NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 3 COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION

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• Publication Date: January 13, 1948
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. _I
COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of the National
Securit Act of 1 47, and for the purposes enunciated in para-
graphs (d) and (e) thereof, the National Security Council here-
by authorizes and directs that the following over-all policies
and objectives are established for the coordination of the
production of intelligence:
1. In order that all facilities of the Government
may be utilized to their capacity and the responsibilities
of each agency may be clearly defined in accordance with
its mission, dominant interest, and capabilities, the whole
field of intelligence production is divided into the fol-
lowing categories, and responsibilities are allocated as
indicated:
a. Basic IntelliZence
(1) Basic intelligence is that factual_ in-
telli ence which results from thee col. atio-n of
en yclopec is information of a more or less
permanent or static nature and general interest
which, as a result of evaluation and interpre-
tation, is determined to be the best available.
(C) An outline of a basic intelligence
re uired by__the Government shall be prepared by
t e A in collabora on-with the appropriate
agencies. This outline shall be broken down
into chapters, sections, and sub-sections which
shall be allocated as production and maintenance
responsibilities to CIA and those agencies of
the Government which are best qualified by reason
of their intelligence requirements, production
capabilities, and dominant interest to assume the
production and maintenance responsibility.
(3) When completed, this outline and tenta-
tive allocations of production and maintenance
responsibilities shall be submitted for NSC ap-
proval and issued as an implementation of this
Directive. It is expected that as the result of
constant consultation with the agencies by the
Director of Central Intelligence, both the out-
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line and the allocations will be revised from time to
time to insure the production of the basic intelli-
gence required by the agencies and the fullest possi-
ble use of current agency capabilities. Changes in
the outline or allocations shall be effected by agree-
ment between the Director of Central Intelligence and
the agencies concerned.
(4) This basic intelligence shall be compiled
and continuously maintained in National Intelligence
Surveys to cover foreign countries, areas, or broad
special subjects as appropriate. The National Intelli-
gence Surveys will be disseminated in such form as
shall be determined by the Director of Central Intelli-
gence and the agencies concerned.
(5) The Director of Central Intelligence shall be
responsible for coordinating production and maintenance
and for accomplishing the editing, publication, and
dissemination of these National Intelligence Surveys
and shall make such requests on the agencies as are
necessary for their proper development and maintenance.
(6) -Departments or agencies to be called on for
contributions to this undertaking may include agencies
other than those represented permanently in the IAC.
b. Current Intelligence
(1) Current intelligence is that spot information
or intelligence of all types and forms ediatq
interest and value to operati-~ a,r___policy_ staffs. which
is used by them usually without the delays ncent to
complete evaluation or interpretation.
(2) The CIA and the several agencies shall pro-
duce and disseminate such current intelligence as may
be necessary to meet their own internal requirements
or external responsibilities.
(3) Interagency dissemination of current intelli-
gence shall be based on interagency agreement.includ:ng
NSC Intelligence Directive No. 1 and the principle of
informing all who need to know.
C. Staff Intelligence
(1) Staff intelligence is that intelligence
ared by any department or agency t"rough the corre-
a ion and interpretation of all intelligence materials
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available to it in ordet.Q._.meet its snecifi. require,- and res.ons ilities.
(2) Each intelligence agency has the ultimate
responsibility for the preparation of such staff in-
telligence as its own department shall require. It
is recognized that the staff intelligence of each of
the departments must be broader in scope than any allo-
cation of collection responsibility or recognition of
dominant interest might indicate. In fact, the full
foreign intelligence picture is of interest in varying
degrees at different times to each of the departments.
(3) Any intelligence agency, either through the
Directarof Central Intelligence nr dire .iii, may ca.l
upon other appropriate agencies ence which
does not fall within its own field of dominant interest.
Such requests shall be made upon the agencies in ac-
cordance with their production capabilities and dominant
interest..
(ii.) As a part of the coordination program, the
Director of Central Intelligence will seek the assist-
ance of the IAC intelligence agencies in minimizing
the necessity for any agency to develop intelligence
in fields outside its dominant interests.
(5) The CIA and the agencies shall, for purposes
of coordination, exchange information on projects and
plans for the production of staff intelligence.
(6) It shall be normal practice that staff in-
telligence of one agency is available to the other
intelligence agencies permanently represented on the
IAC.
d. Departmental Intelligence
(1) Departmental intelligence is that intelli-
Bence(including basic, current, and staff!intelli.gen^?)
nee by_ a Department or independent Agency of tl,e
e eral Government and the subordinate units thcr' D.
to execute its mission and to discharge it. lawf.'u
responsibilities.
e. National Intelligence
(1) National intelligence is integrated depart-
mental intelligence tha covers the brad aspectP of
national policy and national security, is of concern
to more than one Department or Agency, and transcends
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the exclusive competence of a single Department or
Agency or-the Military Establishment.
(2) The Director of Central Intelligence shall
produce and disseminate national intelligence.
(3) The Director of Central Intelligence shall
plan and develop the production of national intelligence
in coordination with the IAC Agencies in order that he
may obtain from them within the limits of their capa-
bilities the departmental intelligence which will assist
him in the production of national intelligence.
(4) The Director of Central Intelligence shall,
by agreement with the pertinent Agency or Agencies,
request and receive such special estimates, reports,
and periodic briefs or summaries prepared by the indi-
vidual Departments or Agencies in their fields of
dominant interest or in accordance with their production
capabilities as may be necessary in the production of
intelligence reports or estimates undertaken mutually.
2. The research facilities required by any agency to
process its own current and staff intelligence shall be
adequate to satisfy its individual needs after taking full
cognizance of the facilities of the other agencies. Each
agency shall endeavor to maintain adequate research facili-
ties, not only to accomplish the intelligence production
tasks allocated to it directly under the foregoing pro-
visions but also to provide such additional intelligence
reports or estimates within its field of dominant interest
as may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of the other
agencies under such allocations.
3. For the purposes of intelligence production, the
following division of interests, subject to refinement
through a continuous program of coordination by the Director
of Central Intelligence, shall serve as a general delineation
of dominant interests:
Political, Cultural,
Sociological Intelligence..Department of State
Military Intelligence. ...,...Department of the Army
Naval Intelligence ........... Department of the Navy
Air Intelligence .............Department of the Air
Force
Economic, Scientific, and. Each agency in accord-
Technological ante with its respec-
Intelligence ...............tive needs
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