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DIRECTOR  OF  CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  DIRECTIVE  NO.   1/71 
CONTROL  OF  DISSEMINATION  OF  FOREIGN  INTELLIGENCE 
(Effective  5  October  1975)    .  ,.  "  •: '*   
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•", ; ' . '".  Pursuant  to  provisions  of  Subsection  102(d)  of  the  National  Security' Act  of 
..-".•'"  '.'*  1947,  as  amended,  and  other  authorities  vested  in  the  Director  of  Central  In- 
.  '.'    telligence  by  the  National  Security  Council,  certain  controls  on  dissemination  of 
foreign  intelligence  and  related  material2  (hereafter  referred  to  as  foreign  in- 
telligence) are  hereby  established  and  promulgated.  .'"   ' . 
1.  Purpose 
This  directive  establishes  certain  common  controls  and  procedures  for  the 
use  and  dissemination  of  foreign  intelligence  to  ensure  that,  while  facilitating 
the  interchange  of  information  for  intelligence  purposes,  there  will  be  adequate 
protection  of  foreign  intelligence  sources  and  methods.  This  directive  restates 
applicable  portions  of  National  Security  Council  Directive  of  17  May  1972  im- 
plementing Executive  Order  11652,  and  prescribes  additional  controls  applicable 
to  the  U.  S.  foreign  intelligence  mission. 
2.  Applicability 
^_  The  controls  and  procedures  set  forth  in  this  Directive  shall  be  uniformly 
\     i  applied  by  all  member  departments  and  agencies  of  the  intelligence  community 
in  the  handling  of  all  materials  containing  foreign  intelligence  originated  by 
the  Central  Intelligence  Agency  or  by  the  intelligence  components  of  other 
USIB  departments  or  agencies. 
3.  National  Security  Council  Directive 
a.  National  Security  Council  Directive  of  17  May  1972  implementing  Execu- 
tive Order  11652  stipulates  that,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  Section  102 
of  the  National  Security  Act  of  1947,  classified  information  or  rnaterial-.origi-.. 
nating  in  one  department  shall  not  be  disseminated  outside  any  other  depart- 
-  ment  to  which  it  has  been  made  available  without  the  consent  of  the  originat- 
ing department.  This  restriction  on  dissemination  is  commonly  described  as 
the  "third  agency  rule." 
b.  The  NSC  Directive  stipulates  that  the  dissemination  of  classified  infor- 
mation, including  intelligence  and  intelligence  information,  orally,  in  writing 
or  by  any  other  means,  shall  be  limited  to  those  persons  whose  official  duties 
or  contractual  obligations  require  knowledge  or  possession  thereof.  This  is 
commonly  referred  to  as  die  "need-to-know"  principle. 
*  Supersedes  DCID  1/7,  effective  5  October  1970. 
-  For  purposes  of  this  directive,  "related  material"  includes:  information  describing  U.  S. 
foreign  intelligence  sources  and  incdiods,  equipment  and  mcdiodology  unique  to  the  acqui.si- 
tion  or  exploitation  of  foreign  intelligence,  foreign  military  hardware  obtained  for  exploitation, 
and  photography  or  recordings  resulting  front  U.  S.  foreign  intelligence  collection  efforts. 
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c.  The  NSC  Directive  also  states  that  documents  or  portions  of  documents 
containing  TOP  SECRET  information  shall  not  be  reproduced  without  the 
consent  of  the  originating  office.  All  other  classified  material  shall  be  repro- 
duced sparingly  and  any  stated  prohibition  against  reproduction  shall  be 
strictly  adhered  to. 
d.  The  NSC  Directive  further  requires  that  the  marking,  "WARNING 
NOTICE— SENSITIVE  INTELLIGENCE  SOURCES  AND  METHODS 
INVOLVED,"  be  prominently  displayed  on  all  information  and  materials  re- 
lating to  sensitive  intelligence  sources  and  methods;  and,  that  materials  so 
marked  will  not  be  disseminated  in  any  manner  outside  authorized  channels 
without  the  permission  of  the  originating  department  and  an  assessment  by 
the  senior  intelligence  official  in  the  disseminating  department  as  to  the  po- 
tential risk  to  the  national  security  and  to  the  intelligence  sources  and  methods 
involved.3  For  special  purposes,  primarily  bibliographic  notation,  communica- 
tions, or  automatic  data  processing,  this  marking  may  be  abbreviated 
WNINTEL. 
