DEFENSE   INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY 
REGULATION   NO.  50-i  7 
HEADQUARTERS.  DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY 
WASHINGTON,  D.C.     20301 
26  Julv    1978 
SECURITY 
RELEASE  OF  CLASSIFIED  DOD  INTELLIGENCE 
TO  NON-NFIB   U.S.  GOVERNMENT  AGENCIES 
I.  PURPOSE: 
a.  To  establish  policy  and  guidance  for  the  release 
of  Department  of  Defense  (DoD)  intelligence  to 
non-National  Foreign  Intelligence  Board  (NFIB)  U.S. 
Government  agencies. 
b.  To  designate  specific  agencies  within  the  DoD 
to  act  for  the  Defense  Intelligence  Agency  (DIA)  in 
matters  of  release  of  DoD  intelligence  to  non-NFIB 
U.S.  Government  agencies. 
c.  This  regulation  does  not  abrogate  existing 
guidance  which  (1)  controls  the  release  of  DoD 
intelligence  to  the  Arms  Control  and  Disarmament 
Agency  (ACDA),  (2)  governs  the  release  of  special 
categories  of  intelligence,  and  (3)  directs  adherence  to 
established  caveats,  control  markings  and  security 
safeguards. 
2.  REFERENCES:  (See  enclosure   1.) 
3.  APPLICABILITY:  This  regulation  applies  to  the 
Offices  of  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  for  Intelligence, 
USA;  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  Intelligence,  USAF; 
the  Director  of  Naval  Intelligence,  USN;  and  the  J-2's 
of  the  Unified  and  Specified  (U&S)  Commands. 
4.  AUTHORITY:  This  publication  provides 
intelligence  guidance  to  all  DoD  components  and  is 
issued  under  the  authority  delegated  in  DoD  Directive 
5105.21,  "Defense  Intelligence  Agency,"  by  the 
Secretary  of  Defense  to  the  Director,  Defense 
Intelligence  Agency. 
5.  DEFINITIONS: 
a.  National  Foreign  Intelligence  Board  (NFIB J. 
The  membership  of  the  NFIB  consists  of  the  Director 
of  Central  Intelligence,  chairman,  and  other 
appropriate  officers  of  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency 
(CIA),  the  Office  of  the  Director  of  Central 
intelligence,  the  Department  of  State,  the  DoD,  the 
Department  of  Justice,  the  Department  of  the 
Treasury,  the  Department  of  Energy'  (DOE),  the  DIA, 
the  offices  within  tht  DoD  for  reconnaissance 
programs,  the  National  Security  Agency  (NSA)  and  the 
Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation  (FBI). 
b.  The  Intelligence  Community.  The  CIA,  the 
NSA,  DIA,  the  Offices  within  the  DoD  for  the 
collection  of  specialized  national  foreign  intelligence 
through  reconnaissance  programs,  the  Bureau  of 
Intelligence  and  Research  of  the  Department  of  State, 
the  intelligence  elements  of  the  Military  Services,  the 
FBI,  the  Department  of  the  Treasury,  the  DOE,  the 
Drug  Enforcement  Administration,  and  the  staff 
elements  of  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
constitute  the  Intelligence  Community. 
c.  DoD  Components.  The  Office  of  the  Secretary 
of  Defense,  the  Joint  Chiefs  of  Staff,  the  Military 
Departments  and  the  Military  Services  within  those 
departments,  the  U&S  Commands,  and  such  other 
agencies  as  the  Secretary  of  Defense  has  established 
to  meet  specific  requirements. 
d.  DoD  Intelligence.  That  intelligence  and 
intelligence  information  produced  by  the  military 
intelligence  and  counterintelligence  operations  and 
activities  of  the  DoD. 
e.  Release.  The  visual,  oral,  or  physical  disclosure 
of  classified  DoD  intelligence  through  approved 
channels  to  non-NFIB  U.S.  Government  agencies. 
f.  Non-NFIB  U.S.  Government  Agencies.  Any 
office,  agency,  board,  committee  or  commissioner  of 
the  Executive  Branch  of  the  U.S.  Government  which 
is  not  a  member  of  the  NFIB  or  the  Intelligence 
Community. 
6.  SUPERSESSION:  This  regulation  supersedes  DIAR 
50-17,  5  April   1977. 
7.  POLICY:  The  DIA  will  provide  definitive  guidance 
for  the  release  of  intelligence  to  non-NFIB  U.S. 
