REVISED DRAFT OF NSCID #5

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• Publication Date: September 27, 1957
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Washington, D. C.
27 September 1957
MERAN 1M FOR: Members of the Ad Hoc Working Group on NSCID #5
SUBJECT : Revised Draft of NSCID #5
1. The enclosed draft of NSCID #5 is the result of informal
coordination with and contributions from the working level within
the intelligence community; it is believed that we have achieved
general agreement on its basic provisions.
2. There is also general agreement among those agencies
operationally involved with the subject that detailed instructions
for implementation of this NSCID #5 should be spelled out in one
or more DCIDs, as may be necessary, the primary objective of the
ASCID being to set forth the basic assignment of authority and
responsibilities.
3. It is requested that the members of the ad hoc working
group meet on 9 October 1957 at 2:15 P.M. in the DCI Conference
Room (214 Administration Building) for a final. group discussion
of the paper with the objective of expediting the transmission
of a coordinated draft to the Intelligence Advisory Committee.
General, ii AA (Ret)
Deputy Director (Coordination)
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Revision 9 July Draft
24 September 1957
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL NO. 5
U. S. ESPIONAA AND COUNTER INTEI11 NCE ACTIVITIES ABROAD
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102(d) of the National
Security Act of 1947, as amended, the National Security. Council hereby
authorizes and directs that:
1. For the purpose of this directive:
a. Espionage is defined as those claindentine activities which
are directed toward the acquisition of information through intelli-
gence operations against a foreign power.
b. Counterintelligence is defined as that intelligence
activity, with its resultant product, which is devoted to destroying
the effectiveness of inimical foreign intelligence activities end
which is undertaken to protect the security of the nation, and its
personnel, information and installations abroad, against espionage,
counterespionage, sabotage, and subversion. As an activity,
counterintelligence includes the process of procuring, developing,
recording, and disseminating information concerning hostile
clandestine activity and of penetrating, manipulating, or
repressing individuals, groups, or organizations conducting or
capable of conducting such activity.
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2. To ensure centralized direction and prior, comprehensive and
continuing coordination of all clandestine activities authorized herein,
the Director of Central Intelligence shall:
a. Establish, in consultation with the Intelligence
Advisory Committee, the procedures necessary to achieve
such direction and coordination;
b. Coordinate all clandestine activities authorized
herein and conducted outside the U. S. and its possessions,
including liaison which concerns clandestine activities or
which involves foreign clandestine services, except when the
provisions of paragraph 8 apply; also coordinate clandestine
activities with overt collection abroad;
c. Invite Departments and Agencies not permanent members of
the Intelligence Advisory Committee which have clandestine
counterintelligence responsibilities abroad to participate in
the Intelligence Advisory Committee deliberations when clandes-
tine counterintelligence matters affecting such responsibilities
are under consideration;
d. Make mutually agreeable arrangements with Depe tmentss
and Agencies for such cover support as may be needed by the
Central Intelligence Agency, and coordinate arrangements for
such cover support as may be required by other Departments and
Agencies to carry out the clandestine activities authorized in
paragraph 4 below.
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3. As the national clandestine service of the United Stater,
the Central Intelligence Agency shall have primary responsibility
for the following services of common concern:
a. The conduct of espionage outside the United States
and its possessions in order to meet the intelligence needs of
all Departments and Agencies concerned, in connection with the
national security;
b. The conduct of clandestine counterintelligence outside
the United States and its possessions;
c. The conduct of liaison with foreign clandestine services
or concerning the above clandestine activities with foreign
intelligence or security services.
d. The maintenance for the benefit of the intelligence
community of central indexes and records of foreign counter-
intelligence information to which all Departments and Agencies
shall contribute on a continuing basis all pertinent material
collection by them.
4. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 above, other
Departments and Agencies with commands or installations located outside
the U. S. and its possessions may:
a. Conduct additional espionage in order to satisfy
departmental intelligence needs;
b. Conduct clandestine counterintelligence activities
necessary for the security of their personnel, commands,
activities and installations;
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c. Conduct liaison with foreign clandestine services or
concerning the above clandestine activities with foreign
intelligence or security services.
5. Departments and Agencies shall assist the Central Intelli-
gence Agency in its conduct of espionage by providing guidance in
the form of continuous, timely and specific collection requirements
and, as required, assessments of the information collected. They
shall provide similar support to each other as required.
6. In a foreign area other than an active theater of war Mere
U. S. forces are engaged, the designated representative of the Director
of Central Intelligence shall keep the senior U. S. representative
appropriately advised of U. S. espionage and clandestine counterntelli-
?ence activities conducted in or from the area.
