oe. - « ~ c= 2 wee, ‘ . —_ NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE : DIRECTIVE NO. 2! COORDINATION OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES - (Isffective 21 April 1958) To promote sound and efficiont utilization of the several departmental and agency coloring and repsrung facilities aay {he interests of national security, and pursuit to the prov isiuns Of Seetion 102 of the National Security Act of 1247, as amended, the National Security Council hereoy authori:os and Cirects thet the following over-all policies aud ollectives shall apuly to the mtercepartmenial courdi nati or of foreign inte: lgence collection activities not coverea by other National Security Council Directives. 1. The Director cf Central Intcigence, in consultation with the In- tellisence Advisary Committee or individual members ef the infeligence community, shail ensure that planning for Cie ulilzation of the coe ing and renertine capabilities fer intelligence purposes of cach of th several departments and agencies avoids undesirable duptication and uncoordinated overlap and provides adequate coverage fer national secu- rilfy purposes. 2. The Department of State shal have primary responsibility for, and shall perform 2s a service of cohumon concern, the collection abroad ? of political, sociologici, ecanomic, imal ic and {echnical Information. art mats of the Army. Navy and Airy Foree shall have pri- is! 3. The Dene mary responsibility for, and shall perform as a service of commen con- cern, (he collection abroad of Arniv, Naval, and Aiv intelligence informa- tion, respectiv ely. Owing to the importance of ceienlific and feennica inteligenc e to the milidary services, this colicction responsibility shall inclucie scientific and technical, as well as cconc:nic inforrnation perti- nent to departmental rnissions. 4. The Centra] Intelligence Ageney may collect abread infelligence information in support of assigned functions ar as a by-preduct of the assigned functicus: Provided, That this collection invoives ng undesira- ble duplication of any of the specific assignments in paragraphs 2 or 3 above, and Provided, That any such overt colicetion is caerdinated with the Department of Siate or with the Senior U.S. Ncpresentative onresentative in each nation or foreign jurisdiction } C . The senior U.S “where the United aii ates maintams oMcial representation shall eaordi- nate in his area the celicction activities not covered by cther ational Security Council Directives. Pull utilization shal be made of the as- signed dutice, individual inifiative, cr favorable centaets of departmental and agency representatives, . 'This Directive suncrsedtes NSCID No. 2 of 113/48; NSCID No. & of 12/12/47; ISCO) Wo. Tor 242 /i8; NSCLD No. 10 ef TAS Zi9 and NSCID No. 16 of 3/7/52. Fic, ouside the United Stales and Ibs possessions,
Ne G. Intelligence information collected abroad in accordance with the {terms of {his Directive by any agency in the field shan, wherever possible, be transinitled immediately to the field representatives of the agcney carrying out the forcign colicction activity mentioned in paragrapi:s 2, 3, or 4, above, who shall then be respeousibie for us onward transmis- sion: Provided, That the original collector shall: ts enjoined from transmitting ne information to his own headaua tet 7. The Central Intelligence Acency, as a service af conmnon coneern, shall be responsible fer the selective exploiiation within (he United States of non-soverninental erganivations end incivicuals as saurees of forels tt infcHigence infermation, in acccrannce with policics. proce eure s and practices established as providacd in paragraph $ of NSCID ito. 1, by the Director of Cential Inteliigence with the concurrence of tha Intelligence Advisory Conimmittec. 8 The Central Intelligences Areney shall conduct, as 2 service of com- mon co: recr n, monitoring of forcign racio ond (cievicion srepagands und press broadeasts required for the ccllection of intelieence inforrnation fo mect the needs of ail departments and arencics in conneefion with the national security and snail cusseminate such int elligence informa- tion to the several Cenartmienis and agencies Which have an authorized -interest therein. 9. The Central Intelligence Agency shall eanduct the exnloitation of forcign Jangucre publicatiois ror intelbecnce aan @s abprenrinto, as a service of commimon concern. The Director of Ce: 1 tnteliig ence a nin La shail ccordinate this activity with nae activilizs reagintained by tne departments and agencies to satisfy their own requiremen ts 10. Departments “and aseoncios carving out the collection activities “mentioned above shail recognize, in establishing callectisn programs, the e necds of the other departments and agencies.