NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO.7 CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNICATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 62
• Publication Date: January 28, 1958
• Content Type: REGULATION

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Concurred in by USCIB 22 January 1958
Concurred in by the IAC 28 January 1958
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 7
CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE CO UNICATIONS
Pursuant to Sections 101 and 102, as amended, of the National Security
Act of 1917, the National Security Council authorizes and directs that:
The following organization and procedures are hereby established
so that the communicating of critical intelligence may be made most effective
in order that the President and other members of the National Security
Council may receive, in the most timely manner, intelligence necessary for
action.
1. There shall be established communications means for the trans-
mission of critical intelligence, particularly that related to early warning
of Soviet attack, necessary to the President and high government officials.
`These means shall consist of tributary lines linking certain overseas
intelligence sources of the intelligence community to overseas relay centers
at key locations. The overseas relay centers shall in tarn be connected
to a communications center and distribution system in the Washington area
serving the highest authorities.
2. The Secretary of Defense shall be the Executive Agent of the
Government to provide for the establishment, operation, and perfection of
communications means necessary to ensure adequate transmission of critical
intelligence. The Executive Agent of the Government shall be responsible
for the establishment, operation, and perfection of the Washington and
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overseas relay centers, the Washington terminals serving the highest
authorities, and the interconnecting communications channels. He shall
also ensure that, to the extent practicable, intelligence sources overseas
are connected with the relay centers designated by him for the relay of
critical intelligence.
3. The Director of Central Intelligence, with'the advice and
support of the members of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, shall
provide the Secretary of Defense with continuing guidance as to the
communications requirements of the intelligence community for the trans-
mission of critical intelligence.
4. The Director of Central Intelligence, in consultation with the
members of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, shall define critical
intelligence and establish uniform criteria for the identification,
selection, and designation of relative priority for the transmission
of critical intelligence.
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