THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B01034R000700040006-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 20, 1977
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Vice President
.,The Secretary of State
:.The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the'Treasury..
.The Attorney General
Development Administration.
national security affairs, l hereby direct the reorganization of the " - "
National Security Council system. The reorganization is intended to
place more responsibility in the departments and agencies while in-
suring that the NSC, with my Assistant for National Security Affairs, -
continues to integrate and facilitate foreign and defense policy -decisions.
To assist me in carrying out my responsibilities for the conduct of
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The United States Representative Co the
United Nations
The Director, Office of Management and Budget
The Assistant to the president for National'..
Security Affairs
The Chairman, Coun,cil'of Economic Advisers
The Administrator, Agency for International
Development
The Director, Arms Control and. Disarmament
Agency
The Director,. United. States Information Agency
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.,'.....
The Director of Central Intelligence =`.. -
The Administrator, Energy Research and
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the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration,
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of Central Intelligence, and
Security Affairs, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers,
the Director of the Arms Control and Di sa-rmam ent Agency, the Chair-.
Management and Budget, the Assistant to the President for. National
Secretary of the Treasury, 'the Attorney General, the United States
Representative to the United Nations, the Director of the Office of.
The National Security Council (NSC)
The functions, membership, and responsibilities of the'National
Security Cciuncil shall be as set forth in the National Security.Act of
1.947,' as amended. In addition, ~ other senior officials, -including the
shall attend appropriate NSC meetings.
defense, and intelligence policy decisions. "International economic and
NSC shall assist me in-analyzing, integrating and facilitating foreign,
international security issues requiring Presidential consideration. The.
The National Security Council shall be the principal forum for
other interdependence issues which are pertinent to nationa.l.security'
papers are prepared. Other members of the NSC may propose items for -
be responsible for determining the agenda and insuring that the necessary
of the Treasury and the Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers,- shall
the Secretaries of State and Defense and, when appropriate, the Secretary -
for National Security Affairs, at tray direction and in consultation with
The. Council shall meet regularly. The Assistant to the President
NSC Policy Review Committee
and agencies. This Committee shall deal with such matters as:
the basic responsibilities fall primarily within a given department but
where the subject also has important implications for other departments.
An NSC Policy Review Committee is hereby established to develop
national security policy for Presidential decision in those cases- where
-~ foreign policy issues that contain significant military
or other interagency aspects;
defense policy issues having international implications
and the coordination of the annual Defense budget with foreign
policy objectives; . e .
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the preparation of a.consolidated national -intelligence
budget and resource allocation for the Intelligence Community
(thus assuming under the chairmanship of the Director of Central
Intelligence the functions and responsibilities of the Committee
on 'Foreign Intelligence); and
--- those international economic issues pertinent to U., S.
.`foreign policy and security, with staffing of the underlying
economic issues through the Economic Policy Group.
I shall ?designate for each meeting the appropriate Chairman of
the Policy Review Committee and attendance, depending on the subject
matter being considered. Membership, is addition to, the statutory
.-members of the NSG and-the Assistant for NTationzil Security Affairs,
shall, include, as appropriate, other senior officials. ;. ,
The NSC Special Coordination Committee
A second NSG Committee, the Special Coordination Committee,'
is hereby established to deal 'with specific cross--cutting issues :requiring
coordination in the development of options and the implementation. df
'Presidential decisions-. ' The Committee shall deal with such matters
as: the oversight of sensitive. intelligence activities, such as covert
operations,.. which are undertaken on Presidential authority; .axzxz$
of the NSC Policy Review Committee.
The Special Coordination Committee shall be chaired by the,.
Assistant for National Security Affairs; Membership shall include
statutory members of the NSC, or their representatives, artd.other.:::
senior.off;cials ppro_ri-,te =
Existing NSC Interdepartmental Groups, chaired by a designated -
senior departmental official, are to continue as needed under the direction
The membership of the Interdepartmental Groups shall include
the agencies represented on the NSC Policy Review Committee.'
Depending on the issue under consideration, other ag encies shall be
represented at the discretion of the Policy Review Committee.
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c. National Security Council Ad Hoc Groups
When appropriate, I intend to appoint NSC Ad Hoc_ Groups to
deal with ,- ., _ .
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