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DIRECTOR  OF  CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  DIRECTIVE  NO.   1/51 
TERMS  OF  REFERENCE,  WATCH  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  USIB 
(Effective  8  August  1962) 
A.  Name 
Watch  Committee  of  the  USIB. 
B.  Mission 
To  provide  the  United  States  Intelligence  Board  with  the  earliest  pos- 
sible intelligence  warning  of,  and  a  continuing  judgment  on,  Sino-Soviet 
Bloc  intentions  to  engage  in  aggressive  action  by  regular  or  irregular 
armed  forces. 
C.  Functions 
1.  To  obtain  from  all  USIB  members  and  from  other  departments  as 
appropriate  the  information  and  intelligence  required  by  the  mission  of 
the  Watch  Committee,  formulating  intelligence  collection  requirements 
and  recommending  priorities  as  necessary. 
2.  To  carry  on  a  continuing  analysis  of  information  and  intelligence 
from  all  sources  to  identify  developments,  patterns  and  trends  in  Sino- 
Soviet  Bloc'  activities  which  could  provide  indications  of  intentions  to 
engage  in  aggressive  action. 
3.  Based  on  the  foregoing,  to  develop  conclusions  or  provisional  esti- 
mative judgments  as  necessary  as  to  Sino-Soviet  intentions  to  engage  in 
aggressive  action;  to  consider  current  and  prospective  situations  and  de- 
velopments which  could  lead  to  aggressive  action  by  the  Bloc;  and  to  re- 
port promptly  to  the  USIB  the  Committee's  findings  in  these  matters 
including  such  divergent  views  as  may  be  recorded;  and,  following  USIB 
action  to  provide  for  dissemination  to  other  recipients  as  appropriate. 
D.  Composition  and  Organization 
The  Watch  Comrnittee  will  be  composed  of  a  Senior  Officer  represent- 
ing each  USIB  member  and  a  Chairman  who  will  be  designated  by  the 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence  after  consultation  with  the  USIB.2    The 
1This  Directive  supersedes  DCID  No.  1/5,  effective  7  March  1961. 
•The  Departments  of  the  Army,  Navy  and  Air  Force  will  be  represented  by 
observers  at  Watch  Committee  meetings. 
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Committee  will  be  supported  in  its  duties  and  responsibilities  by  its 
operational  and  administrative  staff,  the  National  Indications  Center 
(NIC) .  The  Center  will  be  headed  by  a  Director  to  be  provided  by  CIA 
and  staffed  with  professional  intelligence  and  administrative  personnel 
furnished  by  the  USIB  members. 
E.  Duties  and  Responsibilities  - 
The  Watch  Committee,  or  the  National  Indications  Center,  as  ap- 
propriate, shall: 
1.  Arrange  through  the  USIB  or  its  members  for  the  exploitation  of 
every  domestic  and  foreign  source  for  intelligence  information  pertinent 
to  the  Watch  Committee  mission  and  for  the  prompt  forwarding  of  such 
information  to  the  NIC. 
2.  Arrange  with  appropriate  departments  and  agencies  of  the  Gov- 
ernment for  the  prompt  forwarding  to  the  Watch  Committee  or  the  NIC 
that  information  required  to  be  made  available  by  the  terms  of  NSC  5433. 
3.  Develop  and  maintain  continuing  analyses  of  developments,  pat- 
terns and  trends  in  Sino-Soviet  Bloc  activities  pertinent  to  the  Watch 
Committee  mission,  working  in  liaison  and  coordination  with  concerned 
USIB  agencies  to  evaluate  significant  indications. 
4.  Maintain  a  24-hour  watch  function  to  analyze  incoming  informa- 
'  tion,  obtain  from  USIB  agencies  additional  information  and  evaluations 
of  significant  developments  and  alert  members  of  the  Watch  Committee 
and  NIC  as  required.  ( 
5.  Develop  and  maintain  intelligence  support  materials  and  systems, 
including  automatic  data  processing  systems,  as  may  be  required  to  sup- 
port the  mission  of  the  Watch  Committee. 
6.  Review  periodically  USIB-approved  lists  of  indicators  of  hostilities, 
other  guidance  for  intelligence  analysis  and  collection,  and  the  capability 
of  the  intelligence  community  to  provide  warning  information  pertinent 
to  the  mission  of  the  Committee,  recommending  improvements  in  sub-  - 
stantive  analysis  and  techniques  and  calling  on  USIB  agencies  for  as- 
sistance where  appropriate. 
7.  Perform  such  additional  tasks  as  shall  be  required  by  the  USIB  in 
the  discharge  of  the  Watch  Committee  mission. 
JOHN  A.  McCONE 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence