NATONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY PROPOSED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP

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N.I.A. 1
4 February 1946
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
COPY- NO. 2
PROPOSED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
Report by the Director of Central Intelligence
with the concurrence of the Intelligence Advisory Board
The President's letter of 22 January 1946, establishing the
National Intelligence Authority, specified the general functions
of the Central Intelligence Group but left many questions of
policies and procedures for decision by the Authority.
It is considered desirable, not only to resolve some of
the matters which the President left for your decision; but also
to establish at the outset certain policies which will insure
that the Central Intelligence Group performs its functions in an
efficient and effective manner. The enclosed Directive is
designed to accomplish both purposes.
It is recommended that the members of the National Intelli-
gence Authority approve and sign the unclosed Directive.
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E N C L 0 S U R E
D R A F T
N.I.A. DIRECTIVE NO. 1
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
Pursuant to the letter from the President, dated 22
January 1946, designating the undersigned as the National Intel-
ligence Authority, you are hereby directed to perform your
mission, as Director of Central Intelligence, in accordance with
the following policies and procedures:
1. The Central Intelligence Group shall be considered,
organized and operated as a cooperative interdepartmental
activity, with adequate and equitable participation by the State,
Wer and Navy Departments and, as recommended by you and approved
by us, other Federal departments and agencies. The Army Air
Forcet will be represented on a basis similar to that of the
Army and the Navy.
2. The Central Intelligence Group will furnish strategic and
national policy intelligence to the President and the State, War
and Navy Departments, and, as appropriate, to the State-War-
Navy Coordinating Committee, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other
governmental departments and agencies having strategic and policy
functions related to the national security.
3. The composition of the Intelligence Advisory Board will be
flexible and will depend, in each instance, upon the subject
matter. under consideration. The Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State in charge of Research and Intelligence, the
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2s WDGS, the Chief of Naval Intelli-
gence and the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence (or
their representatives) will be permanent members. You will
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invite the head (or his representative) of any other intelligence
agency having functions related to the national security to sit
as a member on all matters within the province of his agency.
All recommendations, prior to submission to this Authority,
will be referred to the Board for concurrence or comment. Any
recommendation which you and the Intel-ligence Advisory Board ap-
prove unanimously and have the existing authority to execute may
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be put into effect without p to f~renoe-- this .uthority. If
any member of the Board does not concur, you will submit to this
Authority the basis for his non-concurrence at the same time that
you submit your recommendation.
4. Recommendations approved by this Authority will, where
applicable, govern the intelligence activities of the separate
departments represented herein. The members of the Intelligence
Advisory Board will each be responsible for ensuring that approved
recommendations are executed within their respective departments.
5. You will submit to this Authority as soon as practicable a
proposal for the organization of the Central Intelligence Group
and an estimate of the personnel and funds required from each
department by this Group for the balance of this fiscal year and
for the next fiscal year. Each year thereafter prior to the
preparation of departmental budgets, you will submit a similar
estimate for the following fiscal year. As approved by this
Authority and-made available by existing and future appr opria-
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