UKUSA Agreement

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The UKUSA Agreement is a post-World War II multilateral intelligence-sharing pact, originally between the US and UK, that underpins the global signals intelligence alliance now known as the Five Eyes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intelligence-sharing pact
multilateral treaty
signals intelligence agreement
alsoKnownAs UKUSA Treaty
linked to: UKUSA Agreement

United Kingdom – United States of America Agreement
linked to: UKUSA Agreement
classificationStatus highly classified
countrySignatory Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
declassificationStatus partially declassified
expandedToInclude Australia
Canada
New Zealand
field foreign intelligence
military intelligence
national security
signals intelligence
formsBasisOf Five Eyes
linked to: Five Eyes alliance
geopoliticalBloc Anglosphere
hasMemberAlliance Five Eyes
linked to: Five Eyes alliance
influenceOn ECHELON
global surveillance system
language English
legalNature executive agreement
networkName Five Eyes
linked to: Five Eyes alliance
originalParties United Kingdom
United States
purpose cooperation in signals intelligence collection
division of SIGINT collection responsibilities
intelligence sharing
standardization of SIGINT procedures
regionCovered global
relatedOrganization Australian Signals Directorate
Communications Security Establishment
Government Communications Headquarters
Government Communications Security Bureau
National Security Agency
scope communications intelligence
electronic surveillance cooperation
signals intelligence
timePeriod post-World War II era
typeOfCooperation joint analysis of intelligence
sharing of intercepted communications
technical collaboration on SIGINT systems
underpins Five Eyes intelligence-sharing framework
linked to: Five Eyes alliance

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Five Eyes basedOnAgreement UKUSA Agreement
subject linked to: Five Eyes alliance
FVEY hasOrigin UKUSA Agreement
FVEY relatedTo UKUSA Agreement
UKUSA Agreement alsoKnownAs UKUSA Treaty
linked to: UKUSA Agreement
UKUSA Agreement alsoKnownAs United Kingdom – United States of America Agreement
linked to: UKUSA Agreement
BRUSA Agreement influenceOn UKUSA Agreement
BRUSA Agreement relatedTo UKUSA Agreement of 1946
linked to: UKUSA Agreement