NATIONAL  SECURITY  COUNCIL  INTELLIGENCE 
DIRECTIVE  NO.  3l 
.  COORDINATION  Or  INTELLIGENCE  PRODUCTION 
'  (Revised  18  January  19C1) 
For  (he  purpose  of  cocrdi;K:t)ng  the  intelligence  produei.-on  activities 
of  the  several  Government  departments  and  agencies  \n  the  intercut  of 
natlor.nl  security  and  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Coot  ion  10f:  of  the 
National  Security  Act.  of  11)47,  as  amended,  live  !■:&  tiop.ul  Ceeuiiiy  Council 
hereby  authorises  and  directs  that  the  following  over-all  policies,  objec- 
tives, categories  of  intelligence  and  allocations  of  responsibility  bo 
established. 
1.  Basic  Intelligence 
a.  Basic  intelligence  is  th.it  factual  intelligence  which  results  from 
the  collation  of  encyclopedic  information  of  a  fundamental  and  more 
or  less  permanent,  nature  and  which,  as  a  result  of  evaluation  and 
Interpretation,  is  determined  to  be  the  best  available. 
b.  An  outline  of  all  basic  intelligence  required  by  the  Government 
shall  be  maintained  by  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency  in  collaboration 
with  the  appropriate  departments  and  agencies.  This  culilne  shah  be 
broken  down  into  chapteis,  sections,  and  sub-sections  wh'ch  shall  bo 
-allocated  as  precinct  ion  and  maintenance  responsibilities  io  Central 
Intelligence  Ageney  and/or  to  those  other  departments  or  agencies  0' 
the  Government  which  arc  best  qualified  by  reason  of  mission,  produc- 
tion capability,  and  primary  Interest  to  assume*  the  production  and 
maintenance  responsibilities.  To  ensure  the  production  ox  the  basic 
intelligence  required  by  the  Government  and  the  fullest  possible  use 
of  current  departmental  and  ::f;ency  capabilities,  changes  in  the  outline 
or  allocations -of  production  and  maintenance  rcsponsmiiiiles  shah  be 
eflccted  by  agreement  between  ihe  Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
and  the  departments  and  agencies  concerned. 
c.  Basic  intelligence  required  in  the  interest  of  national  security 
shall  be  compiled  and  continuously  maintained  in  National  Intelligence 
Surveys  to  cover  foreign  countries,  arras,  or  broad  special  subjects,  in 
accordance  with  ^DC-Approved  KIS  Standard  Instructions  cr.d  inter- 
departmental-approved amendments  there -o.  The  National  Intelli- 
gence Surveys  will  be  disseminated  in  such  form  as  shall  be  determined 
by  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  consultation  with  the  depart- 
ments and  agencies  concerned. 
d.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  shall  be*  responsible  for  co- 
ordinating production  and  maintenance,  and  for  accomplishing  the 
review,  publication,  and  da-gemination  01  lhc.:e  National* Intelligence 
'This  DhccUve  supersedes  N!.:C!D  J.'o.  ?.,  drUed  15  September  1953.  which  previ- 
ously had  iiijicxvccled  KiiClD  TCu.  3.  c!;itcil  21  April  10 JS. 
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Survej's,  and  Khali  make  such  requests  of  the  departments  and  agencies 
as  are  necessary  for  proper  development  imri  maintenance  of  the 
Survey;). 
c.  Departments  cr  agencies  to  be  called  on  for  contributions  to  this 
undertaking  may  Include'  other  then  those  represented  permanently 
on  the  U.S.  Intelligence  Board. 
2.  Current  Intelligence 
a.  Current  InteH^ence  is  that  Intelligence  of  all  types  and  'crm3  of 
immediate  interest  which  is  usual:?  disseminated  without  tho  delays 
incident  to  complete  evaluation  or  interpretation. 
b.  The  Central  Intelligence  .Aaency  and  tho  several  departments 
and  agencies  sha-1  produce  and  d::ieminaie  eamh  current  irKjDi^enco 
ca  may  bo  nt-cr.isv.ry  to  meet  their  own  internal  reqiUreA^nts.  Nor- 
mally, the  current-  intelligence  produced  by  the  Cemral  i'rite-hr.cnco 
Agency  is  produced  primarily  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  President  and 
'  National  Security  Council;  in  aodhiou  it  scrvee  tl\o  common  lucds  of 
the  interested  department s  and  agencies  of  the  Government  for  cur- 
rent intelligence  which  they  themselves  do  not  produce.  The  depart- 
ments and  egc-ncice-  will  contribute  to  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency 
current  intelligence  publications  ne  practicable. 
