LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE SECRETARY OF WAR, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FROM HARRY TRUMAN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100030038-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: January 22, 1946
• Content Type: LETTER

January 22, 1946
To The Secretary of State,
The Secretary of War,, and
The Secretary of the Navy.
1. It is my desire, and I hereby direct, that all Federal
foreign intelligence activities be planned, developed and
coordinated so as to assure the most effective accomplishment
of the intelligence mission related to the national security.
I hereby designated you, together with another person to be named
by me as my personal representative, as the National Intelligence
Authority to accomplish this purpose.
2. Within the limits of available appropriations, you shall
each from time to time assign persons and facilities from your
respective Departments, which persons shall collectively form a
Central Intelligence Group and shall, under the direction of a
Director of Central Intelligence, assist the National Intelligence
Authority. The Director of Central Intelligence shall be designated
by me, shall be responsible to the National Intelligence Authority,
and shall sit as a nonvoting member thereof.
3. Subject to the existing law, and to the direction and
control of the National Intelligence Authority t the Director of
Central Intelligence shall:
a. Accomplish the correlation and evaluation of
intelligence relating to the national security., and the
appropriate dissemination within the Government of the
resulting strategic and national policy intelligence.
In so doing, full use shall be made of the staff and
facilities of the intelligence agencies of your Departments.
b. Plan for the coordination of such of the activities
of the intelligence agencies of your Departments as relate
to the national security and recommend to the National
Intelligence Authority the establishment of such over-
all policies and objectives as will assure the most
effective accomplishment of the national intelligence mission.
co Perform, for the benefit of said intelligence
agencies, such services of common concern as the National
Intelligence Authority determines can be more efficiently
accomplished centrally.
d. Perform such other functions and duties related to
intelligence affecting the national security as the President
and the National Intelligence Authority may from time to
time direct.
4. No police, law enforcement or internal security functions
shall be exercised under this directive.
5. Such intelligence received by the intelligence agencies of
your Departments as may be designated by the-National Intelligence
Authority shall be freely available to the Director of Central Intel-
ligence for coorelation, evaluation or dissemination. To the extent
approved by the National Intelligence Authority, the operations of
said intelligence agencies shall be open to inspection by the Director
of Central Intelligence in connection with planning functions.
6. The existing intelligence agencies of your Departments shall
continue to collect, evaluate, correlate and disseminate departmental
intelligence.
 Th Director of Central Intelligence shall be advised by an
10. In the con uc
Authority and the Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible
d
d t of their activities the National Intelligence
agen es o
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security? as determined by the National Intelligence Authority.
8. Within the scope of existing law and Presidential directives,
other departments and agencies of the executive branch of the Federal
Government shall furnish such intelligence information relating to the
national security as is in their possession, and as the Director of
Central Intelligence may from time to time request pursuant to
regulations of the National Intelligence Authority.
9. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the making
of investigations inside the continental limits of the United States
and its possessions, except as provided by law and Presidential
directives.
I. e
Intelligence Advisory Board consisting of the heads (or their
representatives) of the principal military and civilian intelligence
i f the Government having functions related to national
me s.
for fully protecting intelligence sources an
Sincerely yours,
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Section 5(a). There are hereby authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary and appropriate to
carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act.
(b). Within the limits of such appropriations,
the Director is authorized to employ persons and means and make
expenditures, at the seat of Government and elsewhere, for personal
services, rent, travel expenses, preparation and transportation
of the remains of officers and employees who die abroad or in
transit, while in dispatch. of their official duties, to their
former homes inthis country or to a place not more distant for
interment, and for ordinary expenses of such interment; rental
of newsreporting services; purchase of or subscription to law
books, books of reference, periodicals, newspapers, commercial
and trade reports; purchase or rental and operation of photo-
graphic, reproduction, cryptographic, duplicating and printing
machines, equipment and devices, and radio-receiving and radio-
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(c) The Acts appropriating such suns may
appropriate specified portions thereof which may be expended,
(A) without regard to the provisions of law and regulations
relating to the expenditure of Government funds or the employment
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of persons in the Government service; (B) for objects of a
confidential nature, such expenditures to be accounted for
solely on the certificate of the Director and every such
certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the
amount therein certified.
SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS
Section If any provision of this Act, or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held
invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to
which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
SHORT TITLE
Section L. This Act may be cited as the "Central
Intelligence Agency Act of 194f.
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A SILL FOR Tip. LSTA3LISIu.]l; i 07 A CEI-:TR!L IIT.TELLIcEPTCE hG TTC~'
it enacted by the Senate and :souse of Representatives of tF e
United States of America in Congress assembled,
DEC'LARATTCN OF POLICY
Section 1(a) , Experience in the two World Wars and the period
between has shown that the acquisition and analysis of forein in-
tellif ence solely by separate departments and agencies is inadecuate
to in orm ? pro Orly the people of the United States and their repre-
sentatives of the events, trends and plans in foreign countries,
ti"r"Mich, if irno n, -al,-ht serve to avert armed conflict. The lesson
thus learned is that foreign intelligence procurement must be coord-
nated and its analysis centralized so that all sources and facilities
may be utilized to their fullest potentialities. Accordingly, it
is hereby declared to be the policy of the people of the United
States that in order to assure the common defense and securit'r, the
processing, analysis and dissemination of foreign intelligence shall
be centralized and its procurement coordinated so as to keep-fulln-
informed the proper officials of the Government,
(b) Purpose of Act, It is the purpose of this Act tocarry nut
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Subject to policies established by the National Intelli
intelligence agencies of the Government and may conduct intelligence
e use of the facilities and services of the military and civilian
"tee authority, the Ac-ency shall, to the greatest extent practicable,
projects through, or in cooperation with, such agencies. All such
-encies are hereby authorized to make such facilities and services
in the conduct of its
projects.
