DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  AIR  FORCE 
Headquarters  US  Air  Force 
Washington  DC  20330 
AF  REGULATION  200-25 
19  Januarv  1984 
Intelligence 
INTERNATIONAL  INTELLIGENCE  AGREEMENTS 
This  regulation  establishes  the  policy,  responsibilities,  and  procedures  for  negotiating  and  concluding  military-to-military  interna- 
tional intelligence  agreements  (IIA)  with  foreign  governments  and  international  organizations.  It  directs  measures  for  requesting 
authority  to  negotiate  and  conclude  new  agreements,  as  well  as  to  change  or  terminate  existing  agreements.  It  also  outlines 
procedures  for  the  negotiation  process;  legal,  fiscal,  and  functional  review;  coordination;  record  keeping  and  status  reporting  of 
agreements. 
This  regulation  implements  Defense  Intelligence  Agency  (DIA)  Regulation  60-28.  It  applies  US  Air  Force-wide  to  non-signals 
intelligence  (SIGINT)  foreign  intelligence  activities.  This  regulation  does  not  apply  to  counterintelligence  activities  under  the  Air 
Force  Office  of  Special  Investigations  (AFOSI). 
1 .  Applicable  References: 
a.  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  (DO)  Security  Classifi- 
cation Guidance  on  Liaison  Relationships  with  Foreign  Intelli- 
gence Organizations  and  Foreign  Security  Services,  14 
December  1982. 
b.  Department  of  Defense  (DOD)  Directive  2050. 1 .  6  July 
1977.  Delegated  Approval  Authority  to  Negotiate  and  Con- 
clude International  Agreements. 
c.  DOD  Directive  3310.1,  22  October  1982.  International 
Intelligence  Agreements. 
d.  DOD  Directive  5530.3.  6  December  1979,  International 
Agreements. 
e.  DIAR  60-23.  6  April  1982.  SR  (S/NF). 
f.  DIAR  60-28.  10  June  1983.  International  Intelligence 
Agreements. 
g.  AFR  11-21.  9  January  1981,  Negotiating,  Concluding. 
Reporting,  and  Maintaining  International  Agreements. 
h.  AFR  200-9,  14  September  1981.  Disclosure  of  Class- 
ified Military  Information  to  Foreign  Governments  and  Inter- 
national Organizations. 
NOTE:  If  the  above  publications  are  not  available,  users  of  this 
publication  may  obtain  copies  from  HO  USAF/INYX. 
2.  Terms  Explained: 
a.  International  Intelligence  Agreements  (IIA).  Any 
agreement  entered  into  by  a  US  Department  of  Defense  (DOD) 
component  with  a  foreign  government  or  international  organi- 
zation with  the  primary  objective  (whether  or  not  explicitly 
stated)  of  collecting,  processing,  producing,  disseminating,  or 
sharing  foreign  intelligence.  This  definition  includes  agree- 
ments entered  into: 
(1)  Orally  or  in  writing. 
(2)  Fora  one-time  or  repetitive  application. 
(3)  Whether  or  not  they  signify  the  intention  of  the  parties 
to  be  bound  by  international  law. 
No.  of  Printed  Pages:  3 
OPR:  INYX  (Maj  W.  L.  Helfenstein) 
Approved  by:  Col  James  R.  Clapper,  Jr. 
Distribution:  F 
(4)  By  foreign  government  agencies,  instrumentalities,  or 
political  subdivisions. 
(5)  By  civilian  or  military  officers  or  employees  of  any 
DOD  organizational  element  or  other  US  Government  agency. 
(6)  With  the  denomination  as  an  international  agreement, 
memorandum  of  understanding,  exchange  of  notes  or  letters, 
technical  arrangements,  protocol,  note  verbale.  aide-memoire, 
agreed  minute,  plan,  contract  arrangement,  or  other  name 
having  a  similar  legal  consequence. 
(7)  With  the  exception  of  leases,  contracts,  foreign  mili- 
tary sales,  and  administrative  procedures  addressed  in  refer- 
ence Id. 
NOTES: 
1 .  Any  questions  as  to  whether  a  document  or  oral  arrange- 
ment constitutes  an  IIA  will  be  resolved  affirmatively. 
2.  Implementing  agreements  and  arrangements  under  um- 
brella or  underlying  agreements  are  also  subject  to  this  regula- 
tion. 
