RESPONSIBILITY FOR PORT SECURITY

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000100110009-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 7, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF TIIE DIRECTOR
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (INTELLIGENCE)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (RESEARCH)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (SUPPORT)
COMPTROLLER
INSPECTOR GENERAL
GENERAL COUNSEL
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
FOR NATIONAL ESTIMATES
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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RAL NOT REQUIRED November 7, 1962
CONFIDENTIAL
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 203
TO: The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretarirof Commerce
The Attorney General
The Director, Central Intelligence Agencyv
The Administrator, Federal Aviation Agency
The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
SUBJECT: Responsibility for Port Security
1. Port security is an essential element of U. S. internal
security programs. National Security Action Memorandum 161,
dated June 9, 1962, places responsibility on the Attorney General
for insuring the development of plans, programs and action pro-
posals to protect the internal security of the United States, working
in collaboration with the other Departments and Agencies of the
Government having responsibility for internal security programs.
The Attorney General is therefore generally responsible for in-
suring that adequate plans and programs exist and are carried
out to maintain the security of the U. S. ports and vessels therein,
and that sucn measures are properly coordinated with other
programs designed to protect the internal security of the United
States.
2. The Secretary of the Treasury is and will continue to
be primarily responsible for the execution of approved port se-
curity plans and programs in coordination with other elements
of the internal security programs of the United States, keeping
the Attorney General informed through the Interdepartmental
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Intelligence Conference (IIC) and the Interdepartmental Committee
on Internal Security (ICIS), or otherwise as may be specified by
the Attorney General.
Copy furnished:
Chairman, Interdepartmental
Intelligence Conference
Chairman, Interdepartmental Com-
mittee on Internal Security
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