7. In a foreign area where major U. S. military commands are
stationed, the designated representatives of the Director of Central
Intelligence shall keep the senior U. S. military commanders or their
designated representatives, informed of the espionage and clandestine
counterintelligence operations conducted by the Central Intelligence
Agency in or from the area which provide information of significant
Importance to the missions of such commanders.
8. In active theaters of war where U. S. forces are engaged, or
when the President so directs:
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*a. The entire Central Intelligence Agency organi:stion
assigned by the Director of Central Intelligence to a ecmmander
of a command established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff stall be
established as a CIA Force and, through the CIA Commander
thereof, shall provide espionage and counterintelligence
support to military operations.
b. Such exceptional espionage and counterintelligence
operations which, because of delicate political or diplomatic
implications, are conducted independently by the Central
Intelligence Agency shall be coordinated by the Director of
Central Intelligence with the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
e. The Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff shall establish procedures for the coordination
of liaison on clandestine activities between U. S. military
commanders and foreign services that engage in such activities.
9. In addition to the above, the Director of Central Intelligence,
in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory Committee and ether
interested Departments and Agencies as provided in paragraph P-c above,
Detailed arrangements concerning the command relationships between
the CIA organization and the Armed Forces in active theaters of war
where American forces are engaged are established by agreement; between
the Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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a. Provide for adequate coordination of all U. S.
counterintelligence activities abroad and for the
coordination of such activities with the Departments
and Agencies responsible for domestic counterintelligence,
to the extent necessary to ensure conformity with policies
enunciated by the National Security Council;
b. Take such other action as may be deemed necessary
to promote the overall effectiveness of the U. So counter-
intelligence effort abroad.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENC
E DIRECTIVE NO. 5
Revision 9 July Draft
5 September 1957
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102(d) of the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended, the National Security Council hereby authorizes
and directs that:
1. For the purpose of this directive:
a. Espionage is defined as those clandestine activities which
are directed toward the acquisition of information through intelligence
operations against a foreign power.
b. Counterintelligence is defined as that intelligence activity,
with its resultant product, which is devoted to destroying the effective-
ness of inimical foreign intelligence activities and which is undertaken
to protect the security of the nation, and its personnel, information and
installations abroad, against espionage, counterespionage, sabotage,
and subversion. As an activity, counterintelligence includes the
process of procuring, developing, recording, and disseminating information
concerning hostile clandestine activity and of penetrating, manipulating,
or repressing individuals, groups, or organizations conducting or
capable of conducting such activity.
2. To ensure centralized direction and prior, comprehensive and
continuing coordination of all clandestine activities authorized herein,
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the Director of Central Intelligence shall:
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a. Establish, in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory
Committee, the procedures necessary to achieve such direction and
coordination;
b. Coordinate all clandestine activities authorized herein and
conducted outside the U.S. and its possessions, including liaison which
concerns clandestine activities or which involves foreign clandestine
services, except when the provisions of paragraph 9 apply; also coordinate
clandestine activities with overt collection abroad;
c. Invite Departments and Agencies not permanent members of the
Intelligence Advisory Committee which have clandestine counterintelligence
responsibilities abroad to participate in the Intelligence Advisory
Committee deliberations when clandestine counterintelligence matters
affecting such responsibilities are under consideration;
d. Make mutually agreeable arrangements with Departments and
Agencies for such cover support as may be needed by the Central Intelli-
gence Agency, and coordinate arrangements for such cover-support as may
be required by other Departments and Agencies to carry out the clandestine
activities authorized in paragraph I below.
3. As the national clandestine service of the United States, the
Central Intelligence Agency shall have primary responsibility for the
following services of common concern:
a. The conduct of espionage outside the United States and its
possessions in order to meet the intelligence needs of all Departments
and Agencies concerned, in connection with the national security;
b. The conduct of clandestine counterintelligence outside the
United States and its possessions;
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c. The establishment, conduct, and dev 1Q mant_of liaison with
clandestine services or concerning the above clandestine activities with
foreign intelligence or security services.
d. The maintenance for the benefit of the intelligence community
of central indexes and records of foreign counterintelligence information
to which all Departments and Agencies shall contribute on a continuing
basis all pertinent material collected by them.
1i,. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 above, other Departments and
Agencies with commands or installations located outside the U.S. and its
possessions may:
a. Conduct additional espionage in order to satisfy departmental
intelligence needs;
b. Conduct clandestine counterintelligence activities necessary
for the security of their personnel, commands, activities and installa-
tions;
c. Conduct-liaison concerning the above clandestine activities with
foreign intelligence or security services or which involves clandestine
6. Departments and Agencies shall assist the Central Intelligence Agency
in its conduct of espionage by providing guidance in the form of continuous,
timely and specific collection requirements and, as required, assessments
of the information collected. They shall provide similar support to each
other as required.
