COORDINATION OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00728R000100060028-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 31
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: January 23, 1947
• Content Type: REGULATION

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23 Jonunry 1947
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F. I P'TRI~L II,TT'.LLICT?"PTC, GROUP
COORDIN.C. TIO1',T OF COLL'"CTIOI' A C'>IV-r'J'T r' r
NCmorclndum by the Director of Ccn.trnl Iritc11ip'c.nCC
1. To implement the o.vcroll politics :.-Ind o1:ajeotives cotolbb-
lishcd by the TT:itionca1 Intelligence Authority for the intc.;rdc-
p:nrtmc ritol coordination of collection o ctiv:i.ti_es thc followi.n, ,
progrom is c,nnounccd :
1~ .. Rl'Si OI?Si: ?ILl" ,'T.w .
1. There hc.s bccn mode the f ollovvirp ::alloco tion
within brood c-atcr,,orics of ,.gcncz- reshor,sibilit,7 for
collection). in thc field :
Political
Cultural
SocioloF,,ic o1
PIilit;-,ry
Nc;vol
T'conomic
Scientific)
2. In prc-j:v-,ring reports
3t,:;tc Dcpr.rtr,cn.t
St:tc Dc-,!rtmcnt
~ t~ tc Dc u rtr,icnt
','cur Dc:j;,: rtmc?nt
I;'c,vy De_L'^rtnc:~nt
T o ch l en cy i r. :~ cc:o.rca';I cc:
with its res- cctivc
reeds
under these 1locations,
rcporting nFferts will trkc full co ,Ini.;,pncc of the
collctcrol or scoondery needs of other .:*,i-ccr.cics for
such inform-:tion. Dctcrmirrtion of these needs m!--.,y
be mr!dc by consult ation with :21,propri:.tc collecting
ogcnts or bTi reference to pertinent .: en cy collection
directives.
3. Intelligence inform; Lion and mnteriel, re-
(,crd1css of the collector, sho11 titihcrever possible
be transmitted immediately to the Local field rc-
prescntetiw of tl:c : C-,,crCy most cor:ccrrrcd. 1;ov; cvcr,
the collector' moy also send copies to his on 1vgcncy.
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.4.. Thcrc sl!..il be frex rind unrc.s'trictcd inrtcr-
dcpnrtmcntr.l. flovti of intcll.::t f,cnc~: infornir- t:i.orn -nd
intcll!C;cncc to Yrlcct tt-hc rc;co z,l,:,cd coll. c:tc rr..l or
scoond2;ry ncc:,d of ci.clhl dcpn.rtmc:u.t for i..tc:lli(Acncc
usually prcp,red or obtrdncd by othc;r dc_a,,c:,,rtn(:nts.
This dirc:ctivo sJ ,nll bc. interpreted to a~,-,ply only
to those clc :)I-rtmcnts represented or. the Intc liiP-,c::rcc
ladvir:3ory } o:;rd by pe.rmancnt rac rrbcrs.
Ci O?~1~I ',,;TIi7G C!T+';~'IC'I1~T .
B. Dr GT:1`TIfl 1 J-D DUTI 'S 01.E T!`'
In. .ll :rct.'.s vvhcrc t)-cc United Ste tcs rclr,it.tr iz~s
forci.a.n_ service; cst :blishmcrt, tic Scrli.or U. S. rc-.
prescntr:tivc vill be resl;;on.siblc for the coordin'tion
of cell collection I-c-tivitics vdtlhtin his ,rc-l to the
end tint the. c,nnounccd int .lli ;c.ncc ob j c oti.vcs of
the Gov'crnmc:nt is a %,lhholc s.` 11 be most cfCicicn l,ly
and cxpc:diti.ouslty nccomplisltcd.
. !. Fi &ld colic ct-ion sl~ .gill c nc: rr,11;,' follow but
nct be limited by the ,.dloc!;tcd res onsib_)i.iiti.cs of
th.c resl::cctivc dc:1-.aartmcrts or. ^r;cnci cs. Tic coor-
dint. tiny; authority, in ;hc on of the
respcctivc colicct .or. pror,,r.,,"1rns, s1'O1l full
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v- n.togc of the indi.vidn 1 r;bilit _cs !rd contacts of
his staff mcrlbcrs.
3. To implement this proj~rrcm cach coor.din,-tinF;
authority sh, 11, v:AI,crcvcr pronsibic for the coordin:-tion
f ell collection,. cti itics v;ithin his ,rce. to the
:rid the.;t the ';r,,nounccd i tc;1.li ;cnce objectives of
the Government ;s e