PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01-01773R000100010015-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2012
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: January 22, 1946
• Content Type: MISC

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/03/20 :CIA-RDP01-017738000100010015-7 ~
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L It is lr.~ desire, s.nd I heresy direct,
LhaCali Federal fortign inteiL~scnce sc-
=tivities be planned, -deve?oiled and co-
,ordin~tcd eo as to assure the most e~ec-
tlve accoalpUshmcrt of fire intellij;ence
mission related tv the national s?cunty,
I hereby designate you Lo etherxith ap_
o er eraon a named y me as m~
p rsona representat;re as the 1\a?i
L-T~1is?_nce _ uf~or~,~ accomp :s~t t ,s
~iurpose.
.. 2. Within the limits Of available ap-
prcpriatioas, ~+ou sa:,U eaoh from time
to time assicn persons and facitt~es from
Sow respective paeD rtments, ~rlaich er+
sons shall collectively forma a ra 1-1-
luthority,^The I]'_rectr?r of Central In-
tellit'renee sli ll be d~es_:~a ~edted br me, shall
be responsible to ~ ?:atioa t r.,~t~-
~eace Authors end shall nit as a noa-
nq mem ~thtt?eof.
..3, 6ubhCt'to the exls;3nt; ~laa, sad to
the direction sad control of the National
IntelliYeace: Author:ty, -the -Director of
Central- Intelligence ~~-' - - ~ ??
" a:' AccompUsh the ?mrrelati~ and
tvaluaiion off inteliieeneeselatiag to-the
rat oaa security, and the appropriat?
disseminatiotTwithla the Government of
e re lag strategic and national pol-
icy intelUCeace. 1, ao dofrg, full use
shall be made of the ~If and facilities
of Lhe Intelligence agmcies of yow De-
partments.
b,'.~lan for the coordination of such of
the a~?~~1_ t ~ h ~ ~O1HN O
of your Departments as rclste to the
national security ea reeo;~:rnead to the
Na relit ence u y the es-
abllshment o laic over-nU policies and
objectives as will assure the mesa efec-
tive accomplishment of the national in-
teliiFence a?.Lttian.
c. Perfo for the benefit c id in-
tell =ence acen^ e` su^. sen?tces ei co -
^ ra as the .'af3orZf-a:li~~n ?e
Authority de'~rt ;:n~_ can a more e,:5-
Clii::?y ACCpi^p,l!' .fd centrally.
d. pert~uch other functinas d
dunes related tr lnte iRence a ?ct:nF the
raT,nal security as tht RevdEns tnd
the 1[f' ence AuWortt
rom time to ume .rev
+t.__N___o?~~'.tt~~^e, law ern - t or in-
tern:a s~tv tus-- na tAall ~ EZer-
cis under this dirccttre.
S. Suclt inte.lliRea; a re; aired ? br the
lnte!listnce a~eacics o; you: Dry*n.-
ments ai may be designated by the Na-
tional Int,~L`icence 1S;:thoaty shall =be
'frerJc a~-ai!aLl? to Lhe DirE ~tur of Central
Inte~'_'gena; for correlxtioa, evaluation or
~e~ h:a:ioa. To t!~e extent spp:roved
by the 2ational ?Intellicen~e Authority,
the op:cations of said tntP~!irence agen-
cies shall be open to insp,d as ti:e D;:ector of
Central Intelbeence may from time to
time request purn:art io reetllations et
the Taticral Intrl:iFcnce l'.uthortty.
9. Toth:ng l:crein shall be construed to
at:tho-i e the mal::r.r of tau-st:eations
inside L`:c ccatinental 1:*r.it~ o:: he IInlted
States and its po.?essior.s, r~cept as p^o-
yided by hiv End Presidential d:rect!t?es.
-- 10. In Lhe conduct o: their sct!rities
the National Intelli^ence A:aho:it and
theme recur of Central Inr~Ligeace s a.l
be ~i`T'" .c?~l~for ft:l!cproi.ecting intrlU=
teace sources end methods. _.-~
Einccze!y yours, ?
-_ . BARRY S. 7 FL']C.~K
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