PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE ESTABLISHING NIA

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• Publication Date: January 23, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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23 Za1u::-4ry 1946
TO: Generni 1:spxuder
FROM: Commander Donovan
sUBXECT: Presidential Directive Establishii
Consldertion the Presidential. Directive issued
yesterday "with rileard to the coordination of the, foreign
intelligence ::ctivities of the federal Lovernment" has led nu
to sen1. you a fct.ci, -;;.;.rticular13,' with respect. to. gust-,
tions which may nri.oe in the IL-mediate future in ro.Eard to
interprettion or its -;:rovisions.
,Thragrsph 1
1* Under this paragraph the criterion of aii TL
action must be whether It is nncessary the plemnino, develop-
.aent. and 000rdinwtion of "Tederal foreign intellif;enee activi-
ties- * -:;o-as to assure the met effective accomplishment
of the int- lligence mission relted to the national security".
Ever, proposal by tho DCI to the Authority should be studied to
make certain that it lies within,and is calculated to besr out,
this. mission. Every budget program should carefully ro:Uat out
Its relation to the objective. The words are the basic outhority
of NIA.
2, Since the NIA consists of four nnmbers, vith the
DCI sitting as a non-voting member, a .-Luestion may arise coneern-
ing a two-to-two division of opinion on an agenda. '1e the
NIA could possibly ovide for disposition of such matters by
its intern41 rules of procedure (autometic rejection if a
a.jority lo not .1-,?curr,4), almost ail such luestions would
aornally? I
thin:, h7,;ve to be referred to the :resident. Inci-
dentally, while. the DCI is a "non-voting member", I should think
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dun to General Mageuder..2 40-4,fu...ry 1%44
that the Delos cf N/A should erovide thet hie opinion in all
nuch matters shoe!.d be reeorded by tte eeoretary of the IIA
(and thus transmitted to the Presienteith the reeoed)
'Zile no Creel-re-ea of LIe Is need, eovernmental
custom vould dictate thet the Jecretery or 6tuto hue the right
to preside* It may be, however, that he will waive thie
eriviitga In fevor :f tbe "'peeceaul represeetative" or the
President, cepeciall:r if the letter is to be a full-the post
(az it choul. rueeele- to)*
Parwa2h
This paraeraph iadieetee thet the proeer title cef
the neer eeeretine eeency ie the Central Intelligence Group
(not the AIA) and all persons (including administrative. See7e..
tariele oIeeleal, etc*) eesiened frm the three Dereetments
ere members of that Group* It eloo indicates that the eeeney
is to levee no independent employment riehts and thet ail eme
ployees ere to be hieeu one or the three Depertmeute (which
preaueebly would eetintain all beele records) mad then eesigned
over for duty with GIG* Thia looke like a breeding ground for
red tape, lost motlon a-ad lack of oecurity*
The fuether waKeeees of the earegraph IA that the
egeney has no independent funds and is subject to the roseeetive
wishes of the tee individual 3eoretaries* There is not even
aa exprees provision as to whether a fiIi% majority vote cen
direct a menber thereof te to the earticuler contribution in
"persons and recilities" ehioh his :=epartment is to make. Thia
perhape on be remedied be the internal rules of N/A*
The combination or the foregoing means that for alI
practical rposes the activities of GIG will be subject to the
budget heads of the three Deeartments, since the aeency is to
subsist only on such funds am are made availeble to it "within
the limits of available approprietions" of tha respective teparte
meats* Thereafter there will follow :uszification to the
the Bit:eau of the "eudgeti the President and Congress.
This is u mont undesireble situation and I would
saggezt that at an early meeting the NIA determine that CMG
Beall :eoaseue its own personeel and budget units. The "midget
unit should be authorized to prepare proper aotimetes of aeceueery
appropriations for CIG and to deal lii'ectly with the Bureau of
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..emOrendum DO uenera.L 4ag
the Budget on the portions of ouch upproprititlans vnich should
be !"roperly aliocted to the three :;,e,"artents. This would
ap;ear to be the most that can be obtained if the CIC. la aot
to h&ve independent funds.
- Under the Tres_at arrncement, it. nui7 -11.1 be thlt
the elcency Eoing to have to Justify its eziatence on three-
separtite occaslon if tieparae sub-cGmpittees of tha 20use
:1)Tropri4Aine C-cmaittee consider the 1.espeotive apropriatiQns
or tI:e t'axve LIciirtuents, ?hiz; w,7q1d be 4o3t inadv14ale t)A041
the rlt,re ,of our necessary1,-;;,ro7i.,:tioa laneuage ttracts
attention. This should be .2ineuzed with the Chatri=i tie
Ap9rorrintl3n3 Cemittse.
Para,
51:r2s all ''owers of the i)CI made "subjtmt to the
existing low", this ;lilies* ,:;a.:umaa consider:Ibis lmortance. 'ttat
law is noent?'4)oe3 it inclue international law? Is tho unit
to be harrasised r o1er aesloles .4!.fusia3 to cooperate u:.?c)L. the
ground tat to. o 2To cons.lAtute a YtoLatlon of xtatutfws
and czecutive orders Grant!a z eomplto authority In oertain
field One such 7spct in igu41,rely rait;ed by Paracraph oe"
of the. ':)resent Directive, 1chc3pels Federal agenoies to
furn14th7ietorm?Ain ;:-equeoted -ur3unnt to reultions, or
NIA" only It.L the cic;)(1 of eLiotinu, liea and-:Lreinicential
directivec"s 1:t4 13 lubt:iul how 7o-oat:this it w57uld be to zznder-
taker now broad law reerch cn the quclition biAltaull it \'4ould Ir-.,
701:70 a c(:;noiderfAL)n of ilmolt the total structure of the ,:cdc,711
Government. All that 0;414 be ieis to awuit the rirst rePisal
of Coopixation based uT:oil these erounds, If we ,:acsa;4;1711e
ascertaln from, the Urc.fters of tne Directive what they had in
mind., it might be helpful.
