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CBHFIHEtffiAt DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE

503D.XX ASD(ISA)

Subject: Special Warnings to Mariners

Reference (a): Memorandum of Understanding Between the Departments of State, Defense, Commerce, and the Central Intelligence Agency with Respect to Special Warnings to Mariners (enclosure 1)

I. PURPOSE

~his Directive provides guidance, policy and responsibilities

concerning the warning of US mariners of potential political/mill-

tary hazards affecting US shipping. It implements the responsibili-

ties contained in reference (a).

II. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

A. ~is directive applies to the Organization of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff, Department of the Navy, Defense Intelligence

Agency, National Security Agency, Defense Mapping Agency, and

B.

unified and specifie~ commands.

~he scope is concerned with timely alerting of US mariners

, of potential political/military incidents jeopardizing US

shipping. For purpose of this directive, warnings of such inci-

dents which affects the safety of US shipping are designated as

"Special Warnings".

C. ~e prov.isions of this directive shall not abrogate the

. policies, procedures and responsibilities of the DOD components

for the administration and support of the Notice to Mariners

System.

Ill. DEFINITIONS

A. ~s Mariners. ------ Crewmembers of merchant ships, research

vessels, offshore oil rigs, fishing boats and yachts, as well

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as personnel on board us naval ships.

B. />Notice to Mariners. A v1eekly. publication originated by the

Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center (DMAHC) and mailed

-to all US ships, advising mariners of important matters affecting

navigation safety, including new hydrographic discoveries, changes

in channels and navigation aids, etc. It is primarily designed

to simplify corrections of charts and nautical publications

aboard ships.

C. ~ Radio Navigation Warnings. Urgent information, promulgated

by DMAHC, which affects the safety of navigation, such as danger-

ous wrecks, information concerning aids to navigation and any

other imminent danger to marine navigation. These warnings are

broadcast twice daily by radiotelegraph to merchant ships and

radioteletype to US n~val ships via US Navy and Coast Guard

radio stations.

D. yfHYDROLANT/HYDROPAC. Radio navigation v1arnings, originated

by DMAHC for the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbenn

Sea, Gulf of Mexico and contiguous areas (HYDROLANT) and Pacific

Ocean, Indian Ocean and contiguous areas (HYDROPAC).

E. /ef Special \farning. A limited series of urgent \·1arnings,

originated by the Department of State and disseminated by DMAHC,

which promulgates· official government proclamations affecting

navigation and political/military incidents that could develop

into direct threats to the safety of US mariners. Special warn-

ings are disseminated by the same method and means as HYDROLANT/

HYDROPACs.

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A. ~ The issuance of a special wurning message to mariners

involves timely receipt 2nd dissemination of intelligence to

·the appropriate decision maker who can evaluate the intelligence

in the proper context and decide whether or not to initiate a

special warning.

B.~e Office of Maritime Affairs within the Department of

State is the governmental office which acts upon information

received from a variety of sources to determine whether or not

a special warning message should be issued.

C. ~The process of disseminating in tel 1 igence within the

Department of State is handled by the Bureau of Intel! igence

and Research (INR). (The Office of t\aritime Affairs receives

most of its intelligence from that source.) In addition, the

Department of State Operations Center, Foreign Broadcast lnfor-

mation Service, DOS Geographic and Functional Desks, and other

agencies both public and private inform the Office of Maritime

Affairs of events it believes are of an interest to maritime

matters. Since the Office of Maritime Affairs relies to a large

extent on outside sources of information, it can only act once

the information is received.

D. ~In acting upon this information, the Office of Maritime

·Affairs has the option of drafting a special warning message,

approving the text of a special warning drafted by another

agency, or determining that circumstances do not justify the

issuance of a special warning message. If the latter determina-

tion is made, the Office of Maritime Affairs will notify interested

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p·arties. In such instances, the Office.xf Maritime Affairs or

any government agency mdy recommend to tte Defense Mapping

Agency HydrographicCenter (DMAHC) that tic information be dis-

·semi nated in a HYLlROLAtH /HYDROPAC or Noti:ce to Mariners as

appropriate.

V. CRITERIA

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A. ~he Department of State considers a !pccial warning to be

more political in nature that a normal n~vigation warning and

would include, but not limited to, such things as declaration of

hostilities, contraband orders, territoriiEil sea claims, and ccr-

tain vessels seizures. A special warninI is normally reserved

for a situation where it is necessary to disseminate to both US

and foreign mariners, who may be copying the US broadcast, infor-

mat ion which is both political and rnaritii:i1e in nature and which

may affect US shipping and US foreign poi!icy. In evaluating the

situation, the Office of Maritime Affair~ takes into considera-

tion such factors as the diplomatic rela1ions of the concerned

nation and patterns of hostile acts. Throughout this decision

process the paramount criterion is whethzr a threat exists to

the safety of US mariners. A special wcirrning is exactly that

SPECIAL and not every political/military incident will be severe

enough to cause a special warning to be ~ssued.

