STATE VS. CIA RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLITICAL REPORTING (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003200200026-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 26
• Content Type: MF

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inert proyisio>3* are so follows:
ID 2, for. 1: W"t "1 I caor4in -te the foreign
i rtte l i. readncaee effort of the U. S.
ACID 1, Parr. 5: * DCI pe acs national intelligence
requi.r+ei for the ro latic:n of national policy.
HWID 1. Par. 10: The DCI pe'e 'eyes, in .tation with
the Imo, an appropriate national i~ta1. Ligseae ee easti+utate of an
impending crisis situation ubw the available raw
ial"ormatian
indicates the possibility of such a situation.
NSCZ,D l par. 11: The CCI, in coordination with the XM
agencies ansurgs that the pace, extwt and gnlity of
+a 1&ta* `"' Aga intelligence mid iutel..l igeenae information
;relating to the national security iscctinuslly reeerieared as
a basis for im risg the quality of tel.li,~r and
correction of c' efciencies.
NSCID 2,1 Mr. 1: The DCI,, in consul on with the IAC,
shall ensure that planning for the utilization of the coil.+ecti.n
aced reporting capesbi.liti se for intelligence purposes of each
of the several dejart to and agencies provides adequate
+~carverrage for national security purpoass.
D M FOR: Cblef of Overations/w/P
ftate Vs. CIA l~sr o Di7.i ty for Political
Reporting
) we lum SWbJ ftt ease above, dated
1 August 1953
It is amble that the Praw egad public will always
consider -446 MCI DM CIA pr in*r Ly amble iC any intee ,.3.ig
the izcte tgance f .eld. -
2. Wit4 meet to Cc ress and attier Oov t daepartaastts
who have at least sme, lcraovl edgee of the Director's "16gae3" res-
pousibilities, t r will certainly consider him as the on Vbo oan
nest aaq sin t kw reason for any such "fai.l utes" and the one who Chan
take appropriate action to Oorrect any . deficiencies.
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3. The new NSCI. do give the a~lii . ecfl4+~A wx* specific authority
e responsibility for the WWI* fo inteu.ige fee effort. The
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 4. Pr= t aborre, it is e3sar1 that the MCI does harv* tie
tbs adequacy of the 4x11ectUm eat conducted by the
or any of 'mm r of the i t iti.
authority and re sponssibility to s only cOr tea
6. It is not reasscraea st to aqmrct t s
parti+ 1r rly that 000ductsd by embeaW pear9O=3*1,x is
affects the security of the U. S. to each an extent that I=Mdiate
action or decision by the President cc the NSC my be required.
And it is the t1CI who mist pre ~ an appropriate national latelliZence
plomtic a ilyr is aocredited. The cons raxtors are
de in 'i cis vbose official contacts are vita
Ming responsibilities 1i oruJ4 appear to be edtbw >eoesscry
emp
ping an i te113ge a eastimat a, it is clew that the DCI has
I CID 1, paragraph 10 describes an impeoUng crisis
any outbreak of hos i tieS or other condition ahi c i
L.K.`I'R `, J.
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Syr Director ( rdimation)
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any ~goyi to~~be the } prim target for any rock
sult+ i/-.i. ,i~CYi or .ianc i ellig,~ + +i.i~01i . "t
? For the" rte, it vouiA that the Agency me au*ae
aezthority for in any covert espsxstions necessary. no mm
of these objectives hsvee shy been s e ieheed by the provisions,
YYSCID 1 and BISCID ;r. However. as the
a tabL3ashed 2.eaeadar' in the
4 e ucy* a primary responsibility icr clandestine activities. Both
positive ter, the D rector's
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Oeu t abort by such "u ec>ted events."
5. The I t frn is primarily coxwerned with what be
describes as "uM3l lecte& po1i tIeta ." It is beUmed tbzt
a nt a prof usieaaasala or r consider that the
tJ. S. c.'t A l e s t i n e e f f o r t is o u r primry i s against being
to obtain s dvaxhce mazaing of a a sa 'i t the E st in pt
f o r o s s t i n g an immung c o u p o r S event
the sovermmt ' are trying to overthrow. With respect to
7. Pbr many years CIA hats basest striving to