DIRECTIVE ON COORDINATION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

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• Publication Date: January 22, 1946
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fig] Jan. 22 Public Papers of the Presidents
1g Directive on Coordination of Foreign Intelligence Activities.
January 22, 1946
To the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Intelligence Authority the establishment of
War, and the Secretary of the Navy: such over-all policies and objectives a:: will
r. It is my desire, and I hereby direct, that assure the most effective accomplishment of
all Federal foreign intelligence activities be the national intelligence mission.
planned, developed and 'coordinated so as c. Perform, for the benefit of said intelli-
to assure the most effective accomplishment gence agencies, such services of commoji con-
of the intelligence mission related to the cern as the National Intelligence Authority
national security. I hereby designate you, determines can be more efficiently a:.com-
together with another person to be named by plished centrally.
me as my personal representative, as the d. Perform such other functions and
National Intelligence Authority to accom- duties related to intelligence affecting the
plish this purpose. national security as the President and the
2. Within the limits of available appro- National Intelligence Authority may from
priations, you shall each from time to time time to time direct.
assign persons and facilities from your re- 4. No police, law enforcement or internal
spective Departments, which persons shall security functions shall be exercised under
Collectively form a Central Intelligence this directive.
Group and shall, under the direction of a 5. Such intelligence received by the i-itelli-
Director of Central Intelligence, assist the gence agencies of your Departments as may
National Intelligence Authority. The Dirac- be designated by the National Intelligence
for of Central Intelligence shall be desig- Authority shall be freely available to the
nated by me, shall be responsible to the Director of Central Intelligence for correla-
National Intelligence Authority, and shall tion, evaluation or dissemination. To the
sit as a non-voting member thereof. extent approved by the National Intelligence
3. Subject to the existing law, and to the Authority, the operations of said intelligence
direction and control of the NationaLIntclli agencies shall be open to inspection by the
gence Authority, the Director - of Central
Intelligence shall:
a. Accomplish the correlation and evalua-
tion 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 agen-
cies 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
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Director of Central Intelligence in connec-
tion with planning functions.
6. The existing intelligence agencies of
your Departments shall continue to collect,
evaluate, correlate and disseminate depart-
mental intelligence.
7. The Director of Central Intelligence
shall be advised by an Intelligence Advisory
Board consisting of the heads (or their rep-
resentatives) of the principal military and
civilian intelligence agencies of the Govern-
ment having functions related to national
security, as determined by the National In-
telligence Authority.
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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 in-
telligence information relating to the na-
tional security as is in their possession, and
as the Director of Central Intelligence may
from time to time request pursuant to regu-
lations of the National Intelligence
Authority.
9. Nothing herein shall be construed to
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authorize the making of invcstigativ,ns in-
side the continental limits of the United
States and its possessions, except as pro-
vided by law and Presidential directives.
so. In the conduct of their activities the
National Intelligence Authority and the Di-
rector of Central Intelligence shall be re-
sponsible for fully protecting intelligence
sources and methods.
Sincerely yours,
HARRY S. TRU!.SAN
20 'etter to the Chairman and Members of the President's Steel
t-Finding Board. January 22, 1946
Dear Singer:
I have recei d the letter dated January 19,
1946 signed by urself and the other Mem-
bers of the Steel F t-Finding Board, Associ-
ate Justice Roger . McDonough and
Associate Justice James Douglas, in which
you review the activitie of the Board to
date, and request instruc ns as to your
further procedure.
For the present, I suggest at you con-
tinue your study of government data, and
that you remain available for further
Your sincere desire to assist in every way
possible in securing an early termination
of this dispute is highly appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
H.4RRY S. TRUbrAN
[Honorable Nathan P. Feinsinger, Chairman, Steel
Fact-Finding Board, Department of Labor, Wash-
ington, D.C.]
Nora: The letter from the Chairman and members
of the Steel Fact-Finding Board was released with
the President's reply.
consultation.
21 The President's News Confere
January 24, 1946
THE PRESIDENT. I want to read a couple of
things to you, and then I will stand for
questions as usual.
[a.] "Judge Samuel I. Rosennian is leav-
ing the White House officially on February
1st, to return to private life in New York'
City. I make this announcement with deep
regret."
You will receive copies of this. It is
mim
down
[Conlin'
sought to r
g reading]: "Judge Roscnman
April 14, 1945'
him go, and he'
I told him I could not let
atriotically accepted my
decision. In justice
try to dissuade him
o him, I can no longer
m leaving.
ice to two I'resi-
"Judge Rosenman's
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