B. /in those instances v1here the decisim is made not to broad­

cast the information as a special warni~ but as a regular

HYDROLANT or HYDROPAC, such political/miritary oriented messages

will receive the same priority handling 3nd disseminated as a

special warning.

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C. ~dio navigation and special vrnrnings-are broc3dcast 1:t0rfcfwia'e

and capable of being received by all mariners both US and foreign.

Information disseminated as a warning to mariners must be unclas-

.sified. Intelligence source material therefore must be sanitized

before transmission.

1. General Responsibilities

a. ,;.ef A'~f DOD components 1:1111 make p'ronii.J lA~t/ a,v4..• la.b le.

i,r{t.~r("Y'~r P.f0:.e!9'4rc0 v¥1Afl\ information which is germane.

to the safety of US mariners Vsf mElie' C}'Vi/0,ll9'11: to the

Department of State by the most expeditious means. In

the case of intelligence source material, information

should be communicated to the Department of State,

Bureau of Intelligence and Research (lNR). For all other

(nonintell igencc) source material the Dep~rtment of State

Operations Center should be contacted. The National

Operations lntell igence Watch Officers Net (NOIWON)

should be utilized whenever circumstances permit.

b. )«Record communications fan-Jarding information vtithin

the context of the above wi 11 be prefaced v-Ji th "Mariner

Wnrning lnformation 11 in order to aid in alerting

interested parties.

c. ~ Provide the Department of State, Office of Maritime

Affairs, on a continuing basis, the names, codes and

telephone numbers of those individuals designated within

their respective agency as the point of contact for

special warning matters. The Office of Maritime Affairs,

Department of State, will coordinate the interagency

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flow of information pertaining t0 speciol warnings.

~DOD components are encour2geu to exchongc theiJ

internal procedures instructions ..

·2. Specific

a. ¢All DOD components to \-Jhich t"\is directive applies

shall issue internal regulations ::rnd procedures governing

their participation and conduct :h activities covered by

this directive.

b. }<f1" A copy of this regulation sha~'I be submitted through

appropriate channels to the ASD(J3,I'\) within 90 days. /

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c. DOD components are encouragei:lto exchange t1e1r /,

'< regulations and pertinent internar procedures and

instructions. l)f LETF /JLL rt.= r BE

d. Organization of the Joint Chiefs 0f Staff

(l) J-Ylnsure that the Deputy o;;rector for Operations

National Military Command Ccrter (DDO/NMCC), JCS,

expeditiously disseminates b the Department of

State, Bureau of lntelligenm and Research (INR)

and/or State Ope rat i ans Cen:t;r, as appropriate,

any information that may wn~ant the issuance of

a special warning.

(2) )JI{ Insure that overseas mili'tary commands are

advised of relevant special warnings when issued.

(3) )91' Request the Defense Mapp['ng Agency Hydrog mph i

Center to issue a Radio Na~~ational Warning

(HYDROLANT/HYDROPAC) wheneva: the situation so

di ct ates and the Department of State considers

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that the circu.mstances do not justify the.____-~

issuance of a special w~rning.

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e. Office of the As sistant Secretary of Defense/Director

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of Defense Intelligence

(l)~) Insure that the Dii-ector, Defense Intelligence

Agency and Director, National Security Agency

(2)

expeditiously disseminates to the Dep~rtment of

State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

and/or State Department Operations Center, as

appropriate, any intelligence information that

may warrant the issuance of a special warning.

~JM IC provide for 1 at era l / i nterdepartmenta 1 j dissemination of information or intelligence /

pertaining to actual or potential threats against

maritime activities worldwide to Department of (

State, DMAHC and other interested agencies. I

Director, Defense Mapping Agency

I ( l ) yt) Insure that the Defense Mapping Agency

Hydrographic Center (DMAHC) expeditiously dis-

deminates for broadc~st the special warning

of State.

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messages prepared or approved by the Department l\

(2) yr Insure that DMAHC distributes copies of i special warnings to interested agencies.

(3) ,).e:f Maintain 1 iaison and provide the Maritime

Administration status of acknowledgement messages

generated by the special warnrng. ---

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(~) /Maintain current telegr.phic and mai I ing

addresses of owner~/operatoE of US flag merchant

vessels engaged in foreign -:tDmmerce.

(5} ,,K)' Continuous1y review Notik:e to Mariners pro-

cedures to improve ways andmeans of expeditiously

notifying US f1ag merchant \esse1s of incidents

which threaten the safety or US mariners.