PROPOSED EXECUTIVE ORDER 'DIRECTING THE COOPERATION OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE COORDINATION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES.'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64-00658A000100120001-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 23, 1946
• Content Type: MFR

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23 May 1946
10MORANDUM FOR THE RECORD :
Subject; Proposed Executive Order "Directing the Cooperation of
Government Agencies in the Coordination of Foreign Intel-
ligence Activities of the United States."
By letter, dated 18 February 1946, Mr. McGrath, the Acting Attorney
General, forwarded to the President through the Director of the Bureau
of the Budget, a proposed Executive Order, prepared in 'his department,
entitled "Directing the Cooperation of Government Agencies in the Co-
ordination of Foreign Intelligence Activities of the United States.}'
By a memorandum, dated 27 February 1946, Mr. Bailey, Assistant Director,
Legislative Reference of the Executive Office of the President, Bureau
of the Budget, forwarded a copy of the proposed Executive Order to
Admiral Souers requesting the views of the National Intelligence
Authority with regard to it., By C.I.G. 2, dated 13 March 1946, the
Director of Central Intelligence recommended that the N.I.A. authorize
him to reply to the, Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget to
the effect that the N.I.A. had considered the proposed Executive Order
and that in carrying out the President's Directive of 22 January the
N.I.A. had so far encountered no impediment thich would constitute a
basis for recommending that the Directive should be superseded by an
Executive Order; however, the N.I.A. offered no objection to the
issuance of such an Executive Order, provided that the effect would
be merely to confirm and formalize the status of the NI.A. as a
cooperative interdepartmental activity, rather than a new or-independ-
ent agency requiring legislation for its existence,, C.I.G. 2 was
approved by informal action of the N.I.A. subject to minor amendments,
on 29 March, and the resulting Directive to the Director of Central
Intelligence was issued as N.I.A. Directive No. 3w A letter to the
Bureau of the Budget was dispatched on 29 March,
The attached letter from Mr. Almond, Acting Assistant Director
of Legislative Reference, Executive Office of the President, Bureau
of the Budget, to the Attorney General, apparently means that Mr.
McGrath, Acting Attorney General, requested that no further action be
taken with respect to his proposal of-18 February and his initial
letter be returned to him. The proposed Exec-qtive Order was returned
as requested.
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