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DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  NAVY 
HEADOUARTERS  UNITEO  STATES  MARINE  CORPS 
WASHINGTON.  0.  C    20380 
MCO  57^0.6 
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5  Apr  1976 
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MARINE  CORPS  ORDER  57^0.6 
From:   Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps 
To:     Distribution  List 
Subj :   Interagency  Support  Between  the  Marine  Corps  and 
the  Central  Intelligence  Agency 
Ref:    (a)  CNO  ltr  Serial  TS23P009  of  31  December  1972 
(NOTAL) 
1.  Purpose.  To  assign  responsibility  and  set  forth  pro- 
cedures concerning  interagency  support  between  the  Marine 
Corps  and  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency. 
2.  Policy.  Interagency  support  between  the  Marine  Corps 
and  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency  will  be  in  accordance 
with  the  following  provisions: 
a.  All  Marine  Corps  support  to  the  Central  Intelligence 
Agency  will  be  provided  through  the  channels  established  by 
reference  (a),  and  will  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Navy  or  his  representative,  so  designated  in  writing. 
b.  All  support  of  the  Marine  Corps  by  the  Central  Intel- 
ligence Agency  involving  the  transfer  of  Navy  or  Marine  Corps 
funds  will  be  covered  by  a  letter  of  agreement,  signed  by  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  or  his  representative,  so  designated 
in  writing. 
c.  All  billings  or  other  transfers  of  funds  between  the 
Marine  Corps  and  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency  will  be 
processed  through  the  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps  (Code 
INT),  Headquarters  Marine  Corps  to  the  Assistant  to  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Navy  for  Special_ Programs. 
3.   Responsibility.   The  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps  (Code 
INT)  is  hereby  assigned  responsibility  for  maintaining  a 
central  point  of  control  of  all  interagency  support  between 
the  Marine  Corps  and  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency. 
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4.  Implementation.  Interagency  support  between  the  CIA 
and  the  Marine  Corps  will  be  effected  in  accordance  with 
the  following  procedures: 
a.  CIA  requests  for  Marine  Corps  support  under  the  pur- 
view of  the  Secretary  of  Defense  must  be  forwarded  for 
approval  to  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps  (Code  INT)  via 
the  Joint  Chiefs  of  Staff. 
b.  All  other  CIA  requests  for  Marine  Corps  support  must 
be  forwarded  for  approval  to  the  Commandant  of  the  Marine 
Corps  (Cede  INT). 
c.  All  Marine  Corps  requests  for  CIA  support  must  be 
forwarded  to  the  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps  (Code  INT), 
for  approval  and  execution  of  letters  of  agreement  as 
appropriate. 
d.  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps  (Code  INT)  will 
coordinate  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  for  approvals  and 
letters  of  agreement,  as  appropriate.   In  addition,  the 
Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps  (Code  INT)  will  ensure  that 
ail  fiscal  transactions  (billings,  transfer  of  funds,  etc.) 
between  the  Marine  Corps  and  the  CIA  are  processed  through 
the  Assistant  to  the  Comptroller  of  the  Navy  for  Special 
Programs. 
e.  CIA  requests  for  visits  to  Marine  Corps  commands  and 
facilities,  or  for  Marine 'Corps  information,  must  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Commandant  of  the  Marine  Corps  (Code  INT)  for 
coordination. 
5»   Reserve  Applicability.   This  Order  is  applicable  to 
the  Marine  Corps  Reserve. 
L.  E.  BROWN 
Chief  of  Staff 
DISTRIBUTION:  A 
Copy  to:   7000/8145001 
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