Mag eed NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 3! . COORDINATION CE INTELLIGEMCE PRODUCTION (Effective 21 April 1958) For the purpose of coordinating the intelligence production activities of the sevcral Government departments and agencies in the interest of n hereby oulhorines and directs that the allo: wine over-all policies, obicc- ational securily and pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of the National Security Act of 1927, as amended, the National Security Council Fete tives, categories of jntedigence and allocations of responsibility be estab- lished: 1. Basic Intelligence a. Basic infelligence is that factual intcliszence which results from the collation of encyclopecic information of a fundamental and more or Iess permanent nature and which, os a result of cvaluation and in- terpretation, is determined to be the best available. b. An outline 0 f all basic intelligence required by fhe Government aa shall be insintained by the Central Inteliieenee Agency in collakera- tion with the approprisic Gepartmenis and agencies. This outiine shall be proton down jnio chapters, sections, and sub-sections which shall be allocated as production and maincenance responsibilities to the Central nite Hize mee Agency and/or to those other departznents or In agencics af the Govermmrcat which cre best qualifica by reason of ct of mission, prcdueti prod fact: al Gd maintesfaice resnonsgiie! intcllicesce require by the Government of current denarfinenial and ag ency caps LLiitio line cr allocations cf preduction ana mainvenancee responsi ities shall bo effected by aerecivent between the Director of Central Inf{cligence and the departments and agencies concerned. ‘y interest to assume the To ensure tre procduc- +1- and taae = ~), a? ae ‘ v otay Nas ono eapabilivy, and pens he Ibe sic sai is c. Basic intelligence reguired in the interest of national security shall be compiled and continuously maintained in National Intelli- gence Surveys fo cover forcign countries, areas, or broad special sub- jects, in accor ‘cdanee with NoC-approved MES Standard Instuctions and inferdepurimentabapproved amencnents thereto. The Nations} “nh form as shall ba IntcHigence Gurveys Wil be dissernimitea bt sux a determined by (he Direclor of Central Intelligence in consultation wit! the deparunents and cgencics concerned. d. The Dircctor of Central Intellirenes shall be responsible for coar- dinating production and maintenance, and for accomplishing the re- view, publication, and dissemination ef these National Intelligence Surveys, anid shall make such requests of the departments and agencics Reha rentak ete tee teed Tehis Directive supersedes NSCID No. 3 of 3/15/13. ew eee te ten et ne ee ee se ee ee ee one eee oe ee ee eee ee TR eee ee eee emer ee ne ete Se ee eee ee te ee ee
as “re necessary for proper development and maintenanee of the Surveys. e. Departiuents or agencies to be called on fer contributions to this underfaling may include other than Whose represented perimanently on the Intelligence Advisory Comnniltee. 2. Current Inicitigence . a. Current infciligence is that intelisence of all types and forms of immediate: interest which is usually disseminated without the de lays incident to complete evaluation or interpretation. b. The Central Inteligence Asency and the several departments and agencies sha)] produce and disseminate such current intelligence as may be uccessary to meet their own internal requirements. Ner- bad y mally, the curpent mnichh: sensed pra Luced hy the Centrel Intelligence Agency is pradueed primar ily ig nee the nesas of the President and ary Netional Security Councit; in addition it serves the conm:on needs of the interested depsrtments and agencios of tie Government for cur- rent intelligence which mney t (icwiscives do not produce. The depart- ments and agencies will contrinute to the Central Intcligence Agency current inteNizence pu bien ons as practicible. 3. Deparimerial Inteliigence is that intelligence which any depart- nent or agency requires to exe outte its own miscion. 4. Interdepartinenial Infclecnes is intearatcd cepartnental inteli- gence which 1s rc quired by copettinents and agencies of tug Sovermmnent for the execution of their missions but transcends the cempetency of 2 single Cepartincat or aezency te produce. Joint Tnitelligence is a special MET catecery af interdepartmental intelligence icintiy produced by the fii ims of thie ‘tary Departrnents in 1 the perfarminnee of the assigned ni Joint Chiefs cf Sia. The siuseciimittee structive of fhe FAC may be utilized for tha precuction end Cissemination of interes po tieibel in- telicence. ; 5. National Inte? gence is theé intellgcnes which is recwired for the formulation cf ational socurity peley, coucsins more than oie depart mont or agency,’ nad transcends the oxclucive competences cr a single deparinent or agency. The production of national inteligciice is cav- ered in RSCID Wo.1. Intolicence relating to the national security which has been produced as interciepartmental or departraental intelligence hen apo ropvici ie, ke submitted through the Tntcligence Ad- desley Ort may also, Ww visory Committee for issuance? os national bichicnee by the Director cg Central Intellbyence as Sp: roviacd in NECID wo. J. 6. Each deportaisst or agensy, taking full counivance of the facilities of the ofher corncics, shall neaiatnin L aceausie resenreh facilities to accomplish ifs deparumental intelligence precuction missien and to pro- vide such additional intelligence within its ficid of primory responsi- bililics as may be necessary to satisfy cther requirements relating to the national security. 