FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00311R000100200001-9
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 19, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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THE WHITE. HOUSE
WASHINGTON .
October 19 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR
? The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
.4/rhe Director of Central Intelligence
The Chairman, President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
SUBJECT: Foreign Intelligence Activities of She
United States
The interests of national defense and security require sustained
effort on the part of the intelligence community to support me
' and other officials having policy and command responsibilities.
It is therefore my desire that priority attention be given to
ways and means of strengthening the Government's capabilities
in the foreign intelligence and related fields through concerted
action to irn.prove the organization, conduct and effectiveness of "
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the major int-elligence-related programs in which.U. S. depart-
' ments and agencies are engaged. Efficient mana ement and
direction of the complex activities CAThiCh make up ie toth,l
toreign inteiiigence?XOrtare e EllEre njilask to meet day-to-day
natianat intelligence requirements, and to ensure the develop-
ment and application of advanced means far the collection,
processing, analysis, estimating and reporting of intelligence
information. In this connection, you have already seen my
letter of instruction to the Director of Central Intelligence dated
September 24, 1965. ,
In keeping with Executive Order No. 10938, I will continue to
look to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
for advice and recomm.endations concerning the ob'ectilies and .
e ()rel in e ience an r
m e es. s - I expect representatives of the Board to
continue the practice of making on-the-scene reviews of
-significant intelligence activities carried out in the United
States and at appropriate locations abroad.
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To facilitate the work of the Board I shall expect the heads of
all departments and agencies concerned to make available to
the Board any information which the Board may require for the
purpose of carrying out its responsibilities to me., a, I
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