PROPOSED REVISIONS OF NSCID NO. 5

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03124788
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• Document Release Date: November 22, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-02556
• Publication Date: January 1, 1957

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SUBJECT reposed Revisions of NSCID No. 5
R E Depertiraent of the Navy draft.
Security Council Directive No. 5
. Reference was prepared by the Department of the Navy as se emendation
CU draft of a revised CW No. 5. It was subMtted at the 1.1eeting
eLtC
Sc
for C
respects the delel
unacceptable.
pur
on 24 July 1951.
and additions '1.)r opolv,
of thisrr
as well as to MOM iraposed changes.
The ftu4awental objection to reference is that its propsa1 are
ting . The primacy of the Director of Central intelligence
respects, of the C
nce and counterintelligence
e Agency in matters of
but eti1zgated in the National Security Act of 1947 a e
Implementing dir ectives of the Notional Security Council.
4. Wore reference to be validated by all concerned, the eff
eturn the U. S. tatcillgence cornunnthty to that condition of d
lathe
responsibilities which was injurious to U. S. interests
e 1947 and which mode essential the passagu c1 the Notional
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*clarity Act and the
ent of a central intelligence agercy.
The rv1sion of NSC1D � S proposed by the Central teU1gence
Agency is based upon the side *C directive to the extent possible. It is
cannot i
States.
Pr
o tale a revision solely upon the Notional 5kcurity Act
act is in the public domain. is not ciassifieC
isione which concern the clandestine act1vitt at the United
NSCW No. 54 and any revisions thereof. swat be desi nod
which, by its
5.
6. The National S.cr$ty Act distinguish*, unrnietsk.l
7.
aunt meet.
and 'Intelligence affecting the nal tOUO1 security .
rr,ed organised Fed
pionage and counterespieriage in
era o. 5. The proposed CIA
outside the United States.... Wi
� and the National Security Council t
trnental intelligence and to assign prbnacy in the forrr o the Central
e Agency is self-evident. This vital dietincti
ed. in the Navy's proposed version.
i the following sub-paragraphs no attempt
efers to
of
been blurred
to deal
imposed by ref,ycuc. bit rather to ill strate, by citing the
so
1011Ce
ant of Congress.
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ederal ) intelligence
ct fr
y be
limn:we and cont
NSCID No. 5 is clearly staLted. National
ence conthicted abrJed� as
gence activity 1i�i1ied for the
a single Agency, are the province of the Ceiral
elligence Agency,
ing para
�ponMbllity as a se
concern. The effect of a. trunriber of passages in
� 2. 4. go 96 1E4 and 12
make of the Central
bitt one any
b. The roo.a
Vet
elere
�
to destroy this concept avid
Agency not a central lastior
that there be a free esrhange
counterintelligence information, both raw a f4,i4she , is t
i put into effect, it wottid swamp the USC member agencies
of infornatiot, inch of it highly sensitive, to the d
efflcency and the national security. The Director of Central IntelligencE
is charged by the National Security Act with the protection a inst elligence
sources and methods. A free exchange of saw intelligence 170 make it
e and
impossible for
c. lhe definition of
d),
C
respous
from the sense of the Na
115 the purpose of
a
by para. k o ref erence
ional Se y 2;"Ct, S 5Ctlect
ring the lit once
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acdviUea of e evera1 Governnent
interest of rational eecrity. The definition prtovof by 1
ervice relationships. not coordination.
ewortkv that Title 1 of the National ecurtt
d. It is
Coordinating
spec'
role.
n for National Security C
assigned to the Central
cafly allocated to the Direct
N. 5. The affect of roferi
nation (pares 6 and 7) withoa
Central hatellig
* tgerK: .
Agency were
oce by te present
be to charge him with. insuring
granting Um the coordinator le central
e. Those provisions of the CIA draft which deal with liaison COZICer n
contact niainttnad by a U.S. Agency with a clandestine service to deal
matte . Within this realm the Direc
al
ge his r*ponsibWties for coor.iinthn. the
ces and rr et
a
rit
by all concerned. If. as reference proposes.
y were rer.iy coordinated among the U.
central point of reference. then confw
rob lens woud Inevitably result. This Al
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unfortunate reeultn ensue when 1tMon approaches e 'raffle vitbout
coordtnattQn with the central point of reference.
a. The listing of the above
changes proposed by reference are acceptable. It is considered, ratkt*r, that
these objections go to the heart of the matter and demonstrate that the position
advocated by reference az the position of this Agency are not dhergent but
oncilably opposed
rtment of the
-by-point rebuttal of the
Iwo the more fu4dar utal
re frame of reference in which that position kiss been stated.
