Originally Posted by
Archimedes
I imagine that the OP got the document by requesting it from the National Archives... years ago, someone would've gone through the document, crossing out the word SECRET, but there are an awful lot of files from the 80s which are now declassified and available for public access, but with the classification staring out at you as though it was still applicable.
So how does one know if a document is still classified or not? I imagine there are files and documents from say 1986 that are still classified. I would expect their markings to be identical to the documents posted here. Even though much equipment will have been replaced since 1986, many of the procedures and suchlike will be close to how things are done today. Nuclear convoy op orders for instance.
If released documents are not declassified, that poses a real issue to still-classified documents from the same period.
I'll admit, when I saw the documents above, the first thing I saw was the classification.