4.  Advance  authorization 
a.  To  facilitate  the  dissemination  and  different  uses  made  of  classified 
foreign  intelligence  within  and  among  USIB  departments  and  agencies,  to 
assure  the  timely  provision  of  intelligence  to  consumers  and  to  handle  the 
volume  of  such  materials  in  a  practical  way,  it  is  necessary  to  provide  con- 
trolled relief  to  the  "third  agency  rule"  within  the  intelligence  community  in 
addition  to  that  provided  by  Section  102  of  the  National  Security  Act  of  1947. 
Accordingly,  USIB  departments  and  agencies  have  been  given  advance  au-  /^"^ 
thorization  to  use  each  other's  classified  foreign  intelligence  in  their  respective 
intelligence  documents,  publications  or  odier  information  media,  and  to  dis- 
seminate their  products  to  diird  agencies  or  foreign  governments,*  subject 
to  limitations  and  procedures  prescribed  in  this  Directive. 
b.  Classified  foreign  intelligence  documents,  even  though  diey  bear  no  con- 
trol markings,  will  not  be  released  in  their  original  form  to  third  agencies  or 
foreign  governments  without  permission  of  the  originator.  Information  con- 
tained in  classified  foreign  intelligence  documents  of  another  department  or 
agency  may  be  extracted  or  paraphrased  and  used  by  the  recipient  USIB 
Agency  in  classified  foreign  intelligence  reports  and  released  to  third  agencies, 
except  as  specifically  restricted  by  control  markings  prescribed  in  this  direc- 
tive. For  purposes  of  this  authorization,  "WARNING  NOTICE— SENSITIVE 
INTELLIGENCE  SOURCES  AND  METHODS  INVOLVED"  shall  not  be 
considered  a  restrictive  marking. 
5  Unless  otherwise  specified  by  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  consultation  with  USIB 
or  as  agreed  to  between  originating  and  recipient  agencies,  authorized  channels  include  the 
intelligence  components  of  USIB  departments  and  agencies  and  within  each  department 
and  agency  (including  dieir  contractors  and  consultants)  as  determined  by  die  recipient  senior 
intelligence  official, 
«  Excepting  RESTRICTED  DATA  and  formerly  RESTRICTED  DATA,  which  is  prohibited 
from  foreign  dissemination  under  Sections  123  and  144  of  Public  Law  585,  Atomic  Energy 
Act  of  1954,  as  amended. 
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c.  Information  contained  in  classified  foreign  intelligence  documents  of 
another  department  or  agency  not  bearing  any  control  markings  may  be  ex- 
tracted or  paraphrased  and  used  by  the  recipient  USIB  Agency  in  reports 
disseminated  to  foreign  governments  provided.4 
(1)  No  reference  is  made  to  the  source  documents  upon  which  the  re- 
leased product  is  based. 
(2)  The  source  and  manner  of  acquisition  of  the  information  are  not 
revealed. 
(3)  Foreign  release  is  made  through  established  foreign  disclosure  chan- 
nels and  procedures. 
d.  Any  department  or  agency  disseminating  foreign  intelligence  beyond 
the  departments  and  agencies  of  the  USIB  shall  be  responsible  for  ensuring 
that  recipient  departments  and  agencies  understand  and  agree  to  observe 
the  restrictions  prescribed  by  this  directive  and  maintain  adequate  safeguards. 
e.  No  release  of  a  classified  foreign  intelligence  document,  whether  or  not 
bearing  a  control  marking,  shall  be  made  to  foreign  nationals  and  immigrant 
aliens,  including  U.  S.  Government  employed,  utilized  or  integrated  foreign 
nationals  and  immigrant  aliens,  without  the  permission  of  the  originating 
agency. 
5.  Additional  authorized  control  markings 
a.  In  addition  to  the  WARNING  NOTICE  prescribed  by  NSC  Directive 
any  of  the  following  additional  markings  may  be  used  on  foreign  intelligence 
whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  originating  department  or  agency,  extraordi- 
nary circumstances  related  to  the  intelligence  source  or  methods  require  more 
specific  dissemination  restrictions.  Use  of  these  markings  shall  be  limited  to 
foreign  intelligence,  the  disclosure  of  which,  could:  compromise  the  status  of 
collaborating  foreign  governments  or  officials  or  otherwise  seriously  damage 
U.  S.  relations  with  foreign  governments;  subject  U.  S.  citizens  or  others  to 
the  possibility  of  personal  danger  or  incarceration;  seiously  impair  the  con- 
tinuing cooperation  of  private  individuals  providing  foreign  intelligence;  se- 
riously affect  the  continuing  viability  of  vital  technical  collection  programs;  - 
or,  result  in  the  possible  compromise  or  loss  of  some  unique  foreign  intelli- 
gence source  or  method.  These  control  markings  will  be  individually  assigned 
at  the  time  of  preparation  of  the  completed  document  and  used  in  conjunc- 
tion with  classification  and  odier  markings  required  by  Executive  Order  11652 
and  the  implementing  NSC  directive  and,  unless  otherwise  indicated  in  6a 
below,  carried  forward  to  any  new  format  in  which  that  information  is  in- 
corporated, including  oral  and  visual  presentations. 
