TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00274A000200100045-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: May 29, 1951
• Content Type: REQ

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LAG-.D_2271 (Revised)
29 Lay 1953.
ECONOiffC INTELLIGENCE CONEMI'TTEE
1. The Director of Central Intelligence with the concurrence
of the members of the LiC has established an Economic Intelligence
Committee, on which shall sit designated representatives of those
agencies charged with pr-imai r responsibility for foreign national
security intelligence, ice., the Departments of the Army, Navy,
Air Force, State,, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Central Intelli-
gence Agency, Any other agency whose interest or competence may be
relevant to the particular problem under examination may be invited
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also to sit with the Economic Intolli{!ence Committee
2, The representative from the Central Intelligence Agency
shall serve as Chairman of the Economic Intelligence Committee, and
he shall supply the secretariat.
3. The Economic Intelligence Committee shall:
a,, Arrange concerted economic intelligence support, on
selected riajor issues, for studies of interagency interest
requested by the Intelligence :Idvisoxy Committee, the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, otco
b. Arrange for the mobilization of the data and analysis
available, relevant to appropriate operating problems of any.
member agency requesting assistance. or of any other agency
dealing with economic security problerm?s, which may request
assistance,
co Examine continuing programs of fundamental economic
research relating to the national security throughout the
United States Government and recommend to the LIC for appro-
priate action allocation of responsibility for specific fields
of inquiry where such allocation appears appropriate.
d, Review and report to the L.?C from time to tine, on the
pertinence, extent, and quality of the data and analyses avail-
abl , bearing on the issues analyzed?
o, Recommend to the I'1C for appropriate action priorities
and allocation of responsibilities for the collection and
analysis to fill specific gaps in the economic intelligence
needed for national s curity.
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f., 1 iaintE.n a continuing review of the foreign economic
intelligence activities of the united States Govoiu nont as they
relate to the national security,
g. Make such special reviews of economic intelligence
distribution and processing procedures as may appear useful,
and make recomnondatic:,,ns for improvement to the Intelligence
Advisory Committee, which shall have responsibility for in-
stituting such action as it may judge appropriate,
h. Prepare coordinated reports which present the bout
available foreign economic intolligenco.
. In carrying out its rospor_sibiiitioolo the Economic Intel.l_i-
gence Committee may set ' up such subc:,rc:r:i.ttoe s and working parties, as
may be judged necessary.
5. When any member agency is unable to accept a recommendation
of the Cornnittee, the matter m: r,r be referred to the Intelligence
Advisory Committee. 1^,ll agen.c:?.es directly -.::ncerned shall. be asked
to sit with the Intelligence 1,dvi;oxy Committee for the considera-
tion of ; uch questions,
LIC-.D.-2271 (Revised)
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I A C AGENCIES
MEMBERS
CIA
State
Army
Navy
Air Force
JCS
Representatives of the I A C Agencies
Representatives of 21 non-I A C Agencies
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ADVISORY GROUPS {
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I Population Economic
Agricuture Chemicals Petroleum Transportation and
Manpower Analysis
fRequirements rInternational Economic Electronics j l Military
and Facilities Trade and I Aspects of I I and Tele- I I
I 1 1 I I End Items I
for Collation Finance I Atomic Energy 1 I communications 1 I I
I I I I I I
Three Groups
on National
Intelligence
Estimates
NON-I A C AGENCIES
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Agricuture MS A
CAB Munitions Board
Commerce N S R B
Export-Import Bank O D M
FCC ODMS
Federal Reserve RFC
Federal Security SEC
Federal Trade Tariff
Interior Treasury
Justice W S E G
Labor
One Group on
Study of Soviet
Economic Capa-
bilities for I A C
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One Group on
Statistical Security
Study for Bureau
of the Budget