NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 2' COORDINATION OF OVERT COLLECTION ACTIVITIES (Effective 17 February 1972) To promote sound and efficient utilization of the several departmental and agency collecting and reporting facilities in the interests of national security, and pursuant to the provisious of Section 102 of the Nationa! Security Act of 1947 as amended, the National Security Council hercby authorizes and directs that the following overall policies and objectives shall aoply to the interdepartmental coordination. of overt foreign ints!ligence collection activities (such as open broadcast monitoring and document collection) not covered by other Na- tional Sccuntty Council Intelligence Directives, such as Nationaal Security Council Intelligence Directives 4,5 and 6. l. The Director of Central Intciligence shall ensure that planning for the utilization of the collecting and revarting capabilitics for intelligence purposes of each of the several departments and agencies avoids undesirable duplication and uncoordinated overlap and provides adequate coverage for national security purposes. 2. The Department of State shail have primary responsibility for, and shall perform as a service of cominon concern, the collection abroad, i.c., outside the United States and its passessions, of political, sociological, econornic, scien- tific and technical information. 3. The Department of Defense shall have primary responsibility for, and shall perform as a service of common concern, the collection of military intelligence information. Because of the importance of scientific and technical intelligence to the Department of Defense and the military services, this collection responsibility shall include scientific and technical, as well as economic information directly pertinent to Department of Defense missions. 4. The Ccutral Intelligence Agency my collect intelligence information abroad in support of assigned functions or as a by-preduct of the assigned functions, provided thut this collection involves no undesirable duplication of any of the specific assignments in paragraphs 2 or 3 above, and provided that any such overt collection is coordinated with the Department of State or with the Serior U.S. Representative. 5. The senior U.S. representative in cach nation or forcign jurisdiction where the Unitcd States maintains official representation shall coordinate in his areca the collection uctivities nat covered by other National Security Council Diree- tives. Full utilization shall be made of the assigned duties, individual initiative, or faverable contacts of dcpartinertal and agency representatives. me tela ag lonuaey 1L9SL.
Litchgence infounation collected abroad in accordance with the terms of this Directive by any agency in the ficld shall, wherever possible, be trans- matted dnediately to the ficid representatives ef the agency primarily responsible far canting ont the forcign collcction activity as delineated in paravraphs 2, 3 ee febore, who shall then be responsible for its onward transatission, provided that the o.tginal collector sh hall not be cnjained from transmitting the informatioa c o to fp own heacquacters. ‘The Central Intetligence Agency, as a service of conimon concern, shall be respansilile for the selective exploitation withia the United States of noagovern- mental organizations und individuals as sources of foreign intelligence informa- tion, in ae cordan ce with policies, prececures and practices esta ablished ws provided in NSCID No. L by the Director cf Central Intelligence. 8. The Central Intelligence Agency shall conduct, as a service of common “concem, monitoring of forcig¢n radio and television propaganda and press broad- casts required for ‘the collection of intelligence information to meet the needs of all departments and agencies in connection with the national security and shall disseminate such intelligence information to the several departments and agencics that have an appropriate interest therein. 9. The Central Intelligence Agency shal! conduct the exploitation of forein language publications for intclligence purposes, ws apprepriate, as a service of comunon concern. The Director of Central Intelliguace shall coordinate this activity with similar activities maintained by the Czpartments and agencies to satisfy their own requirements. 10. Deoartinents and agencies caiyii.z out the collection activities mentioned above shall recognize, in establishing collection programs, the needs of the other departments and agencies. ee ,