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ISOO replaced the Interagency Classification Review Committee ( ICRC ) which was created by Executive Order 11652, " Classification and Declassification of National Security Information and Material ," issued by President Richard Nixon in 1972.

The ICRC was composed of representatives from the Departments of Defense, Justice and State ; the predecessor to the United States Department of Energy, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

John Eisenhower chaired the ICRC, which met monthly at the White House.

After Mr. Eisenhower resigned in 1973, the administrative function of the ICRC was moved to the National Archives and Records Service, a component of the General Services Administration, with the Archivist of the United States, James Rhodes, named as acting chairman.

William L. Brown, an attorney with the Atomic Energy Commission, was appointed Executive Director in October 1973 and served until December, 1975.

The committee continued to meet monthly in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.