(1)  "DISSEMINATION  AND  EXTRACTION  OF  INFORMATION  CON- 
TROLLED BY  ORIGINATOR" 
This  marking  shall  be  used  when  unique  source  sensitivity  factors,  known 
to  the  originator,  require  strict  compliance  with  third  agency  rule  procedures, 
in  addition  to  a  continuing  knowledge  and  supervision  on  the  part  of  the 
originator  as  to  the  extent  to  which  the  original  document  and  information 
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contained  therein  is  disseminated.  Documents  and  information  bearing  this 
marking  will  not  be  disseminated  beyond  the  Headquarters  elements  of  the 
recipient  organizations  and  the  information  contained  therein  shall  not  be 
extracted  and  incorporated  into  other  reports  without  the  permission  of  and 
under  conditions  prescribed  by  the  originator.  ( For  special  purposes,  primarily 
bibliographic  notation,  communications  and  automatic  data  processing,  this 
marking  may  be  abbreviated  ORCON.) 
(2)  "USIB  DEPARTMENTS  ONLY" 
Foreign  intelligence  so  marked  will  not  be  disseminated  to  departments 
and  agencies  not  represented  on  the  U.S.  Intelligence  Board  without  the 
permission  of  the  originating  agency.  Within  each  USIB  department  and 
agency  dissemination  shall  be  as  determined  by  the  recipient  senior  intel- 
ligence official,  and  may  include  department  or  agency  contractors  and 
consultants  unless  specifically  prohibited  by  addition  of  the  "NOT  RELEAS- 
ABLE  TO  CONTRACTORS  OR  CONTRACTOR/CONSULTANTS"  mark- 
ing described  below.  ( For  special  purposes,  primarily  bibliographic  notation, 
communications  and  automatic  data  processing,  this  marking  may  be  abbre- 
viated USIBONLY.) 
(3)  "NOT  RELEASABLE  TO  CONTRACTORS  OR  CONTRACTOR/ 
CONSULTANTS" 
Foreign  intelligence  so  marked  shall  not  be  disseminated  to  contractors 
or  contractor  consultants  without  the  permission  of  the  originating  agency. 
Examples  of  when  this  marking  may  be  used  include  National  Intelligence 
Estimates  and  similar  national  intelligence  reports,  and  other  foreign  intel- 
ligence, which,  if  disseminated  to  consultants  or  contractors,  might  seriously 
impair  the  continuing  cooperation  of  contributing  private  individuals.  This 
restriction  shall  not  apply  to  those  consultants  hired  under  Civil  Service 
Commission  procedures,  or  comparable  procedures  derived  from  authorities 
vested  in  heads  of  departments  and  agencies  by  law,  and  who  are  normally 
considered  an  extension  of  the  office  by  which  they  are  employed.  In  apply- 
ing this  control  marking,  originators  will  give  consideration  to  the  need  of 
USIB  member  Departments  and  Agencies  to  use  contractor  consultants  and 
contractors  to  perform  services  which  cannot  be  adequately  performed  by 
U.  S.  Government  personnel.  (For  special  purposes,  primarily  bibliographic 
notation,  communications,  or  automatic  data  processing,  this  marking  may 
be -abbreviated  NOCONTRACT.) 
(4)  "CAUTION— PROPRIETARY  INFORMATION  INVOLVED" 
This  marking  will  be  used  in  conjunction  with  foreign  intelligence  obtained 
from  various  sources  in  the  U.S.  private  business  sector,  and  as  the  informa- 
tion may  bear  upon  proprietary  interests  of  the  source,  or  may  otherwise 
be  used  to  the  source's  detriment.  Recipients  of  reports  bearing  this  marking 
shall  take  every  reasonable  precaution  to  ensure  that  the  information  is  not 
used  to  the  detriment  of  the  source.  This  marking  may  be  used  in  conjunction 
with  the  "NOT  RELEASABLE  TO  CONTRACTORS  OR  CONSULTANTS" 
marking  described  above.    (For  special  purposes,  primarily  bibliographic 
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notation,  communication  and  automatic  data  processing,  this  marking  may 
be  abbreviated  PROPIN.) 
