AGREED PROCEDURES FOR U.S. PARTICIPATION IN NATO STANDING GROUP INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE

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• Publication Date: August 28, 1958
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28 August 1958
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Agreed Procedures for U. S. Participation in NATO
Standing Group Intelligence Estimate
The attached documents setting forth the "Agreed Procedures"
for U. S. participation in the NATO Standing Group Intelligence
Estimate are forwarded for information.
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Secretary
OSD, DIA AND JCS review(s) completed.
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Honorable. Donald A. Quarles
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Washington 25, D. C.
23 August 1958
Thank you for your letter of 15 August, transmitting
the "Agreed Procedures" for U. S. participation in the
NATO.Standing Group Intelligence Estimate.
I have approved the statement of understanding and
it is returned herewith.
Sincerely,
/s/
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Washington
15 August 1958
Attached is.a statement of "Agreed Procedures" under which,
with the assistance of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, you
would support the Joint Chiefs. of Staff.in the execution of their
responsibility in regard to the Standing Group Intelligence Estimate.
This paper was developed under the guidelines reached. at. our. `
meeting of .7. March 1958. I am satisfied that it follows those
guidelines., and will serve a useful purpose, not only in solving the
instant problem of U. S. support to the Standing. Group, but. also
in providing a precedent under which the Intelligence. Advisory
Committee can advise and assist the Joint Chiefs .of Staff, when they
deem it appropriate, in the execution of their military responsibilities
? pertaining to their intelligence relationships with the military
authorities of other countries. Accordingly I have signed the state-
ment of understanding and am sending it to you for your signature,
if you agree with the procedures as set forth.
Upon receipt of your acceptance of the inclosure as the basis
for your support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in respect to the
Standing Group Estimate, the Deputy Director. for Intelligence,
Joint Staff, as the representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will
proceed with implementation of that document. As the.first step,
you may expect a request for comment on draft terms of reference.
Sincerely yours,
/s/
DONALD A. QUARLES
Deputy
Honorable Allen Dulles
Director.
Central Intelligence Agency
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AGREED PROCEDURES FOR U. S. PARTICIPATION IN
NATO STANDING GROUP INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
In the preparation of the subject estimate, it is agreed that the
following principles and procedures shall govern the relationships
between the Department of Defense and the, Joint Chiefs of Staff on
the one hand and the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and the
Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC)* on the other:
1. The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be responsible for prescribing
the scope, format and outline of the estimate and for establishing
appropriate deadlines for its completion. The Joint Chiefs of Staff
shall consult with the Director of Central Intelligence prior to final
determination of these items.
2... The first draft of the U. S. Position Paper will be prepared
by the.. Joint Staff and shall be reviewed and modified as appropriate
? by a working group including representatives of the Director of
Central Intelligence, of the Department of State, of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, and of the military departments. Applicable National
Intelligence Estimates, supplemented by contributions from interested
agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee, shall
form the basis for this draft. The draft will then be coordinated
with U. S. intelligence agencies in the manner employed for National
Intelligence Estimates.
3.. The coordinated draft shall be acted upon by the. Intelligence
Advisory Committee. The Estimate as accepted..by the IAC shall be
.reviewed by, the Joint Chiefs of Staff; upon approval by them it shall
.become.. the U. S. Position Paper for the guidance of the U. S.
representative on such Standing Group body as is designated to
prepare. the .Estimate. Any disagreement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff
with. substantive content of the IAC approved Estimate.shall be re-
solved by direct discussion between the Director of Central Intelli-
gence and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
* It is understood that the U. S. Intelligence Board will be substituted
? herein when it replaces the IAC.
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5. The draft Standing. Group Intelligence Estimate, when completed,
shall be transmitted to the. Intelligence Advisory Committee. Comments
and recommendations of the Intelligence Advisory Committee will then
be--forwarded-to the-Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Joint Chiefs of Staff,
after -consideration of comments and recommendations of the IAC and the
U. S. representative, Standing Group, NATO, shall take the appropriate
further action.
APPROVED:
/s/
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Director of Central Intelligence
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