NATIONAL  SECURITY  COUNCIL  INTELLIGENCE 
DIRECTIVE  NO.  2' 
COORDINATION  OP  COLLECTION  ACTIVITIES 
(Effective  21  April  1958) 
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To  promote  .sound  and  efficient  utilization  of  the  several  departmental 
and  agency  collecting  and  report Jug  facilities,  in  the  interests  of  national 
security,  and  pursusni  to  the  provisions  of  taction  102  of  the  National 
Security  Act  of  19-17,  as  amended,  the  National  Security  Council  hereby 
authorises  and  directs  Lhst  the  following  over-nil  oolicics  and  objectives 
shall  apply  to  the  interdepartmental  coordination  of  foreign  intelligence 
collection  activities  not  covered  by  other  National  Security  Council 
Directives. 
1.  The.  Director  cf  Central  Intelligence,  in  consultation  with  the  In- 
telligence Advisory  Committee  or  individual  members  cf  the  inteliigeiic 
community,  shall  ensure  that  planning  for  the  utilization  of  tho  collect 
ing  and  reporting  capabilities  for  intelligence  purposes  of  each  of  the 
several  departments  arid  agencies  avoids  undesirable  duplication  and 
uncoordinated  overlap" and  provides  adequate  coverage  for  national  secu- 
rity purposes. 
2.  The  Department  of  State  shall  have  primary  responsibility  for,  and 
shall  perform  as  a  service  cf  common  concern,  the  collection  abread  2  cf 
political,  sociological,  economic,  scientific  and  technical  information. 
3.  The  Departments  of  the  Army,  Navy  and  Air  Force  shall  have  pri- 
mary responsibility  for,  and  shall  perform  as  a  service  of  co?nmon  con- 
cern, (he  collection  abroad  of  Army,  Naval,  and  Air  intelligence  informa- 
tion, respectively.  Owing  to  the  importance  of  scientific  ana  technical 
intelligence  to  the  military  services,  this  collection  responsibility  shall 
include  scientific  end  technical,  as  well  as  economic  information  perti- 
nent to  departmental  missions. 
4.  The  Central  Intelligence  Agency  may  collect  abroad  intelligence 
information  in  support  of  assigned  functions  or  as  a  by-prcduct  of  the 
assigned  functions:  Provided,  That  this  collection  involves  no  undesira- 
ble duplication  of  any  of  the  specific  assignments  in  paragraphs  2  or  3 
above,  and  Provided,  That  any  such  overt-  collodion  iti  coordinated  with 
the  Department  of  State  or  with  the  Senior  U.  S.  represent  a  the. 
5.  The  senior  U.S.  representative  in  each  nation  or  foreign  jurisdiction 
where  the  United  States  maintains  official  representation  shall  coordi- 
nate in  Ins  area  the  collection  activities  not  covered  by  other  r.ational 
Security  Council  Directives.  Full  utilization  shall  be  made  of  the  as- 
signed duties,  individual  initiative,  or  favorable  contacts  of  departmental 
.and  agency  representatives. 
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G.  Intelligence  informalion  collected  abroad  in  accordance  with  the 
terms  of  (his  Directive  by  any  agency  in  the  field  shall,  wherever  possible, 
be  transmitted  immediately  to  the  field  representative.';  of  the  agency 
carrying  out  the  foreign  collection  activity  mentioned  in  paragraphs 
2,  3,  or  4,  above,  who  shall  then  be  responsible  for  its  onward  transmis- 
sion: Provided,  Thai  the  original  collector  shall  not  be  enjoined  from 
transmitting  the  information  to  his  own  hcadoaarters. 
7.  The  Central  Intelligence  Aaency,  as  a  service  of  common  concern, 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  selective  exploitation  within  the  United  States 
of  nenn- governmental  organisations  and  individual:;  as  sources  of  foreign 
intelligence  information,  in  accordance  with  policies,  procedures  and 
practices  established  as  provided  in  paragraph  t;  of  NSCiD  No.  1,  by  the 
Director  of  Cential  Intelligence  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Intelligence 
Advisory  Committee. 
8.  The  Central  Intelligence  Agency  shall  conduct,  as  a  service  of  com- 
mon concern,  monitoring  of  foreign  radio  end  k-icvirioii  propaganda  and 
press  broadcasts  required  for  tire  collection  of  intelligence  information 
to  meet  the  needs  of  ah  departments  and  agencies  in  connection  with 
the  national  security  and  shall  cll.sseir.ina to  such  intelligence  informa- 
tion to  the  several  departments  and  agencies  which  have  an  authorised 
interest  therein. 
9.  The  Central  Intelligence  Agency  shall  cmduct  the  exploitation  of 
foreign  language  publications  for  intelligence  purposes,  as  appropriate, 
as  a  service  of  common  concern.  The  Director  of  Central  .Intelligence 
shall  coordinate  this  activity  with  simPar  activities  maintained  by  the 
departments  and  agencies  to  satisfy  their  own  requirements. 
10.  Departments  and  agencies  carrying;  out  the  collection  activities 
mentioned  above  shall  recognize,  in  establishing  collection  programs,  the 
needs  of  the  other  departments  and  agencies.