NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 12 AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY CONCERNING THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

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• Document Release Date: October 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: January 6, 1950
• Content Type: REGULATION

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NATIONAL L SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 12
AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY CONC I
THE INTELLIGENCE RNMENT
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 101 and 102 of the
National Security Act of 1947 as amended, and in accordance with
Section 7 of NSC 50, the National Security Council hereby authorizes
and directs that the following policy be established, since any
publicity, factual of fictional, concerning intelligence is poten-
tially detrimental to the effectiveness of an intelligence activity
and to the national security: .
1. All departments and agencies represented by member-
ship on the Intelligence Advisory Committee shall take stf;Ds
to provent the unauthorized disclosure for written or oral
publication of any information concerning intelligence or
intelligence activities. The head of each department or agent;;
will determine his channel for granting such authorization ar
may be necessary.
2. The sense of the above directive shall be communi-
cated to all other executive departments and agencies as an
expression of policy of the National Security Council.*
3. In cases where the disclosure of classified informa-
tion is sought from the Director of Central Intelligence, and
he'has doubt as to whether he should comply, the question
will be referred to the National Security Council.
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