PROPOSED NIA DIRECTIVE COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85S00362R000700260006-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 14, 1947
• Content Type: REGULATION

P
S E C R ppjoved For Relea 2003/07/30: CIA-RDP85SOY161Rr ff 0006-0
PROPOSED NIA DIRECTIVE
COGRDINATION OF INTELLI (ENCE PRODUCTION
SECRET
1. The following overall policies and objectives are established
for the coordination of the production of intelligence.
2. In order that all facilities of the Government may be utilized
to their capacity and the responsibilities of each agency may be clearly
defined in accordance with its mission, dominant interest, and capabili-
ties, the whole field of intelligence production is divided into the
following four categories, and responsibilities are allocated as:
indicated:
a. Basic Intelligence.
(1) Basic intelligence is that factual intelligence which
results from the collation of encyclopedic information of a
more or less permanent or static nature and general interest
which, as a result of evaluation and interpretation, is
determined to be the best available.
(2) An outline of all basic intelligence required by
the Government shall be prepared by the CIG in collaboration
with the appropriate agencies. This outline shall be broken
down into chapters, sections, and subsections which shall be
allocated as production and maintenance responsibilities to
CIG and those agencies of the Government which are best
qualified by reason of their intelligence requirements,
production capabilities, and dominant interest to assume
the production and maintenance responsibility.
(3) When completed, this outline and tentative
allocations of production and maintenance responsibilities
shall be submitted for NIA approval and publication as an
annex to this directive. It is expected that as the result
of constant consultation with the agencies by the Director
of Central Intelligence, both the outline and the allocations
Approved For Release 2003/07/30 : CIA-RDP85SO0362R000700260006-0
-1- SECRET
 Approved For Rele 2003/07/30: CIA-RDP85S00362R00M0260006-0
mill be revised from time to time to insure the production
of the basic intelligence required by the agencies and the
fullest possible use of current agency capabilities. Changes
in the outline or allocations shall be effected by agreement
between the Director of Central Intelligence and the agencies
concerned..
(4) This basic intelligence shall be compiled and
continuously maintained in National Intelligence Surveys
to cover foreign countries., areas., or broad special
subjects as appropriate. It will be distributed to the
agencies in such form as the agencies agree will meet their
requirements.
(5) The Director of Central Intelligence shall be
responsible for coordinating production and maintenance
and for accomplishing the editing., publication., and dissemi-
nation of these National Intelligence Surveys and shall
make such requests on the agencies as are necessary for
their proper development and maintenance.
(6) Departments or agencies to be called on for con-
tributions to this undertaking may include agencies other
than those represented permanently in the IAB.
b. Current Intelligence.
(1) Current intelligence is that spot information or
intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest
and value to operating or policy staffs, which is used by
them without the delays incident to complete evaluation or
interpretation.
(2) The CI G and the several agencies shall produce and
disseminate such current intelligence as may be necessary
to meet their ova internal requirements or external
responsibilities.
(3) Interagency dissemination of current intelligence
shall be based on interagency agreement including NIA
Approved For Release 2003/07/30 : CIA-RDP85SO0362R000700260006-0 SECRET
-2-
SEQ ff
 Approved For Relea 2003/07/30 : CIA-RDP85S00362R0000260006-0
Directive No. 1 and the principle of informing all who
need to know.
c. Staff Intelligence.
(1) Staff intelligence is that intelligence prepared
by any department or agency through the process of correla-
tion and interpretation of all intelligence material avail-
able to it in order to meet the specific requirements and
responsibilities of the department or agency concerned.
(2) Each intelligence agency has the ultimate responsi-
bility for the preparation of such staff intelligence as its
own department shall require. It is recognized that the
staff intelligence of each of the departments must be broader
in scope than any allocation of collection responsibility,
recognition of production capabilities, or dominant interest
might indicate. In fact, the full foreign intelligence
picture is of interest in varying degrees at different times
to each of the departments.
(3) Any agency, either through the Director of Central
Intelligence or directly, may call upon other appropriate
agencies for intelligence which does not fall within its
own field of dominant interest. Such requests shall be
made upon the agencies in accordance with their production
capabilities and dominant interest.
(4) The division of interests agreed to in NIA Directive
No. 7 shall serve as a general delineation of dominant interests,
subject to refinement and adaptation to the purposes of intel-
ligence production through a continuous program of coordination
by the Director of Central Intelligence.
(5) As a part of the coordination program, the Director
of Central Intelligence will seek the assistance of the IAB
intelligence agencies in minimizing the necessity for any
agency to develop intelligence in fields outside its
dominant interests.
Approved For Release 2003/07/30 : CIA-RDP85SO0362R000700260006-0
SECRET
 Approved For Releam-W 2003/07/30 : CIA-RDP85S00362R000"0260006-0
(6) The CIG and the agencies shall, for purposes of
coordination, exchange information on projects and plans
for the production of staff intelligence.
(7) It shall be normal practice that staff intelligence
of one agency is available to the other intelligence agencies
permanently represented on the IAB.
d. Strategic and National Policy Intelligence.
(1) Strategic and national policy intelligence as defined
by the NIA shall henceforth be known by the short title
"National Intelligence."
(2) The production and dissemination of national intelli-
gence shall be the responsibility of the Director of Central
Intelligence.
(3) The Director of Central Intelligence shall plan
and develop the production of national intelligence in
coordination with the IAB agencies in order that he may
obtain from them within the limits of their capabilities
the departmental intelligence upon which national intelli-
gence is based.
(4) The Director of Central Intelligence shall by
agreement with the pertinent agency or agencies receive
such estimates, reports, and periodic briefs or summaries
prepared by the individual departments or agencies in
their fields of dominant interest or in accordance with
their production capabilities as may be necessary in the
production of mutually undertaken intelligence reports
or estimates.
3. The research facilities required by any agency to process
its own current and staff intelligence shall be sufficient to satisfy
its individual needs after taking full cognizance of the facilities
of the other agencies. Each agency shall endeavor to maintain suf-
ficient research facilities, not only to accomplish the intelligence
production tasks allocated to it directly under the fore oin provisions
Approved For Release 2003/07/30 : CIA-RDP85SO0362R000700 60016-0
-~- SECRET
 Approved For Relea' 2003/07/30 : CIA-RDP85SO0362ROO01WO260006-0
SECRET
but also to provide such additional intelligence reports or estimates
within its field of dominant interest as may be necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the other agencies under such allocations.
14. Implementation. Assumption of responsibilities as allocated
herein shall be effected progressively and rapidly under the coordina-
tion of the Director of Central Intelligence.
Approved For Release 2003/07/30 : CIA5RDP85S00362R00070026000 CDE