COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOREIGN ATOMIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS AND POTENTIALITIES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85S00362R000700100005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 12, 1946
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL CHAMBERLAIN
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Subject: Coordination of Intelligence Activities and Related toles
Foreign Atomic Energy Developments
Enclosure: Draft N.I.A. Paper on Above Subject
The enclosed paper has been concurred hin byrColonel l Eddy of
the Department of State. Admiral Inglis,
providing the paper is revised to make the transfer of the Foreign
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Intelligence Branch to eofCentral
immediately upon
This revision might be accomplished by changing the wording
of paragraph 2 of the proposed N.I.A. Directive to read as follows:
"2. To accomplish the function assigned in para-
graph 1, the Secretary of War and, the Commanding
General of the Manhattan Engineer District have
authorized the transfer to the Central Intelligence
Group of the personnel and working files of the
Foreign Intelligence Branch operated by the Com-
manding General of the Manhattan Engineer District,
effective at the earliest practicable date."
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above
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOREIGN ATOMIC ENERGY
DEVELOPM TTS AND POTENTIALITIES
Memorandum by the Director of Central Intelligence
With the Unanimous Concurrence of the Intelligence
Advisory Board
Foreign atomic energy developments and potentialities constitute
amount field of intelligence related to the national security.
As such, the National Intelligence Authority is responsible for plan-
ning, developing, and coordinating Federal foreign intelligence activ-
ities in this field.
To date, the Foreign Intelligence Branch of the office of Major
General Leslie R. Groves, the Commanding General of the Manhattan En-
gineer District, has been the agency performing functions of collect-
ing and evaluating intelligence related to foreign atomic energy devel-
opments and potentialities. This Branch has operated under the personal
direction of General Groves, who is in turn responsible, by Presidential
directive, to the Secretary of War.
The newly created Atomic Energy Commission will be concerned with
the entire field of atomic energy in the United States, including com-
mercial as well as military aspects. The Commission will, upon Presi-
dential directive, take over the responsibilities of the Manhattan En-
gineer District. It is considered appropriate at this time that the
National Intelligence Authority should authorize and direct the Direc-
tor of Central Intelligence to coordinate 10 the collection by agencies
subject to N.I.A. coordination of all intelligence information related
to foreign atomic energy developments and potentialities affecting the
national security, and to accomplish the correlation, evaluation and
appropriate dissemination within the Government of the resulting intel-
ligence.a -~
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of the Foreign Intelligence Branch operated by' neral Groves smad-
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Intel i G~ ts~ afar. -tba-per-sonual-end king
The enclosed draft N.I.A. Directive is designed to carry out the
conclusions contained in the above paragraph. This Directive has been
unanimously concurred in by the Director of Central Intelligence and
the Intelligence Advisory Board, which in this case included the Com-
manding General of the Manhattan Engineer District.
It is recommended that the National Intelligence Authority ap-
prove the draft directive in Enclosure "A".
HOYT S. VANDENBERG
Lieutenant General, USA
Director of Central Intelligence
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E,S CR ENCLOSURE "An
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PROPOSED N.I.A. DIRECTIVE
CO DINATION OF INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOREIGN ATOMIC ENERGY
DEVELOPMENTS AND POTENTIALITIES
Pursuant to the President's letter of 22 January 1946, designating
this Authority as responsible for planning, developing, and coordinat-
ing all Federal foreign intelligence activities so as to assure the most
effective accomplishment of the intelligence mission related to the na-
tional security, the following policies and procedures relating to Fed-
eral intelligence activities in the field of foreignn atomic energy de-
velopments and potentialities affecting the national security are an-
nounced:
1. The Director of Central Intelligence, subject to the direction
and control of this Authority, is hereby authorized and directed to co-
ordinate the collection by agencies subject to N.I.A. coordination of all
intelligence information related to foreign atomic energy developments
and potentialities affecting the national security, and to accomplish
the correlation, evaluation and appropriate dissemination within the
Government of the resulting intelligence. The Director of Central Intel-
ligence is further authorized to arrange with other intelligence agencies
of the Government to utilize their collection facilities in this field.
2. To accomplish the function assigned in paragraph l,ecre-
tary o filar and the Commanding General of the M)11x an Engineer Dis-
trict have au'thQrized the Director of Central Intelligence to assume
the control and supervis-kon of-the Foreign Intelligence Branch operated
by the Commanding General. of the.Manhattan Engineer District. The per-
sonnel and working fi'es of this Branch may be transferred from the Man-
hattan Engineer District to the Central Intelligence Group at any time
agreed jo by the Secretary of War and the Director of Central I telli-
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I.I.A. 7 Enclosure "A"
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