(5)  "NOT  RELEASABLE  TO  FOREIGN  NATIONALS" 
Foreign  Intelligence  so  marked  involves  special  considerations  requiring 
that  it  not  be  released  in  any  form  to  foreign  governments,  foreign  nationals 
or  non-U.S.  citizens  without  the  permission  of  the  originating  agency. 
Examples  of  when  this  control  marking  may  be  used  include:  the  possible 
compromise  of  die  status  of  relations  with  collaborating  foreign  governments, 
or  officials;  or  jeopardizing  the  continuing  viability  of  vital  technical  col- 
lection programs.  (For  special  purposes,  primarily  bibliographic  notation, 
communications,  or  automatic  data  processing,  this  marking  may  be -abbre- 
viated NOFORN.)  When  the  originating  agency  predetermines  that  infor- 
mation can  be  released  to  a  specified  foreign  govemment(s)  the  following 
marking  may  be  used:  THIS  INFORMATION  HAS  BEEN  AUTHORIZED 
FOR  RELEASE  TO  (specified  country (s))."  (For  special  purposes,  pri- 
marily bibliographic  notation,  communications,  or  automatic  data  process- 
ing, this  marking  may  be  abbreviated  "REL  (specified  countries).") 
6.  Procedures  governing  use  of  control  markings 
a.  Any  recipient  desiring  to  use  foreign  intelligence  in  a  manner  contrary 
to  the  restrictions  established  by  the  control  markings  set  forth  above  shall 
obtain  die  permission  of  the  originating  agency.  Such  permission  applies  only 
to  the  specific  purpose  agreed  to  by  the  originator  and  does  not  automatically 
*~y  apply  to  all  recipients  of  the  information  as  originally  disseminated  unless  the 
originating  agency  removes  the  control  markings  for  the  benefit  of  the  re- 
cipients. In  those  cases  where  dissemination  outside  the  recipient  agency  is 
desired  utilizing  lesser  or  no  control  markings,  the  recipient  agency  should 
prepare  a  sanitized  version  which  may  be  released  with  the  originator's 
permission. 
b.  Control  markings  authorized  in  paragraphs  3d  and  5  above,  shall  be 
displayed  prominently  on  documents,  incorporated  in  the  text  of  communica- 
tion messages,  and  associated  with  data  stored  or  processed  in  automatic  data 
processing  systems.  Unless  the  entire  document  justifies  the  protection  of  the' 
.  control  marking(s),  each  portion  requiring  the  marking(s)  shall,  to  die  extent 
feasible,  be  marked  with  the  appropriate  marking  abbreviation  authorized  by 
diis  directive. 
c.  The  standardized  restrictions  and  control  markings  set  forth  in  this 
directive  are  to  be  employed  uniformly  by  all  departments  and  agencies  in  the 
intelligence  community,  thereby  assuring  like  control  and  restrictions  on  the 
use  of  foreign  intelligence  disseminated  within  the  departments  and  agencies 
represented  on  the  USIB. 
d.  The  substance  of  this  directive  shall  be  published  in  appropriate  regula- 
tory or  notice  media  of  each  agency  or  department,  together  with  appropriate 
procedures  permitting  rapid  interagency  consultation  concerning  utilization 
of  intelligence  and  information.  For  this  purpose,  each  USIB  agency  will 
designate  a  primary  referent. 
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7.  Report  of  unauthorized  disclosure 
Violations  of  the  foregoing  restrictions  and  control  markings  that  result  in 
unauthorized  disclosure  by  one  agency  of  the  foreign  intelligence  of  another 
shall  be  reported  to  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  through  the  USIB. 
Security  Committee. 
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8.  Prior  restrictions  and  markings 
Questions  with  respect  to  the  current  application  of  control  markings  author- 
ized by  earlier  directives  on  the  dissemination  and  control  of  intelligence  and 
utilized  on  documents  issued  prior  to  the  date  of  this  directive  should  be 
referred  to  the  originating  agency.  These  markings  are:  WARNING  NOTICE — 
SENSITIVE  SOURCES  AND  METHODS  INVOLVED,  CONTROLLED 
DISSEM,  NSC  PARTICIPATING  ACENCIES  ONLY,  INTEL  COMPONENTS 
ONLY,  LIMITED,  CONTINUED  CONTROL,  NO  DISSEM  ABROAD, 
BACKGROUND  USE  ONLY  and  NO  FOREIGN  DISSEM. 
W.  E.  Colby 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
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