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Subject:Re: What are white papers? From:Marc Santacroce <santa -at- MAILHUB -dot- TFS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Sep 1994 09:50:26 -0700
In the military we used white papers also. There are actually three
categories, white, grey and black. Black, of course are those projects
that are not acknowledged; white are position papers or marketing papers
,and grey falls in between the two. My understanding is that
misinformation/disinformation falls in the grey area.
On Thu, 8 Sep 1994, Richard Mateosian wrote:
> >I would appreciate any information you could give me on "white papers."
> The term has diplomatic origins. A white paper is a definitive essay,
> usually on a policy issue. ...RM
> Richard Mateosian srm -at- c2 -dot- org srm -at- radiomail -dot- net (510)540-7745
