MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL MAGRUDER: FROM ALFRED MCCORMACK

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 8, 1946
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL li.A.GFCIJ DER:
January 8, 19/4
For your information I enclose a copy of a memorandum
sent to the President yesterday by the Secretaries of State,
War and Na, enclosing a proposed order establishing a Central
Intelligence .Agency.
As you will note, the plan proposes a general structure
and contains a statement of functions, but leaves undecided
most of the questions that have been under discussion between the
service departments and the State Department.
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Alfred McCormack
Special Assistant
to the Secretary
Encl. (1)
OSD review(s) completed.
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Janual7 7, 1946
Ey' dear ;Ir. President:
Pursuant to your letter of 7.2-eptemticr 20, 19451 addressed to
the Secretary of State, we have constituted ourEelves en inter-'
eparta croup to forirrolLte a palm for yourap,;:roval for e
conprahensive and coordinated foreign int ellizence pron.= for ell
* federal age-mice octicerned with the, type of Ketivity.
After extensive study, TO have unanktously agreed to re,corz-end
to you the pi= :ditch is attached horete?
This plan taker: the fon% of a directive establishing a
liational Intelligence Authority, cemposed of the Secretaries e
State, War and the Navy, venich i3 charged with the rer,lomibility
for such overall intelligence Planning and developreryt end su..-:1
inspection and coorednetion of en Fa-dera.1 interlicerce agencies az
to assi.:xe tho most effective ?accom-pliement of the intelligence
_mission minted to tht national iieturitro .7.The dir.ective ferther
pr-ovides that tho liationa1 Intelligence Authority shall establish
a -Central Intellience Itgency, headed by a Director to be appointed
The FrIstident
Theltite liouso
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by tha PrecideIt on the recoarendAtion of the National IntelIii:enco
Authority. The Director is to be edvised by an intelligence Al....Tie-
ory Beard, consistina e the Isews of the principal militanr and
civil?iintellicencf:t ageileita twang functions related to the
natiorral serca'ity.
You will note thLt the pT1 ect forth in the directive cante-
platys that Vo Authority-4, asFisted by the er;irectoi? and the Intelli-
gence Adviscx7 Board* 'will prepare r.:nd submit to you for your app-cvsi
a basic orw.ltiss.timal plan in accordance with t1.- principles set
forth in On directive. It is believed to be desirable that the da-
tailo of the creanization should be worked out in the first instance
by the eficials who will be reonsible for its performance.
Accordingly, we rece=ancl that you sign the attached directive.
Feithfully yourro
secretary of f:'.tate
tetinz Secretary of war
Secretary of the navy
SA- ?':cC ujg
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DrenTITE RFOADMO TE i COORDINATION CE Irria.LIGEVC3
In order to provide for the development and coordination of
intelligence ectivitice reltd to the national security*
1* A National intelligence Authority composed cf tho Lecre-
teries of Ltate? War and the Navy- is hrxeby eetabliehed and charged
with respomitiIity for euch overall intelligence ph :ming and
devolopeent? and sueh inepreotion and coordination of all kederal in-
telligence activities, as to assure the coat. effective accomplish-
ment of tho intelligence mission reilated to the netional security._
2. To astiet it in that task the National Intelligence Actlorly
shall establieh a Central Intelligence Agency heeded by Director- ILLEGIB
Itto ehall be appointed or removed by the President tht recceemenee-
tion of the Vational Intelliceece Authority* The Directer of the
Central Intelligence Agency Mall be reaponeible to the rationel In-
telligence Authority-and shall it az a non-voting member thereof*
3. The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall be
advised b.7 an Intelligence Advisory Board consitting of the heads of
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the principal military and civilian intelligence agencies having
function related to the national vecurity, as determined by the
Natioval Intelligence Authority*
4. The first duty of the rational Intelligence Authority, el:misted
by the Director of the Central intelligence Agency and tYe Intelli-
gence Advieory Board, :alafl be to prepare and subnit to the President
for his approval a basic organizational plan for implementing this
dteeetive in_accordanco with the concept set forth in tht following
paragrapher (Thire.plan vholad include drafts_of..allnecessary_legle-
lation*5
5. Subject to the dirrcticn and eentrel of the Natio:lel Intelli-
gence Authority, the central intell ,ence Agency shell: ILLEGIB
(a)
Accomplish the she sin and evelcation of departeentel
intelligence relating to the national secority sne._cther
iufgrmation_collected_by_it and the eppropriste dincemi-
nation within the government of the resulting dtretegic
and national policy intelligence.
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(b) Plan for the coordinetion of tho activities of all itteI1F--
gence agencies of the government having functions re-
lated to the national secuoity and recommend to the
National intelligence Authority the eostablishment of such
overall policies and objectives ce will assure tho wort
effective accomplishment of the national intelligence
tdesion.
(e)
Fcrform? for the benefit of depertmntal intelligence agen-
cies, such services of eemnen concern cs the Eational In-
tclWence Luthority determines onn bo more efficiently
acomplished by a cormon agency, including the direct pro-
curement of intellifzence*
(d) Forform ouch other functions duties related to intelli
genet, as the President and the ;,:tion,31 InteUire Auttor-
ity miq ftom. time to time diroot*
- 6. The Central Intelligenco tgeney ehall have no police or 1rs
enforcement functions*
7* Subject to oordination by the Vational IntollitTnee Autherfty,
the existirr; intelligence agencies of the covornment shdl centime
to collect, evauste, t,,futhealso and eissominate departmental optrot-
ing intellizence? herein definP1 am that intollif,ence required by
eovelol departments and indepeadent aLcnoics for the performance of
their proper functions* Such departmentol operating intelligence or
desienoted by the National Intelligeneo Authority ehall be freely
able to the Control Intellicenco ACenoy for tynthosis* Ls a7arovc by
the Vational Intelliganco Authority, the operations of the deportrontal
intelligence sgencion shalt be open to inspection by t1. Central In-
telligence Agency in connection, with its planning functions. In the:
interpretation of this peran-ph the qttionsl Intellicenco At.ther.-11;y
and the Central Intellioenee Acency will be responsible for fully pro-
tecting intollil;coce sources aria methods 'Thiel-, doe to tl-oir nature,
have a direct aad hizhly importvnt bearing on militery operz=tions.
8. 'wide and personnel for the National Intelligence Atthortr
emil be provided by the departments participrting in the notional
Intolliones Authority in amount and proportions to he ezreed upon by
the rAmbors of the Authority* ;1,thin the lirlts of Ow funds M.SZC.IR
tValPUle to him the Director of the Control Intellicetee lo:oncy
employ neeto:cary pomennol and moke provident; for nec.I.Fcary eop:tiol,
facilitioe and eervioes. 'Aith too approval of the Nzitionnl intent-
ones tuthority, he may call upon departments and irriApPndent agencies
to furniah such spesialists es ray be required for eupervitory an,a
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funotioaa poaitions in the Central Intelligence Aconcy, LE GIB
the tssignmont of milittry and naval personnel*
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JOINT PROPOSAL OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE,
WAR AND NAVY FOR A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY
As a result of the various criticiEms the McCormack
plan was entirely eliminated. On 7 January the three
.Secretaries submitted their unanimous recommendation to the
President, together with a draft directive for setting up
the National Intelligence Authority and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency. The directive differs from the proposal
put forward by the Joint Intelligence Committee almost
exactly one year earlier only in the regard that the
latter recommended an independent budget for the NIA,
whereas the draft directive proposed that funds should be
drawn from the departments participating in the NIA. The
reason for this difference has already been pointed out.
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