APPENDIX B SELECTED ACTIONS OF THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXCLUSIVE OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES 20 OCTOBER 1950 - 10 AUGUST 1954

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• Document Page Count: 51
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 10, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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SELECTED ACTIONS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
ADVISORY CO}'MITTEE EXCLUSIVE OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES
20 October 1950 - 10 August 1954
(UNDER SEPARATE COVER)
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STATUTORY AUTHORITY
(The National Security Act of 19117, as Amended; UNCLASSIFIED)
TITLE I -- COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Sec. 102. (a) There is hereby established under the National Security
Council a Central Intelligence Agency with a Director of Central In-
telligence who shall be the head thereof, and with a Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence who shall act for, and exercise the powers, of, the
Director during his absence or disability. The Director and the Deputy
Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, from among the commissioned officers of the
armed services, whether in an active or retired status, or from among
individuals in civilian life: Provided, however, That at no time shall the
two positions of the Director and Deputy Director be occupied simul-
taneously by commissioned officers of the armed services, whether in an
active or retired status.
(b) (1) If a commissioned officer of the armed services is appointed
as Director, or Deputy Director, then -
(A) in the performance of his duties as Director, or Deputy Director,
he shall be subject to no supervision, control, restriction, or prohibi-
tion (military or otherwise) other than would be operative with respect
to him if he were a civilian in no way connected with the Department
of the Army, the'Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air
Force, or the armed services or any component thereof; and
(B) he shall not possess or exercise any supervision, control, powers,
or functions (other than such as he possesses, or is authorized or
directed to exercise, as Director, or Deputy Director) with respect to
the armed services or any component thereof, the Department of the
Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force,
or any branch, bureau, unit, or division thereof, or with respect to any
of the personnel (military or civilian) of any of the foregoing.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), the appointment to the
office of Director, or Deputy Director, of a commissioned officer of the
armed services, and his acceptance of and service in such office, shall
in no way affect any status, office, rank, or grade he may occupy or
hold in the armed services, or any emolument, perquisite, right,
privilege, or benefit incident to or arising out of any such status, office,
rank, or grade. Any such commissioned officer shall, while serving
in the office of Director, or Deputy Director, continue to hold rank and
grade not lower than that in which serving at the time of his appoint-
ment and to receive the military pay and allowances (active or retired,
as the case may be, including personal money allowance) payable to
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a commissioned officer of his grade and length of service for which
the appropriate department shall be reimbursed from any funds avail-
able to defray the expenses of the Central Intelligence Agency. He
also shall be paid by the Central Intelligence Agency from such funds
an annual compensation at a rate equal to the amount by which the
compensation established for such position exceeds the amount of his
annual military pay and allowances.
(3) The rank or grade of any such commissioned officer, shall, dur-
ing the period in which such commissioned officer occupies the office
of Director of Central Intelligence, or Deputy Director of Central In-
telligence, be in addition to the numbers and percentages otherwise
authorized and appropriated for the armed service of which he is a
member.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of August
24, 1912 (34 Stat. 555), or the provisions of any other law, the Director
of Central Intelligence may, in his discretion, terminate the employ-
ment of any officer or employee of the Agency whenever he shall deem
such termination necessary or advisable in the interests of the United
States, but such termination shall not affect the right of such officer or
employee to seek or accept employment in any other department or
agency of the Government if declared eligible for such employement by
the United States Civil Service Commission.
(d) For the purpose of coordinating the intelligence activities of the
several Government departments and agencies in the interest of national
security, it shall be the duty of the Agency, under the direction of the
National Security Council --
(1) to advise the National Security Council in matters concerning
such intelligence activities of the Government departments and agen-
cies as relate to the national security;
(2) to make recommendations to the National Security Council
for the coordination of such intelligence activities of the departments
and agencies of the Government as relate to the national security;
(3) to correlate and evaluate intelligence relating to the national
security, and provide for the appropriate dissemination of such in-
telligence within the Government using where appropriate existing
agencies and facilities: Provided, That the Agency shall have no police,
subpoena, law-enforcement powers, or internal-security functions:
Provided further, That the departments and other agencies of the
Government shall continue to collect, evaluate, correlate, and dis-
seminate departmental intelligence: And provided further, That the
Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting
intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure;
(4) to perform, for the benefit of the existing intelligence agencies,
such additional services of common concern as the National Security
Council determines can be more efficiently accomplished centrally;
(5) to perform such other functions and duties related to intelli-
gence affecting the national security as the National Security Council
may from time to time direct.
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(e) To the extent recommended by the National Security Council and
approved by the President, such intelligence of the departments and
agencies of the Government, except as hereinafter provided, relating to
the national security shall be open to the inspection of the Director
of Central Intelligence, and such intelligence as relates to the national
security and is possessed by such departments and other agencies of
the Government, except as hereinafter provided, shall be made available
to the Director of Central Intelligence for correlation, evaluation, and
dissemination: Provided, however, That upon the written request of the
Director of Central Intelligence, the Director of Central Intelligence
such information for correlation, evaluation, and dissemination as may
be essential to the national security.
(f) Effective when the Director first appointed under subsection (a)
has taken office-
(1) the National Intelligence Authority (11 Fed. Reg. 1337, 1339,
February 5, 1946) shall cease to exist; and
(2) the personnel, property, and records of the Central Intelligence
Group are transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency, and such
Group shall cease to exist. Any unexpended balances of appropria-
tions, allocations, or other funds available or authorized to be made
available for such Group shall be available and shall be authorized to
be made available in like manner for expenditure by the Agency.
(Note: The National Security Act of 19147 may be cited as 61 Stat. 496,
50 U.S.C. 1401, et. seq., approved July 26, 19147, as amended by
the Act of August 10, 1949, 63 Stat. 579 and the Act of April 14,
1953, 67 3tat. 19.)
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