3.  The  term  International  Intelligence  Agreement  (IIA)  used  in 
this  regulation  refers  only  to  non-SIGINT  agreements  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  references  lcand  If. 
b.  Primary  Agent.  A  US  Air  Force  element  at  any  echelon 
that: 
(1)  Exercises  primary  interest  in  negotiating  and  con- 
cluding a  new  International  Intelligence  Agreement  (IIA)  after 
10  June  1983,  changing  or  terminating  an  existing  IIA,  and 
requesting  approval  to  execute  these  actions. 
(2)  Records  and  stores  IIAs,  their  negotiating  histories 
and  inventories,  and  reports  on  the  current  status  of  IIAs  for 
which  the  agent  exercises  primary  interest. 
3.  IIA  Policy: 
a.  US  Air  Force  intelligence  components  enter  into  IIAs 
only  when  agreements  clearly: 
(1)  Support  US  national  security  interests  and  foreign 
policy  objectives. 
(2)  Complement  rather  than  conflict  with  or  unnecessar- 
ily duplicate  other  IIAs  concluded  by  the  US  Government. 
(3)  Comply  with  international  law  and  Executive  Order 
12333,  United  States  Intelligence  Activities.
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(4)  Limit  the  risk  of  US  failure  to  fulfill  commitments 
due  to  political,  military,  or  economic  constraints. 
b.  Existing  IIAs  are  not  used  to  justify  requests  for  addi- 
tional DOD  funding  when  well  defined  and  validated  opera- 
tional requirements  for  intelligence  are  not  available. 
c.  In  weighing  the  decision  to  pursue  an  IIA  action,  primary 
agents  should  consider  whether  the  intended  action  will: 
( 1 )  Provide  for  true  quid  pro  quo  mutual  support. 
(2)  Lead  to  closer  intelligence-to-intelligence  and  overall 
military-to-military  relations  (for  example,  providing  needed 
access  for  US  collection  operations,  or  promoting  a  common 
perception  of  the  threat). 
(3)  Provide  intelligence  otherwise  denied  to, the  US, 
rather  than  simply  confirm  US  intelligence. 
(4)  Be  conducted  with  a  foreign  government  that  has  a 
favorable  orientation  toward  the  United  States,  a  well- 
developed  and  secure  intelligence  service,  and  stable  domestic 
environment  and  military  unity. 
(5)  Be  supportable  by  US  national  disclosure  and  security 
policy,  fiscal  means,  and  legal  guidelines. 
4.  Assigned  Responsibilities: 
a.  The  Director,  DIA,  exercises  approval  authority  for 
DOD  to  negotiate  and  conclude  non-SIGINT  IIAs.  This  au- 
thority may  not  be  delegated.  The  Foreign  Relationships  and 
Exchanges  Branch  (DlA/DI^tC),  of  the  Foreign  Liaison  Divi- 
sion, Directorate  for  Intelligence  and  External  Affairs,  is  the 
DIA  office  of  primary  responsibility  (OPR)  for  non-SIGINT 
II A  and  executes  responsibilities  delineated  in  reference  If. 
b.  The  Directorate  of  Intelligence  Plans  and  Systems,  Plan- 
ning Division,  (HQ  USAF/INYX)  provides  functional  over- 
sight, coordination,  and  policy  review  for  the  US  Air  Force 
regarding  Air  Force  negotiation,  conclusion,  maintenance,  and 
reporting  of  IIAs  performed  under  the  authority  of  references 
1c,  Id  and  If. 
c.  The  Directorate  of  Intelligence  Plans  and  Systems,  Sys- 
tems Division,  (HQ  USAF/INYS)  provides  functional  over- 
sight, coordination,  and  policy  review  for  the  US  Air  Force 
regarding  Air  Force  negotiation,  conclusion,  maintenance,  and 
reporting  of  agreements  performed  under  the  authority  of  ref- 
erence le. 
d.  US  Air  Force  personnel  acting  as  primary  agents  for  IIA 
matters  will: 
(1)  Thoroughly  review  all  paragraph  1  references  before 
undertaking  IIA  actions. 
(2)  Comply  with  paragraphs  3  and  5  of  this  regulation. 
5.  IIA  Procedures: 
a.  HQ  USAF/INYX: 
( 1 )  Reviews  intended  primary  agent  actions  and  ensures: 
(a)  Policy  and  procedural  compliance  with  this  regula- 
tion. 
(b)  Legal  review  and  coordination  with  The  Judge  Ad- 
vocate General.  (HQ  USAF/JA)  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Air 
Force  General  Counsel  (SAF/GC). 
