ENCLOSURE THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64-00014A000100010001-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 22, 1946
• Content Type: MISC

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CO"Y
ENC~OSL'RE
THE WHITE HOUSE
WAS INGTON
Jamuary 22, 19t~6
To The SPCretary of State,
The Secretary of War, and
The S cretary of the P1avy.
1. It is my desire, and I hereby direct, that all Federal
foreign intelligence activities be planned, devel oped and co-~.
ordinated so as to assure tie most effective accomplishment of
the intelligence mission .related to the national security. I
hereby designate you, together with another person to be named
by me as my personal representative, as the National Intelligence
Authority to accomplish this purpose. .
2. Within the limits of available apgropriations~ you shall
each from time to time assign persons and facilities from your
respective Departments, which persons shall collectively form
a Central Intelligence Group and shall, under the directil~n of
a Dir~:ntor of Central Intelligence, assist the National Intelli-
gence Authority. The Director of Central Intelligence shall
be designated by me, shall be responsible to the National
Intelligence Authority, and shall sit on a nnn-voting member
thereof.
3. Subject to the existing law, and to the direction and
control of the National Intelligence Authority, the Director of
Central Intelligence shall:
a. Accomplish the correlation and evaluation of intell i-
gence relating to the national. security, and the appropriate
dissemination within the Government of the resulting strate-
git~ and national policy intelligence. In so doing, full use
shall `be made of the staff and facilities of the intelligence
agencies of your Departments.
b. Plan for the coordination of such of the activi.~ies
of the intelligence agencies of your Departments as relate
to the national security and recommend to the National
Intelligence Authority the establishment of such over-all
policies and objectives as will. assure the most effective
accomplishment of the national intelligence mission.
c. Perform, for the benefit of said intelligence
agencies, such services of comron cencern as the National
Intelli~gnce Ruth ority determines can be more efficiently
accomplished centrally.
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d. Perform such other functions and duties related to
intelligence affecting the national security as the Presi-
dent and the National Intelligence Authority may from time
to time direct.
~-. No police, law enforcement or internal security functions
shall be exercised under this directive.
5. Such intelligence received by the intelligence agencies of
your Departments as may be dd~d~ddd designated by the National Intelli-
gence Authority shall be freely available to the Director of
Central Intelligence for correlation, evaluation or dissemina-
tion. To the extnet approved by the National Intelligence
Authority, the operations of said intelligence agencies shall
be open to inspection by the Director of Central Intelligence
in connection with planning functions.
6. The existing intelligence. agencies of your Departments
shall continue to collect, evaluate, correlate and disseminate
departmental intelligence.
7. The Director of Central Intelligence shall be advised by
an Intelligence Advisory Board consisting of the heads (or their
representatives) of the principal military and civilian intelli-
gence agencies of the Government having functions related to
national security, as determined by the National Intelligence
Authority.
8. T~Iithin the scope of existing law and Presidential direc-
tives, other departments and agencies of the executive branch
of the Federal Government shall furnish such intelligence infor-
mation relating to the national security as is in their posses-
sion, and as the Director of Central Intelligence may from time
to time request pursuant to regulations of the National Intel-
ligence Authority.
9. Nothing herein shall be cnn~trued to authorize the making
of investigations inside the continental limits of the United
States and its possessions, except as provided by law and
President~,~,l directives.
10. In the ctanduct of their activities the national Intel li-
gence Authority and the Director of Central Intelligence shall
be responsible for fully protecting intelligence sources and
methods.
Sincerely yours,
/s/
Harry Truman
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