DCID  No-  3/1 
DIRECTOR  OF  CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  DIRECTIVE  NO.  3 /I1 
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PRODUCTION  AND  COORDINATION  0?' 
FOREIGN  ECONOMIC  INTELLIGENCE 
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•  Pursuant  to  Section  102  of  the  National  Security  Act  o£  1947,  'Executive*  ' 
Order  11905  and  National  Security  Council  Intelligence  Directives,  an 
Economic  Intelligence  Committee  (EIC)  is  hereby  established  as  a  standing- 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence  Committee  with  the ■ following  mission  and. 
functions.  .   •     •  •       '   •  . 
1.  Mission »  * 
The  mission  of  the  committee,  under  the  general  guidance  of  the  Director* 
of  Central  Intelligence,  is  to  advise,  assist  and  generally  act  for  the 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  the  discharge  of  his  ^duties  and  responsi- 
bilities sat   forth  in  NSCID's  No.  1  and  No.  3  with  resoect  to  production  and  • 
support  of  production  cf  foreign  economic  intelligence-^;  to  advise  the 
National  Foreign  Intelligence  Board;  to  assist  in  Che  production  of  national 
intelligence  as  set  forth  in  DCID  1/1;  and  to  promote  continuously  the 
effective  use  of  Community  resources  responsive  to  the  intelligence 
objectives  and  priorities  set  forth  in  DCID  1/2.  _ 
2.  Functions  - 
The  functions  of  the  committee  are:  * 
a.   To  make  recommendations  and  appropriately  advise  the  Director* 
of  Central  Intelligence  concerning  the  responsiveness  of  production  of 
economic  intelligence  to  national  needs,  to  coordinate  implementation 
of  policies  and  directives  with  respect  to  foreign  economic  intelligence* 
production,  its  collection  support,  the  dissemination  of  its  products 
and  refinements  in  allocation  of  production  responsibilities  within 
and  among  departments  and  agencies  of  the  Intelligence  Community. 
1.  This  directive  supersedes  DCID  No.  3/1  effective  23  April*  1965. 
2.  The  term  foreign  economic  intelligence  refers  to  reports,  analyses 
and  evaluations  of  the  economic  accivities  of  foreign  countries, 
including  assessment  of  their  policies,  intentions,  capabilities 
and  performance  insofar  as  they  are  relevant  Co  the  security  and 
international  economic  policies  of  the  United  States.
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b.  To  provide  collection  guidance  (working  with  other  Director 
of  Central  Intelligence  standing  Co;nz:ittees)  to  (i)  Intelligence 
Community  collection  organizations,  and  (2)  all  field  reporters  in 
the  Cocbined  Economic  Reporting  Program  (CER?)  on  the  economic 
information  needs  of  the  Executive  Branch  departments  or  agencies 
associated  with  the  EIC.  "  .. 
c.  As  circumstances  require,  to  produce  interdepartmental 
intelligence.  . 
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d.  To  promote  the  exchange  of  information  between  Intelligence- 
Community  organizations  and  other  elements  of  the  U.S.  GoverDinent  to 
facilitate  support  of  the  formulation  of  U.S.  international  economic 
policy  and  the  attainment  of  U.S.  security  objectives.  z 
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e.  To  summarize  the  activities  of  the  committee  and  report 
its  accomplishments  annually  to  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligences* 
3«   Intelligence  Community  responsibilities     -  .*.-•■ 
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Upon  request  of  the  committee  chairman,  Intelligence  Community  organi- 
zations shall  furnish  to  the  committee  within  established  security  safeguards, 
particular  information  or  materials  needed  by  the  committee  and  pertinent  t:o- 
its  functions .   -  •  -        .  _  .  .  .   .  .   ......  . 
4-   Composition,  organization  and  rules  of  procedure  -  - 
The  composition,  organization  and  rules  of  procedure  of  the  Economic 
Intelligence  Committee  are  those  stated  in  DCID  1/3. 
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George  Bush 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
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