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124-10183-10291 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (2/13/1962)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch49356 and id is 1 raw text is: 124- 0183-10291 - (B) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY - OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 4 The Bureau recently completed discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, regarding that agency's operational activities in the United States. These discussions essentially dealt with CIA's assessment and recruitment of foreign intelligence sources in the United States, Enclosed for your use is a list of the ground rules which both agencies have accepted as guidelines for effecting the necessary coordination. In. order that you may be adequately oriented in this matter, the following background is set forth. The need for the ground rules is related to CIA's interest -in developing positive intelligence sources in the United States and the necessity for protecting the Bureau's jurisdiction in the counterintelligence field. The latter is essential.to the adequate discharge of our responsibilities to national security. Positive intelligence may be described as a comprehensive product resulting from collection. evaluation. collation. analysis, and interpretation of all available information relating to national security and concerning other countries where such information is significant to our Government's develop- ment and execution of plans, policies, and courses of action. Such intelligence can be divided into various categories., such as economic, military, scientific, political, geographic, et cetera. The collection of positive intelligence is distinguished from counterintelligence which is primarily designed to penetrate, monitor, neutralize and/or disrupt the foreign intelligence and security services. Counterintelligence further includes other functions of an internal security nature directed against subrersive groups, organizations, and individuals. By law CIA does not have any law enforcement or internal security functions. CIA's authorization for collecting positive intelligence is predicated on the National Security Act of 1947 and subsequent issuance of National Security Council Directives. There is no law, directive. or charter which authorizes CIA to engage in the clandestine development of positive intelligence sources in the United States. Therefore. in the absence of any statutory prerogative to conduct such activity in the United States, it has been mutually agreed by FBI and CIA that the Agency can only engage in the clandestine development and handling of positive intelligence sources in this country by coordinating with the Bureau. The Bureau in turn legally has the primary couniterintelligence responsibility in the U. S. and is continually developing positive intelligence. It, however, must be regarded an incidental product to our main objectve. The Bureau does not have.a primary responsibility to collect positive intelligence. but we do have numerous and very significant obligations in this field. In actual practice the Bureau is required by the President and other agencies to develop information. 2-15-66 SAC LETTER 66-10 -2- ) IA ly

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