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N.AVY DEPARTI:F:NT

Office of the Chi ef of Ilaval Oper ations 1'fashington

1942 ~

Ser. 0364716 Auth: .... ~ QJ~o/S~

From: The Chief of !!a.val O~erations The Distribution Li st Appended To :

SUBJECT:

Reference:

Enclosur e :

Deli.mi tat ion Ac;ree::ient - Revi sed February 9 , 19L,2 .

(a) crJO conf. ltr . Op- 16- B- J , :\2- 8 (:=,C)AS- 5, Seriel 0102916 , dated July 6, 1940 .

(A) J..gr eement for Coordination of FBI , MID and ONI dated February 9, 1942 .

1. The agreement of June 5 , 1940 , for coordina-tion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Naval Intelli8ence and the Vilitary I ntelligence .Division of the 1.rar Depar tment , distributed as enclosure (A) to refer­ence (a) , has been revieiied and r evised c:;s of February 9, 1942 .

2. The revi sed agreertent whi ch supersedes that of June 5, 1940 is forwarded herewith , as enclosur e (A), for the guidance of District Intelligence Officers in con­nection with al l investi::;ations of espiona~e, counter­es;,iona~e , subversion and sabota.:;e .

J . Attention i s called to the f2.ct that enclosure (A) calls f or close cooperation between the three agencies in all fields .

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SUBJECT :

February 9 , 1942

Delir.1ita t ic-n of Investi[;ative Dutier. of the feder al Bureau of Investigat.Lon, t :1e (.1ff':ce of I-Javal JntelliGence and the l.~ili tary btel­ligence Division .

' The Agreement for Coordina tion of the Federal Rur eau of I nvestigation, Office of l',aval I ntel­ligence and the Hi.litary Intelli~ence Division .

T The undersigned hcve · r6ev'Lewe

3d t:1e directit· vde bconht ~.inde~ int~he

~· . F ndumofJur.e2 ,l99, asc1u•gnen· e y 1.s ireciveof President' s ~:!emor a . • . · .,, t f J , r. 19'') d th

6 1939 the De l imJ.tAtion Agre.,men o. unc. :> , L.;. , an e supple-

September ' t t'. on a nd a/'Treements t her eunder. It is now agr eed that rcsnon-t 1 · nternr e a J. • ,, , • · men a 1. , 1 • sti· . ,atJ· ori of all acti vi tics corning under the c e.t egor ies of

·b·1·t for i r.vc • · 51 ~ 1. Y -t "'r - o~Diona.cre subve rsion and s -':lbotage , (her e inafter r eferr8d -=> c;.iionacre coun ,, , ,. 0

' 1· · t d · ct · .1. d h f tr;.. e.;i. 0 ',,. " te •rorie s " ) ·•:d.l:\. be d8 1.m'l. · E.; as in ica.ve~ erea t or . ~e r espon-t ~ ~s . " t hc "'c c~d ,b one org;i.niz,-i t ion in n r;i vcn field carries with it the sib:lit!, 2.s;ume ovrdc r pool of all infor.!:!ation r e ceived in that field but it o bl, ,., ., tion .... o or ·1 . . + . d . · 1 - c;'· . ".>~ - the r cnortin~ agency· r- on~ is in .,crc s ::.c :i.n or wi 1 work [!lone does not im. . t· 1: . ,.,·c- ... ,.. ~ t]• v• C , . . all r· , d . . . ld 1 Close, coopcra 10n ")01., .," 11 c-1 1•.·. , ... ,; <l ,:0.n c1.f:s 1.n <> i e .1. s is in t hat fi e · · t

t lly r co/'Tni zc!d nccossi Y·

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T.I , FBI will be r os~onsiblc for :

1. All invcsti;'.ation of ~2.sc s in . thc:::c ca~cgorios i nvolving civilians in the Uni tad Statos and its t erri to nos 1'/l t h tht~ cxcGption of t ho nc-;:,u.blic of Panama , t hr, Pnnana Canal Zorn.; , Guam, fmcric~m Samol s , Pal--.. yra Johns ton , ··;akc and l.I:Ldway Islands , the Philippine Jslarids and ~he Territor:r of f.J.aska other than t hat spc cificall:r dc:s cribed in

paragr Rph III•

2. 1nvestisa.tion of all case s c.ircctod f r on fore i gn countrie s 011

thosE: occa sions and in t hose situations in which t he State , ;:v·e.r or Nav-.f J)epart nent s ~pecifically r equest investigations of designa t ed ,yrouo or set of c:;.rcur:1star:ces . C, -

J . The coor dino.tion of civilian or ganizt=1tions furnishing inf ormation r eeardi ng subversive movements .

