NATIONAL POLICY ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE TO IMPLEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001100070029-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: June 4, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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4 JUN 1957
S. Ley/
Secretiri
Security Council
Policy on Counterintellige ow
Istekliskasent at a Committee
Implement such Polley
1. 1 dasir. to 011e4ge rimulha of 1 Mny 195:
UUa4 U1 Policy on C toriaaUiice *eg the
of a Committee to Implement each Polley," with
which mas enclosed a sememandmm from the Seeretery of Defense
**titbit,* as abort*, Wont 25 4r1.1 1957.
The Secretary of Defame proposes the organisation
COMMADIS Of ulna charter members together with au
rver sod Ad Moe warskers as appropriate, with a
permanent working staff to determine foreign counterintelli-
gence policies and playa. This committee, aeourding to the
proposal, is to comers itself chiefly with the policy
upsets of counterintelligence mod security, with particular
reference to 'oversees activities and operations and to
counterintelligence relations with internatione mei foreign
national counterintelligesee organisations.
3. I concur in the view expressed by the Secrstarr of
Screens that our security requires the most effective utlii-
settee of all tbited States counterintelligence cepebilities.
The protectioa of important American overseas silitarl,
installations and persoaael requires that we emoreise
utmost vigilance amd 000rtleate our actions to provide
evilest impieties* end infiltration by a poteutial enemy.
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seudOt tee, I believe, be mere
achieved:ft using existin4 mnehisery
by ergotism still another inter-
staff.
or countereepio0640 is ttsegment
It is impossible proper:4 to
enemy's action without positive istelli
empebilities mod techmiques.
Committee we new have a eve:dine
the frs intelligenee field. lb strip
of its jurisdietioa over remise counter-
to fors a mew body Oar this porpoise, would
as esofUsing duplication. if the mew
apearestly cositesolated. should undertake
lotions with totolligemes sod security
services abroad, parallel with the relatioeships which
lave been maintained with these services for many' years,
it mould prejudioe existing foreign intelligence liaison
activities. Such relatiommbips are not suseePtilas or
eammittee menagement.
illembership oht IoteUis
,it tw isamptions, is pttics.Uj ideaticel
propeeed for the new ommittes. Slemests of t artast
of Defenee ere represented on the Intelligence Advisory
Committee by the Intellisemee Ohara of the Army, Bevy and
Air Pero* sad of the Joint Chief* at Staff. incept for the
Office at Special Investigations of the Air Fbrow, theme
are also reeponsible tier the direction of counterintelligeece
natters is their respective Departments. While the Office
of the SecretAu7 of Defense is net normally represented oa
the Intelligence Advisory Cbmmittee, tooth the Wrist of the
Secretary of Defense amd the ?trim of Special Investigetioas
of the Air Peirce could be invited to joie with the Intelli-
Apnea Advisory Committee vhomever eounterintellieence
policies and, Operational coordination matters we under
coosiderstion.
1. If the Secretary of the
t charter of the Int.1itiic. Mviaory CcelLttt.e is
te for the purposes be has is 4,5, I ahe4 be
naive amd sUbmit to the Intelligence Advisory
for its coneideretion any proposed amendments to
..at directives. I ma coafideet that the fere-
procedure wed accomplish the Secrater;-, of Dettense's
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so oconostical
this- report in my oapecibY
iligence end trot as Chairmen of
Connattoo. It would soma tab.
asatter of this nature,
tare of intellisonco coordination
rod by the Intellineace Advisory
their floznalisation and
Security Comma.
0/DCIIIETnefb11 June 57
Distr ibut ion:
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