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NATIONAL  SECURITY  COUNCIL  INTELLIGENCE  ' 
'       DIRECTIVE  NO.   I1 
BASIC  DUTIES  AND  RESPONSIBILITIES 
(Effective  21  April  1958) 
For  the  purpose  of  coordinating-  the  intelligence  activities  of  the  sev- 
eral Government  depart  men  ts  and  agencies  in  the  interest  of  national 
security  and  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Section  102  of  the  National 
Security  Act  of  1917,  as  amended,  the  National  Security  Council  hereby 
authorizes  and  directs  that: 
1.  The  Director  of  Central  Inteliir  once  shall  coordinate  the  foreign 
intelligence  effort  of  the  United  States,  in  accordance  with  principles 
established  by  statute  and  pertinent  National  Security  Council  directives. 
2.  To  maintain  the  relationship  necessary  to  a  fully  coordinated  intel- 
ligence community,-  an  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  consisting  of 
the  Director  of  Centra!  in  lei  licence,  who  shall  be  chairman  thereof,  the 
intelligence  chiefs  of  the  Depertmcnts  of  State,  Army,  Navy,  and  Air 
Force  and  of  the  Joint  Si. .if  (JC3)  and  representatives  of  the  Director, 
•Federal  Bureau  of  In  vesication  and  cf  the  Atomic  Energy  Commission 
is  established  to  advise  the  Director  of  Central  lntelijger.ee.  The  Direc- 
tor of  Cenkat  Intelligence  .shall  invite  the  chief  of  any  other  department 
or  agency  having  functions  related  to  the  national  security  to  sit  with 
the  Intelligence  .Advisory  Committee  whenever  matters  within  the  pur- 
view of  his  agency  ere  to  be  discussed. 
3.  In  carrying  out  the  duty  of  fire  Central  Intel-fgcnce  Agency  to 
advise  and  make  recommendr- lions  to  (he  National  Security  Council  in 
matters  concerning  rr/.h  ;ir  ciligcuce  activities  ot  the  department:;  and 
agencies  oC'ih.c  Coven'.e.vev.L  as  relate  iv  the  naiionr<!  seouijly.  the  Direc- 
tor  of  Cen'nd  inlclhg..nee  shall  tran:;rmf  therewith  a  stat-meut  indi- 
catimc  i he  concurrence-  or  noii-coricurrhia  views  of  the  members  cf  the 
Intelligence  Advisory  Committee:  Provided,  That  when  unanimity  is  not 
obtained  among  the  military  members  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Com- 
mittee, the  Director  of  Ccniral  Intelligence  shall  refer  the.  problem  to 
the  Secretary  of  Defcr.se  before  presenting  it  to  the  National  Security 
Council. 
•This  Directive  supersedes  NSCID  No.  1,  revised  3/2S/52;  KSCID  No.  <.  revised 
8/:i9Ar-G;  NTC11)  No.  f.  of  5/::5/-:S:  NSOID  No.  11  of  l/C/.f>0;  KSCID  No.  12  of 
l/G/50;    NSOII)   No.   15   ol  0/13/51. 
fThc  i;:t«-iI:;:i-j;co  co:n::ui:.i'y  ii;c-1;k!i-.-j  (he  C;::i-v:i]  Iufcllir.cT.ee  Ancn^y;  Ihe 
Ind-lli;-.*  :.f-  cc  ::.]';•::(!. is  <f  /k-  •  K-;:.-.:  1:  r;:'.  *  of  r.l::ic.  Aviwy,  Nuvv  :.>;.[  /j'f 
Force,  l.V.u  of  ll::'  Jo.'o'i  ;'*.:;  .'I  iJC'.V1;  !!-.e  IVder;-i  }W.ir:m  Of  r»iVf..'ti;:;:[io.'i; 
and  ll'.'.*  .-Moji'ii*  l.'r.ct- y  Cu,M:.,.:-.-.:r-n.  <>:!:•.  r  0'p.-.poi:rM:*  of  the  (Ir-V'riuirr.t.s 
nnd  n[".»T.'-ii  :•  uf  I  lie  (;. v.: :.:.;:  i:i  ;•.:(•  i:,;:mV.i  o:\ly  !o  ihe  ones:-  of  lie  :i;:rivd 
pruliuj'.ilUMi  !:;  liiiui.;:  '•.:■',  .{..bh  .  hr-cl  iii^rt/^p.ti  {.;uci;l:.I  hi:  ^ilifjciico  :uaiv;Li:s.
