---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 2400.34"
title: "32"
number: "2400.34"
heading: "Classification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/2400.34"
---

# §2400.34. Classification.

- (a) Foreign government information classified by a foreign government or international organization of governments shall retain its original classification designation or be assigned a United States classification designation that will ensure a degree of protection equivalent to that required by the government or organization that furnished the information. Original classification authority is not required for this purpose.
- (b) Foreign government information that was not classified by a foreign entity but was provided with the expectation, expressed or implied, that it be held in confidence must be classified because Executive Order 12356 states a presumption of damage to the national security in the event of unauthorized disclosure of such information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12356 and Information Security Oversight Office Directive No. 1.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 10821, Mar. 15, 1983, unless otherwise noted.