Excerpt from Internal Security Manual, Revised to July 1973, Vol. 2: Provisions of Federal Statutes, Executive Orders, and Congressional Resolutions Relating to the Internal Security of the United States Part 1 - Top secret original classification authorities. Uh der the provisions of Executive Order 11652, reference (b), only the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Military Departments may design-ate Officials to exercise Top Secret original classification authority. Designations may be made from the following groups Of Officials. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.