4.  Recommendations  transmitted  by  the  Director  of  Ccntr.il  Intelli- 
gence shall,  when  approved  by  the  NaLion.il  Security  Council,  be  issued 
as  National  Security  Council  Intelligence  Directives  or  as  other  appro- 
priate Council  directives  and,  as  applicable,  shall  be  implemented  within 
the  departments  and  agencies  of  the  Government. 
5.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  shall  act  for  (lie  National 
Security  Council  to  provide  for  detailed  implementation  of  National 
Security  Council  Intelligence  Directives  by  issuing  such  supplementary 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence  Directives  as  may  be  required.  Such 
implementing  directives  in  which  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee 
concurs  unanimously  shall  be  issued  by  the  Director  of  Central  Intelli- 
gence, and  shall  be  implement  eel,  ?n  applicable,  within  the  departments 
and  agencies.  Where  disagreement  arises  between  the  Director  oi  Cen- 
tral Intelligence  and  one  or  more  members  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory 
Committee  over  such  directives  the  proposed  directive,  together  with 
statements  of  non-concurring  views,  shah  be  forwarded  10  the  National 
Security  Council  for  resolution  as. provided  m  paragraph  3. 
G.  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  exclusi.  e  competence  of  a  single 
department  or  agency.  The  Director  of  Centre!  Intelligence  .shall  pro- 
duce3 national  intelligence  and  dir^erninatc  it  to  the  President,  mem- 
bers of  the  National  Security  Council,  members  of  the  Intelligence  Ad- 
.  visory  Committee  and,  subject  to  existing  statutes,  to  such  other  com- 
ponents of  the  Government  as  the  National  Security  Council  may  from 
time  to  time  designate  or  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  may 
recommend.  Intelligence  so  produced  shah  have  the  concurrence  of  ilio- 
members  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  or  shall  carrv  a  state- 
mentof  substantially  oi/Tering  camion. 
7.  Departmental  intelligence  is  that  intelligence  which  any  depart- 
ment Or  agency  requires  to  execute  its  own  mission.  Departmental  in- 
telligence may  be  disseminated  in  accordance  with  crusting  scaiutes  and 
Pre:-::-entiaI  policy  including  that  rcilce:.ed  in  international  agreements. 
8.  Insofar  as  practicable,  in  the  fulfillment  of  their  respective  responsi- 
bilities for  the  production  of  intelligence,  the  several  departments  and 
agencies  shall  not  duplicate  the  intelligence  activities  and  research  of 
other  departmems  and  agencies  and  shall  make  full  use  of  crusting  capa- 
bilities of  the  other  members  of  the  intelligence  community. 
J).  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  is  authorized  to  disseminate 
national  intelligence  end  interdepartmental  inti.nigi.-ucc  produced 
within  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  .structure  on  a  strictly  ecn- 
trolkd  basis  to  foreign  governments  and  international  bodies  upon  his 
determination  v.iih  the  concurrence  oi  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Com- 
mittee, thru  such  action  would  r.ui-stantially  pro-net e  the  security  of  the 
United  Slates:   i'laiticd,  Thai  such  dis.-.emiu.Uiuu   is  consistent  with 
Ty  "produce"  if.  luermt  "to  i-oiT-.-I.-.tc  r.r.c!  evahirUe  iiitrjli^riirr.  re!'!  I!:-!  a  to  the 
lialMUil  :<-cv.\i'\"  :f.  piGvukd  h\  the  i\':ii iuiiai  I.Vciuily  Ad  *»f  )i'[i,  :ir,  ;m:kt cl- 
od, xj'c('y:i  I •'•:'.  ut)  iji. 
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existing  statutes  and  Presidential  policy  including  that  reflected  in  in- 
ternational agreements;  and  provided  further  that  any  disclosure  of  FBI 
Intelligence  information  shall  be  cleared  with  that  agency  prior  to  dis- 
semination. 
