This    document:    dov/ngraded    to  -.—h™—™™ 
UNCLASSIFIED    by    authority    of        J  ^K^HHft  DCID  No.  5/5 
Sec    3(B)  ,E0    11652,    on    ,o//.</?L    \  (New  Series) 
by    246321. 
DIRECTOR  OF  CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  DIRECTIVE  NO.  5/51 
CHARTER  FOR 
INTERAGENCY  CLANDESTINE  COLLECTION  PRIORITIES  COMMITTEE 
(Effective  23  April  1965) 
1.  Pursuant  to  NSCIDs  1  and  5,  the  United  States  Intelligence  Board 
hereby  establishes  the  Interagency  Clandestine  Collection  Priorities 
Committee,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  IPC,  to  perform  the  functions 
set  forth  below  in  connection  with  determining  priorities  for  the  clan- 
destine collection  of  information  by  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency 
outside  the  United  States  and  its  possessions. 
2.  In  accordance  with  the  Priority  National  Intelligence  Objectives 
(PNIOs)  established  by  the  United  States  Intelligence  Board  and  pro- 
mulgated by  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence,  the  IPC  shall: 
a.  Determine  those  essential  foreign  information  requirements  of 
the  United  States  Government  whose  fulfillment  necessitates  clan- 
destine collection  operations  conducted  by  the  Clandestine  Services, 
CIA.2  These  requirements  must  be  of  such  a  nature  as  to  exclude 
subjects  that  can  normally  be  covered  by  non-clandestine  collection 
methods. 
b.  Provide  the  Clandestine  Services  of  CIA  with  comprehensive, 
periodically  revised  statements  (IPC  Lists)  of  such  clandestine  collec- 
tion requirements,  and  of  targets  related  thereto,  with  appropriate 
background  information  and  clear  assignments  of  priorities  consistent 
with  the  PNIOs. 
c.  As  necessary  to  meet  unusual,  critical  or  emergency  situations, 
prepare  special  requirements  for  the  guidance  of  CIA  clandestine  col- 
lection activities. 
cL  At  the  request  of  the  Chairman  or  any  member,  assign  priorities 
consistent  with  PNIOs  to  specific  clandestine  collection  requests  levied 
unilaterally  by  any  department  or  agency  on  the  Clandestine  Services 
of  CIA  on  subjects  not  covered  in  existing  IPC  Lists." 
e.  Perform  other  functions  as  necessary  to  assist  CIA  in  the  per- 
formance of  its  clandestine  collection  responsibilities. 
3.  Each  department  or  agency  represented  on  the  United  States  In- 
telligence Board,  including  the  Army,  Navy  and  Air  Force  may  nominate 
a  principal  and  an  alternate  IPC  member,  each  to  have  full  authority  to 
act  for  his  department  or  agency  in  performance  of  the  functions  set 
forth  in  Paragraph  2  with  particular  attention  to  the  determination 
*ThJs  Directive  supersedes  DCID  No.  5/5  (New  Series)  of  24  February  1959. 
'The  Clandestine  Services  is  a  title  used  herein  to  indicate  that  portion  of  CIA 
with  responsibility  for,  and  means  of,  conducting  clandestine  operations  for 
the  collection  of  information.  The  information  consuming:  offices  of  CIA  are 
Identified  herein  by  the  symbol  DDL 
ceou*  t 
COPV     TITO
rSwifafifai. 
( 
that  requirements  submitted  by  his  department  or  agency  necessitate 
fulfillment  by  the  Clandestine  Services  of  CIA.  DDI  will  provide  a 
principal  and  an  alternate  member  with  authority  and  responsibility 
as  noted  above  to  represent  the  information  consuming  initicsis  of  CIA. 
The  Chairman  of  the  IPC,  who  will  normally  be  a  senior  official  of  the 
Clandestine  Services,  will  be  appointed  by  the  Director  of  Central  In- 
telligence. 
4.  The  IPC  shall  reach  its  decisions  by  agreement.  When  the  Chair- 
man determines  that  a  given  position  on  a  matter  under  consideration 
repiesents  the  consensus  of  the  IPC,  it  shall  be  considered  agreed  unless 
a  dissenting  member  requests  that  the  issue  be  referred  to  the  United 
States  Intelligence  Board.  In  the  event  of  such  a  request  the  Chairman 
shall  refer  the  matter  with  dissenting  statement  to  the  United  States 
Intelligence  Board  for  decision. 
5.  Departments  and  agencies  participating  in  the  IPC  will  provide 
their  representatives  with  sufficient  support  to  ensure  full  and  timely 
accomplishment  of  the  Committee's  functions.  The  Clandestine  Services 
of  CIA  will  provide  the  necessary  Secretariat: 
6.  To  assist  the  Clandestine  Services,  CIA,  in  planning  operations 
against  IPC  targets,  each  participating  department  or  agency  will,  on 
request  of  the  Secretariat,  provide  target  analyses  of  selected  targets  in- 
cluded in  IPC  Lists  on  the  recommendation  of  that  department  or 
agency. 
7.  The  IPC  may  constitute  such  task  forces  or  working  groups  as  the  ( 
Committee  considers  necessary  to  discharge  its  responsibilities  properly 
and  may  request  the  represented  departments  and  agencies  to  furnish 
necessary  support  and  assistance  to  such  groups. 
8.  Members  of  the  IPC  will  be  briefed  from  time  to  time  on  the  capa- 
bilities of  the  Clandestine  Services  of  CIA  to  undertake  clandestine  col- 
lection operations. 
9.  When  a  department  or  agency  represented  on  the  IPC  determines 
that  an  IPC  List  includes  requirements  and  targets  on  which  informa- 
tion is  also  wanted  to  satisfy  departmental  intelligence  needs  as  denned 
in  Paragraph  3,  NSCID  No.  3,  it  may  request  the  IPC  for  permission  to 
use  such  list  or  relevant  portion  thereof  as  guidance  in  conducting  sup- 
plementary espionage  provided  for  in  Paragraph  4a,  NSCID  No.  5.  Per- 
mission need  not  be  requested  when  a  department  or  agency  uses  its 
own  contribution  to  an  IPC  List  in  the  guidance  of  supplementary  espi- 
onage to  satisfy  its  departmental  intelligence  needs. 
JOHN  A.  McCONE 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
(