DEFENSE  INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY 
REGULATION  NO.  60-18 
HEADQUARTERS,  DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY 
WASHINGTON,  D.C.  20301 
16  April  1975 
POLICY 
INTELLIGENCE  SUPPORT  TO  THE  EXECUTIVE  OFFICE  OF  THE  PRESIDENT 
1.  PURPOSE:   To  establish  policies,  requirements,  and  responsibilities  for 
DIA  liaison  with  and  intelligence  support  to  the  Executive  Office  of  the 
President. 
2.  REFERENCES: 
a.  Memo,  Chief  of  Staff,  DIA,  "Liaison  Between  the  Department  of  Defense 
and  the  White  House,"  9  February  1972. 
b.  Memo,  Chief  of  Staff,  DIA,  "Policy  for  Providing  Intelligence  Support 
to  the  White  House,"  3  October  1972. 
3.  APPLICABILITY:   This  regulation  applies  to  all  elements  of  DIA.   Support 
requested  by  other  DoD  or  Service  agencies  in  fulfillment  of  a  requirement 
for  the  Executive  Office  of  the  President  is  exempt  from  the  provisions  of 
this  regulation.   Deputy  Directors  will  advise  the  External  Affairs  Division 
(y?l2£.)  of  requests  for  support  which  do  not  appear  to  conform  to  DoD  policies. 
This  regulation  does  not  apply  to  existing  DIA  policies  for  coordination  with 
the  CIA. 
4.  SUPERSESSION:   This  regulation  supersedes  DIAR  60-18,  16  April  1973. 
5.  POLICY:   All  liaison  between  the  DIA  and  the  Executive  Office  of  the 
President  and  all  requests  for  intelligence  support  will  be  in  accordance 
with  this  regulation.   Liaison  and  intelligence  support  will  be  provided  by, 
or  in  coordination  with.  ■Sg-=3t 
6.   RESPONSIBILITIES.: 
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^r  will: 
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(1)  Conduct  liaison  with  the  Executive  Office  of  the  President 
including  the  White  House  Situation  Room,  the  Office  of  Management  and 
Budget,  the  National  Security  Council  Staff,  the  Office  of  Telecommunications 
Policy,  and  the  President's  Foreign  Intelligence  Advisory  Board. 
(2)  Coordinate  all  Executive  Office  requests  for  intelligence  support 
This  includes  all  elements  of  the  Executive  Office  and  is  not  limited  by  (1) 
above. 
OPI:
DIAR  60-18 
(3)  Initiate  all  tasking  documents  within  the  DIA  in  support  of  (' 
requests  for  intelligence  by  the  Executive  Office  of  the  President. 
(4)  Obtain  necessary  policy  clearances  from  the  Assistant  Secretary 
of  Defense  (Intelligence)  (ASD)  (I)  and  the  Office  of  the  Secretary  of 
Defense  (OSD)  for  responses  that  contain  information  other  than  substantive 
intelligence. 
b.  The  Directorate  for  Intelligence  (DI)  will  respond  to  requests  for 
substantive  intelligence  support  by  the  White  House  Situation  Room: 
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(1)  During  Normal  Duty  Hours:  ^  DP-5  will  review  requests  and  respons- 
es to  insure  compliance  with  policy  guidelines  and  issue  appropriate  tasking 
documents.   Direct  requests  from  the  White  House  Situation  Room  to  the 
National  Military  Intelligence  Center  (NMIC)  for  routine  order  of  battle 
information  may  be  honored  by  NMIC  personnel  in  accordance  with  DI  directives. 
(2)  After  Normal  Duty  Hours:   The  NMIC  will  receive  White  House 
Situation  Room  requests  and  provide  responses  in  accordance  with  instructions 
issued  by  DI.   A  copy  of  the  response  will  be  forwarded  tcyBP-DT 
c.  Other  Directorates  will  refer  requests  for  support  received  directly 
from  the  Executive  Office  to, .-&P— 3-  f or  approval  and  tasking. 
FOR  THE  DIRECTOR: 
OFFICIAL:  D.  P.  HARVEY 
Rear  Admiral,  USN 
Chief  of  Staff 
MERRILL  E.  SCHARMEN 
Colonel,  USAF 
Assistant  Deputy  Director 
for  Services 
DISTRIBUTION  B 
E420A  FTD  (DAPE) 
6096A      1   DP