THE DIRECTION, COORDINATION AND SUPERVISION OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS.

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• Publication Date: March 2, 1966
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TO:
Deputy Director (Plans)
Deputy Director (Intelligence)
Deputy Director (Science & Technology)
'puty Director (Support)
Inspector General
General Counsel
A,1: v.:v...'na Director for National Estimates
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THE WHITE HOUSE'
WASHINGTON
March 2, 1966
CONr ID'TIAL
'NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION 1NZVORAI1'DUM NO. 34:1
The Secretary. of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Administrator of the Agency for International Development.
The Director of. the Central Intelligence Agency
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of the United States Information Agency
SUBJECT: The Direction, Coordination and Supervision of Interdepart-
mental Activities Overseas.
To assist me in carrying out my responsibilities for the conduct
of foreign affairs, I have assigned to the Secretary of State authority
and responsibility to the full extent permitted by law for the overall
direction, coordination and supervision of interdepartmental activities
of the United States Government overseas. Such activities do not.include
those of United States military forces operating in the field where such
forces are under the command of a United States area military commander. and
such other military activities as I elect as Commander in Chief to conduct
through military channels. The Secretary of State will discharge this
authority and responsibility primarily through the Under Secretary of State
and the regional Assistant Secretaries of State, who will be assisted by
interdepartmental groups of which they will be executive chairmen,,i.e.,'
with full powers o-L4' decision on all matters within their purview, unless a
member who does not,concur requests the referral of a matter to the decision
of the next higher authority..
Activities which are internal to the execution. and administration
of the approved programs of a single department or agency and which are not
of such a nature as to affect significantly the overall U. S. overseas
program in a country or region are not considered to be interdepartmental
matters in the meaning o:~ this NSAM. If disagreement arises at any echelon.
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over whether a r.:at ter is interdepartmental or not in the meaning of this
SAhi,: tho procedure set forth herein will be invoked winich permits a dism
,fie ntinC depart-lie nt or agency to appeal from the decision of an executive
chaff man to t're,ne higher authority.
1. ~?:o Senior Intercc art cntal Greun
To assize tc~ Secretary of State in dac. his authority and
responsibili y for m terdepart.rental matters wary, ...: of be dealt with..?????
adeeuately k lower levels or by present established, procedures inclucr.~
t::ose of the Intelligence Community
the Senior Irterdepart :meal Group (SIG)
,
lne SIG?'shalI` consist' of the Under Secretary of State,
Executive Charman, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Ad iinistrator of the
I r. -:Cy for International Development, the Director of.the Central Intelligence
;;e.lcy', the Chairman of the joint Chiefs 'of? Staff, the .Director of the United
States Information Agency,' and the Special Assistant to the President for
Security effairs. Representatives of other departments and aveneies
h responsibility for specific matters to be considered will attend on
__;vitation by the Chairman, ?
The Senior Interdepartmental Group will assist the Secretary of
State by:
a, ensuring that important foreign policy problems requiring
interde rtmental attention receive full, prompt and
systematic consideration;
dealing promptly with interdepartmental matters referred
by the.Acsistant Secretaries of State or raised by any of
its me;:foers, or, if such natters require higher level .cc)n-
zic.eration, reporting them promptly to. the Secretary of
State for an
handling;
c, assuring a proper selectivity of the areas and issues,to
which the United States Government applies its resources;
do ..carrying out the duties and responsibilities set forth, in
NSAM 124 and related subsequent NSAirs of the Special Group
(counterinsurgency), which is hereby abolished; and
eo conducting periodic surveys and'checks to verify the adequacy
and effectiveness, of.. interdepartmental' overseas programs and
activitiesq - ,
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The S, G will eet in t e Den artne nt reg fly and
especially at the call
of of-State
the Ch :T'
re Crai,an wil:. be supported
0Y ts y full and tin e st agencies
men,a` of perscnnel ; urn, is hed on his request by the depaz m=
represented cn the SIG,
2? xnter~e~a_tentwl Re
~,ional G, ouns
To assist the Assistant Secretar c~ L
cg~icnal GGroup ('~G) e zes of State, an Interde0art,:ental
coresporo~ to the shall Oe established for each geogran,1ic region
cent of n a- jurisdiction cf the Geo ajc b Depart
ta,,e. Each, 1`'3c G a
retary of State, r, '.tall be e composed Of the regioncsl :iureaus s in sis, thae nt
rom
.acecLive C:~airran and a desi& atea ,? fSee_
Defense, Cif ' r ep -P resen, a,,lve fxo?
A )' , s
t he OrE;a~11 ZaTion Of ire Joint. Chiefs L^ff
the e .douse
cr NSC. staff. epresentatives of othe O- S t USSA and
~encies with 'responsibilit yor f r departce:its and
attend on invitation by the Y f,, speci~ic matters to be considered will
be patterned on the SIG. Chin. ,n, p/;eetine and stad'finG procedures will.
T_.e regional Assistant Secr -
C :airmen Of the MGs etaries in their cap :cities
will assure the adeouacf y as cyecor
,t e countyi
es in their re lo. Of tJni,.ed States policy for
pe: ~o_;,,anc for irmlementing n thawas of
the plans, programs, resources and
for irdication fs of t policy. , They will be ,rte
subversive a3 po rt
nt hrorly tirgove ;il,
,:res in the rericn L. ~,cression directed y
which the United S' y ynt inte. sow of governor
~.~., when such matters re ~a,,es ras a co cogen y tO r 6
apnro ouire 'nigher level consideration intain
priate measures to hig::er authorit w Ll-l rec.-end
situations in their regions, Y for dealing with emergent critic,ai
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