(c)  International  agreement  policy  review  h\  the  Dep- 
uty Directorate  for  Regional  Plans  &  Policy.  International  Re- 
lations Division.  (HQ  USAF/XOXXI).  according  to  reference 
(d)  Foreign  disclosure  policy  review  and  coordination 
by  the  Disclosure  Policy  Branch  of  the  International  Affairs 
Division.  Assistant  Vice  Chief  of  Staff.  (HQ  USAF/CVA1P). 
according  to  reference  Ih. 
(e)  Functional  and  fiscal  review  and  coordination  with 
Air  Staff,  and  other  US  Air  Force.  DOD.  and  US  elements 
responsible  for  planning  and  programming  intelligence  re- 
sources that  could  be  obligated  by  IIA  action. 
(2)  Provides  the  US  Air  Force  position  to  DIA  regarding 
IIA  actions  (for  example,  concurrence  or  nonoccurrence  in  a 
proposed  Air  Force  IIA). 
(3)  Maintains  a  central  repository  of  all  US  Air  Force 
UAs.  negotiation  histories,  and  status  reports  using  copies  of 
original  documentation  provided  by  primary  agents  to  DIA. 
b.  US  Air  Force  primary  agents  will  follow  reference  If  and 
this  regulation  when: 
(1)  Requesting  approval  for  and  negotiating  and  con- 
cluding new  IIAs,  and  changing  or  terminating  existing  agree- 
ments. Actions  must  comply  with  reference  If  on  IIA  format, 
essential  elements,  text  language,  fiscal  and  legal  memoranda, 
classification,  and  foreign  disclosure  policy. 
(2)  Maintaining  flies  of  all  IIA  and  their  negotiating  his- 
tories to  which  the  agent  exercises  primary  interest. 
(3)  Providing  inventories  and  status  reports  for  IIA.  Ac- 
tions include  interim  status  updates  to  HQ  USAF  and  DIA  on 
request. 
(4)  Meeting  action  suspenses  as  follows  (all  actions  with 
originals  to  DIA/DI-4C  and  copy  to  HQ  USAF/INYX): 
(a)  Notify  DIA  within  15  days  of  the  receipt  of  any 
official  or  unofficial  overture  or  request  by  a  foreign  govern- 
ment or  international  organization  for  an  IIA  action. 
(b)  Send  requests  for  approval  to  negotiate  and  con- 
clude new  IIAs  or  change  existing  agreements  to  reach  DIA  at 
least  30  days  before  the  desired  date  to  begin  negotiations,  or 
60  days  before  the  desired  date  of  concluding  the  agreement. 
(c)  Provide  status  reports  on  negotiation  progress  every 
30  days  until  the  agreement  is  concluded  or  effort  terminated. 
(d)  Send  an  original  copy  of  the  IIA  to  reach  DIA 
within  1 5  days  after  the  agreement  enters  into  force. 
(e)  Notify  DIA  at  least  60  days  before  the  desired  date 
to  terminate  an  IIA. 
(f)  Send  command  status  reports  on  all  IIA  to  reach 
DIA  within  30  days  after  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  interim 
reporting  is  required  to  address  significant  developments  in  the 
status  of  an  IIA. 
(5)  Limiting  IIA  to  intelligence  matters  only  and  follow- 
ing guidance  in  references  lb  and  Ig  for  non-intelligence  mat- 
ters (for  example,  maps  and  charts  and  communications  secur- 
ity (COMSEC)). 
(6)  Simultaneously  providing  an  original  copy  of  IIAs 
and  related  documents  (for  example,  negotiating  histories,  re- 
quests for  action  approval,  and  status  reports)  to  DIA/DI-4C
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and  a  copy  of  same  to  HQ  USAF/INYX.  The  primary  agent 
retains  a  certified  true  copy  of  each  HA  within  central  files. 
(7)  Coordinating  intended  HA  actions  with: 
(a)  HQ  USAF/INYX. 
(b)  OPRs  within  the  primary  agent's  organization  for 
paragraph  1  references,  legal  counsel  (for  example.  JAG),  and 
resource  planning  and  program  offices  (for  example.  HQ 
USAF/AC/MO/Sl/XP). 
(c)  Other  US  DOD  elements  and  US  Government 
agencies  that  may  have  functional  interest  in  the  HA  subject 
matter,  or  whose  plans  and  programs  or  existing  agreements 
may  be  affected  by  the  proposed  action. 
BY  ORDER  OF  THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE  AIR  FORCE 
OFFICIAL 
CHARLES  A.  GABRIEL.  General.  USAF 
Chief  of  Staff 
JAMES  H.  DELANEY.  Colonel.  USAF 
Director  of  Administration 
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