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===Association With Foreign Nationals===
 
As a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and by virtue of your
access to sensitive information, you are a potential target for
hostile intelligence activities carried out by or on behalf of
citizens of foreign countries.  A policy concerning association with
foreign nationals has been established by the Agency to minimize the
likelihood that its personnel might become subject to undue influence
or duress or targets of hostile activities through foreign
relationships.

As an NSA affiliate, you are prohibited from initiating or
maintaining associations (regardless of the nature and degree) with
citizens or officials of communist-controlled, or other countries
which pose a significant threat to the security of the United States
and its interests.  A comprehensive list of these designated
countries is available from your Staff Security Officer or the
Security Awareness Division.  Any contact with citizens of these
countries, no matter how brief or seemingly innocuous, must be
reported as soon as possible to your Staff Security Officer (SSO).
(Individuals designated as Staff Security Officers are assigned to
every organization; a listing of Staff Security Officers can be found
at the back of this handbook).
 
Additionally, close and continuing associations with any non-U.S.
citizens which are characterized by ties of kinship, obligation, or
affection are prohibited. A waiver to this policy may be granted only
under the most exceptional circumstances when there is a truly
compelling need for an individual's services or skills and the
security risk is negligible.
 
In particular, a waiver must be granted in advance of a marriage to
or cohabitation with a foreign national in order to retain one's
access to NSA information.  Accordingly, any intent to cohabitate
with or marry a non-U.S. citizen must be reported immediately to your
Staff Security Officer.  If a waiver is granted, future reassignments
both at headquarters and overseas may be affected.
 
The marriage or intended marriage of an immediate family member
(parents, siblings, children) to a foreign national must also be
reported through your SSO to the Clearance Division (M55).
 
Casual social associations with foreign nationals (other than those
of the designated countries mentioned above) which arise from normal
living and working arrangements in the community usually do not have
to be reported. During the course of these casual social
associations, you are encouraged to extend the usual social
amenities.  Do not act mysteriously or draw attention to yourself
(and possibly to NSA) by displaying an unusually wary attitude.
 
Naturally, your affiliation with the Agency and the nature of your
work should not be discussed.  Again, you should be careful not to
allow these associations to become close and continuing to the extent
that they are characterized by ties of kinship, obligation, or
affection.
 
If at any time you feel that a "casual" association is in any way
suspicious, you should report this to your Staff Security Officer
immediately.  Whenever any doubt exists as to whether or not a
situation should be reported or made a matter of record, you should
decided in favor of reporting it.  In this way, the situation can be
evaluated on its own merits, and you can be advised as to your future
course of action.