Government  agencies  in  the  interest  of  efficient 
management  of  DoD  intelligence  and  will  insure  that 
effective  coordination  and  cooperation  are  maintained 
OPR:   RSS-3
DIAR  50-17 
between  these  agencies  and  the  DoD.  Accordingly,  the 
following  policy  applies: 
a.  Formal  matters  of  substantive  intelligence, 
intelligence  policy,  and  intelligence  requirements 
pertaining  to  non-NFIB  U.S.  Government  agencies  will 
be  conducted  directly  with  the  DIA  by  the  non-NFIB 
U.S.  Government  agency  concerned.  Contracts  relative 
to  these  matters  will  be  referred  directly  to  the  DIA. 
b.  Informal  contacts  with  non-NFIB  US. 
Government  agencies  at  the  working  or  desk  level  are 
recommended,  provided  that  they  do  not  pertain  to 
formulating  intelligence  policy  or  establishing  a  DoD 
position  on  substantive  intelligence  matters. 
c.  In  urgent  situations,  intelligence  staffs  of  DoD 
components  are  authorized  direct  contact  with  a 
non-NFIB  U.S.  Government  agency,  provided  that  the 
DIA  is  advised  simultaneously  of  the  action. 
6.  RELEASE  AUTHORITY: 
a.  In  consonance  with  the  policy  established  in 
paragraph  7,  authority  for  the  release  of  DIA-produced 
intelligence  and  intelligence  information  to  non-NFIB 
U.S.  Government  agencies  is  delegated  to  the  Military 
Departments  and  to  the  U&S  Commands. 
b.  Within  the  DIA  the  authority  for  the  release 
of  DoD  intelligence   to  non-NFIB  U.S.  Government 
FOR  THE  DIRECTOR: 
agencies  is  delegated  to  the  following  DIA  officials  and 
is  limited  to  that  intelligence  over  which  the  element 
has  primary  responsibility: 
(1)  The  Deputy  Director  for  Intelligence 
Research  (DB). 
(2)  The  Deputy  Director  for  Estimates  (DE). 
(3)  The  Deputy  Director  for  Cun-ent  Intelligence 
(DN). 
(4)  The  Deputy  Director  for  Scientific  and 
Technical  Intelligence  (DT). 
(5)  The  Deputy  Director  for  Collection 
Operations  (DC). 
(6)  The  Assistant  Deputy  Director  for  Security 
Services  (RSS). 
c.  Unless  specifically  prohibited,  the  Military 
Departments  and  the  U&S  Commands  may  continue 
to  release  their  own  produced  intelligence  to  non-NFIB 
U.S.  Government  agencies. 
9.  DISSEMINATION  PROCEDURES:  Dissemination 
of  DoD  intelligence  to  non-NFIB  U.S.  Government 
agencies  is  governed  by  the  provisions  of  DIAM  59-1 
and  DIAM  59-3. 
OFFICIAL: 
MERRILL  E.  SCHARMEN 
Colonel,  USAF 
Assistant  Deputy  Director 
for  Support  and  Services 
ENCLOSURE 
References 
DISTRIBUTION  A 
B231A  RDS-3A 
B248A  RSS 
B552A  RSS-2 
B252A  RSS-3B 
C750A  HQDA  DAMI-RMA-AD 
D301A  OP-009 
D922A  NIC-00A1B 
H)10A  AFIS/INDOC 
E030A  AFPDC 
F005A  CINCMAC 
J.  A.  WALSH 
Rear  Admiral,  USN 
Chief  of  Staff 
G005A 
CINCAD 
H005A 
USCINCEUR 
J005A 
CINCLANT 
K005A 
CINCPAC 
K007A 
COMUSJAPAN 
K300A 
IPAC  (CODE  IC-L) 
L005A 
CINCSAC 
L040A 
SAC  544TH  TMS/TGOML 
M005A 
USCINCSO    '" 
57 1 
N005A 
USREDCOM
DIAR   50-17 
REFERENCES 
a.  NSCID  No.   1,   "Basic  Duties  and   Responsibilities." 
b.  DCID   1/7,   "Control  of  Dissemination  of  Foreign  Intelligence." 
c.  DoD  Directive  5105.21,  "Defense  Intelligence  Agency." 
d.  DoD  Directive  5200.1,   "DoD  Information  Security  Program." 
e.  DoD  Directive  5200.15,  "Control  of  Dissemination  of  Foreign  Intelligence." 
f.  DIAR  50-10,   "Control  of  Dissemination  of  Foreign  Intelligence." 
g.  DIAR  55-8,  "Intelligence  Support  for  the  Arms  Control  and  Disarmament  Agency." 
h.  DIAM    59-1,    "Intelligence    Dissemination   (U),"   CONFIDENTIAL/NOT   RELEASABLE  TO 
FOREIGN  NATIONALS. 
i.  DIAM  59-3,  "DIA  Reference   Library." 
j.  DIAI    60-1,    "Strengthening    of   the   Intelligence    Capabilities    of  the   Unified   and   Specified 
Commands." 
ENCLOSURE  1