DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE 3/4 PRODUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE (8/14/52; SECRET) Pursuant to the provisions of NSCID No. 3, and for the purpase of strengthening the over-all governmental intelligence structure for the production of scientific and technical intelligence, the follawing policies and operating procedures are hereby established: 1. Policies In discharging allocated responsibilities and effecting integration of intelligence, the interested departments and agencies will apply the . followimg basic principles: _ @ No complete separation of areas of interest is possible or neces sarily desirable in scientific and technical intelligence activities, b. Full and free interchange of all intelligence information and finished intelligence between all agencies concerned is essential. c. No one agency is considered to be the finai autherity in any fleld; conclusions may be questioned by other IAC agencies and dis- sents reccrded. d. Any egency may make such studies as if believes necessary to supplement intelligence obtained from other agencies in order to fulfill its agency functions, but such studies should not normally be disseminated outside the producing agency without advance con-~ sultation with the agency having primary responsibility for the sube ject-matter involved. e. An agency charged with primary responsibility in a particular field will develop special competence in that field and will normally carry out all or most of the research in that field. f. Each intelligence egency will endeavor to coordinate the intelli- gence activities of its Technical Services and its other facilities having intelligence production capabilities with the work of the IAC intelli- gence agencies and to make available to those agencies the intelli- gence produced by such Services and facilities. ; 2 Procedures: . 8, Delineation of Dominant Interests. The general field of scien- tific and technical. intelligence production is subdivided into three basic major areas, and allocation of primary production responsibili- ties therein is made as follows: ; (1) Intelligence on all weapons, weapons systems, military equip- ment and techniques, plus intelligence on pertinent research and development leading to new military material and techniques: primary production resporsibility of the departments of the Depart- ment of Defense, as exemplified in Annex A. (2) InteUigence on fundamentel research in the basic sciences, on scientific resources,!'and on medicine (other than mill-ary medi- cine) plus intelligence: on pertinent applied research and develop- f
( ment: — primary preduction responsibility cf Central Intelligence Agency, 2s exempiited in Annsy B. (3) Intelligence on Atomic Energy — production responsibility of all interested agencies. b. It is recognized that despite the above+mentioned specific alloca- tions of primary production responsibilities to the Military Services and CIA, the Military Services will also require intelligence indicating trends from fundamental research in basic sciences, which they nor- really will obtain from CIA. Conversely, CLA will also require inteli- gence on applied research relating to weapons, wespons systems, miljj- tary equipment and techniques, and the technical characteristics of existing equipment, which it normaliy will obtain from the Military Services. Accordingly, there continue to exist areas of common or overlapping interest which require continuing inter-agency Haison and such working-level conferences as may be appropriate. c. Coordinating ilechanisms . (1) The Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee is hereby reconstituted as a permanent interdepartmental committee with the same structure and functions as before. (2) Subject to the foregoing, there is hereby established the Scientife Estimates Committee, a permanent interdepartmental committee, to integrate scientific and technical intelligence, as and when required, for the preduction of national intelligence, to stimu- late and cuide inter-agency liaison and such working-level confer- ences as may be appropriate, and to coordinate the production of Chapter VI of the NLS. (3) The Scientific Estimates Committee shail be composed of designated representatives 2s members from CIA, the Joint Stad, the Departments of State, Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Atomic Energy Commission, end such other ad hoc representatives as may be determined necessary by the regular committee members. In order to maintain continuity end stability, each department and agency mentioned above will designate a regular member and, if desired, an alternate by transmitting names and titles to the Direc- tor of Central Intelligence. This action will not preclude the desig- nation of such additional persons es may be technically and other- _ wise qualified to discuss or report on a particular subject under consideration by the Committee. The Chairman will be elected annually. The Committee-will establish its methods of procedure. The Central Intelligence Agency shali provide an executive secre- and secretariat as required. (4) It is recommended that the SEC concentrate on the integra- tion of intelligence opinion (other than that for which the JAEIC is responsible) as and when required for the purposes of national ‘intelligence, and only incidentally assist in the coordination of pro- - duction of other intelligence in scientific and technical fields. The principal occasion for activity on the part of the committee will arise when contributions are required for national intelligence pur- poses. The Committee's activities will be directed to synthesizing ‘7 , , va y an
( , - departmental intellizence, and while so doing to bring to light any inconsistercies resulting from the production activities of the re- spective departments and agencies, each operating within its assigned sphere of responsibility, and to resclve condicting con- clusions, or have appropriate dissenting views registered for the benefit of the national intelligence production organization. (5) The SEC can best assist in the coordimation of prcductian of intellicence in scientific and technical felds by stimulating and guiding inter-agency Haison and working-level conferences. 3. Director of Central Intelligence Directive 3/3* is herewith rescinded. ~ ' “WALTER B. SMITH Director of Central Intelligence ANNES A Responsibilities of the departments of the Department of Defens for intellizgence on all weapons, weapons systems, equipment and tecn- niques, plus intelligence on pertinent research and development leading to new military material and techniques, including far example: ANNEX B Responsibilities of CIA/OSI for Intelligence on Fundamental Re ‘search in the Basic Sciences, Basic Scientific Resources, and Medicine (excluding Military Medicine), plus Intelligence on Pertinent Applied Research and Development, including, for example: . ° ‘Ca ° (Note: DCI 3/3, “Scientific Intelligence,” was issued 28 Octover 1949.)