APPENDIX B-Equivalent foreign security classifications. (See §§ 159.401-8 and 159.1100-1) TOP SECRET SECRET CONFIDENTIAL Belgium (French) TRES SECRET (Flemish) ZEER GEHEIM SECRET CONFIDENTIEL· GEHEIM VERTROUWELIJK (Three languages. TOP SECRET has a registration number to distinguish from SECRET and CONFIDENTIAL.) SECRET German STRENG GEHEIM Italian SEGRETO SEGRETO CONFIDENTIAL VERTROULIK 43 NOTE: In all instances foreign security classification systems are not exactly parallel to the United States system and exact equivalent classifications cannot be stated. The classifications given above represent the nearest comparable designations which are used to signify degrees of protection and control similar to those prescribed for the equivalent United States classifications. |