10.  Whenever  any  member  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee 
obtains  information  which  iiv.iica.tcs  an  impending  crisis  situation,  such 
as  any  outbreak  of  hostilities  or  oilier  condition  which  a  fleets  the  secu- 
rity of  the  United  States  to  such  an  extent  that  immediate  action  or 
decision  by  the  President  or  the  National  Security  Council  may  be  re- 
quired, he  shall  immediately  transmit  the  information  to  the  Director 
of  Central  Intelligence  and  ihc  other  members  of  the  Intelligence  Ad- 
visory Committee  as  well  as  to  other  officials  or  agencies  as  may  ha  indi- 
cated by  the  circumstances.  The  Director  of  Central  In i exigence  shall, 
in  consultation  with  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee,  immediately 
prepare  and  disseminate  as  appropriate  the  national  intelligence  esti- 
mate of  the  situation,  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  outlined  in  para- 
graphs G  and  D,  above. 
11.  To  provide  general  guidance  and  specific  priorities  for  the  produc- 
tion of  national  and  other  intelligence  and  for  collect  ion  and  other 
activities  in  support  thereof,  the  Central  lntcliiger.ee  Agency  in  collab- 
oration with  the  other  departments  and  agencies  concerned,  shall:  (a) 
prepare  an  outline  of  comprehensive  National  Intelligence  Objectives 
•generally  applicable  to  foreign  countries  and  areas;  (b)  identify  from 
time  io  time,  and  on  a  current  basis,  Priority  National  Intelligence 
Objectives  with  reference  to  specific  countries  and  subjects ;  and  (c)  issue 
such  outline  and  priority  objectives,  for  general  intelligence  guidance, 
and  formally  transmit  them  to  the  National  Security  Council. 
12.  In  accordance  with  policies,  procedures  and  practices  established  by 
the  Director  of  Central  Ii:tela;;cosc  as  provided  in  paragraph  5,  above, 
the  individual  Components  oi  the  intelligence:  community  shah  maintain 
a  continuing  interchange  of  intelligence,  intelligence  information,  and 
other  information  which  has  utility  for  intelligence  purposes. 
13.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  consultation  with  and  sup- 
ported by  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  agencies  shall  call  upon 
the  other  departments  and  agencies  as  appropriate  to  ensure  that  on 
intelligence  matters  affecting  the  national  security  the  intelligence  com- 
munity is  supported  by  the  full  knowledge  and  technical  talent  available 
in  the  Government. 
14.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  coordination  with  the  In- 
telligence Advisory  Committee-  agencies  shail  ensure  that  the  pertinence, 
extent,  and  quality  of  the  available  foreign  intelligence,  ami  intelligence 
information  relating  to  the  national  security  k-  continually  reviewed  as  a 
basis  fur  improving  the  quality  oi  intelligence  and  the  correction  of 
deficiencies. 
15.  In  accordance  with  pelieies  procedures  ami  practice::  established 
by  ihc  Diurtor  of  Central  lnteliigeiiec  as  prc.adtd  m  paragraph  5,  above, 
and  within  the  limit:;  of  their  ivpablhiics.  lhc  iiu!:\s!u:i!  exponents  Gf 
the  iutelhgcnce  la-mnmmty  shaii  produce  or  juecme  such  Intelligence,
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NATIONAL  SECURITY  COUNCIL  INTELLIGENCE 
DIRECTIVE  NO.  11 
BASIC  DUTIES  AND  RESPONSIBILITIES 
(Effective  21  April  1958) 
For  the  purpose  of  coordinating  the  intelligence  activities  of  the  sev- 
eral 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: 
1.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  shall  coordinate  the  foreign 
intelligence  effort  of  the  United  States,  in  accordance  with  principles 
established  by  statute  and  pertinent  National  Security  Council  directives. 
