NEWS RELEASE OF : PRESIDENT'S DIRECTIVE OF 22 JANUARY , 1946. DIRECTIVE SENT SECRETARY OF STATE , SECRETARY OF WAR AND SECRETARY OF NAVY; 2 PP.

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00036R000500080018-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: January 22, 1946
• Content Type: FORM

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IDENTIFICATION OF DOCUMENT
:News Release of: President's Directive of 22 January, 1946.
Directive sent Secretary of State, Secretary of War and
Secretary of Navy; 2 pp.
ABSTRACT NOTATION REFERENCES
*National Intelligence
Authority
Activates Central Intelligence Group (CIG) and establishes the position
rector of Central Intelligence.
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the National Intelligence Authority, the Director of Central Intelligence
shall:
"c? 'Perform, for the benefit of said intelligence agencies, such ser-
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al~.canrinp. is the 'axt of a:::directive, sent bv- the President
ec~re arv of Mete : = acre arv' of ar an Jecretar of er:
z' a rd t0 the coardinet .on' of the foreir-n inteil rrence .ac
the federal-avernuent
y direct that all
1. It is my desire, and herb
,
activit le b .anned, eve
ederal foreirrn intellipence
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etl a ox mated so toaaaure,. t e Goat effective
-o+ h ent of the At 11 ence I esion?rslat ed to the
;ti,vnal security. I hereby, desir,nate you, together wit
at#ather person to be naued by a as y personal repre-
:aentative, as the ?rational Iritelliren4e .'authority to
aceoaplish this nurposse
sons shall collectively f or'i a central Intel li --ence "coup
and shall, under the direction of a Director of ",entral
Intelli-once, assist the iTational Inte]_linence :ut:hority.
The Director of ;cntr^l Intelli -'once shall be desi-nated
by ae, shall be responsible to the i:ational Intollir-e ce
;authority, and shall it as a non-votinr :io: ber t'iereof.
facilities from your respective Denartnents, 't-ihich per
.you shall each from tine to tine assir n persons and
2. Within the limits of available a7nropriations,
and' control of the iTational Intelligence '_uthority, the-
Director of Central Intelligence shall:
3. Subject to the existing- lag/, and to the direction
a. "~cex~?~lis}1 the correlation and evaluation.
of intelli 'once relating to the national security,
and the appropriate disse-iination within the Covern-
nent of the' resultin? strat.eric and national policy
'
intellir*enee. In so doing, full use
shall be zade
of the staff and facilities of the`1nteiligence
agencies of your Denartients.
b. Plan for the cocdination of such of the
activities of the intellr;enoe a^encies of your
Departments a' relate to th- national security
and reeori-iend to the rational intelligence '.uthor-
ity' the establish -.en. of such over-all policies
ana objectives as will assure the :post effective
- Acconnlishaent of the, national intellis;ence mission.
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c, Perform, fo the benefit of said intelli-
r'ence a^encies , such services of coon concern
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Asthe National Intellieence city deternines.
men be : more efficiently aeootp ?oentrally.
d. Perform such' other fun~tiar l end duties
elated to intelligence ai'fectin th ". national
: 8eourity as the President and ,t' atjonal
1, e&lf gene uthority may fr y ~ -a ti e
reot.
r
l~to polio ,lard enf oro ent `yam it'er
n$1 security
~Yris smell ce, exercised 'under this directive.
5. '3uch intelligence received by the intelligence
agenoies of your Depart-ients as iay be designated by the
National Intelligence ,authority shall be freely avail-
able to the Director of Central Intelligence for corre-
1. ion, -evaluation or dissemination. T' the extent
approved by the National Intelligence _:uthority, the
operations of said intelligence a-encies shall be open
to,inspeetion by the Director of 'Jentral Intelligence
in-connection with planninr~ functions.
6. The existing intelligence agencies of your
Departments shall continue to collect, evaluate, corre-
late and disseminate d-epartnental intelligence.
The Director of Central Intelligence shall be
vided,by law and Presidential directives.-
of tae.unxted States and its possessions; except as nro-
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the ring"of investigations inside the continental limits
Intelia enoe ray from time to time request pursuant-to
regulations of the TT.tional Intelligence ..urthority.
nothing herein shall be construed to autho
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a
'?directivej", other departments and a"enoiea of the execu
the branch of the Federal "~overn~ient shall furnish s!ich
inteU4gonoe information relating to the national security
as ioin their -nossession, and as the?Dircctor of Central
Within. the scope of existing leww and President-I' 1
as deteruined by the slat-tonal Intelligence 'authority.
advised by an Intelligence ..dvisory ^oard consistin-* of
-the-heads (or their representatives) of the principal
military and civilian intelligence a-eneies of the
(lovernnent having functions related to national security,
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