COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOREIGN ATOMIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS AND POTENTIALITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10-01569R000100040004-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 13, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOREIGN ATOMIC ENERGY
DEVELOPMENTS AND POTENTIALITIES
Memorandum by the Director of Ccntral Intelligence
W.i_th the Unanimous Concurrence of the lntelli _%unce Advisory Board
Foreign atomic energy developments and potentialities con-
stitute a paramount field of intelligence related to the national
security. As such, the National Intelligence Authority is
responsible for planning, developing, and coordinating Federal
foreign intelligence activities in this field.
To dote, the Foreign Intelligence Branch of the office
c,f Major General Leslie R. Groves, the Commanding General of
the Manhattan Engineer District, has, been the agency performing
functions of collecting and evaluating intelligence related to
foreign atomic energy developments and potentialities. This
Branch has operated under the personal direction of General
Groves, who is in turn responsible, by Presidential directive,
to the Secretary of War.
The newly created Atomic Energy Commission will be con-
cerncd with the' entire field of atomic energy in the United
States, including commercial as well as military aspects. The
Commission will, upon Presidential directive, take over the
responsibilities of the Manhattan Engineer District. It is coon-
sidorod appropriate at this time that the National Intelligence
Authority should authorize and direct the Director of Central
Intelligence to coordinate the collection by agencies subject
to N.I.A. coordination of all intelligence information related
to foreign atomic energy developments and potentialities
affecting the national security, and to accomplish the
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correlation, evaluation and3appropriate dissemination.4rithin
Intelligence Branch operated' by Qeherlil Groves' should be trans-
this function, the personnel .end working files .Of the Foreign,
the Government of the requiting' '.i#teftigence . To accomplish ,,,
ferred. to the Central IntelUgencq Group.
The enclo'eed draft W.I:A. Directive ?is designed to carry'
.which in :this, oase included the Commanding General, of the
Directive has been unsuimouslyt.concurred in by the Director`
of central Intelligence and` the Intelligence Advisory Board,.
out the conclusions contained an the ' above, paragraph. This
It is recommended that the- National Intelligence Authority
Manhattan Engineer District
approve the draft directive .din the Enclosure.
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HOOYT. S-. " VANDENBERG
hieu,tenant General, USA.
Director of.Centr?1 Intelligence
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Pursuant to the President r-s' letter of, 22 January .19+6,
and coordinating all Federal foreign. intelligence ac
tiviti'es an
designgting.th-' s Authority ae'responsible'for planning, developing,
mission. related to 'the: national security,,' the following pol'icie.e
as to assure the most effective accomplishment of the intelligence)'
field of foreign atomic. energy developmentta 'and potentialities
and procedures relating to"Pederal intelligence activities in the.
directed to c.oo,rdinate ,the collection by agencies subject to
1. -MThe Direotor of Central Intelligence, subject, to the dire,c-
tion and control of this Authority, is hereby authorized and
affecting the national security are,-announced:
N.I.Q. coordination of all intelligence information related to
of the resulting Intelligence.. The Director'of'Central.Intelli-
gence is further authorized to arrange with other intelligence
agencies of the Government to. utilize their collection facilities
evaluation, and apprbpriate dissemination,within.the Government
the national security, and to ? accomplish the ' correlation,
foreign atomic energy de,velopments and potentialities affecting
of tHF MAnhAt.tan Riia neer--~nistrict. effective at the earliest
Fore ign, Intelligence Branch operated by 'the- Commanding General
Intelligence Group of the pees-Qnnel and working files of the
Engineer District have author ed'' the transfer to the Central
Secretary of War and the Co ndi;ng General of.,the _ Maihattan
.2 To accomplish the function assigned In paragraph 1, the'
in this ...field..
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