NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY N.I.A. DIRECTIVE NO. 1 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP

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NATIC ?AL INTELLIGENCE AUTHOIRI TY
N.I.A. DIREC'ITVE NO. 1
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE
. CENTRAL IN JLIGETICE GROUP
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Pursuant to the attached letter from the President,
dated 22 January
19L6, designating the undersigned as the National Intelligence Authority, you
are hereby directed to perform your mission,'as Director of Central Intelligence,
in accordance TAth the following policies and procedures;
1. The Central Intelligence Group shall be considered, organizbd and oper-
ated as a cooperative interdepartmental activity, with adequate and equitable
participation by the State, War and Navy Departments and, as recommended by
you and approved by us, other Federal departments and agencies. The Army Air
Forces will be represented on a basis similar to that of the Army and Navy.
2. The Central Intelligence Group will furnish strategic and national policy
intelligence to the President and the State, War and Navy Departments, and, as
appropriate, to the State-War-Navy 8oordinating Committee, the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, and other governmental departments and agencies having strategic and
policy functions related to the national security.
3. The composition of the Intelligence Advisory Board will be flexible and
will depend,in each instance, upon the subject matter under consideration. The
Special Assistant to the Secretary of State in charge of Research and Intel-
ligence, the Assistant Chief of Staff G-2, WDGS,, the Chief of Naval Intelligence
and the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence (or their, representatives)
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will be permanent members. You will invite the head (or his representative)
of any other intelligence agency having functions related to the national secur-
ity to sit as a member on all matters within the province of his agency.
All recommendations, prior to submission to this Authority, will be re-
ferred to the Board for concurrence or comment. Any recommendations which
you and the Intelligence Advisory Board approve unanimously and have the ex-
isting authority to execute may be put into effect without action by this Auth-
ority. If any member of the Board does not concur, you will submit to this
Authority the basis for his non-concurrence at the same time that you submit
your recommendation. 'i 1.
4. Recommendations approved by this Authority will, where applicable, govern
the intelligence activities of the separate departments represented herein. The
members of the Intelligence Advisory Board will each be responsible for ensuring
that approved recommendations are executed within their respective departments.
5. You will submit to this Authority as soon as practicable a proposal for
the organization of the Central Intelligence Group and an estimate of the per-
. sonnel and funds required from each department by this Group for the balance of
this fiscal year and for the next fiscal year. Each year thereafter prior to
the preparation of departmental budgets, you will submit a similar estimate for
the following fiscal year. As approved by this Authority and within the limits
of available appropriations, the necessary funds and personnel will be made a-
vailable to you by arrangement between you and the appropriate department
through its member on the Intelligence Advisory Board. You may determine the
qualifications of personnel and the adequacy of individual candidates. Person-
nel assigned to you will be under your operational and administrative control,
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6. The Central Intelligence Group will utilize all available intelligence
in producing strategic and national policy intelligence. All intelligence re-
ports prepared by the Central Intelligence Group will note any substantial dis-
sent by a participating intelligence agency.
7. As required in the performance of your authorized mission, there will
be made available to you or your authorized representatives all necessary facil-
ities, intelligence and information in the possession of our respective depart-
ments. Arrangements to carry this out will be made with members of the Intel-
ligence Advisory Board. Conversely, all facilities of the Central Intelligence
Group and all intelligence prepared by it will be made available to u s and,
through arrangements agreed hetween you and the members of the Intelligence Ad-
visory Board, subject to any authorized restrictions, to our respective depart-
ments.
8. The operations of the intelligence agencies of our departments will be
open to inspection by you or your authorized representatives in connection with
your planning functions, under arrangements agreed to between you and the re-
spective members of the Intelligence Advisory Board.
9. You are authorized to request of other Federal departments and agencies
any information or assistance required by you in the performance of your auth-
orized mission.
10. You will be responsible for furnishing, from the personnel of the Central
Intelligence Group, a Secretariat for this Authority, with the functions of
preparing agenda, reviewing and circulating papers for consideration, attending
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all meetings, keeping and publishing minutes, initiating and reviewing the
implementation of decisions, and performing other necessary secretarial serv-
ices.
Secretary of State Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of War Personal Representative
of the President
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