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Foreign government information is

(1) information provided to the United States Government by a foreign government or governments, an international organization of governments, or any element thereof, with the expectation that the information, the source of the information, or both, are to be held in confidence;

(2) information produced by the United States Government pursuant to or as a result of a joint arrangement with a foreign government or governments, or an international organization of governments, or any element thereof, requiring that the information, the arrangement, or both, are to be held in confidence; or

(3) information received and treated as "foreign government information" under the terms of a predecessor order.[1]

[i]nformation that originated from a foreign government and that is not classified CONFIDENTIAL or higher, but must be protected in accordance with DoD 5200.1-R.[2]

References[]

  1. Executive Order 13526, at §6.1(s).
  2. DoD 8500.2, at 25.
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