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26  July  19^6 
NATIONAL  INTELLIGENCE  AUTHORITY 
N.I. A.  DIRECTIVE  NO.  6 
PROVISION  FOR  COORDINATING  THE 
ACQUISITION  OF  FOREIGN  PUBLICATIONS 
Paragraph  1  of  the  letter  from  the  President,  dated  22 
January  19^6,  designated  this  Authority  as  responsible  for 
planning,  developing,  and  coordinating  the  Federal  foreign 
Intelligence  activities  so  as  to  assure  the  most  effective 
accomplishment  of  the  intelligence  mission  related  to  the 
national  security.  Since  the  mass  of  foreign  publications 
required  by  the  various  Federal  agencies,  as  references  useful 
in  the  conduct  of  their  business,  contains  matter  of  value  as 
intelligence  information  related  to  the  national  security, 
the  following  policies  and  procedures  relating  to  the  acquisi- 
tion of  foreign  publications,  are  announced: 
1.  A  permanent  Inter-departmental  Committee  on  the  Acquisi- 
tion of  Foreign  Publications  is  hereby  established  as  a 
subordinate  agency  of  the  National  Intelligence  Authority. 
The  Department  of  State  will  administer  the  committee  and 
furnish  the  Secretariat  therefor. 
2.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  will  invite  the 
Librarian  of  Congress  to  accept  the  Chairmanship  of  the 
Committee  and  will  send  invitations  for  membership  on  the 
Committee  to  representatives  of  all  Federal  agencies 
interested  in  the  acquisition  of  foreign  publications  for 
the  conduct  of  their  business. 
3.  The  Committee  will  have  duties  and  'responsibilities  as 
follows; 
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a.  To  coordinate  cooperative  acquisition  as  between  and 
among  the  several  departments  and  agencies.   The  3cope  of 
thi3  coordination  shall  include  the  establishment  of  agreed 
policies  and  procedures  for  the  maintenance  of  ccmprehensive 
collections  of  library  materials,  in  appropriate  locations, 
the  rapid  interchange  and  loan  of  such  materials,  and  the 
distribution  of  bibliographical  information.   These  co- 
ordinating responsibilities  are  distinct  from  and  therefore 
will  not  interfere  with  the  usual  responsibilities  of 
individual  agencies  for  the  maintenance  of  working  collec- 
tions of  library  materials  necessary  to  the  transaction  of 
their  business. 
b.  To  originate  recommendations  to  the  several  departments 
and  agencies  concerning  the  development  of  their  libraries 
within  a  framework  of  over-all  Pederal  acquisitions,  3uch 
recommendations  to  be  designed  to  make  available  to  this 
Government,  with  minimum  duplication,  all  foreign  library 
materials  necessary  to  the  conduct  of  the  public  business. 
c_.  To  originate  recommendations  to  the  Department  of 
State  on  matters  of  broad  policy  connected  with  the  procure- 
ment of  foreign  library  materials  through  the  Foreign 
3ervice,  in  so  far  a3  they  pertain  to  servicing  the  acqui- 
sitions needs  of  the  Federal  Establishment  a3  a  whole. 
d.  To  review  requisitions  on  the  State  Department  procure- 
ment facilities  whenever  it  is  necessary  to  determine 
whether  3ald  requisitions  are  consistent  with  the  Committee '3 
comprehensive  acquisitions  program. 
4.  The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  will  designate  a 
representative  to  act  with  the  Committee  as  the  Vice -Chairman 
and  to  be  responsible  for  ensuring  chat  the  Comnit tee's  activi- 
ties make  adequate  provision  for  the  securing  of  intelligence 
information  related  to  the  national  security. 
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