Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950–1955, The Intelligence Community, 1950–1955

18. Director of Central Intelligence Directive 14/1¹

Washington, July 17, 1950.

ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERAGENCY DEFECTOR COMMITTEE

1. Pursuant to the provisions of NSCIDs 13 and 14,² a permanent Interagency Defector Committee is hereby established, under the Chairmanship of the Central Intelligence Agency, composed of one representative each from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, the Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

2. The various Intelligence Advisory Committee representatives, acting for their chiefs, will exercise within the Committee all powers of decision defined by and allocated to the various Intelligence Agencies under the provisions of NSCIDs 13 and 14.

3. The Interagency Defector Committee will proceed immediately to implement the Defector Program in accordance with NSCIDs 13 and 14.

R.H. Hillenkoetter

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Director of Cenral Intelligence

1. Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff, Job 84–B00389R, HS/HC–600, Box 4. Secret; Security Information.
2. Documents 252 and 253.
3. Printed from a copy that bears this typed signature.