NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 15 COORDINATION AND PRODUCTION OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000100070012-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 23, 1953
• Content Type: REGULATION

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September 23, 1953
Approved For Release 2001/07/26: CIA-RDP67-0 OC59AOOO1OOO7OO12-0
NSCID 15 CONFIDENTIAL COPY
Corrected
June 22,, 1951
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 15
COORDINATION AND PRODUCTION OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE
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 the Central Intelligence Agency to
perform the following functions with respect to foreign economic
intelligence relating to the national security:
1. Maintain a continuing review of the requirements of
the United States Government for foreign economic intelligence
relating to the national security} and of the facilities and
arrangements available to meet those requirements? making from
time to time such recommendations to the National Security
Council concerning improvements as may require National Secu-
rity Council action.
2. Insure through regular procedures that the full eco-
nomic knowledge and technical talent available in the Govern
ment is brought to bear on important issues involving national
security, including issues on which assistance is requested by
the National Security Council or members thereof.
3. Evaluate, through regular procedures, the pertinence,
extent, and quality of the foreign economic data available
bearing on national security issues, and develop ways in which
quality could be improved and gaps could be filled.
L Conduct, as a service of common concern, such foreign
economic research and produce such foreign economic intelli.
gence as may be required a) to supplement that produced by
other agencies either in the appropriate discharge of their
regular departmental missions or in fulfillment of assigned
intelligence responsibilities; b) to fulfill requests of the
Intelligence Advisory Committee.
NSCID 15
Corrected
June 22, 1951 CONFIDENTIAL COPY
Approved For Release 2001/07/26 : CIA-RDP67-00059AO00100070012-0