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DIRECTOR  OF  CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  DIRECTIVE  NO.  2/1  ' 
COORDINATION  OF  OVERT  COLLECTION  ABROAD  - 
(Effective  8  March  1960) 
Pursuant  to  those  provisions  of  NSCID  No.  2  regarding  coordination 
of  overt  collection  activities  abroad,  the  following  shall  apply: 
1.  Departmental  Responsibilities 
Each  department  or  agency  having  a  responsibility  under  NSCID 
No.  2  for  collecting  certain  categories  of  intelligence  shall: 
a.  Employ  its  own  personnel  and  resources  whenever  possible  in  the 
collection  of  such  intelligence. 
b.  Take  due  account  of  the  needs  of  other  departments  and  agencies 
in  formulating  its  collection  program. 
c.  Issue  the  instructions  to  the  field  necessary  to  implement  this 
directive. 
d.  Insure  that  the  information  desired  is  not  already  available  in 
the  intelligence  community  before  sending  a  collection  request  to  the 
.  field. 
e.  Cooperate  in  the  preparation  of  collection  guides  and  manuals 
of  common  concern  to  field  collectors. 
2.  Senior  U.S.  Representative's  Responsibilities 
In  coordinating  collection  activities  under  NSCID  No.  2,  the  Senior 
U.S.  Representative  shall: 
a.  Take  measures  to  minimize  undesirable  duplication  of  intelli- 
gence collecting  and  reporting,  while  at  the  same  time  encouraging 
to  the  fullest  extent  possible  the  application  of  joint  effort  to  these 
activities. 
b.  Make  the  most  effective  use  of  the  intelligence  capabilities  and 
resources  of  departmental  and  agency  representatives  in  keeping 
with  their  assigned  duties. 
c.  To  the  extent  possible,  delegate  to  members  of  his  staff  the  re- 
sponsibility for  collecting  and  reporting  on  categories  of  information  of 
interest  to  intelligence  agencies  not  represented  at  his  post. 
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'This  Directive  supersedes  DCID  No.  2/1  dated  25  October  1048. 
•For  Domestic  Exploitation  of  Non-Governmental  Organizations  and  Individuals 
see  DCID  No.  2/3  (New  Series).  For  Procurement  of  Foreign  Pubi:oc::nr.s  see 
DCID  No.  2/5  (New  Series) .  For  ?.lonitoring  of  Foreign  Radio  and  Television 
Propaganda  and  Press  Broadcasts  see  NSCID  No.  2.  paragraph  8  'New  Series). 
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3.  Collector's  Responsibilities 
In  discharging  the  primary  responsibilities  of  departments  and 
agencies  charged  in  NSCID  No.  2  with  the  collection  abroad  of  intelli- 
gence information,  their  field  representatives  shall: 
a.  Comply  with  coordination  measures  prescribed  by  the  Senior 
U.S.  Representative. 
b.  Keep  the  Senior  U.S.  Representative  informed  of  the  scope  and 
nature  of  their  intelligence  collection  activities. 
c.  Immediately  pass  intelligence  information  collected  by  them  to 
the  field  representative  of  the  department  or  agency  primarily  charged 
with  collecting  such  information  under  NSCID  No.  2  for  appropriate 
action.  Such  information  should  also  be  passed  to  those  field  repre- 
sentatives of  other  departments  and  agencies  who  have  a  need  for  it. 
Reports  based  on  information  passed  laterally  in  the  field  should  in- 
clude the  identity  of  the  collecting  department  or  agency,  unless 
further  confirmed  by  the  forwarding  department  or  agency.  However, 
the  original  collector  may  also  transmit  this  information  to  his  own 
headquarters  indicating  what  lateral  dissemination  he  has  made  in 
the  field. 
d.  Make  available  to  the  Senior  U.S.  Representative  and,  imless 
othervTise  directed  by  him,  to  the  field  representatives  of  other  depart- 
ments or  agencies  pertinent  directives  and  instructions  for  overt  col- 
lection received  from  their  departments  or  agencies,  as  well  as  their 
reports. 
4.  Nothing  in  this  directive  shall  be  interpreted  as  authorizing  anj 
officer  to  delay,  suppress,  or  make  substantive  changes  in  any  intelli- 
gence report  without  the  concurrence  of  the  officer  submitting  the  re- 
port. Any  dissenting  opinion  or  commentary  should  be  incorporated 
in  or  accompany  the  report,  or  it  may  be  submitted  separately  to  avoid 
delay  in  the  transmission  of  the  original  report. 
ALLEN  W.  DULLES 
Director  of  Cerj'ral  Intelligence 
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