'Under :."'ragreTlbs a, 'b' und even "Jd? (the
omnibus 1)rovision) the on.$.y intolligence which the 07:3 1.2
to collect le that relating to or affecting "the n;Ational securlt7".
This applies to the DCI the limitAtion in Parcraph with
respect to the TU:,,I. e., all Intelligence wiJrk undertnIcen must
relate to "-nationa.1 vecurity4...)nly time will eneble us to
determine, whether thin language is n unfortunate linitation
the C.71. any n:it!.onaI Interests other thiin security can be
served by ft central intelligence agency submitting informeti4n
to the policy-makers within the Uovt.r.ament.
a rainimum the tern "nationel security" muSt Os
broadly- enutrued fron the outret? bvfore a limited conlept of
the egencre proper runctions becomes established throughout t.le
Government.
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In the ortainal proposal forwarded to 2resident
Roosevelt dissemination is cart-fully limited te "A?thin the
Governmen # Paragra77h 10 on necurity la t further
2igid security %lon/; auch linea must 1)6 mainainod, :.;lace one
leak to outside IntorPete (h4nXins, cer.71arciaI, vtc, could
destroy ti-,0 agency. you 1:.nows :aZ.'aral law mlaine
deficient in Vats ro!.tpciet liaco. there ,,4-0 rlo effective crim rel
sanctions applioable to a person Improperly dt13ach
informatin, Conviction _ine.*r the ::spionage Zot ta nost Affi
cults Kowever, you also will ronenbar that repeated ?;ttitz,te
to !repose such lLgialation have Invariably failed* tradi-
tt*n or free speech 4-ind !suspicion or "&overnment bureuuorate
htdin the faetsr. are ao deeply imbedded In the (imer1a4In mentzil
Climate that a corIous outcry could be eltpeeted utonevItr such
legislation (probably in the form or strongtheninet* 1ge
Act, at least to the atent of the Britillh Offlo141 :,:ecrets
Act) were :c-oposeds ?rr)er selection, trelnine and fG1T treat-
..crit of porannel rfrniAll the ?Tactical key to the problen.
The use -7,,f the trn "Internal ..security'T -a-7.7;u ly
as dtatineuished from "nztional security") this ]Fe, z.c.re7h
undoubtedly will create c3ntinuing problelat$ even within --Ine
three Lopartnents e:-..-.ncerne4, I an :lot clear OA what. It :aide
tc, "7;*1iee and law enforcement" since the 1.10 3w has nover bad
r.an tIeency chsrt;e4 with "i.ternal zecurity" In time or
It would be- the rirat ztep to/-ard o .61te.
langsEe, togather with ,;,nragrapho "3" nd "1",
el arly indicates thzt the wad 17,CI Chtein from the 7,L1 only
such informtion old cooperation 33 its A.rector rishes, ,Lale4s
It is established ,t tbe outset that (a) while CI G vita :1st exer-
cise "polio*, law enforcement or Internal security runotIns."
under Paragraph "4"? (b) nevertheless certain typeso ttIrt
received Oyk,7elnaies cl.caline in such matters is "1atell1,7ence
information relating to t-ae mItIonal zecnrity" 'lithin the Jleaninx
of PalTigrar.h ,"3"s
2aregrabh 7
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In connection with this 1,:raerspill I attach cac7
of a list we kirorw u71 aJlme time aeo In connection witt ea.ritcr
planes The list uaa not Intended? to b iLre ne and inetl..o.
DO% be so regarded, but It :lay be 4e17tu1 to you", it atnula ae
noted that it the 731 13 To7;resented oa the Intellii.ence .1v1.)or7
3oard, bA.ng adjudged to 11,1v* "functions rola:WI to national
security" tt ohould xlo be se cf?nsidered within the meenia3 lf
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riNral-,sh "3", It would be wLee, bcrore a determinatton 13
ads =dor Paragreoh 4"7" iLtl tzct ta azy 3Genv7, tdlat it
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sccare3r iti
within tlie raeaa1aF.! af kz;rai-31-a,,% "77!").
Th rc-rF,...-f-...,age in this to .-44iv.i.-,ttana of
the 'c ie t c...;vciucit* Vr.,;,1... the future or the e-4-t3ney
1.1 bedete=tat,t1 '.-.,:c?i)pe a its itatial rlcult4t!.ones.
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ris spi:yrtyired by the 1,-r?81, lento
TIle Luso or the unqu4lirie4
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'i 1d intended only' to =,%-_1;:$ureio e1ti4.31s tt 771o. tavcstlisa-
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brd ft r nmay at t.!ae ozdinazy
factutti laveztlios durt-38 tht.
tho cryztv .7ould be the cardinal objection to
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and ::...ture it ,..zitfid upon a rtt1,3 1.03oao
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On ttu re,ce wouid. np!pel,kr to
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bility in t'lle 1t itr werk for zectno! to it that
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tflroughout the OolfrAment. Iricludet Iz.i.:z-rtzer oror".
nikperri8lon of coplunictionill cr72taaafIlyals, eltc. io
work could. Ik,e (41.ff)rTae la aly evett undr the. breed
or1;;ar.,Frar,:,-, %Lb- of the L.irective?
tte nt3w appear to.. be
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