ROLES OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN WARTIME AND IN NATIONAL EMERGENCIES SHORT OF WAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00403R000400230007-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM
TO
ctor of Central Intelligence
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defence
ector of the Office of Emergency Planning
SUBJEC'T'. Roles of the Director of Central Intelligence and the Central
Intelligence Agency in Wartime and in National Emergencies
Short of War
1. The purpose of this memorandum is to affirm the role of the
Director of Central Intelligence and of the Central Intelligence Agency in
the. event of war (including general war involving the Continental U. S.
and during periods of national emergency short of war, and to provide a
clear understanding of the responsibility during such a. period of the
Director of Central Intelligence and of the Central Intelligence Agency.
2. The responsibilities of the Director of Central Intelligence as
the Government's principal intelligence officer (based on statute, the
President's memorandum of 16 January 1962 for the Director of Central
Intelligence, and other pertinent orders and directives) will continue
under any of the above specified events. In like manner, responsibilities
of the Central Intelligence Agency, which are carried out under the
direction of the National Security Council (as set forth in statute and
pertinent orders and directives), will also continue.
. Agreements between the Central Intelligence Agency and the
Department of Defense, pertaining to the relationship of Central Intelligence
Agency components to given theater commanders or commands where
Agency components are located in active theaters of war where American
forces are engaged, will be implemented under any of the above in accord-
ance with the provisions of such agreements upon assignment of a Central
telligencee Agency force by the Director of Central Intelligence to a given
theater commander or command.
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4. The Director of Central Intelligence shall make (a) the
necessary arrangements including communications, liaison, and logis-
tical requirements to assure his support of the President with respect
to the total United States intelligence effort, and (b) for the conduct of
appropriate activities of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Depa
went of State, the Department of Defense, the Office of Emergency
ng, as well as other departments and agencies of the Government
ropriate, will render to the Director of Central Intelligence all
assistance as he may require in carrying out his mission as herein
directed.
. The Director of Central Intelligence shall keep the President
appropriately informed concerning the existing and projected status of
intelligence support to the President and the postur* of Central Intelligence
Agency readiness.
cc: Secretary of the Treasury
The Attorney General
cretary of Commerce
Director of the Bureau of the Budget
Director of the U. S. Information Agency
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman, Joint Chief* of Staff
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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