[Executive Orders]
EX. ORD. NO. 10104. DEFINITIONS OF VITAL MILITARY AND NAVAL
INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
Feb. 1, 1950
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
foregoing statutory provisions, and in the interests of national
defense, I hereby define the following as vital military and naval
installations or equipment requiring protection against the general
dissemination of information relative thereto:
1. All military, naval, or air-force installations and equipment
which are now classified, designated, or marked under the authority
or at the direction of the President, the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary
of the Air Force as ''top secret'', ''secret'', ''confidential'',
or ''restricted'', and all military, naval, or air-force
installations and equipment which may hereafter be so classified,
designated, or marked with the approval or at the direction of the
President, and located within:
(a) Any military, naval, or air-force reservation, post, arsenal,
proving ground, range, mine field, camp, base, airfield, fort,
yard, station, district, or area.
(b) Any defensive sea area heretofore established by Executive
order and not subsequently discontinued by Executive order, and any
defensive sea area hereafter established under authority of section
2152 of title 18 of the United States Code.
(c) Any airspace reservation heretofore or hereafter established
under authority of section 4 of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 (44
Stat. 570; 49 U.S.C. 174) except the airspace reservation
established by Executive Order No. 10092 of December 17, 1949.
(d) Any naval harbor closed to foreign vessels.
(e) Any area required for fleet purposes.
(f) Any commercial establishment engaged in the development or
manufacture of classified military or naval arms, munitions,
equipment, designs, ships, aircraft, or vessels for the United
States Army, Navy, or Air Force.
2. All military, naval, or air-force aircraft, weapons,
ammunition, vehicles, ships, vessels, instruments, engines,
manufacturing machinery, tools, devices, or any other equipment
whatsoever, in the possession of the Army, Navy, or Air Force or in
the course of experimentation, development, manufacture, or
delivery for the Army, Navy, or Air Force which are now classified,
designated, or marked under the authority or at the direction of
the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army,
the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force as
''top secret'', ''secret'', ''confidential'', or ''restricted'',
and all such articles, materials, or equipment which may hereafter
be so classified, designated, or marked with the approval or at the
direction of the President.
3. All official military, naval, or air-force books, pamphlets,
documents, reports, maps, charts, plans, designs, models, drawings,
photographs, contracts, or specifications which are now marked
under the authority or at the direction of the President, the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of
the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force as ''top secret'',
''secret'', ''confidential'', or ''restricted'', and all such
articles or equipment which may hereafter be so marked with the
approval or at the direction of the President.
This order supersedes Executive Order No. 8381 of March 22, 1940,
entitled ''Defining Certain Vital Military and Naval Installations
and Equipment.''