EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. - ESTABLISHING A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND DEFINING ITS FUNCTION AND DUTIES

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1944
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.
ESTABLISHING A CF"I'RAL IN EI.T.TG.CE
SERVICE IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENT AND DEFINING .ITS
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES
By virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and the statutes of the
United States, including the First War Powers
Act, 1941, as President of the United States
and as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy,
and in order to coordinate and centralize the
policies and actions of the Government relating
to intelligence, it is hereby ordered as fol-
lows:
1. There is established in the Executive
Office of the President a central intelligence
service, to be known as the
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at the head of which shall be a Director appointed
by the President. The Director shall. discharge
and perform his functions and duties under the
direction and supervision of the President.
The Director may exercise his powers,. authorities
and duties through such officials or agencies
and in such manner as he may determine.
2. There is established in the
an Advisory Board consisting of the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the
Navy, and such other members as the President may
subsequently appoint.
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The Board shall advise and assist the Director
with respect to the formulation of basic policies
and plans of the
3. Subject to the direction and control of
the President, and with any necessary advice and
assistance from the other Departments and agencies
of the Government, the shall
perform the following functions and duties
(a) Coordination of the functions of all
intelligence agencies of the Government and the
establishment of such intelligence policies and
objectives as will &sure the integration of
national intelligence efforts;
(b) Final evaluation, synthesis and dissemi-
nation within the Government of the intelligence
required to enable the Government to determine
policies with respect to national planning and
security in peace and war, and the advancement of
broad national policy;
(c) Procurement, training and supervision of
its intelligence personnel; and
(d) Such other functions and duties relating
to intelligence as the President from time to time
may direct.
4. The shall have no police
or law-enforcement functions, either within or outside
the continental limits of the United States.
5. In.time of war or unlimited national emer-
gency, all programs of the
in areas of actual or projected military operations
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shall be coordinated with military plans and shall
be subject to the approval,of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Parts of such programs which are to be
executed in a theater of military operations shall
be subject to the control of the Theater Commander.
6. All joint intelligence committees and joint
intelligence agencies now operating under the authority
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or the War and Navy De-
partments are hereby dissolved. The functions,
powers, duties, personnel and facilities of such
committees and agencies are hereby transferred to
the
7. The Office of Strategic Services, estab-
lished by Military Order of June 13, 1942, is here-
by transferred to the All
powers of the Director of Strategic Services are
hereby vested in the Director of the
All records, contracts and property (including
office. equipment) of the Office of Strategic Ser-
vices, and all civilian or service personnel used
in the administration of such powers and duties,
are transferred to the
provided, that any personnel transferred to the
by this Order and found
by the Director of the to be
in excess of the personnel necessary for the ad-
ninistration of its functions and duties, shall
be, if civilian personnel, re-transferred under
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existing procedures to other positions in the
Government service or separated from such ser-
vice, and if military or naval personnel, shall
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be transferred to their respective Departments.
The Military Order of June 13, 1942, is hereby
revoked.
8. Within the limits of such funds as may
be made available to the
for the use of any agency in the exercise of any
power or duty transferred or consolidated by this
Order, or for the use of the head of any agency in
the exercise of any power or duty so transferred or
consolidated, as the Director of the Bureau of the
the Director may employ necessary personnel and
make provision for the necessary supplies, facili-
ties, and services. The Director shall be assigned,
upon the approval of the President,. ' such military
and naval personnel as may be required in the per-
formance of the functions and duties of the
The Director may pro-
vide for the internal organization and management
of the in such manner as he
may determine.
9. So much of the unexpended balances of ap-
propriations, allocations or other funds available
Budget with the approval of the President shall
determine, shall be transferred to the
for use in connection with the exercise of powers
or duties so transferred or consolidated. In
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determining the amount to be transferred, the
Director of the Bureau of the Budget-may include
an amount to provide for the liquidation of
obligations incurred against such appropriations,
allocations, or other funds prior to the transfer
or consolidation.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DIRECTIVE to the Director of
The
Subject: Functions of the
1. Pursuant to Paragraph 3 (d) of Executive
Order No. , dated , 1944, and
subject to the limitations in Paragraph 4 thereof,
the is hereby directed to per-
form the following functions and duties:
(a) To collect directly, and through existing
Departments and agencies of the Government, perti-
nent information, including military, economic;
political and scientific, concerning the capabilities,
intentions and activities of all foreign nations,
with particular reference to the effect such matters
may have upon the national security, policies and
interests of the United States;
(b) To dateriine policies for, and to coordinate.
facilities essential to the collection of information
under subparagraph (a) hereof;
(c) To conduct subversive operations abroad;
(d) To establish and maintain direct liaison
with secret intelligence agencies of foreign govern-
ments.
2. Subject to Paragraph 3 of Executive Order
No. and Paragraph 1 (a) hereof, existing
intelligence agencies within the Government shall
collect, evaluate, synthesize and disseminate de-
partmental operating intelligence, herein defined
as intelligence required by such agencies in the
actual performance of their functions and duties.
 3. The Director of the
shall deliver a certified copy of this directive
to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War,
the Secretary of the Navy, the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, and the heads of such other Departments
and agencies of the Government as may be directly
affected by the provisions hereof.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
1944
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