22 CFR § 9.16 - Safeguarding.

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title: "22 CFR § 9.16 - Safeguarding."
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# 9.16 Safeguarding.

Specific controls on the use, processing, storage, reproduction, and transmittal of classified information within the Department to provide protection for such information and to prevent access by unauthorized persons are contained in Volume 12 of the Department's Foreign Affairs Manual.