7. To ensure that the capabilitics ef the departments and agencies are utilized efectiveiy for Che production of intel genee of conmmon concern, the [cNowing divisicn of interests, subject to refinement through @ con- . .
tinuous proirnr. of coordic.ton and evaluation by the Director of Cen- tral InteBigenc: wy pramcn: 22 integral ion of cforl and to avoid uncde- sirable dupicat.c, shall cicve 2s &@ general delineation of primary re- sponsibilitics: . ‘ a. The Devictment cf cate shall preduce political and sociological intelligence cr. all courir-238, and cconomic intcligence on cowntrics outside the £.n+-Sovict = 22. ; b. The Dezzrtments :/ Army, Navy and Air Force shall produce army, navel, wf airy inte czence, respectively. This production shall include scienuis, techrn.lei and cconomic intcHigence pertinent to their aeparimtstal miec. 225 ce. The Censrai Inteli.zenmce Agency shall bro aduce economic infelli- uf a gence on the 2.n0-Sevic. Sloe ana scientime and technical iitell scnee as a service 6! commer wencern. Purlhar, the Central a viel ligenca Agency may pitduce sulin other infcligence as may be necessary to Cischarge (2 statutory responsibilities of the Director. of rom niyal Intellimence. qd. The prediction of intelligence cn atomic energy is a responsi- . bility of all denertments and agencics renresented an the Intelligence Advisory Cor. rnittee, to be coordinated threush the Joint Atcmi Energy Inic!igence Cernmittee structure. 8. Despite the above mentioned uliocations of primary producticen responsibilities, Shere will be arcas cf ccuimon or cveriapning interest which will requis continuing inter-agency hinison aii cooperation. In the event that @ requirement for inteitiocace is cstablisned for which Vie there is io existing production capability, the Director of Central in- teNigence, in consultatien wilh the Intelligence Advisory Cominitice, neics of the intelli- csponsiniliiy as a e and aan >* shall deteriniae which of the departinents and } gence community can best undertake the primary y service of cotamen concern. . sell ghtenet meenepdune tot th atta s aone a nntech hen anmiaeentam samc eneeteesndhenntenean adnate ath tinean ham aeanteier a Se neat edie icant ties neti thendine inet ieaneetrenenene ene
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO.31 COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION (Effective 21 April 1958) For the purpose of coordinating the intelligence production activities of the several Government departments and agencies in the interest of national security and pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, the National Security Council hereby authorizes and directs that the following over-all policies, objec- tives, categories of intelligence and allocations of responsibility be estab- lished: 1. Basic Intelligence: a. Basic intelligence is that factu.1 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 in- terpretation, 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 collabora- tion with the appropriate departments and agencies. This outline shall be broken down into chapter, section, and sub-sections which shall be allocated as production and maintenance responsibilities to the Central Intelligence Agency and/or to those other departments or agencies of the Government which are best qualified by reason of mission, production, capability, and primary interest to assume the production and maintenance responsibilities. To ensure the produc- tion of the basic intelligence required by the government and the fullest possible use of current departmental and agency capabilities, changes in the outline or allocations of production and maintenance responsibilities shall be effected by agreement between the 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 Intelli- gence Surveys to cover foreign countries, areas, or broad special sub- jects, in accordance with NSC-approved NIS Standard Instructions and interdepartmental-approved amendments thereto. The National Intelligence Surveys will be disseminated in such form as shall be determined by the Director of Central Intelligence in consultation with the departments and agencies concerned. da. The Director of Central Intelligence shail be responsible for coor- Ginating production and maintenance, and for accomplishing the re- view, publication, and dissemination of these National Intelligence Surveys, and shall make such requests of the departments and agencies 1 This Directive supersedes NSCID No.3 of 1/13/48.
