PROVISION FOR COORDINATING THE ACQUISITION OF FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85S00362R000700190001-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 26, 1946
• Content Type: MISC

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I. The ft left OM" of Coll ion, is beri1 designated an the representative of
the Director of Central Intelligence to act with the Interdepartmental Committee on
the Acquisition of Foreign lnblications as vice chairman, in accordance with the pro-
visions of paragraph 4 of LLA. Directive No. 6.
2. The Offictte of Collection, will prepare for the Director's signature in-
vitations to the Librarian of Congress to accept the chaimansh p of this comittee
and to appropriate of icials of other Federal agencies to accept membership on the
committee, as provided in paragraph 2 of 5.1. A . Directive No. 6.
3. At the appropriate time, arrangements will also be made, in consultation with
the Librarian of Congress, to have the Department of State administer the committee
and furnish the iaeoretariat therefor, pnranant to paragraph 1 of N.I.A. Directive
so. 6.
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26 July 191+6
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
N.I.A. DIRECTIVE NO. 6
PROVISION FOR COORDINATING THE
ACQUISITION OF FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS
Paragraph 1 of the letter from the President, dated 22
January 191+6, designated this Authority as responsible for
planning, developing, and coordinating the Federal foreign
intelligence activities so as to assure the most effective
accomplishment of the intelligence mission related to the
national security. Since the mass of foreign publications
required by the various Federal agencies, as references useful
in the conduct of their business, contains matter of value as
intelligence information related to the national security,
the following policies and procedures relating to the acquisi-
tion of foreign publications, are announced:
1. A permanent Inter-departmental Committee on the Acquisi-
tion of Foreign Publications is hereby established as a
subordinate agency of the National Intelligence Authority.
The Department of State will administer the committee and
furnish the Secretariat therefor.
2. The Director of Central Intelligence will invite the
Librarian of Congress to accept the Chairmanship of the
Committee and will send invitations for membership on the
Committee to representatives of all Federal agencies
interested in the acquisition of foreign publications for
the conduct of their business.
3. The Committee will have duties and responsibilities as
follows:1OR'I!CDF Pages 2 and 3
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a. To coordinate cooperative acquisition as between and
among the several departments and agencies. The scope of
this coordination shall include the establishment of agreed
policies and procedures for the maintenance of comprehensive
collections of library materials, in appropriate locations,
the rapid interchange and loan of such materials; and. the
distribution of bibliographical information. These co-
ordinating responsibilities are distinct from and therefore
will not interfere with the usual responsibilities of
individual agencies for the maintenance of working collec-
tions of library materials necessary to the transaction of
their business.
b. To originate recommendations to the several departments
and agencies concerning the development of their libraries
within a framework of over-all Federal acquisitions, such
recommendations to be designed to make available to this
Government, with minimum duplication, all foreign library
materials necessary to the conduct of the public business.
c. To originate recommendations to the Department of
State on matters of broad policy connected with the procure-
ment of foreign library materials through the Foreign
Service, in so far as they pertain to servicing the acqui-
sitions needs of the Federal Establishment as a whole.
d, To review requisitions on the State Department procure-
ment facilities whenever it is necessary to determine
whether said requisitions are consistent with the Committee's
comprehensive acquisitions program.
k, The Director of Central Intelligence will designate a
representative to act with the Committee as the Vice-Chairman
and to be responsible for ensuring that the Committee's activ i-
ties make adequate provision for the securing of intelligence
information related to the national security.
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