declassification Schedule.  Documents marked as being
              subject to the GDS of Executive Order 11652 are now
              unclassified.

         (3)  Documents Marked as Exempt from the General Declassification
              Schedule of Executive Order 11652 normally were not marked for
              automatic downgrading.  When such documents have been marked
              for automatic downgrading, they shall be downgraded in
              accordance with the schedule for downgrading marked on the
              documents.

    d.   Documents Classified Pursuant to Executive Order 12065 and marked
         for automatic downgrading or declassification will be downgraded or
         declassified in accordance with such markings.

    e.   Documents Classified Pursuant to Executive Order 12356 and marked
         for automatic downgrading or declassification will be downgraded or
         declassified in accordance with such markings.