3.  Depart  mental  Jr.iclllgev.ce  is  that  intelligence,  which  any  depart- 
ment or  agency  requires  to  e:-:eeute  its  own  mission. 
4.  IrdcixlcpaYir.ic.il i;d  Ir.iclUgcv.cc  is  integrated  departmental  intelli- 
gence which  iz  required  by  departments  and  agencies  of  the  Government 
for  the  execution  of  their  missions  but  transcends,  the  exclusive  com- 
petence of  a  single  department  or  agency  to  produce.  Joint  Intelligence 
Ja  a  special  category  oi'  interdepartmental  intelligence  joiirliy  produce?. 
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6.  National  Intelligence  is  that  Intelligence  which  is  required  for  tho 
formulation  of  national  security  policy,  concerns  mere  than  one  depart- 
ment or  agency  and  transcends  the  exclusive  competence  of  a  single 
'department  cr  agency.  The  production  of  national  intelligence  is  cov- 
ered in  K.c:.CID  Do.  I.  Intelligence  relating  to  the  national  security  •-.Inch 
has  been,  produced  as  Interdepartmental  or  departmental  intelligence 
may  also,  whnn  appropriate,  be  submitted  through  tho  U.S.  InrjUlgencG 
Board  for  issuance-  rs  national  intelligence  by  the  Director  of  Central 
Intelligence  as  provided  in  NSCID  No.  1.    •   . 
C.  Each  department  or  agency,  taking  full  cognizance  of  the  facilities 
of  the  other  agencies,  shall  maintain  adequate  research  facilities  to 
accomplish  its  departmental  Intelligence  production  mission  and  to  pro- 
Vldo  such  additional  intelligence  within  its  field  of  primary  responsi- 
bilities as  may  be  necessary  to  satisfy  other  requirements  relating  to  tho 
national  security.
7.  To  ensure  that  the  capabilities  of  the  departments  and  agenck-  ere 
utlllzcd  effectively  for  the  production  of  intcllijjen.ee  of  common  cor;-  •  •:•:, 
the  following  division  of  Interest?,  .subject  to  refinement  through  a 
tinuous  program  of  coordination  :mo  evaluation  by  the  Director  of 
tral  Intelligence  to  promote  an  inttvjrction  of  effort  and  to  avoid  »  ■  .e- 
slrable  duplication,  shall  serve  ns  a  general  delineation  of  primary 
responsibilities: 
c.  The  Department  of  State  shall  produce  political  and  sociological 
intelligence  on  all  countries,  and  economic  intelligence  on  countries 
outside  the  Sino-Sovict  Bloc. 
b.  The  Department  of  Defense  shall  produce  military  intelligence. 
This  production  shall  include  scientific,  technical  and  economic  intelli- 
gence directly  pertinent  to  the  missions  of  the  various  components  of 
the  Department  of  Defense*. 
c.  The  Central  Intelligence  Agency  shall  produce  economic  intelli- 
gence on  the  Sino-Sovict-  Bloc  and  s;::entifle  and  technical  intelligence 
as  a  service  of  common  concern.  Further,  the  Central  Intelligence 
Agency  may  produce  such  other  intelligence  as  may  be  necessary  to 
discharge  the  statutory  responsibilities  of  the  Director  of  Central  In- 
telligence. .   . 
d.  The  production  of  intelligence  on  atomic  energy  is  a  responsi- 
bility of  all  departments  ana  agencies  represented  on  the  U.S.  Intelli- 
gence Board  with  responsibilities  for  the  production  of  finished  intelli- 
gence, to  be  coordinated  through  the  Joint  Atomic  Energy  intelligence 
Committee  structure. 
8.  Despite  the  above  mentioned  ^locations  of  primary  production 
responsibilities,  there  will  be  are;:s  of  common  or  overlapping  interest 
which  will  require  continuing  inter-egency  liaison  and  cooperation.  In 
the  event  that  a  requirement  for  intelligence  is  established  for  which 
there  is  not  existing  production  capability,  the  2-ireetcr  of  Central  In- 
telligence, in  consult:: lion  with  the  U.S.  Intelligence  Board,  shall  de- 
termine which  of  the  departments  and  sgemoies  of  the-  intelligence  com- 
munity can  best  undertake  the  primary  responsibility  as  a  service  of 
common  concern.