32 CFR § 197.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s197.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 197.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "197.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "197"
part_name: "HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN THE FILES OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (OSD)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, Executive Order 13526, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and Pub. L. 102-138."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 65935, Oct. 28, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "197"
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# 197.1 Purpose.

This part, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5110.4, implements policy and updates procedures for the programs that permit authorized personnel to perform historical research in records created by or in the custody of Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) consistent with Executive Order 13526; DoD Manual 5230.30, “DoD Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Program” (available at *http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/523030m.pdf*); 32 CFR part 286; 32 CFR part 310; DoD Manual 5200.01, “DoD Information Security Program” Volumes 1-4 (available at *http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/520001_vol1.pdf, http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/520001_vol2.pdf,* *http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/520001_vol3.pdf,* and *http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/520001_vol4.pdf*); 36 CFR 1230.10 and 36 CFR part 1236; DoD Directive 5230.09, “Clearance of DoD Information for Public Release” (available at *http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/523009p.pdf*); and 32 CFR 197.5.