NSC ACTION RE 'FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES' (INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS OF JOINT STUDY GROUP)

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• Publication Date: January 19, 1961
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT NSC Action re "Foreign Intelligence Activities"
(including Recommend;.tions of Joint Study Group)
REFERENCE USIB-D-1. 5/2, 10 January 1961, Limited Distribution
The attached excerpt from the record of actions of the NSC at its
12 January meeting (approved by the President on 18 January 1961),
setting forth the action taken with respect to "Foreign Intelligence
Activities" (including recommendations of the Joint Study Group), is
forwarded for information and appropriate implementation.
NSC review(s) completed.
Executive Secretary
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NATIONAL SECURITI COUNCIL
at its
FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOURTH MEETING
held on
January 12, 1961
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RECORD OF ACTIONS.
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Action No. 23 7; Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, same
subject, dated January 9, 1961, SPECIAL L3MITED DISTRIBUTION ONLY)
a. Discussed the views of the Principals of the Joint
Study Group regarding the Group's report,, as consolidated
by the. Director of Central Intelligence (transmitted by
the reference memorandum of January 9, 1961); and took
the following actions with regard to the recam endations
of the Joint Study Group:
(1)
Concurred in Recommendations Nos. 3, 4, 6,
10
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7, 8,
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, 31, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 25,
26,
27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,
and 43.
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(2)
Concurred in Recclnmendations Nos. 1, 2, and 30,
provided that:
(a)
(3)
Implementation of Recommendations Nos. 1
and 2 should take place after study by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and in a manner to
be established by the Secretary of Defense.
(b) The implementation of Recorsmaendations Nos. 1,
2 and 30 with respect to the organization and
functions of the USIB should be taken in
phase with the carrying out of the related
internal adjustments within the intelligence
ccffiponents. of the Department of Defense.
Concurred in Recommendation No. 5, with the un-
derstanding that this recommendation did not modify
the arrangements in this field under wartime conditions.
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(1+) Concurred in Recaanmendation No. 16 and approved
draft NSCID No. 8 as submitted, with the provi-
sion that the National Photographic Intelligence
Center (NPIC) should be under the Central Intel-
ligence Agency; and noted the President's state-
ment that there should be no other center dupli-
cating the functions of the NPIC, and that the
military services and other departments and agen-
cies should state clearly to the NPIC their par-
ticular requirements
(5) Concurred in Recammendation No. 18, subject to
the deletion of the words "and assign responsi-
bility for periodic reports to the United States
Intelligence Board" and the addition,of the words
"and the agencies concerned should make periodic
reports to their agency heads,"
(6) Concurred in principle with Recommendations
Nos. 21, 22 and 23, and referred them to the
USIB for implementation in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
(7) Concurred in Recommendation No. 24, subject to the
addition of the words "except in situations with
respect to which the Secretary of-State and the
Director of Central Intelligence may agree do
not warrant such allocation of responsibility.
(8) Agreed that, in lieu of establishing the manage-
ment group proposed in Recommendation No. 31, the
functions recommended for that group should be
performed by the coordination staff proposed in
Reccmmendation No. 29.
(9)
Concurred in RectmIInendation No. 31+, subject to
the addition of the words "or as the Joint Chiefs
of Staff may direct, subject to the understanding
that National Security Agency crxnmmnications to
service cryptologic agencies in the. field are
excepted from the provisions of this recamiendation."
(10) Deferred action on Recommendation No. 35.
Discussed the recommendations of the Deputy Secretary
of Defense (transmitted by the reference memorandum
of January 9, 1961), and adopted the following amend-
ments to National Security Council Intelligence Direc-
tives:
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
NSCID No. 1, paragraph 4-a, 3rd sentence: Delete
the words "with intelligence production re-
sponsibilities"
NSCID No. 2,. paragraph 3: Delete this paragraph
and substitute the following:
"3- The Department of Defense shall
have primary responsibility for, and shall
perform as a. service of common concern, the
collection of military intelligence informa-
tion. Owing to the importance of scientific
and technical intelligence to the Department
of Defense and the military services, this
collection responsibility shall include sci-
entific and technical, as well as economic,
information directly pertinent to Department
of Defense missions."
NSCID No. 3 subparagraph 7-b: Delete this sub-
paragraph and substitute the following.:
"b. The Department of Defense shall
produce military intelligence. This pro-
duction shall include scientific, technical
and economic intelligence directly pertinent
to the missions of the various components of
the Department of Defense."
NSCID No. 5, subparagraphs 8-a -band -c: Sub-
stitute the words Secretary of Defense" for
the words "Joint Chiefs of Staff".
(5) NSCID No. 6, paragraph 2: Add the following
words: ", ,except that only the Secretary
of Defense shall exercise or delegate this
authority within the Department of Defense."
c. Noted the President's conviction that further stream-
lining of the entire foreign intelligence organization
still needs to be accomplished.
NOTE: The action in a above, as approved by the President,
subsequently transmitted to the Director of Central
Intelligence, the Secretary of State and the Secre-
tary of Defense for appropriate implementation.
The amendments in b above, as approved by the Pres-
ident, subsequently incorporated in revised NSCID's.
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