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

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2004
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• Publication Date: June 20, 1957
• Content Type: REGULATION

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IAC D-10,S/3
20 June 1957
Revised Draft
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 3
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of the National Security Act of
191i.7, as amended, and for the purposes enunciated in paragraphs (d) and (e)
thereof, the National Security Council hereby authorizes and directs that the
following over-all policies and objectives are established for the coordination
of the production of intelligence;
le In order that all facilities of the Government may be utilized to
their capacity and that the responsibilities of each Department or Agency may
be clearly defined in accordance with its mission, primary* interest, and
capabilities, the whole field of intelligence production is divided into the
following categories, and responsibilities are allocated as indicated:
ao Basic Intelligence
(1) Basic intelligence is that factual intelligence which results
from the collation of encyclopedic information of a fundamental and more
or less permanent nature which, as a result of evaluation and interpre-
tation,, is determined to be the best available.
(2) An outline of all basic intelligence required by the Government
shall be maintained by the CIA in collaboration with the appropriate
agencies. This outline shall be broken down into chapters, sections, and
sub-sections which shall be allocated as production and maintenance
The it Force member of the IAC Working Group on Revision of NSCID-3 reserved
his position on the choice of the word "primary" in place of "dominant."
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responsibilities to CIA and those agencies of the Government which are
best qualified by reason of mission,, production capability, and primary
interest to assume the production and maintenance responsibility. To insure
the production of the basic intelligence required by the Government and
the fullest possible use of current agency capabilities, changes in the
outline or allocations of production and maintenance responsibilities
shall be effected by agreement between the Director of Central Intelligence
and the agencies concerned,
(3) Basic intelligence required in the interest of national security
shall be compiled and continuously maintained in National Intelligence
Surveys to cover foreign countries, areas, or broad special subjects, in
accordance with NIS Standard Instructions, The National Intelligence Surveys
will be disseminated in such form as shall be determined by the Director of
Central Intelligence and the Departments and Agencies concerned.
(Li) The Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible for
coordinating production and maintenance and for accomplishing the review,
publication, and dissemination of these National Intelligence Surveys and
shall make such requests of the Departments and Agencies as are necessary
for proper development and maintenance of the Surveys.
(5) Departments or Agencies to be called on for contributions to
this undertaking may include other than those represented permanently on the
Current Intelligence
(1) Current intelligence is that intelligence of all types and
forms of imnediate interest which is usually disseminated without the delays
incident to complete evaluation or interpretation.
(2) The CIA and the several agencies shall produce and disseminate
such current intelligence as may be necessary to meet their own internal
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requirements. Normally9 the current intelligence produced by the CIA is
produced primarily to meet the needs of the president and National Security
Council; in addition it serves the common needs of the interested Departments
and Agencies of the Government for current intelligence which they themselves
do not produce.
c. Departmental Intelligence is all intelligence which any department
or agency requires to execute its own mission.
d. Interdepartmental Intelligence is integrated departmental intel-
ligence which is required by departments and agencies of the Government
for the execution of their missions but transcends the competency of a
single department or agency to produce. Where appropriate, production and
dissemination of interdepartmental intelligence will be carried out within
the subcommittee structure of the Intelligence Advisory Committee .
eo National Intelligence is all intelligence which is required for
the formulation of national security policy, concerns more than one depart-
ment or agency,, and transcends the exclusive competence of a single depart-
ment or agency.
2. Each Department or Agency., taking full cognizance of the facilities of
the other agencies,, shall maintain adequate research facilities to accomplish its
departmental intelligence pro duction mission and to provide such additional intel-
ligence within its field of primary interest as may be necessary to satisfy the
requirements of other agencies.
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
primary interests*,.
# Production of intelligence on atomic energy is a responsibility of all inter-
ested agencies to be carried out within the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Com-
mittee-structure. (Refao Letter from Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
to Secretaries of Defense and State, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission., and the
Attorney Genera] 7 August 191.7')
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? 'Political Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of State
Sociological Intelligence . . . Department of State
Army Intelligence* . . . . . . Department of the Army
Naval Intelligence* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of the Navy
Air Intelligence* . . . . . . . Department of the Air Force
Economic Intelligence
Sino-Soviet Bloc Areas . CIA
Outside Sino-Soviet Bloc Areas . . . . . . . . . . Department of State
Scientific and Technical Intelligence . . . . . . CIA
# Inc uding scientific., technical, and economic intelligence pertinent to the
departmental mission.
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