™s 1 Atom + = ee ene: aremimrenmnene sents eanommesan Office of the White House Press Secretary ed THE WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE ORDER LL $00 ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, itis ordered as follows: > SECTION 1. There is hereby established the President's Forcign Intelligence Advisory Board, hercinafter referred to as "the Board". The Board shall: (1) advise the President concerning the objectives, conduct, manage - ment. and coordination of the various activities making up the overall national intelligence effort; - (2) conduct a continuing review and assessment of foreign intelligence and related activities in which the Central Intelligence Agency and othe: Government departments and agencies are engaged; ‘ (3) receive, consider and take eppropriate action with respect matters identified to the Board, by the Central Intelligence Ageney a and other Government departments and agencies of the intelligence community, in which the support of the Board will further the effectiveness of the national intelligence effort; and (4) report to the President concerning the Board's findings and appraisals, and make appropriate recommendations for actions to achieve increased effectiveness of the Government's forcign intelligence effort in meeting national intelligence neces. SEC, 2. Inorder to facilitate performance of the Board's functions, the Director of Central Intelligence and the heads of all other departments and agencies shall make available to the Board all information with respect to forcign intelligence and related matters which the Board may require for the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities to the President in accordance with the terms of this Order. Such information made available to the Board shall be given all necessary security protection in accordance with the terms and provisions of applicable laws and regulations. SEC. 3, Members of the Board shall be appointed by the President from among persons outside the Government, qualified on the basis of knowledge and experience in matters relating to the national defense anc security, or possessing other knowledge and abilities which may be expected to contribute to the effective performance of the Board's cutics. The members of the Board shall reccive such compensation and allowances, consonant with law, as may be prescribed hereafter. SEC. 4. The Board shall have a staff headed by an Executive Secretary, who shall be appointed by the President and shall receive such compensation and allowances, consonant with law, as may be prescribed by the Board, The Executive Secretary shall be authorized, subject to the approval of the Board and consonant with law, to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel 2 as may be necessary for performance of the Board's duties. (OVER)
— -- IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 1969 Office of the White House Press Sceretary THE WHITE HOUSE The Preaident today isaued an Executive Order establishing the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Today's Order reorganizes and reconstitutes the President's Forcign Intelligence Advisory Board criginally established by President Elsenhower in 1956 aa the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities and continued by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson as the President's Foreign ’ Intelligence Advisory Board, . Under the terms of the Order the Board is charged with the responsis of keeping the President advised with reepect to the total foreign intel effort and of reporting periodically to the President its findings, appraisal and recommendations for achieving increased effectiveness of the United States foreign intelligence effort. The Board will make ita reports after conducting an objective review and asscsemen: of foreign intelligence and related activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and other Unitce States Government departments and agencics, The members of the Board have been chosen by the President from . qualified persons outside the Government. The members of the Soard in whose qualifications and integrity the President has the fullest confidence . are as follows: Maxwell D. Taylor, Chairman President, Institute for Defense Anaiyses ‘ George W. Anderson Fermer Chief of Naval Oocrations William O. Baker Vice President, Research, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. Gerton Gray Former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Edwin H. Land President, Polaroid Corporation Franklin B. Lincoln, Jr. Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexande> Franklin D. Murphy Chairman of the Board, Los Angeics Times Robert D, ‘Murphy Chairman of the Board, Corning Glass International Frank Pace, Jr. President, International Executive Service Corps Nelson A. Rockefeller . Governor of New York J. Patrick Coyne has Seen appointed by the President to serve as Exccutive Secretary of the Board. He has served in this capacity with similar Intelligence Advisory Doards utilized by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johneon
SEC. 5. Compensation and allowances of the Board, the Executive Secretary, and members of the staff, together with other expenses arising in connection with the work of the Board, shall be paid from the appropriation appearing under the heading "Special Projects" in the Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1969, Public Law 90-350, 82 Stat. 195, and, to the extent permitted by law, from any corresponding appropriation which may be made for subsequent years. Such payments shall be mace without regard to the provisions of section 3681 of the Revised Statutes and section 9 of the Act of March 4, 1909, 35 Stat. 1027 (31 U.S.C. 672 and 673). SEC, 6. Executive Crder No. 10938 of May 4, 1961, is hereby revoked, RICHARD NIXON THE WHITE HOUSE, March 20, 1969.