DISSEMINATION OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00400R000200070019-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: January 12, 1952
• Content Type: STUDY

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ZAG 40
12 January 1952
DISSEMINATION OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
1, For consideration of the IAC there is attached a draft
letter to the National Security Council from the Director of Central
Intelligence proposing revision of NSCID-l which would clarify the
authority for dissemination of national intelligence abroad. Repre-
sentatives of the IAC agencies have agreed to the language of this
letter and the proposed revision of NSCID-l, except as indicated in
the bracketed proviso on the second page, the footnote to which
indicates the views of the agency representatives.
2. The basis for this difference of views regarding this proviso
is as follows: The President in 19+6 issued a letter to the Secretary
of State approving a policy for the disclosure of classified military
information to foreign governments under the authority of the
Secretaries of State, War, and Navy. Mr. Byrnes' recommendation,
the President's letter, the approved policy and the current sub-
policies interpreting and elaborating the original are all set forth
in MIC 206/29 issued by the State-Defense Military Information Control
Committee, which was given the responsibility for implementing the
President's directive. There was no disagreement among the IAC
representatives that, both in 1946 and now, this arrangement is
necessary and useful to insure proper control of the disclosure of
military information which for convenience (mainly to the Defense
Department) has been defined to include military intelligence. In
discussing the proposed revision of NSCID-1 the question arose: In
the case of military intelligence embedded in national intelligence
how can we assure that the military intelligence will be subjected
to the scrutiny required by the President's policy and its interpre-
tation in MIC 206/29?
3, It has been pointed out that appropriate reference in the
proposed NSCID revision to existing U. S. disclosure policy would
.forestall possible confusion. However, inasmuch as the Defense
Department representatives on the Military Information Committee
operate under the direction of the three Service Intelligence Chiefs
and since these same Chiefs are members of the IAC, it would appear
that IAC concurrence in the dissemination of a given piece of
national intelligence to a foreign government would automatically
imply adequate consideration of the MIC policy in respect of any
military intelligence that was involved. The burden of the language
therefore in the bracketed addition to the proposed revision has the
effect of reminding the Chiefs of the Military Intelligence agencies
that this screening of military intelligence against the existing
guidance should take place.
S-E-C-R-E-T
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Secu~, y Information
IAC -40
12 January 1952
DRAFT MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary
National Security Council
SUBJECT: Dissemination of National Intelligence
to Foreign Governments
1, In keeping with the present policy of the United States
which associates this country with other governments in political
and military cooperation, it is essential to provide these govern-
ments with U. S. national intelligence where such action will con-
tribute to. the security.of the United States,
2. Heretofore national intelligence has been given some foreign
dissemination, on a highly selective bass
This has been done under the authority of the Director of Central
Intelligence as inferred from the National Security Act of 1947 and
the National Security Council Intelligence Directives. The volume
of intelligence that can and should be released to certain foreign
governments has become so considerable, however, that the National
Security Council is requested to grant some specific authorization
and clearly fix the responsibility for the dissemination of national
intelligence to foreign governments.
3, It is therefore proposed that paragraph 5 of NSCID-1 be
designated 5(a) and that the following be inserted:
Paragraph 5(b) - Unless otherwise provided by law or NSC
Directive, the Director of Central Intelligence is authorized ra
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IAC -D-kO
12 January 1952
disseminate National Intelligence on a strictly controlled
basis to foreign governments and international bodies upon
determination by the Director of Central Intelligence, concurred
in by the Intelligence Advisory Committee, that such action
would substantially promote the security of the United States
provided that any disclosure of classified military information
included in such national intelligence is in accordance with
the policies laid down in the U. S. National Disclosure Policy
(MIC 206/29), such determination to be made by the Army, Navy
and Air Force7*
5. This proposal has been approved, by the Intelligence Advisory
Committee.
WALTER B. SMITH
Director
* This bracketed addition is requested by the Army, Navy, and Air
Force. JIG perceived no objection but considered the addition
unnecessary. The State Department and FBI had no objection. The
CIA representative considered this an internal matter of the Armed
Services since the addition describes the nature of their
responsibility in giving their concurrence. The CIA representa-
tive believed that this matter is inappropriate for an inclusion
in an NSCID.
S-B-C-R-E-T
IAC DZ O
12 January 1952
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