(f) To the extent recommended by the national. Intelligence '
departments and agencies sha3.1 be made freely available to the
functions of the Agency and (2) the intelligence possessed by su
be open to inspection by the Director in connection with the plannin
-'ions of the departments and other agencies of the Government shall
r,_uthority and approved by the President, (1) the intelligence opera-
.Director for correlation, evaluation, or dissemination.
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regard to the provtsierS of Section 3709, BaTisead Statutes
upon ew tification by the Director that such action is necesa. ry in n th*
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interest of the cos defe*iss and security or upon a. -wing that rd-
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(2) pay living and quarters allowances or ia lieu thereof a salary
differential to eapiayaes with headg mars located abroad.,
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1926, as amended (5 u. s. c ?827.-833) 3 ' Pre tiof
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services;
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ordinary reterence, periodicale,
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ist and trade reports; pirchaae or rental and. operation
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n,ces parstion, repair and hire of
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confidenti$7 nature, such eapenditarsa to be accounted for solely y -
Certif irate of the Director end every such certificate shall be deemed a
sufficient vrnicher for the =07t therein certifieed .
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Be, i.t~ enacted'-=by=:"t ii Senat?- and House of. 9 2`x, en' F i
o the.. United, States of'-taarica in Congress-, assembles ? ' at
f olloil ems are - aporopri ated, out of any money it the -
not .otherwise: approtriated, fork the- support of
Salaries and exnenaes For- all- expenses necessar-v to
for the .'i.acal year 'ending Tune 309, 1947t
to tty s~ Tod7 -tc, .earry 'out-Sts- neti. on3l trsd
aotI ? zi~ea 2udix~g salaries, Oft-A director at ,1 , t p r= two s stant: directors ett 49075 por ann each;
ment of caseary -services, supplIea, anti: ' equi anent w??:hou
to Section 3709, Revised Statutes; not to? exdeed
for-deposit- Inw. :he: general fund Of the 'yeas y for' xrx1 at
l aa:>require& by. section 2. of the Act of-'June 28, -1944 CPi
Law- 364);--payment of` living and ,quarters 'al.lovan6e9 1,n ems 1 o,
with official headquarters located abroad in accordance .. w' th
regulations promulgated under the = Ao-t- of 23 Februugr7 1931 (21,
12) and the--Act of~ 26 Junk 1930 (46-gtat.. 818);. travel.: ext er a
including expenses outside' the - United' Status withont r(. gar I t
Sta dardizs&Gover=ent Travel "`Rsg atfonsaand the 4 "i)b si of qnr, -
Expense -A.ct'of.1-1926,, as amended (5uSC 821?$33) 'anti s "` ,p-ins
provision -for- the fiscal year 1947 -`td the contrary, reLrnbu,,ge r
of .expenses =fear crating, drayage, and transportation I!, I?.co inn s
goods :and :personal.-effects of
civilian afficea's`anc a Icrv ,?r
shen~ttranaferred from one official ststien-- to-another for t-? = _ , ..~
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 duty when specifically authorized by the Director or his desi:Z L?:F1
in accordance with' the provisions- of the Act of._ I0 :October 1940,
54 :Statue I1Q5 * reimbursement' of'? actual a aepoxrses, .,ot trans
and, -subsistence of civilian officers and emploees,`" end their
dependents when transfarred-from ?one -.. official. station -try anothe'
m` avereeee caste to their _oi*is
travelling f'r6
his designee or when
for permanent duty when specifically authorized' iy_'the, Direr a - xr .
nthe United States and return under regula fans eatablishec
. the Director; preparation and. traneportati'on xt f i s re sit s
officers and employees who die abroact or in transit,' while
printing machines, equipment, and devices and radio-recei7ing aitd
pur~chase.of or'subscripti?rn to cvaaamareial?--and .trade repor.,,,s
periodicals and books of reference;' the rendering of such
gratuitous services and the disposition, f'7ree or- ot] rwise,.,. 0 `
ordinary expenses of such, interment; rental" ?ft" news -crepii ing services,
country or to a place not more distant For inter_ment,. and for t"ne
dispatch of their official, duties, to their former.-homeea n~
and operation of photographic, reproduction, duplic'&ting'~uA
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equipment; the cost of a compartment or such other accomodation
firearms, guard uniforms, special clothing, and ether persona.;.
Revised Statutes (31 USC 543); purchase and. free distribution c,:.'
radio sending . equipment and devices; purchase, maintenance:
operation,. repair, aa. d hire of tor-propelled- or -horse-drawn
passenger-carrying vehicles.and vessels of all kinds; Priritina
and binding;. exchange of funds without regard to section 3651,
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ah"seta vi` a confidential natures such expeliditure
far ` olely , ova, the c ertifi'rc ate Of tn.s Dim eetOr of r.2 e3
and,'every such. cert1fic .te sIz mr, l be
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