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9 July 1957
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Review of National Security Council Intelligence Directives
References: IAC-M-292, item 3; IAC-M-287, item 10
1. Attached is a draft revision of National Security Council
Directive No. 5, prepared pursuant to a recommendation of the
President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities.
Because this draft constitutes such an extensive revision of the text
of the present NSCID No. 5, the prior practice of submitting a draft
in which the old language is lined out and the new language underlined
has not been followed in this case.
2. Members of the IAC working group on revision of the
NSCID's will be notified by General Truscott's office when a meeting
will be held to discuss this proposed revision of NSCID No. 5 and
prepare a coordinated draft for submission to the IAC.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 5
ESPIONAGE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 (d) of the National
Security Act of 1947, as amended, the National Security Council hereby
authorizes and directs that:
-X" 1.. The Central Intelligence Agency shall conduct all national
espionage outside the United States and its possessions in order to
meet the needs of all Departments and Agencies concerned, in con-
nection with the national security, except for certain agreed activities
by other Departments and Agencies.
2. The Central Intelligence Agency shall conduct all counter-
intelligence outside the United States and its possessions, except that
this authority shall not preclude the departmental counterintelligence
activities, and certain agreed counterintelligence activities pertaining
thereto, of other Departments and Agencies, necessary for the pro-
tection of their respective personnel, operations, installations,
material, and equipment. Each Department or Agency with personnel
or installations located outside the United States and its possessions
is responsible for the counterintelligence protection of such personnel
or installations.
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3. For the purpose of this directive:
E iori\a e is defined as the clandestine procurerIent
of informa z,zr,". _
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b. ounterintelligence is defined as thatAactivity, with
its resultant product, which is u dertaken to pro ect the security
of the nation, .nd its personnel an installations[a: r at3, against
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espionage, counterespionage, sabota , and subver ion. As
an activity, count rintelligence is the p cess of pro tiring,v\s.
developing, and re rding information con erning esp\ nage,
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counterespionage, sa otage, and subversion airected ag inst
the national security, a d of penetrating, mam ulating, o
repressing individuals, gr ups, or organization conductin
or capable of conducting, su acts.
4. The Central Intelligence Agency shall be responsible for
maintaining as a service of common concern the central indices and
records of foreign counterintelligence information. It shall be the
obligation of the Departments and Agencies to assist the Central
Intelligence Agency in the execution of this responsibility by contributing
to the central file, ona continuing basis, all pertinent material col-
lected by them.
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5. To promote the over-all interests of the U.S. intelligence
community the Director of Central Intelligence shall, in consultation
with the Intelligence Advisory Committee, coordinate all activities
authorized herein except in active theaters of war where U.S. forces
are engaged in combat, in which event the provisions of paragraph 12,
below, shall apply.
6. The Director of Central Intelligence shall coordinate foreign
clandestine intelligence collection with overt collection abroad. He
shall also insure in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory Committee
that counterintelligence activity abroad is coordinated with the Depart-
ments and Agencies responsible for domestic counterintelligence to the
extent necessary to insure conformity with the policies enunciated by
the National Security Council. The Director of Central Intelligence
shall 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.
7. Other Departments and Agencies shall assist the Central
Intelligence Agency in its conduct of espionage by providing continuous
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and timely guidance, specific collection requirements, and assessments
of intelligence information collected.
8. In the conduct of national espionage and counterintelligence
the Director of Central Intelligence shall make arrangements with the
Departments and Agencies for such cover support as may be needed by
the Central Intelligence Agency.
9. In a foreign area other than an active theater of war where
U.S. forces are engaged in combat, the designated representative of
the Director of Central Intelligence shall keep the senior U.S. repre-
sentative appropriately advised of U. S. espionage and counterintelli-
gence activities conducted in or from the area.
10. 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.
11. The Central Intelligence Agency is responsible for the
establishment, conduct, and development of liaison concerning
clandestine matters with foreign intelligence and security services.
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Other Departments and Agencies may conduct liaison on non-clan-
destine matters with foreign intelligence and security services as
required for the proper execution of their missions. However, all
liaison which concerns or affects clandestine matters shall be coor-
dinated in advance and on a continuing basis with the Central Intelligence
Agency in order to insure that such relationships are beneficial to the
over-all clandestine interests of the U.S.
12. In active theaters of war where U.S. forces are engaged
in combat:
a. All resources of the Central Intelligence Agency shall
be included in a CIA Theater Force and, through the CIA
commander thereof, shall provide espionage and counterintelli-
gence 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
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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 procedures for the coordination
of liaison between U.S. military commanders and foreign
services concerning clandestine matters.
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