REVISION OF NSCID NO. 5

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8 January 1958
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the Intelligence Advisory Committee
SUBJECT : Revision of NSCID No. 5
1. The attached revision of NSCID No. 5 was approved by the
IAC on 7 January 1958. At the request of the Office of the
Secretary of Defense, a sentence has been re-inserted at the end
of paragraph 2.d. -- since the previous removal of this sentence
had been contingent upon agreement by OSD.
2. Final IAC action on all revised NSCIDs (except NSCID No.
is scheduled for the meeting on 21 January 1958.
JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
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8 January 1958
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE No. 5
U. S. ESPIONAGE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ABROAD
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 that:
1. For the purpose of this directive:
a. Espionage is defined as that intelligence activity
which is directed toward the acquisition of information through
clandestine operations.
b. Counterintelligence is defined as that intelligence
activity, with its resultant product which is devoted to destroying
the effectiveness of inimical foreign intelligence activities and
which is undertaken to protect the security of the nation, and its
personnel, information and installations abroad, against espionage,
sabotage, and subversion. Counterintelligence includes the process
of procuring, developing, recording, and disseminating information
concerning hostile clandestine activity and of penetrating,
manipulating, or repressing individuals, groups, or organizations
conducting or capable of conducting such activity.
2. To ensure centralized direction through prior, comprehensive and
continuing coordination of all clandestine activities authorized herein,
the Director of Central Intelligence shall:
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a. Establish, in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory
Committee, the procedures necessary to achieve such'direction and
coordination;
b. Coordinate all clandestine activities authorized herein
and conducted outside the U. S. and its possessions, including
liaison which concerns clandestine activities or which involves
foreign clandestine services, except when the provisions of
paragraph 8 apply; also coordinate clandestine activities with
overt collection abroad;
c. Invite departments and agencies not permanent members of
the Intelligence Advisory Committee which have clandestine counter-
intelligence responsibilities abroad to,participate in the
Intelligence Advisory Committee deliberations when clandestine
counterintelligence matters affecting such responsibilities are
under consideration;
d. Make mutually agreeable arrangements with other departments
and agencies for such cover support as may be needed by the Central
Intelligence Agency and coordinate the arrangements for cover
support required by any other department or agency to carry out
the clandestine activities authorized in paragraph,4. below, except
when such cover is to be provided unilaterally and without utilizing
the facilities of or becoming identified with other departments or
agencies of the government or non-governmental organizations.
fArr ngements for cover involving the military services or any
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with the procedures established by the Secretary of Defense.
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component of the Department:o, Defense will be made in accordance
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3. The Central Intelligence Agency has primary responsibility for
U. S. clandestine activities abroad. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 8,
it is responsible for the following services of common concern:
a. The conduct of espionage outside the United States and
its possessions in order to meet the intelligence needs of all
departments and agencies concerned, in connection with the
national security;
b. The conduct of clandestine counterintelligence outside
the United States and its possessions;
c. The conduct of liaison with foreign clandestine services:
or concerning the above clandestine activities with foreign
intelligence or security services;
d. The maintenance for the benefit of the intelligence
community of central indexes and records of foreign counter-
intelligence information. All departments and agencies shall
contribute to this index, on a continuing basis, such material
collected by them as is appropriate for a central file; this
material shall be collated and analyzed for appropriate
dissemination.
e. Upon request and to the extent practicable, assisting
other departments and agencies in connection with their cover
support needs.
4. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 above, other, departments
and agencies with commands or installations located outside the U. S.
and its possessions may:
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a. Conduct supplementary espionage in order to satisfy
departmental intelligence needs;
b. Conduct clandestine counterintelligence activities
necessary for the security of their personnel, commands,
activities and installations;
c. Conduct liaison with foreign clandestine services or
concerning the above clandestine activities with foreign
intelligence or security services.
5. The departments and agencies concerned shall assist the Central
Intelligence Agency in its conduct of espionage by providing guidance in
the form of continuous, timely and specific collection requirements and,
as required, assessments of the information collected. Such departments
and agencies shall provide similar support to each other as required.
6. In a foreign area, except where paragraph 8 applies, the
Director of Central Intelligence shall, after consultation with the
Secretary of State, insure that the senior U. S. representative, or
his designated representative, is appropriately advised of U. S.
espionage and clandestine counterintelligence activities conducted in
or from the area.
7. In a foreign area where major U. S. military commands are
stationed, the designated representative of the Director of Central Intelli-
gence shall keep the senior U. S. military commanders, or their designated
representatives, appropriately informed of the espionage and clandestine
counterintelligence activities and operations, conducted by the Central
Intelligence Agency in or from such areas, including liaison between CIA
and foreign military establishments.
