GORDON STEWART'S COMMENTS ON NSCID #5 (ATTACHED)

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• Publication Date: October 7, 1957
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SUBJECT : Gordon Stewart's Comments on NSCID #5 (Attached)
1. Gordon feels most strongly on the points raised in the
attached memo, and believes that the basic idea should be contained
in the ASCID even though it will be spelled out in detail in a DCID.
2. I believe Gordon's basic idea could be accommodated )y the
following word changes:
Revise para. 3.c. to read:
"The conduct of liaison with foreign clandestine services
to obtain the maximum intelligence information of interest to
the United States and to counter any activities of such
clandestine services which would be inimical to U. S. national
security, and the conduct of liaison concerning the above
clandestine activities with foreign intelligence or security
services. CIA will provide for the expeditious dissemination
to Senior U. S. Military Commanders of any information
obtained from such services which is of significant importance
to them, and will arrange for the utilization, where essential
to the military mission, of pertinent military service
capabilities in support of this liaison program."
3. Revise para. 1i.e. to read:
"Conduct additional liaison, by arrangement with the Central
Intelligence Agency, with foreign clandestine services or with
foreign intelligence or security services in connection with
the above clandestine activities."
4. This new language would establish, and indicate the basic
reason for, the primacy of CIA responsibility in connection with
liaison with foreign clandestine services or with other foreign services
on clandestine matters, but as a counterweight, would put on CIA the
responsibility to exploit the full potential of such liaison to
provide information of interest to military commanders and to make use
of pertinent military capabilities that would further U. S. interests
in this liaison effort. In this connection, Gordon mentioned to me
the very productive work done by military officers who were stationed
with our people at
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5. Lloyd George and his people believe the idea is a good one
but question whether the possible gain is worth the difficulties of
trying to change #5 at this point when we have all agreed that this
liaison matter will be fully explained in a DCID. They point out, and
I agree, that we have pinned down the DCI's authority in the strongest
terms, i.e., centralized direction and prior, comprehensive and
continuing coordination, etc; having done this and obtained their
agreement, why rub it in more?
6. I would agree that "political expediency" would discourage
the introduction of any further changes to #5 at this point by CIA.
On the other hand, it is clearly in the interests of the Intelligence
Community to have the NSCID's contain specific assignments of
responsibility in the major fields of intelligence activity and
certainly liaison with foreign clandestine services in particular and
on clandestine matters with any type of foreign service, is a n5ajor
field and a sensitive one. These liaison relationships with foreign
clandestine services are not limited to intelligence activities but
also involve those covert operations conducted under NBC 5412 (covert
operations). As the DCI now has statutory responsibility for the
protection of intelligence sources and methods and if the CIA is to
be established as the national clandestine services, it is essential
that primary responsibility for this field of intelligence activity
should be assigned to CIA by the NBC. As the language proposed,
provides for appropriate participation by the military services and
makes CIA responsible for promoting the acquisition and expeditious
dissemination of information to their field commanders, I do not see
that they could present logical arguments against this proposal.
7. Although I favor introducing this new language, even at this
late date, I would recommend that you discuss the matter with the PI
and CI people when they come to brief you today.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Coordi.natia
SUBJECT : NSCID ;~,5
1. Thank you for forwarding to me the 24 Set.-rnher
draft of NSCID #5.
2. The only suggestion that I. would hake is that
paragraphs 3c and 4e be expanded to include a sta-c' ie>ri~ c '
the reason for the conduct of liaison. 1 believes ila` /IA
should conduct liaison for the purpose of obtaining, i_rstn?-
ligenee information of interest to the United States, and
that other departments and agencies should conduct liaison
solely for the purpose of protecting and...suppor :is-; he i rib
clandestine activities.'( If this distinct ion inznct ion
between CIA and the departments and agencies Is net. written
into the basic document, it will be hard to establ -':sb In a
procedural document.
3. It is understood that CIA in its conduct if raison
for the purpose stated above may introduce representatives
of other departments and agencies to a foreign service. i.E
order that the requirements of said departments and agencies
be conveyed to that service in the most efficient way. This
is the conpept under which we have accepted liaison repre-
sentatives at 0 over the years and it has always
appealed to me as being sound. In establishing this contact,
however, we did agree that such contact constitutes indepen-
dent liaison.
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