PROPOSED NIA DIRECTIVE, COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION

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• Publication Date: September 11, 1947
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erenee DA r memorandum, same subject, dated 2$ August 1947,
g a change, in that part of ragraph (4) of subject directive
Air Intelligence, Wav 1 artment interest in this field
to rop ized, but it is not eonsid rea that it constitutes a dominant
nant has been d efined as ruling or controlling.
s therefore considered that the subject proposed directive
unohan ged.
GEORGE C. MCDONALD
major General, U. 5. Army
Resistant Chief of Air Staft"2
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5 September 1947
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION
Memorandum by the Secretary
The Chief of Naval Intelligence has requested that the en-
closed memorandum dated 25 August 1947, Subject: "Proposed N.I.A.
Directive - Coordination of Intelligence Production", (Enclosure A),
be circulated for consideration of the Intelligence Advisory Board
at its next meeting.
There is also enclosed the proposed N.I.A. Directive -
"Coordination of Intelligence Production" (Enclosure B), as approved
by the Intelligence Advisory Board at its 13th Meeting, and amended
by that Board at its 15th Meeting.
Secretary, N.I.A.
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i'i{JF'r N.I.A. DIRECTIVE
WORM NATION O1 INTELLIG NC9 PRODUCTION
1. The following overall policies and objectives are established for the
coordination of the production of intelligence.
2. in order that all facilities of the overnment may be utilized to their
capacity and the responsibilities of each agency may be clearly aelined in ac-
corda ;ce with its mission, dominant interest, and capabilities, Use whole field
ci intelligence production is divided into the following four categories, and
responsibilities are allocated as indicated:
a.
Basic Intelligence
Basic intelligence is that factual intellig once t~nich
results from the collation of encyclopedic information of a
t or static nature and general interest
h, as a result of evaluation and interpretation, is caeter-
mined to be the best available.
(2) An outline of all basic intelligence required uy he
Government shall be prepared b, the CIG in collaboration with
the appropriate agencies. This outline shall be broken down
into chanters, sections, and subsections which shall be
allocated as production and maintenance responsibilities to
CICI and those agencies of the Government which are beat
qualified by reason of their intelligence requirements, pro-
auction capabilities, and dominant interest to assume the
aroIuction and maintenance responsibility.
(3) H hen completed, this outline and tentative alloca-
tions of production and maintenance responsibilities shall
be submitted for NIA approval and issued as an implementatio n
of this Directive. It is expected that as the result of
constant consultation with the agencies by the Director of
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Central Intc Lgence, both the outline and t U oca ions
fill be revised from time to time to in:,ure the production
of the basic intelligence required by the agencies and the
fullest possible use of current agency capabilities. f;hanges
in the outline or allocations shall be effected b: agreement
between the Director of Central Intelligence and the agencies
concerned.
(4) This basic intelligence shall be compiled and con-
tinuously maintained in National Intelligence purveys to
cover foreign countries, areas, or broad special sub-acts as
appropriate. The Natirnal. Intelligence surveys will be dis-
seminated in such form as shall be determined by the Director
of Central Intelligence and the agencies concerned.
(5) The Director of Central Intelligence shall be re-
sponsible for coordinating production and maintenance and
for accomplishing the editing, publication, and dissemination of
these National Intelligence Curveys and shall make such
requests on the agencies as are necessary for their proper
development and maintenance.
(6) Departments or agencies to be called on for contri-
butions to this undertaking may include agencies other than
those represented permanently in the IAB.
b.
Current Intelligence
(1) Current intelligence is that spot information or
intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest
and value to operating or policy staffs, which is used by
t.em usually without the delays incident to complete evalu-
ation or interpretation.
(2) The CIC and the several agencies shall produce and
disseminate such current intelligence as may be necessary to
meet their own internal requirements or external responsibilities.
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Interagency dissemination of current intelligence stall
be based on interagency agreement including N.I.A. Directive
47o. 1 and the principle of informing all who need to knot,
c. Staff Intelligence
(1) :staff intelligence is that intelligence prepared by
any department or agency through the correlation and inter-
pretation of all intelligence materials available to it in
order to meet its specific requirements and responsibilities.
(2) 'each intelligence agency has the ultimate responsi-
bility for the preparation of such staff' intelligence as its
on department shall require. It is recognized that the staff
intelligence of each of the departments must be broader in scope
than any allocation of collection responsibility or recognition
of dominant interest might indicate. In fact., the full foreign
intelligence picture is of interest in varying degrees at dif-
ferent times to each of the departments.
