[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 229-230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Defense Intelligence Agency

The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20340
Phone, 703-695-0071
Director                                         Lt. Gen. Patrick M. 
                                                     Hughes, USA
Deputy Director                                  Jeremy C. Clark, Acting
Chief of Staff                                   John T. Berbrich
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The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was established by DOD Directive 
5105.21, effective October 1, 1961, under provisions of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).
    The Defense Intelligence Agency is a combat support agency. The 
Agency's intelligence activities support military operations in 
peacetime, crisis, contingency, and combat; weapons systems acquisition 
and planning; and defense policymaking. To accomplish the assigned 
mission, DIA produces military intelligence for national foreign 
intelligence and counterintelligence products; coordinates all DOD 
intelligence collection requirements; operates the Central Measurement 
and Signals Intelligence (MASINT) Office; manages the Defense Human 
Intelligence (HUMINT) Service and the Defense Attache System; and 
provides foreign intelligence and counterintelligence support to the 
Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    The Director of DIA coordinates the Defense General Intelligence and 
Applications Program, an element of the

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DOD Joint Military Intelligence Program, and manages the General Defense 
Intelligence Program within the National Foreign Intelligence Program.

For further information, contact the Public Liaison Office, Defense 
Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC 20340. Phone, 703-695-0071. 
Internet, http://www.dia.mil/.

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