COORDINATION OF THE UNITED STATES FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86M00612R000100070001-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 24, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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T iTZ \Vi-IXTE I:OUSE
Septei ?-?r 24, 1965
ai:e Director of Central In' 1.ligence
SUBJECT: Coordination of the United Mates
Foreign Intelligence Effort
Our Government i_ making a substantial effort and is expending
large sums of money to obtain timely intelligence vital to our
national defonsc and security. This effort requires the most
efficient possible organization of the activities of the various
departr_ents and a encies concerned. It is essential that these
. activities be conducted as an integrated endeavor best suited to
meet both current and ioanger-termn, national intelligence needs.
One of the essential objectives of this integrated effort is to give
timely notice to ;nom: and to other officials of critical develop-
ments which have an important bearing on our national security.
In view of the urgent necessity for maintaining effective cocrdi.?
nation of all U. S.. ioreitn intelligence functions, I request that
you serve as the Goverr_ment's chief intelligence officer, and
that you pursue as a ,.ri nary responsibility the task of coordi-
nating and guiding t e total U. S. foreign intelligence effort in
accordance with Nation al Security Council Intelligence Directive
Number One of March 4, 1964.
In the performance of your responsibility I shall expect you to
work closely with the heads of U. S. Government departments
and agencies having foreign intelligence responsibilities, with
a view to assuring the proper coordination, correlation,
evaluation and prompt dissemination of intelligence obtained
from all sources. You are authorized and directed to establish'
in consultation with member agencies of the intelligence com-
munity, such arrangements and guide lines as are necessary
for this purpose. It is my wish that you receive from the
departments and agencies concerned the full cooperation and
assistance which are essential to the success of your coordi-
natirg responsibility.
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I will continue to look to your efforts as a means of achieving
significant improvements in the organization, mana;emert,
and effectiveness of our over-all foreign intelligence syst::m.
Copies to:
The,Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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