STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR PREPARATION AND DISSEMINATION OF NATIONAL ESTIMATES

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2014
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MEMORANDUM FOR: ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF, G-2, DEPARTMENT
OF THE ARMY
DIRECTOR OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS,
UNITbD STATES AIR FORCE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR INTSLLIGENCE, TEE
JOINT STAFF
SUBJECT: Standard Operating Procedure for Preparation
and Dissemination of National Estimates
REFERENCE: Memorandum from the Joint Intelligence Committee,
dated 17 April 1950, addressed to the Chairman,
Intelligence Advisory Committee, received 26 April
1950.
1. Answering the referenced memorandum, a copy of which is
enclosed: The Intelligence Advisory Committee, established by
NSC/D 1 to advise the Director of Central Intelligence, has no super-
viaorY Powers and it has no "collective" intelligence production re-
sponsibility as confirmed by Section 5b, "Comments," Page 8 of NSC 50.
a. In accordance with DCI Directive 3/1, as a general principle
no drafts of national estimates are circulated other than to the
intelligence agencies themselves until finally and definitely issued
with the concurrences or dissents of the members of the Intelligence
Advisory Committee. However, when considered advantageous or advis-
able by the Director of Central Intelligence, some very limited dis-
semination has been made in the past and may be made in the future
in special cases.
b. When.an established deadline is changed, notification will
be sent promptly to the participating agencies as well as telephoned
to the participating individuals concerned. This is the current
practice.
c. Dissents or comments from the members of the Intelligence
Advisory Committee are handled in accordance with DCI.Directive 3/2.
A note on the first page refers to the concurrences or dissents, and
dissents are printed in the same publication. It is felt that this
presentation, to a logical and practicable extent, does give dissents
equality of prominence.
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d. The estimates and studies of the joint Atomic Energy
Intelligence Committee are handled in the same way as other prod-
ucts of CIA producing units, except that it is a permanent, rather
than an ad hoc, committee which functions under the permanent
Scientific Intelligence Committee, on both of which the producing
agencies have permanent members.
2. In compliance with your request, copies of this reply and of
your memorandum of 17 April are being forwarded to the other members of
the IntelXigence Advisory Committee.
Encl:
Copy of Referencq
Memorandum
R. H.' HutENKOMIER
Rear Admiral, USN
Director of Central
Intelligence
cc: Special Assistant, Intelligence
Department of State
Director of Intelligence, Atomic
Energy Commission
Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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COAPS-8 May 1950
DISTRIBUTION:
Director
AD/ORE
AD/OSI
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