MEMORANDUM TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE [AND OTHERS] FROM HARRY TRUMAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2002
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• Publication Date: January 22, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
To The Secretary of State,
_The-Secretary of War, and
The-Secretary of the Navy.
1.- It is my desire, and I hereby direct, that all 17le.L
erel_foreigq intelligence- ettivities be planned, develope an
coordliv2ted,isoA to desure the most,effective, accomplishment
the intelligence mission related'teethe 'national security.
hereby designate you, together with.another Person to be named,
Toy meas myipersonal representative,:as?theeNational Intelli-
gence Authority to accomplish this Purpose.
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. 2:eeWithin the limits of availableapprepriations, yo1.1
shell eecht:frOm time to time assign personaandtacilitiee_fr6m
youre_respective Department S; which persons shall collectively .
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,:form a:Central Intelligence Grouped-shell,,under the di:ractjen
(5-x a?Directorof Central-Intelligencee assist:the,ktiona]
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IntelligenceAuthority.eThe Director of .CentraleIntelligcnce
shall be designated by me, shall be resTJOneib4 ter-the Natiorrei..
eintelligence,Authority,and shall sit as a nen-voting memler
3. Subject to the existing law, and to '1.e direction
and control of the National Intelligence Authority, the Director
Central ,Intelligence ehall:
neAccomplislifthe correlation and evaluation of
'intelligence relating to the .national security, end the
aPpr'opriate diSsemination within the 'Government of the,
resulting,strategle and national policy intelligence,
In so doing,. full use shalllpe made of the staff
,faallitiea_of.,,the 'intelligence agencies of'youre,,.
Departments.
b. Flan- nit the coordination of such of the acti:ci
ties of the Intelligence agencies of your Deport= nte
as relate to the national ? security and recommend to
the, National Intelligence Authority the establishment
of such over-all policies-and objectives as will ssuiee
the most effective accomplishment of the national
intelligence mission.
.c. Perform, for the benefit of said intelligence
agencies, such services of common concern as the
National Intelligence Authority determines can be more
efficiently accomplished centrally.
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ecl. Perform such other functions and duties retcC
.to intelligence affecting the national security ae
the President. and the National Intelligence AuthoJit,N,
may from time to time direct,
4. No police, law enforcement or_internel securiey
functions shall be exercised under this directive.
5 Such intelligence received by the intelligence ant,n--
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cieseof yeur.,pepartmer4s ae,ellay be (1.esennted by the Netienel
InthailiPmtiahaEithilalLatitiiable to the Derec-
tor- of CCrtral'Intelligence for correfation, evaluetion oe
dissemination. To the extent approved by the National In-:cl-
ligence Authority,ethe.eperations of said intelligence ee'ne?Je,,
shall be -openeto'inspection by the Director of.Centrn1 Ineel-
ligence ine...connection with planning functions.
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6. The existing intelligence agencies of your De
ments shall continue to collect, evaluate, correlate and eeeLee-
inate departmental intelligence.
7. The Director of Centrel Intelligence shall be ad-
vised by an Intelligence Advisory Board consistime-lof the he-eE,
(or their representatives) of the principel military ',rid
civilian intelligence egencies Of the Government having func-
tions releted to national security, as determined by the
Intelligence Authority.
8. Within the scope of existing lau and Preaiden-)-3
directives, other departments and agencies of the executiee
branch of the Federal Government shall furnish such intelei-
gence information relating to the netion-.1 security as is In
their possession, and as the Director of Central Intelligencc
may from time to time request pursuant to regulations of .he
N.T.tioncl Intelligence Authority.
9. Nothing herein shall 1e construed to authorize -Qv
making,of.investigations inside the continental limits of thc
United States and its possessions, except as provided by :_ew
and Presidential directives.
10e. In the conduct of their activities the NetionflI
'Intelligence Authority and the Director of Central Intellegence-
shall be responsible for fully protecting intelligence SOPI=CE
and methods.
Sincerely yours,
ifs/ Harry Truman
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July 31, 1961
MATERIAL R2MUR1ED TO Walter Pforzheimer,I3
1/1. Military Construction Appropriations for 1956
0. Military Public Works (No. 20) AfA7_,-.74741
3. HORepresentatives - Document No. 210, 84th
Congress, 1st Session
14. HORepresentatives - Report No. 865, 84th
Congress, 1st Session
5. HORepresentatives - Report No. 1083, 84th
Congress, 1st Session
. HORepresentatives - Report No. 1116 - 84th
Congress, 1st Session
7. Senate - Report No. 1094 - 84th Congress, 1st
Session, Calendar No. 1106
8. HORepresentatives - Report No. 1586 - 84th
Congress, 1st Session
9. Memorandum from DCI to Hon. Dennis Chavez,
Dept. of Defense Subcommittee, Senate Committee
on Appropriations, dated 18 July 1955, with
attachments.
10. Memorandum from 0/DCI to Hon. George H. Mahon,
Chairman, Defense Subcommittee, House Committee
on Appropriations, dated 26 July 1955.
( 1. Military Public Works Construction on S. 1765
(H.R. 68295-
12. The Supplemental Appropriation Bill - H.R. 7278
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