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8. In active theaters of war where U. S. forcer. are engaged, or
when the President so directs:
a. Except as provided in sub-paragraph b. below, the entire
Central Intelligence Agency organization conducting espionage and
clandestine counterintelligence operations in or from a theater
shall as a component force be under the direct command of the U. S.
Theater Commander in accordance with agreements separately reached
between the Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, and shall provide espionage and counterintelligence
support to military operations.
b. Espionage and counterintelligence operations which,
because of some exceptional political, diplomatic or other
implication, are conducted independently by the Central
Intelligence Agency, shall be coordinated by the Director of
Central Intelligence with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, as
appropriate, with the Secretary of State.
c. The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central
Intelligence shall establish general procedures for the coordina-
tion of liaison on clandestine activities between U. S. military
commanders and foreign services that engage in such activities.
9. In addition to the above, the Director of Central Intelligence,
in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory Committee and other
interested departments and agencies shall:
a. Develop appropriate policy recommendations for National
Security Council consideration with respect to the overall U. S.
counterintelligence effort conducted outside the U. S. and its
possessions;
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b. To the extent necessary to ensure conformity with
policies approved by the National Security Council, provide for
the coordination of all types of U. S. counterintelligence
activities conducted abroad and for the coordination of such
activities with those conducted by the departments and agencies
responsible for domestic counterintelligence.
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 5/1
COORDINATION OF THE FOREIGN CLANDESTINE COLLECTION
ACTIVITIES OF THE ARMED SERVICES WITH THOSE OF THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
(11 January 1955; SECRET)
Pursuant to the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, as
amended,.and for.the purpose of defining under NSCID No. 5, those clan-
destine-collection activities which the Armed Services conduct in order to
carry out their responsibilities and assigned missions, and to protect the
security of their foreign based military commands or installations, and
for the purpose of coordinating such activities with those of the Central
Intelligence Agencv (except in areas where United States armed forces
are engaged in active combat operations, in which event the provisions
of paragraph 10 of NSCID No. 5 shall be deemed applicable), the follow-
ing is established:
1. Where United States military commands or installations are located
outside of the United States and its possessions, the commanders thereof
may conduct su h foreign clandestine collection activities as they deem
essential to the execution of their assigned missions, in accordance with
the princi files anrocedures set forth hereinafter.
2. Review and coordination of plans for the clandestine collection ac-
tivities of the Armed Services and plans of the Central Intelligence
Agency for the clandestine collection of information of interest to the
Armed Services will be accomplished with each service to the extent
practicable at the national level.
3. In order to assure field coordination of clandestine collection activi-
ties, the designated representatives of the military commanders con-
cerned and of the Director of Central Intelligence will review together all
such activities of those military commanders, as well as the operational
plans and procedures therefor. They will--also review together those
clandestine collection activities of the Central Intelligence Agency which
are undertaken in direct support of the military commanders concerned.
Coordination may involve the creation and utilization of common sup-
port facilities, the exchange of operational information, and the estab-
lishment of informal committees.*
4. In the event that the designated representative of the Director of
Central Intelligence considers an activity, plan, or agent to be potentially
harmful to the over-all clandestine effort, the proposed action will not
be carried out except as provided in paragraph 5 below, without prior
approval resulting from agreement between the appropriate military
service intelligence chief and the Director of Central Intelligence.
* Upon the issuance of this Directive, a systematic review and adjustment,
where necessary, of going operations will be made in the field in conformity
with the provisions of this Directive.
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5. In those instances when the military commander considers the ac-
tion proposed in paragraph 4 above to be essential to the immediate con-
duct of his mission or critical to the security of his forces, and time does
not permit referral of the issue to Washington, the action may proceed
on the responsibility of the military commander, pending resolution in
Washington. The military commander will inform the designated rep-
resentative of the Director of Central Intelligence as to his action.
ALLEN W. DULLES
Director of Central Intelligence
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and directs that:
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DDI PROPOSED CHANGE TO CIA DRAFT NSCID NO. 5
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MILITARY COMMAND AUTHORITY IN AN ACTIVE THEATER OF WAR:
Paragraph 8: Change to read:
"In active theaters of war where U. S. forces are engaged
or when the President so directs, Lrepresentative~jof the
Director of Central Intelligence conducting espionage or
clandestine counterintelligence operations in or from the
theater shall be under the direct command of the United
States theater commander in accordance with the terms of
L the Command Relationships Agreemen)eparately reached
between the Director of Central Intelligence and the
Joint Chiefs of Staff."
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Revision 9 July Draft
14 October 1957
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 5
U. S. ESPIONAGE AND COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ABROAD
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 that:
1. For the purpose of this directive:
a. Espionage is defined as those clandestine activities which
are directed toward the acquisition of information through intelli-
gence operations against a foreign power.
b. Counterintelligence is defined as that intelligence
activity, with its resultant product, which is devoted to destroying
the effectiveness of inimical foreign intelligence activities and
which is undertaken to protect the security of the nation, and its
personnel, information and installations abroad, against es>ionage,
sabotage, and subversion. Counterintelligence includes the process
of procuring, developing, recording, and disseminating information
concerning hostile clandestine activity and of penetrating,
manipulating, or repressing individuals, groups, or organizations
conducting or capable of conducting such activity.
