189. Central Intelligence Group Paper0
Washington, March 12, 1947.
CIG 24
ACTION BY THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD ON MATTERS SUBMITTED
TO THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
Memorandum by the Secretary
Pursuant to a request by the Chief of Naval Intelligence, the enclosed paper,
which is to be placed on the agenda of the Intelligence Advisory Board, is
circulated herewith.
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Enclosure
ACTION BY THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD ON MATTERS
SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
The Problem
To establish procedure for the Intelligence Advisory Board in considering
matters submitted to the National Intelligence Authority for action.
Facts
N.I.A. Directive No. 1,2
paragraph 3, requires that all recommendations be referred to the
Intelligence Advisory Board for concurrence or comment prior to
submission to the National Intelligence Authority. However, no procedure
has been established to accomplish this action by the Intelligence
Advisory Board.
Discussion
It is believed that the requirements of N.I.A. Directive No. 1, paragraph 3, can be satisfactorily
met by formal or informal procedure, depending upon the importance of
the particular matter under consideration. If members of the
Intelligence Advisory Board were furnished copies of the agenda for the
N.I.A. meeting, together with copies
of papers or a statement of the problems up for consideration, they
could then, with respect to each item, express their concurrence, submit
comments, or request a formal meeting to discuss the matter. Such
procedure would insure that the secretaries had the views of the heads
of their own intelligence agencies when acting on all matters presented
to them.
Conclusion
It is concluded that a procedure should be established for the
Intelligence Advisory Board in considering matters being submitted to
the National Intelligence Authority for action.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the following procedure be adopted for securing
the concurrence or comments of the Intelligence Advisory Board on all
matters being submitted to the National Intelligence Authority:
- (a)
- The agenda for the National Intelligence Authority meeting be
referred by the Director of Central Intelligence to the
Intelligence Advisory
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Board, together with copies of all papers to be considered or a
statement of subjects to be discussed.
- (b)
- Members of the Intelligence Advisory Board informally express
concurrence or submit comments on all items on the agenda to the
Director of Central Intelligence for submission by him to the
National Intelligence Authority.
- (c)
- In case of important matters on the agenda any member of the
Intelligence Advisory Board may request a formal meeting of that
committee for the purpose of discussing such subject prior to
its submission to the National Intelligence Authority.