2.  To  maintain  the  relationship  necessary  to  a  fully  coordinated  intel- 
ligence community, 2  an  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  consisting  of 
the  Director  Central  Intelligence,  who  shall  be  chairman  thereof,  the 
intelligence  chiefs  of  the  Departments  of  State,  Army,  Navy  and  Air 
Force  and  of  the  Joint  Staff  (JCS)  and  representatives  of  the  Director, 
Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation  and  of  the  Atomic  Energy  Commission 
is  established  to  advise  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence.   The  Direc- 
tor of  Central  Intelligence  shall  invite  the  chief  of  any  other  department 
or  agency  having  functions  related  to  the  national  security  to  sit  with 
the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  whenever  matters  within  the  pur- 
view of  his  agency  are  to  be  discussed. 
3.  In  carrying  out  the  duty  of  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency  to 
advise  and  make  recommendations  to  the  National  Security  Council  in 
matters  concerning  such  intelligence  activities  of  the  departments  and 
agencies  of  the  Government  as  relate  to  the  national  security,  the  Direc- 
tor of  Central  Intelligence  shall  transmit  therewith  a  statement  indi- 
cating the  concurrence  of  non-concurring  views  of  the  members  of  the 
Intelligence  Advisory  Committee:  Provided ,    that  when  unanimity  is  not 
obtained  among  the  military  members  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Com- 
mittee, the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  shall  refer  the  problem  to 
the  Secretary  of  Defense  before  representing  it  to  the  National  Security 
Council. 
1  This  Directive  supersedes  NSCID  No.l,  revised  3/28/52;  NSCID  No.  4, 
revised  8/29/56;  NSCID  No. 8  of  5/25/48;  NSCID  NO. 11  of  1/6/50;  NSCID  No.  12 
of  1/6/50;  NSCID  No. 15  of  6/13/51. 
2  The  intelligence  community  includes  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency;  the 
intelligence  components  of  the  Departments  of  State,  Army,  Navy  and  Air 
Force,  and  of  the  Joint  Staff  (JCS) ;  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation; 
and  the  Atomic  Energy  Commission.  Other  components  of  the  departments 
and  agencies  of  the  Government  are  included  only  to  the  extent  of  the 
agreed  participation  in  regularly-established  interdepartmental 
intelligence  activities.
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4.  Recommendations  transmitted  by  the  Director  of  Central  Intelli- 
gence all,  when  approved  by  the  National  Security  Council,  be  issued 
as  National  Security  Council  Intelligence  Directives  or  as  other  appro- 
priate Council  directives  and,  as  applicable,  shall  be  implemented  within 
the  departments  and  agencies  of  the  Government. 
5.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  shall  act  for  the  National 
Security  Council  to  provide  for  detailed  implementation  of  National 
Security  Council  Intelligence  Directives  by  issuing  such  supplementary 
implementing  directives  in  which  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee 
concurs  unanimously  shall  be  issued  by  the  Director  of  Central  Intelli- 
gence, and  shall  be  implemented,  as  applicable,  within  the  departments  and 
agencies.   Where  disagreement  arises  between  the  Director  of  Cen- 
tral Intelligence  and  one  or  more  members  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory 
Committee  over  such  directives  the  proposed  directive,  together  with 
statements  of  non-concurring  views,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  National 
Security  Council  for  resolution  as  provided  in  paragraph  3 . 
6.  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  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  shall  pro- 
duces national  intelligence  and  disseminate  it  to  the  President,  mem- 
bers of  the  National  Security  Council,  members  of  the  Intelligence  Ad- 
visory Committee  and,  subject  to  existing  statutes,  to  such  other  com- 
ponents of  the  Government  as  the  National  Security  Council  may  from 
time  to  time  designate  or  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  may 
recommend.   Intelligence  so  produced  shall  have  the  concurrence  of  the 
members  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  or  shall  carry  a  state- 
ment of  substantially  differing  opinion. 
7.  Departmental  intelligence  is  that  intelligence  which  any  depart- 
ment or  agency  requires  to  execute  its  own  mission.   Departmental  in- 
telligence may  be  disseminated  in  accordance  with  existing  statutes  and 
Presidential  policy  including  that  reflected  in  international  agreements. 