2. To ensure centralized direction through prior, comprehensive and
continuing coordination of all clandestine activities authorized herein,
the Director of Central Intelligence shall: I ~ocin ent lo.
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a. Establish, in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory
Committee, the procedures necessary to achieve such direction and
coordination;
b. Coordinate all clandestine activities authorized herein
and conducted outside the U. S. and its possessions, including
liaison which concerns clandestine activities or which invo_ves
foreign clandestine services, except when the provisions of
paragraph b apply; also coordinate clandestine activities w.tth
overt collection abroad;
c. Invite Departments and Agencies not permanent members of
the Intelligence Advisory Committee which have clandestine counter-
intelligence responsibilities abroad to participate in the
Intelligence Advisory Committee deliberations when clandestine
counterintelligence matters affecting such responsibilities are
under consideration;
d. Mae mutually agreeable arrangements with Departments
and Agencies for such cover support as may be needed by the
Central Intelligence Agency, and coordinate arrangements for
such cover support as may be required by other Departments and
Agencies to carry out the clandestine activities authorized in
paragraph 4 below. Arrangements for cover involving the military
services or any component of the Department of Defense will be
made in accordance with the procedures established by the
Secretary of Defense.
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3. The Central Intelligence Agency is the national clandestine
service of the United States and has primary responsibility, subject to
the provisions of paragraph 8, for the following services of common
concern:
a. The conduct of espionage outside the United States and
its possessions in order to meet the intelligence needs of all
Departments and Agencies concerned, in connection with the national
security;
b. The conduct of clandestine counterintelligence outside
the United States and its possessions;
c. The conduct of liaison with foreign clandestine services
or concerning the above clandestine activities with foreign
intelligence or security services.
d. The maintenance for the benefit of the intelligence
community of central indexes and records of foreign counter-
intelligence information to which all Departments and Agencies
shall contribute on a continuing basis all pertinent material
collected by them.
4. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 above, other
Departments and Agencies with commands or installations located outside
the U. S. and its possessions may:
a. Conduct additional espionage in order to satisfy
departmental intelligence needs;
b. Conduct clandestine counterintelligence activities
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necessary for the security of their personnel, commands, activities
and installations;
c. Conduct liaison with foreign clandestine services or
concerning the above clandestine activities with foreign intelli-
gence or security services.
5. Departments and Agencies shall assist the Central Intelligence
Agency in its conduct of espionage by providing guidance in the form
of continuous, timely and specific collection requirements and, as
required, assessments of the information collected. They shall provide
similar support to each other as required.
6. In a foreign area, except where paragraph 8 applies, the
Director of Central Intelligence shall, after consultation with the
Secretary of State, insure that the senior U. S. representative, or
his designated representative, is appropriately advised of U. S.
espionage and clandestine counterintelligence activities conducted in
or from the area.
7. In foreign areas where major U. S. military commands are
stationed, the designated representatives of the Director of Central
Intelligence shall keep the senior U. S. military commanders, or their
designated representatives, appropriately informed of the espionage
and clandestine counterintelligence operations, conducted by the
Central Intelligence Agency in or from such areas, which significantly
effect the missions of such commanders.
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~. In active theaters of war where U. S. forces are engaged, or
when the President so directs:
*a. The entire Central Intelligence Agency organization
assigned by the Director of Central Intelligence to a commander
of a command established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be
established as a CIA Force and, through the CIA Commander thereof,
shall provide espionage and counterintelligence support to military
operations.
b. Espionage and counterintelligence operations which,
because of some exceptional political, diplomatic or other
implication, are conducted independently by the Central Intelli-
gence Agency, shall be coordinated by the Director of Central
Intelligence with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, as appropriate,
with the Secretary of State.
c. The Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff shall establish procedures for the coordination of
liaison on clandestine activities between U. S. military commanders
and foreign services that engage in such activities.
9. In addition to the above, the Director of Central Intelligence,
in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory Committee and other
interested Departments and Agencies as provided in paragraph 2c above
shall:
*Detailed arrangements concerning the command relationships between the
CIA organization and the Armed Forces in active theaters of war where
American forces are engaged are established by agreement between the
Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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a. Provide for coordination of all U. S. counterintelligence
activities abroad and for the coordination of such activities with
the Departments and Agencies responsible for domestic counter-
intelligence, to the extent necessary to ensure conformity with
policies enunciated by the National Security Council;
b. Take such other action as may be deemed necessary to
promote the overall effectiveness of the U. S. counterintelligence
effort abroad.
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