NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE COORDINATION OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000100090018-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2002
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 14, 1947
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL SECURE TY COUNCIL
COORDINATION OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
1. The following overall policies and objectives are established
by the National Security Council for the interdepartmental coordination
of collection activities so that measures may be taken promptly to
effect sound and efficient utilization of the various departmental
overseas collecting and reporting services:
a. There shall be an allocation of responsibilities within
the following broad categories for collection of all types of
foreign intelligence:
Political . . . . . . . . . State Department
Cultural. . State Department
Sociological. . . . . . . State Department
Military . . . . . . . . . Army Department
Naval . . Navy Department
Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Force
Economic. . .} Each agency in
accordance with its
Scientific. . . . . . . . . . .) respective needs
b. Intelligence information and material regardless of the
collector , shall, wherever possible, be transmitted immediately
to the field representative of the agency most concerned. How-
ever, the collector may also send copies to his own agency.
c. The senior U.S. representative in each foreign area where
the United States maintains a foreign service post shall be respons-
ible for the coordination of all collection activities in his area
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and the proper implementation of that coordination within the
spirit of the principles enunciated herein,
d. The collecting and reporting facilities of each of the
agencies will be utilized so as to avoid unproductive duplication
and uncoordinated overlap and insure that full flow of intelli-
gence material necessary for all departments,
e. There.shall be free and unrestricted interdepartmental,.
exchange of intelligence information and intelligence to meet
the recognized secondary need of each department for intelligence
usually prepared or obtained by other departments. At present
this Directive is interpreted to apply only to those departments
represented by the permanent members of the Intelligence Advisory
Committee.
2. Full consideration shall be given in the implementation of
these established overall policies and objectives to a full utiliza-
tion of the individual initiative and favorable contacts of collecting
agents.
3. No interpretation of these established overall policies and
objectives shall negate the basic principle that all departmental
representatives abroad are individually responsible for the appropri-
ate transmission to Washington of all intelligence material of possible
usefulness to the effective accomplishment of the national intelligence
mission which may come into their possession.
IL. The Director of Central Intelligence shall act for the National
Security Council in coordination with our several intelligence agencies
to insure the'full and proper implementation and execution of the above
established policies and objectives.
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