(3) Any intelligence agency, either throng?. the Director
of Central Intelligence or directly, may call upon outer ap-
propriate agencies for intelligence -which does not fall within
its own field of dominant interest. Such requests shall be
riade upon the agencies in accordance with their production
capabilities and dominant interest.
(i) As a part of the coordination program., the Director
of Central Intelligence will seek the assistance of the IA4
intelligence agencies in minimizing the necessity for any
agency to develop intelligence in fields outside its dominant
interests,,
(5) The GIG and the agencies shall, for purposes of co-
ordination, exchange information on projects and plans for
the production of staff intelligence.
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(6) it shall be normal practice that staff intelligence
of one agency is available to the other intelligence agencies
permanently represented on the IAB.
d. Strategic and National Policy Intelligence
(1) Strategic and National syolicy Intelligence as defined
by the NIA shall henceforth be know by the short title
"National Intelligence."
(2) The Director of Central Intelligence shall procnio?
and disseminate national intelligence.
(3) The Director of Central Intelligence shall plan and
develop the production of national intelligence in coordina-
tion with the IAB agencies in order that he may obtain from
them within the limits of their capabilities the departmental
intelligence Mulch will assi-_~t him in the production o2
national intelligence.
(4) The Director of Central Intelligence stall by agree-
ment with the pertinent agency or agencies request and receive
such special estimates, reports, and periodic briefs or sum-
maaries prepared by the individual departments or agencies in
their fields of dominant interest or in accordance witn their
production capabilities as may be necessary in the production
of intelligence reports or estimates undertaken mutually.
3. The research facilities required by any agency to process its
own current and staff intelligence shall be adequate to satisfy its
individual needs after taking full cognizance of the facilities of the
other agencies. ~aaach agency shall endeavor to maintain adequate research
facilities, not only to accomplish the intelligence production tasks
allocated to it directly under the foregoing provisions but also to pro-
vide such additional intelligence reports or estimates within its field
of dominant interest as n y be necessary to satisfy the requirements of
the other agencies under such allocations.
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4. For the purposes of intelligence production, the following division
of interests? subject to refinement through a continuous program of coordination
by the Director of Central Intelligence, shall serve as a general delineation
of dominant interests:
Political, Cultural, Sociological. Intelligence state Department
Military Intelligence tiiar i)aT)artment
naval Intelligence iavy Department
Air Intelligence Arty Air 1-orcee
conomic and Scientific Intelligence =each agency in accordance
wits its respective needs
5. Implenentation. Assumption of responsibilities as allocated herein
shall be effected progressively and rapidly under the coordination of the
Director of Central Intelligence.
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15 July 1947
INTI!'LLIGE1' ADVISORY BOARD
COORDINATION OF INTFI,LIGI'NCE PRODUCTION
Memorandum b the Secretar
The Chief of Naval Intelligence has requested
that the enclosed comments of the Lexicographer of the
Library of Congress on the definitions of basic intelligence,
current intelligence, and staff intelligence be circulated
for discussion at the next meeting of the intelligence Advisory
Board with the view to modifying TAB 1, if considered appro-
priate, prior to submission of that paper to the National
Intelligence Authority.
TAB -L /l
Secretary, N. ??
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CO11MENTS
BASIC INTELLIGENCE - Suggest that the definition end at the
words "general interest." Inherently the phrase
carries no connotation of being the "best available;"
any such evaluation would have to be conveyed by
additional annotation,
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE - The word "spot" is journalese, if not
slang, in the sense in which you have used it. "Current"
seems the logical word but would be tautological in your
definition; "new" or "recent" might serve. Do you not
somewhat deny your own definition of intelligence when
you omit evaluation and interpretation of information?
I suggest you simply delete the word "spot" and after
the word intelligence insert "comma known to be up-
to-date comma" and delete all after the word "staffs."
.TLEF INTrrLLIGENCE - Suggest delete the word "process."
After. "to meet" change "the" to "its" and delete "of
the department or agency concerned" so that it would
read: "Intelligence prepared by any department or
agency through the correlation and interpretation of
all intelligence materials available. to it in order
to meet its specific requirements and responsibilities."
IAB 111 - 2 - ENCLOSURE
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