7. In a foreign area other than an active theater of war where U.S.
forces are engaged, the designated representative of the Director of Central
Intelligence shall keep the senior U.S. representative appropriately advised
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of U.S. espionage and clandestine counterintelligence activities conducted
in or from the area.
8. In a foreign area where major U.S. military conmands are stationed,
the designated representative of the Director of Central Intelligence shall
keep the senior U.S. military commanders or their designated representatives,
informed of the espionage and clandestine counterintelligence operations
conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency in or from the area which provide
information of significant importance to the missions of such commanders.
9. In active theaters of warwhere U.S. forces are engaged, or when
the President so directs:
a. All resources of the Central Intelligence Agency assigned
by the Director of Central Intelligence to the Senior U.S. Commander
shall be included in a CIA Force and, through the CIA Commander t hereof,
shall provide espionage and counterintelligence support to military
operations;
b. Such exceptional espionage and counterintelligence operations
which, because of delicate political or diplomatic implications, are
conducted independently by the Central Intelligence Agency shall be
coordinated by the Director of Central Intelligence with the Joint
Chiefs of Staff;
c. The Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff shall establish procedures for the coordination of liaison
on clandestine activities between U.S. military commanders and foreign
services that engage in such activities.
10. In addition to the above, the Director of Central Intelligence,
in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory Committee and other interested
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Departments and Agencies as provided in paragraph 2c above, shall:
a. Provide for adequate coordination of all U.S. counterintelligence
activities abroad and for the coordination of such activities with the
Departments and Agencies responsible for domestic counterintelligence,
to the extent necessary to ensure conformity with policies enunciated
by the National Security Council;
b. Take such other action as may be deemed necessary to promote
the overall effectiveness of the U.S. counterintelligence effort
abroad.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 5
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102(d) of the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended, the National Security Council hereby authorizes
and directs that:
1. For the purpose of this directive:
a. Espionage is defined as those clandestine activities which
are directed toward the acquisition of information through intelligence
operations against a foreign power*
b. Counterintelligence is defined as that intelligence activity,
with its resultant product, which is devoted to destroying the effective-
ness of inimical foreign intelligence activities and which is undertaken
to protect the security of the nation, and itpersonnel and installa-
tionsrabroad,, against espionage, counterespionage, sabotage, and
subversion. As an activity, counterintelligence includes the process
of procuring, developing, recording, and disseminating information
concerning hostile clandestine activity and of penetrating, manipulating,
or repressing individuals, groups, or organizations conducting or
capable of conducting such activity.
2. To provide centralized direction and ensure comprehensive and
continuing coordination of all clandestine activities authorized herein,
the Director of Central Intelligence shall:
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a. Establish, in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory
Committee, the procedures necessary to achieve such direction and
coordination;
b. Coordinate all clandestine activities authorized herein
and conducted outside the U. S. and its possessions, including
liaison which concerns clandestine activities or which involves
foreign clandestine services, except when the provisions of para-
graph 8 apply; also coordinate clandestine activities with overt
collection abroad;
c. Invite Departments and Agencies not permanent members of
the Intelligence Advisory Committee which have clandestine counter-
intelligence responsibilities abroad to participate in the Intelli-
gence Advisory Committee deliberations when clandestine counter-
intelligence matters affecting such responsibilities are under
consideration;
d. Make mutually agreeable arrangements with the appropriate
Departments and Agencies for such cover support as may be needed
by the Central Intelligence Agency, and coordinate arrangements for
such non-official cover support as may be required by other Depart-
ments and Agencies to carry out the clandestine activities
authorized in paragraph 4 below.
3. The Central Intelligence Agency as the national clandestine
service of the United States shall have primary responsibility forfthe
following services of common concern;
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a. The conduct of espionage outside the United States and its
possessions in order to meet the /needs of all Departments and
Agencies concerned, in connection with the national security;
b. The conduct of counterintelligence outside the United
States and its possessions;
c. The establishment, conduct, and development of liaison
on the above clandestine activities.
d. Maintenance of central indexes and records of foreign
counterintelligence information for the benefit of the intelligence
community.
