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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America in order to release
certain scientifically or environmentally useful imagery acquired
by space-based national intelligence reconnaissance systems,
consistent with the national security it is hereby ordered as
follows:

Section 1.  Public Release of Historical Intelligence Imagery. 
Imagery acquired by the space-based national intelligence
reconnaissance systems known as the Corona, Argon, and Lanyard
missions shall, within 18 months of the date of this order, be
declassified and transferred to the National Archives and Records
Administration with a copy sent to the United States Geological
Survey of the Department of the Interior consistent with
procedures approved by the Director of Central Intelligence
consistent with procedures approved by the Director of Central
Intelligence and the Archivist of the United States.  Upon
transfer, such imagery shall be deemed declassified and shall be
made available to the public.

Sec. 2.  Review for Future Public Release of Intelligence
Imagery.  (a) All information that meets the criteria in section
2(b) of this order shall be kept secret in the interests of
national defense and foreign policy until deemed otherwise by the
Director of Central Intelligence.  In consultation with the
Secretaries of State and Defense, the Director of Central
Intelligence shall establish a comprehensive program for the
periodic review of imagery from systems other than the Corona,
Argon, and Lanyard missions, with the objective of making
available to the public as much imagery as possible consistent
with the interests of national defense and foreign policy.  For
imagery from obsolete broad-area film-return systems other than
Corona, Argon, and Lanyard missions, this review shall be
completed within 5 years of the date of this order.  Review of
imagery from any other system that the Director of Central
Intelligence deems to be obsolete shall be accomplished according
to a timetable established by the Director of Central
Intelligence.  The Director of Central Intelligence shall report
annually to the President on the implementation of this order.

     (b) The criteria referred to in section 2(a) of this order
consist of the following: imagery acquired by a space-based
national intelligence reconnaissance system other than the
Corona, Argon, and Lanyard missions.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) This order prescribes a
comprehensive and exclusive system for the public release of
imagery acquired any space-based national intelligence
reconnaissance systems.  This order is the exclusive Executive
order governing the public release of imagery for purposes of
section 552(b)(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
     (b) Nothing contained in this order shall create any right
or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party
against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its
officers or employees, or any other person.

Sec. 4. Definition.  As used herein, "imagery" means the product
acquired by space-based national intelligence reconnaissance
systems that provides a likeness or representation of any natural
or man-made feature or related objective or activities and
satellite positional data acquired at the same time the likeness
or representation was acquired.

                         /s/William J. Clinton



THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 22, 1995