8.  Insofar  as  practicable,  in  the  fulfillment  of  their  respective  reponsi- 
bilities  for  the  production  of  intelligence,  the  several  departments  and 
agencies  shall  not  supplicate  the  intelligence  activities  and  research  of 
other  departments  and  agencies  and  shall  make  full  use  of  existing  capa- 
bilities of  the  other  members  of  the  intelligence  community. 
9.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  is  authorized  to  disseminate 
national  intelligence  and  interdepartmental  intelligence  produced 
within  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  structure  on  a  strictly  con- 
trolled basis  to  foreign  governments  and  international  bodies  upon  his 
determination  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Com- 
mittee, that  such  action  would  substantially  promote  the  security  of  the 
United  States:  Provided,  That,  such  dissemination  is  consistent  with 
3  By  "produce"  is  meant  "to  correlate  and  evaluate  intelligence  relating  to 
the  national  security"  as  provided  in  the  National  security  Act  of  1947,  as 
amended,  section  1102  (d) (3) .
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existing  statutes  and  Presidential  policy  including  that  reflected  in  in- 
ternational agreements;  and  provided  further  that  any  disclosure  of  FBI 
intelligence  information  shall  be  cleared  with  that  agency  prior  to  dis- 
semination. 
10.  Whenever  any  member  of  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee 
obtains  information  which  indicates  an  impending  crisis  situation,  such 
as  any  outbreak  of  hostilities  or  other  condition  which  affects  the  secu- 
rity of  the  United  States  to  such  an  extent  that  immediate  action  or 
decision  by  the  President  or  the  National  Security  Council  may  be  re- 
quired, he  shall  immediately  transmit  the  information  to  the  Director 
of  Central  Intelligence  and  the  other  members  of  the  Intelligence  Ad- 
visory committee  as  well  as  to  other  officials  or  agencies  as  may  be  indi- 
cated by  the  circumstances.   The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  shall, 
in  consultation  with  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee,  immediately 
prepare  and  disseminate  as  appropriate  the  national  intelligence  esti- 
mate of  the  situation,  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  outlined  in  para- 
graphs 6  and  9 ,  above . 
11.  To  provide  general  guidance  and  specific  priorities  for  the  produc- 
tion of  national  and  other  intelligence  and  for  collection  and  other 
activities  in  support  thereof,  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency  in  collab- 
oration with  the  other  departments  and  agencies  concerned,  shall:  (a) 
prepare  an  outline  of  comprehensive  National  Intelligence  Objectives 
generally  applicable  to  foreign  countries  and  areas;  (b)  identify  from 
time  to  time,  and  on  a  current  basis,  Priority  National  Intelligence 
Objectives  with  reference  to  specific  countries  and  subjects;  and  (c)  issue 
such  outline  and  priority  objectives,  for  general  intelligence  guidance,  and 
formally  transmit  them  to  the  National  Security  Council. 
12.  In  accordance  with  policies,  procedures  and  practices  established  by 
the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  as  provided  in  paragraph  5,  above, 
the  individual  components  of  the  intelligence  community  shall  maintain 
a  continuing  interchange  of  intelligence,  intelligence  information,  and 
other  information  which  has  utility  for  intelligence  purposes. 
13.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  consultation  with  and  sup- 
ported by  the  Intelligence  Advisory  Committee  agencies  shall  call  upon 
the  other  departments  and  agencies  as  appropriate  to  ensure  that  on 
intelligence  matters  affecting  the  national  security  the  intelligence  com- 
munity is  supported  by  the  full  knowledge  and  technical  talent  available 
in  the  Government. 
14.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  coordination  with  the  in- 
telligence Advisory  Committee  agencies  shall  ensure  that  the  pertinence, 
extent,  and  quality  of  the  available  foreign  intelligence  and  intelligence 
information  relating  to  the  national  security  is  continually  reviewed  as  a 
basis  for  improving  the  quality  of  intelligence  and  the  correction  of 
deficiencies. 
15.  In  accordance  with  policies,  procedures  and  practices  established 
by  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  as  provided  in  paragraph  5,  above, 
and  within  the  limits  of  their  capabilities,  the  individual  components  of 
the  intelligence  community  shall  produce  or  procure  such  intelligence,