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DEFENSE  INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY 
REGULATION  NO.  55-8 
HEADQUARTERS,  DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY 
WASHINGTON,  DC    20301 
6  August  1982 
INTELLIGENCE 
INTELLIGENCE  SUPPORT  FOR  THE  ARMS 
CONTROL  AND  DISARMAMENT  AGENCY 
1.  PURPOSE:  To  establish  DIA  policy  and  proce- 
dures for  processing  Arms  Control  and  Disarma- 
ment Agency  (ACDA)  requests  for  foreign  intelli- 
gence or  other  support. 
2.  REFERENCES: 
a.  Memorandum  of  Understanding  Between  the 
Director,  Defense  Intelligence  Agency  and  the  Di- 
rector, United  States  Arms  Control  and  Disarma- 
ment Agency,  25  April  1972. 
b.  Working  Relationships  Between  the  Director, 
Defense  Intelligence  Agency  and  the  Director, 
United  States  Arms  Control  and  Disarmament 
Agency,  il  June  1976. 
c.  DJSM  1319.64,  "Release  of  Sino-Soviet  Bloc 
Military  Target  Information  to  the  U.S.  Arms  Con- 
trol and  Disarmament  Agency,"  3  August  1964. 
d.  DJSM  130-72,  "Release  of  Classified  Intelli- 
gence Documents  to  the  Arms  Control  and  Disarm- 
ament Agency  (ACDA),"  25  January  1972. 
e.  USIB-D-26.2/2,  Memo  for  the  USIB.  "ACDA 
Relationships  with  the  Intelligence  Community," 
26  September  1974. 
3.  APPLICABILITY:  This  regulation  applies  to 
all  DIA  elements  receiving  requests  for  intelli- 
gence support  from  ACDA. 
4.  AUTHORITY:  This  publication  provides  intel- 
ligence guidance  to  all  DoD  components  and  is  is- 
sued under  the  authority  delegated  in  DoD  Direc- 
tive 5105.21,  "Defense  Intelligence  Agency,"  by 
the  Secretary  of  Defense  to  the  Director,  Defense 
Intelligence  Agency. 
5.  SUPERSESSION:  This  regulation  supersedes 
DIAR  55-8,  10  July  1980.  Black  lines  in  the  mar- 
gins indicate  changes. 
6.  BACKGROUND:  ACDA  was  established  by 
Act  of  Congress  approved  26  September  1961.  The 
Act  stipulates  that  ACDA  is  the  primary  agency 
responsible  for  conducting  studies  and  providing 
advice  relating  to  arms  control  and  disarmament. 
The  Director  of  ACDA  functions  as  the  principal 
advisor  to  the  President  and  Secretary  of  State  on 
arms  control  and  disarmament  matters  and,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Secretary,  has  primary  respon- 
sibility within  the  Government  on  such  matters. 
7.  POLICY: 
a.  Intelligence  support  will  be  provided  to  ACDA 
in  accordance  with  the  references  in  paragraph  2. 
b.  The  International  Negotiations  Support  Divi- 
sion (Dl-5)  is  designated  as  the  single  point  of  con- 
tact for  ACDA  requirements  levied  upon  the  DIA. 
c.  ACDA  requests  for  use  of  intelligence  infor- 
mation for  war  gaming  or  similar  studies  will  be  re- 
viewed in  accordance  with  references  c  and  d. 
d.  This  regulation  applies  to  intelligence  infor- 
mation or  other  support  provided  to  ACDA  by 
DIA  elements  on  a  self-initated  basis,  as  well  as  re- 
sponses to  specific  ACDA  requests  for  assistance. 
8.  RESPONSIBILITIES: 
a.    General. 
(1)  ACDA  requests  for  intelligence  support, 
written  or  oral,  received  by  DIA  elements  will  be 
referred  to  DI-5  for  control  purposes. 
(2)  DIA  responses  to  ACDA  will  be  routed 
through  DI-5. 
(a)  When  addressed  to  the  Director,  ACDAt  re- 
sponse will  be  prepared  by  DI-5  for  Command  Ele- 
ments signature. 
OPR:  DI-5
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(bl  Routine  response  to  ACDA  addressed  to 
^^  ACDA  Intelligence  Office  may  be  transmitted 
by  Chief.  DI-5,  for  the  Director. 
(3.  Visits  of  ACDA-sponsored  contractors  will 
be  in  accordance  with  DIAR  50-20,  "Visits  of  Con- 
tractor Personnel  to  DIA." 
(4)  Release  of  documents  to  ACDA  contractors 
will  be  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  of  DIAR 
50-1,  "Release  of  Classified  Intelligence  Material 
to  U.S.  Contractors,"  except  that  this  regulation 
takes  precedence  over  paragraphs  8.d.(l)(d)  and 
8.d{l)(e)  of  DIAR  50-1. 
b.    DIA  Staff  Elements. 
(1)  DI-5  will  assign  ACDA  requests  to  DIA  ele- 
ments for  action  and,  when  appropriate,  will  con- 
duct preliminary  liaison  on  such  requests  with 
other  DoD  and  external  agencies. 
(2)  RSS-1  will  provide  security  guidance  to  des- 
ignated OPR's  as  required. 
(3)  RTS-2  will  provide  reference,  bibliographic. 
and  documentation  services  to  ACDA,  as  approv- 
ed by  DI-5,  and  furnish  requested  documents  as  di- 
rected on  DI-5  tasking  sheet  DIA  Form  311. 
9.  PROCEDURES:  The  DIA  element  assigned  pri- 
mary action  on  ACDA  requests  will: 
a.  Determine  appropriate  action  to  fulfill  or 
deny  requests  in  accordance  with  the  references 
and  other  applicable  directives. 
b.  Prepare  the  response  to  ACDA  and  forward  a 
copy  to  DI-5  following  coordination  with  OS  and 
other  elements,  as  appropriate.  If  response  re- 
quires coordination  with  the  Joint  Chiefs  of  Staff. 
JS  will  be  included  in  the  coordination. 
c.  Provide  recurring  publications  to  ACDA, 
without  further  coordination,  in  accordance  with 
previously  approved  distribution  lists. 
10.  CONTACTS    WITH    ACDA:    Contacts    with 
ACDA  will  be  coordinated  with  DI-5. 
FOR  THE  DIRECTOR: 
OFFICIAL: 
MANLE>^S.  SULLIVAN 
Chief,  Publication  and 
Presentation  Division 
DONALD.  W.  GOODMAN 
Brigadier  General,  USAF 
Chief  of  Staff 
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