INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRIORITY LIST OF CRITICAL NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OBJECTIVES DCID 4/2 (SECOND REVISION)

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• Document Release Date: October 23, 1998
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• Publication Date: August 5, 1953
• Content Type: DCID

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SECURITY INFORMATION
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5 August 1953
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Priority List of Critical National Intelligence Objectives
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DCID 4/2 (Second Revision)
At its meeting of 4 August 1953 (IAC-M-115) the IAC
approved a Second Revision of DCID 4/2.. This revision,
attached as Tab A, introduces a new paragraph 3. Present
paragraphs 4 through 8 were formerly numbered 3 through 7.
Secretary
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE
NO. 4/2 (SECOND REVISION)
Priority List of Critical National Intelligence Objectives
(Revised 8/4/53)
In accordance with DCID 4/1, paragraph 3, the following list
in order of priority of critical national intelligence objectives, with
respect to the USSR and its Satellites (including Communist China)
is established; so the highest priority shall be given to the collec-
tion of information and to the production of intelligence concerning
Soviet and Satellite capabilities and intentions for:
1. taking direct military action against the Continental
United States;
2. taking direct military action, employing USSR and
Satellite Armed Forces, against vital U. S. possessions, areas
peripheral to the Soviet Orbit, and Western Europe;
3. conducting clandestine attack by mass destruction weapons
against the Continental United States, vital U. S. possessions, areas
peripheral to the Soviet Orbit, and Western Europe;
interfering with U. S. strategic air attack;
5. interfering with U. S. movement of men and material by
water transport;
6. production and stockpiling, including location of instal-
lations and facilities, of atomic and related weapons, other critical
weapons and equipment, and critical transportation equipment;
7. creating situations anywhere in the world dangerous to
U. S. national security, short of commitment of Soviet and Satellite
Armed Forces, including foreign directed sabotage and espionage
objectives;
8. interfering with U. S. political, psychological and economic
courses of action for the achievement of critical U. S. aims and
objectives.
SEPRE-#LLEN W. DULLES
irec or of Central Intelligence
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