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As an integral part of their respective missions, Departments
and Agencies are responsible for the collection of departmental intelli-
gence and for the security of their personnel, commands, and installations
SubjectL to the provisions of paragraph 2 above, the Departments and
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Agencies conducg in areas outside the U. S. and its possessions:
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a. Espionage in order to satisfy departmental intelligence
needs;
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b. Clandestine counterintelligence activities necessary for
the security of their commands, activities and installations;
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c. Liaison, ich concern~rtfie above clandestine activities
or which involves foreign clandestine services.
5. LThe_JDepartments and Agencies shall:
a. Contribute on a continuing basis to the central indexes
and records of foreign counterintelligence information, maintained
by the Central Intelligence Agency, all pertinent material collected
by them;
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b. Assist the Central Intelligence Agency in its conduct of
espionage by providing continuous, timely and specific collection
requirements and, as required, assessments of the information
collected; provide similar support to each other as required.
c. Make arrangements with each other for such official cover
support as they deem necessary.
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6. In a foreign area other than an active theater of war where U.S.
forces are engaged, the designated representative of the Director of Central
Intelligence shall keep the senior U.S. representative appropriately advised
ch nd,sfinc
of U.S. espionage and counterintelligence activities conducted in or from
the area.
7. In a foreign area where'majo U.S. military commands are stationed,
the designated representative of the Director of Central Intelligence shall
keep the senior U.S. military commanders or their designated representatives,
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informed of the espionage and counterintelligence operations conducted
by the Central Intelligence Agency in or from the area which provide infor-
mation of significant importance to the missions of such commanders.
8. In active theaters of war where U.S. forces are engaged, or
when the President so directs;
a. All resources of the Central Intelligence Agency assigned
by the Director of Central Intelligence to the Senior U.S. Commander
shall be included in a CIA Force a.nd, through the CIA Commander thereof,
c1?ad,;f'j
shall provide espionage and counterintelligence support to military
operations;
b. Such exceptional espionage and counterintelligence operations
which, because of delicate political or diplomatic implications, are
conducted independently by the Central Intelligence Agency shall be
coordinated by the Director of Central Intelligence with the Joint
Chiefs of Staff,;;
c. The Director of Central Intelligence and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff shall establish procedures for the coordination of liaison on
clandestine activities between U.S. military commanders and foreign
services that engage in such activities.
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9. In addition to the above, the Director of Central Intelligence,
in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory Committee and other interested
Departments and Agencies as provided in paragraph 2c above, shalls
a. Provide for adequate coordination of all U.S counterintelligern e:
activities abroad and for the coordination of such activities with the
Departments and Agencies responsible for domestic counterintelligence,
to the extent necessary to ensure conformity with policies enunciated
by the National Security Council;
b. Take such other action as may be deemed necessary to promote
the overall effectiveness of the U.S. counterintelligence effort
abroad.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO.5
U. S. ESPIONAGE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ABROAD
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102(d) of the National Security
Act of 1947: as amended, the National Security Council hereby authorizes
and directs that:
1. For the purpose of this directive:
a. Espionage is defined as those clandestine activities which
are directed toward the acquisition of information through intelli-
gence operations against a foreign power.,
b. Counterintelligence is defined as "That phase of intelli-
gence covering all activity devoted to destroying the effectiveness
of inimical foreign intelligence activities and to the protection
of information against espionage, personnel against subversion,
and installations or material against sabotage,"* Counterintelligence
is further defined as that intelligence activity, with its resultant
product, which is undertaken to protect the security of the nation,
and its personnel and installations abroad, against espionage,
counterespionage, sabotage, and subversion. As an activity, counter-
intelligence includes the process of procuring, developing, and
recording information concerning espionage, counterespionage,
sabotage and subversion directed against the national security, and
of penetrating, manipulating, or repressing individuals, groups,
or organizations conducting or capable of conducting such acts.
*Dictionary of United States Military Terms for Joint Usage.
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2. To provide centralized direction and ensure comprehensive and
continuing coordination of all clandestine activities authorized herein,
the Director of Central Intelligence shall:
a. Establish, in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory
Committee, the procedures necessary to achieve such direction and
coordination;
b. Coordinate all clandestine activities authorized herein,
including liaison on clandestine activities with foreign intelli-
gence and security services that engage in such activities, outside
the United States and its possessions other than active theaters
of war where U. S. forces are engaged, in which event the provisions
of Para 0 shall apply; also coordinate such clandestine activities
with overt collectiond abroad;
c. Invite Departments and Agencies not permanent members of
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the Intelligence Advisory Committee which have'Wcounterintelligence
responsibilities abroad to participate in the Intelligence Advisory
Committee deliberations when clandestine counterintelligence
matters affecting such responsibilities are under consideration;
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