(Page Six) aS are necessary for proper development and maintenance of the Surveys. e. Departments or agencies to be called on for contribution to this undertaking may include other than those represented permanently on the Intelligence Advisory Committee. 2. Current Intelligence a. Current intelligence is that intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest which is usually disseminated without the de- lays incident to complete evaluation or interpretation. b. The Central Intelligence Agency and the several departments and agencies shall produce and disseminate such current intelligence as may be necessary to meet their own internal requirements. Nor- mally, the current intelligence produced by the Central Intelligence Agency is produced primarily to meet the needs of the President and National Security Council; in addition it serves the common needs of the interested departments and agencies of the Government for cur- rent intelligence which they themselves do not produce. The depart- ments and agencies will contribute to the Central Intelligence Agency current intelligence publications as practicable. 3. Departmental Intelligence is that intelligence which any depart- ment or agency requires to execute its own mission. 4. Interdepartmental Intelligence is integrated departmental intelli- gence which is required by departments and agencies of the Government for the execution of their missions but transcends the competency of a Single department or agency to produce. Joint Intelligence is a special category of interdepartmental intelligence jointly produced by the Mili- tary Departments in the performance of the assigned missions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The subcommittee structure of the IAC may be utilized for the production and dissemination of interdepartmental in- telligence. 5. National Intelligence is that intelligence which is required for the formulation of national security policy, concerns more than one depart- ment or agency and transcends the exclusive competence of a single department or agency. The production of national intelligence is cov- ered in NSCID No. 1. Intelligence relating to the national security which has been produced as interdepartmental of departmental intelligence may also, when appropriate, be submitted through the Intelligence Ad- visory Committee for issuance as national intelligence by the Director of Central Intelligence as provided in NSCID No. 1. 6. 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- vide such additional intelligence within its field of primary responsi- blities s may be necessary to satisfy other requirements relating to the national security. 7. To ensure that the capabilities of the departments and agencies are utilized effectively for the production of intelligence of common concern, the following division of interest, subject to refinement through a con-
(Page Seven) tinuous program of coordination and evaluation by the Director of Cen- tral Intelligence to promote an integration of effort and to avoid unde- Sirable duplication, shall serve as a general delineation of primary re- sponsibilities: a. The Department of State shall produce political and sociological intelligence on all countries, and economic intelligence on countries outside the Sino-Soviet Bloc. b. The Department of Army, Navy and Air Force shall produce army, naval and air intelligence, respectively. This production shall include scientific, technical and economic intelligence pertinent to their departmental missions. c. The Central Intelligence Agency shall produce economic intelli- gence on the Sino-Soviet Bloc and scientific 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 Intelligence. ad. The production of intelligence on atomic energy is a responsi- bility of all departments and agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee, to be coordinated through the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee structure. 8. Despite the above mentioned allocations of primary production responsibilities, there will be areas of common or overlapping interest which will require continuing inter-agency liaison and cooperation. In the event that a requirement for intelligence is established for which there is no existing production capability, the Director of Central In- telligence, in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory Committee, shall determine which of the departments and agencies of the intelli- gence community can best undertake the primary responsibility as a service of common concern.