MERGER OF BRITISH ARMED SERVICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100030034-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: October 7, 1946
• Content Type: REPORT

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Sxetcative to Director
Chief, Legislative Liaison Branch
merger of British wed services
7 October 1946
3. Attention is called to the publication in London on Ij. October
1946 of a British Government White, Paper arsnouMelt" that the three services
of the British armed forces. will be coordinated under a ainglo 1 twist y of
Deferam to be headed by Mr. A. V. Alexander.
2. The 1 bite Paper announced that parliament, mhea it nveaea this
week.. will be asked to create the new Cabinet position of Uiniatar of Jefens*.
3. Under this plan the First Lord of the Admiralty and the
Secretaries of State for War and. Air will lose their Cabinet status. tiswiver,
they will continue to function as hpada of their respective aervifes.
b. The functions of the D Tense iii is try will include nters r vice
organizations, including the Joint Intelligence Bureau.
5. In addition,, the press reports the functions of the new f ie
Mini-stTY to include the general apportionment of available resources, the
fragaing of a general policy for research and development, the corr,latia:n of
production programs, and the settlement of questions of general, tr?stion
Where, a coon policy for the three services is desirable.
6. Query whether it is desired that the undersigned att ,t to
sw=M a copy of the "Ahite Paper and any other inforoation concerning the
Joint Intelligence Blinn reorganization through the British ' abasay or
other sham.
1AL L. 'POI MER
Chief, Legislative Liaison teach
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Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United St of
America in Congress assembled,
Sec. 1. (a) Findings and Declaration.--
In order effectively
supplying the President of the United States, the Secretaries of State, War, and the
Navy, and such of er officials of governmental departments and agencies as shall be
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appropriate with foreign intel11genc , a centralized---//{{/intelligence service is requirod
by the United States. This service should produce~intelligence necessary to enable
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the appropriate officials of the Government to be pxeporly informed/p~ in their dealings
with other nations, and-to enable these officials to~formulate national policies and
plans which this Government is to pursue in order to
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to accomplish the intelligence
security of the United
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Experience during; and fo!lowing two World Wars has proven that to ecent-
ralization of the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence
information among many departments and agencies of the Government is unsatisfe.ctory.
This experience has shown the need for a centralized intelligence service, so that
all the intelligence sources and facilities of the Government may be utilized in the
production of foreign intelligence to the greatest extent, and their fullest potent-
ialities realized mast economically in accomplishing the national intelligence mission.
Accordingly, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the people of the
United States, that, subject at all times to the paramount objective of assuring the
corm?:.on defense and security, and in order to strengthen the hand of the Government
in formulating national policies and relations with other nations, e {l ewe r -t
a National Intelligence
Authority is herein established to give-policy directionjtto a Central Intelligence
Agency (also hereina.err established) in the planning, development, and coordination
of all Federal foreign intelligence activities necessary for the effective accomplish
avert future armed conflicts and
States. This intelligence is
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Section 1. (b) Punt -se of Act.--
It is the purpose of this Act to effectuate the policies set out
in Section 1 (a) by providing, a::song others, for the following major programs re-
latin= to intelligence
(1) A program for the operation of sucheintelligence services of the
Federal Government as the National Intelligence Authority determines
can best be performed centrally.
(2) A program for the planning, development, and coordination -of all
Federal foreign intelligence activities. =
(3) A pro,ra.- for the collection of foreign information by any and
all means deemed effective
(4) A prograr:. of research and evaluation of the information collected
in order to produce intelligence for theappropriate departments
and agencies of the Federal Government.
(5) A progran for the dissemination of the- intelligence produced to
the anoro?riate departments and agencies of the Federal pover.ia nt.
(6) A prografor the full administration and execution of the above
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