NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 5 ESPIONAGE, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, AND RELATED CLANDESTINE ACTIVITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: August 2, 1957
• Content Type: REGULATION

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ESPIONAGE, COUNTERINTMIG NCE, AND RELATED CLANDESTINE ACTIVITIES
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102(d) of the National
Security Act of 1947, as amended and with specific reference to
paragraphs (4) and (5) thereof, the National Security Council hereby
authorizes and directs that:
1. As comprehensive and continuing coordination of U. S.
espionage, counterintelligence, and related clandestine activities,
including liaison with foreign intelligence and security services on
clandestine matters, can be more efficiently accomplished centrally,
it shall be the duty of the Director of Central Intelligence:
a. To establish, in consultation with the Intelligence
Advisory Committee, the procedures necessary to achieve such coordination
and issue appropriate Director of Central Intelligence Directives as
prescribed in National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 1;
b. To coordinate all such activities, including the coordination
of foreign clandestine intelligence collection with overt collection
abroad, in all areas of the world outside the United States and its
possessions other than active theaters of war 'where U. S. forces are
engaged, in which case the provisions of paragraph 9. below shall apply;
c. To provide for their coordination with the Departments and
Agencies responsible for domestic counterintelligence activities to the
extent necessary to ensure conformity with policies enunciated by the
National Security Council;
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d. To invite Departments and Agencies not permanent members
of the Intelligence Advisory Committee which have counterintelligence
responsibilities abroad to participate in the Intelligence Advisory
Committee deliberations when counterintelligence matters affecting
such responsibilities are under consideration.
2. The Central Intelligence Agency is the national clandestine
service of the United States and as such has primary responsibility for
the conduct of espionage, counterintelligence and related clandestine
activities, as a service of common concern, outside the United States
and its possessions, and for all liaison relationships with foreign
intelligence and security services with respect to clandestine matters.
3. In agreement with the Director of Central Intelligence and
subject to the coordination specified in paragraph 1 above, other
Departments and Agencies may conduct, outside the United States and
its possessions, espionage and such counterintelligence activities of
a clandestine nature required for the execution of their assigned
missions or for the security of their personnel, classified information,
equipment or installations. Other Departments and Agencies may conduct
counterintelligence activities of a non-clandestine nature, liaison with
foreign intelligence and security services on non-clandestine matters,
and liaison with such services on clandestine matters after coordination
with the Director of Central Intelligence as provided herein.
i+. The Central Intelligence Agency shall be responsible for
maintaining an & service of common concern the central indides and
records of foreign counterintelligence information. Other Departments
and Agencies shall support this activity by contributing to the central
file, on a continuing basis, all pertinent material collected by them.
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5. To increase the effectiveness of the Central Intelligence
Agency's services of common concern in the espionage field, the
members of the intelligence community shall furnish. the Central
Intelligence Agency, on a continuing basis, pertinent guidance,
specific collection requirements and assessments of the information
collected.
6. To promote the efficiency of the U. S. clandestine effort,
the Central Intelligence Agency, as a service of common concern,
shall provide to Departments and Agencies engaged in clandestine
activities authorized by this directive, such operational guidance
and information, technical support and training programs. as may be
practicable.
7. The Director of Central Intelligence shall make arrangements
with other Departments and Agencies for such cover support as may be
required by the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct its espionage
and counterintelligence activities with the maximum of effectiveness,
and shall coordinate the arrangements for cover support required by
other Departments and Agencies conducting clandestine activities under
the provisions of this directive.
8. In a foreign area other than an activi theater of war where
U.S. forces are engaged, the designated representative of the Director
of Central Intelligence shall keep the senior U.S. representative
appropriately advised of U.S. espionage and counterintelligence activities
conducted in or from the area.
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9. In a foreign area where major U.S. military commands are
stationed, the designated representative of the Director of Central
Intelligence shall keep the senior U.S. military commanders informed
of the espionage and counterintelligence operations conducted by the
Central Intelligence Agency in or from the area in direct support of
the commanders.
10. In active theaters of war where U.S. forces are engaged
or as the President may so direct:
a. All resources of the Central Intelligence Agency shall
be included in a CIA Component Force and, through the CIA
commander thereof, shall provide espionage and counterintelligence
support to military operations in accordance with the requirements
of the U.S. Military Theater Commander or the Joint Chiefs of
Staff,
b. Such exceptional espionage and counterintelligence
operations as may be conducted by the CIA Theater Force in
support of national requirements as distinguished from those
operations conducted in support of the Military Theater Commander
shall be coordinated by the Director of Central Intelligence with
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
c. The Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff shall establish procetures for the coordination of liaison
between U.S. military commanders and foreign services concerning
clandestine matters.
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