L . Jointly 1·r.i.th ONI, the coverage of Japanese ecti vi tie n in t hese ecitegor ies , ONI wHl . continu:- its cover age ?f Japanese activities as he r ,itofor e and FBI m.11 continue t o e xpand its ope r a tions i n this

fiel d ,

(Enclosure (A) t o C~O conf . ltr . (SC)J B- 5 , AJ- l/~8- 5 , Serial 03647l6 )

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5. Keep UID and mn advised of important developments, such as :

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(b)

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(d)

nevelopi:1ents affecting plants engaged on AITJ.Y or

Navy contracts.

f ctual and strongly presw:1ptive es;Jiona::;ecases O a <' • d · · d 1

d ,,b t<>"'e including the names o� in ivi ua s 2.n s"' o <ru ' t d . t' b .

f • , t ly known to lie connec e -.-a ,1 su versivede in::. e activities,

nevelopr:1.ents affecti!lg vital utilities.

Develo:,nents affecting cr:l. ticnl points of transporta­

tion a,�d communication systems.

(for c and d above, no protective coverage is

conter:1plated)

t •ning the location, lea.dership, stren8th and organiza-

6· Ascer aicJ•.vilian groups designated to combat Fifth Column �ctivi-

ti�n of all " t acts of cl.l sorts in groups 01 armed r,rces of enemies);

ties (over. ttin"' to i:ID, ONI and state Department information c•n-and transmi �

d · f t· · d . these organizations art any J.ff orrna ion receive concerning

cerning the1r possession of arns.

7. r.eeping oNI and VID in.ferr.ied of any other important devel�pments.

UID ·will be responsible for:

1. rnvestication and dis,osal of all cases in these categories in

the military establisru,ent includinr:; civilian e:mploy, military re-

serve and r.tilitary control.

2. The investigation oI cases in these categories involvinG civilian

in the canal zone, the Re;:mblic of Pc1.nar.1a, the Philippine Islands s

and the Alaskan Peninsula and islands adjacent includin;� Kodiak Is­land, the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands a.nd that part of the Alaska

Peninsula which is separat�d by a line drawn from Iliar:ma Ba.y north�viest to the tovm of old Iliar.ina and thence followin::; the south sh of Lake Iliar:ma to the Kvichak Jiver to Kvichak Bav.

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J. rnforning FBI and ONI •f any other imp•rtant develojra�nts.

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ONI will be r espons i ble for :

1 . Investi Gation anu dis pos al of 211 case s in these categories in

t he Navel e stablishment , includi.ng civilians under l\raval emI)lo_y or

cont r ol, and all civilians in Guan, /u:ier i can Samoa, Palr.i;rra ,

Johnst on, '.iake, a.nd J:id~<ray I sl<mds .

2 . Joi ntly ;ri th FBI , tha coverage of Ja;,ar.ese acti vities i n the

cateCTories enumerated i n Par agr aph r.

OHI vn.11 conti nue its cover aee of Japanese activities a s heretofore

and FBI will contirn1e to e~a.nd its o;,Jerr.tions i n this fiel d . '

J . Informing FRI and I :rn of any important developments .

v. The ultimate test of cooper ati on and coor di nation of t he I ntel l i gence

a :-rencies i s t he n anner :i.n v:hich they f unction under conditions of national

ei;ergency or a c t ual war far e : Th~r e ~ho11l d ~e n? doubt as t o ~he ide~ti ty ?f

t he agen cy or of f icia l who is pr imar i l y r es~,o~sibl e fo~ ~arr'1J1!1g on in~elli -

t · on s under t,' 1, ,., t hree br oad cond .... tions fo r which the i;overm.ng

gen ce opera 1. •·~

pr inc i pl es a r e l isted her e i nafter.

PERIODS O?' PARTI.iU, LP'"/

. f th ·eed thc1 t when a s tate of martial law has been

VI . Tt i s ur erag1 d

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declared by t he Pr esi dent ' the ;!ili tary Cornman e!' asdst:mots r te~po?si l i ty for

. · H ... h ,, the authority t o coor ina e nc intelligence

Intelligence cover age · l - ~.., cics vri thin the limits of the; r avail -b l

t . · t· f the ryar ticioati n" agon , · - a e

ac ivJ. i es o . . ' ti; 1.ssi"nment of raissions , the designation of

personnel and fac i l i ties ~>Y' 1

.t:> ' h'·'coordinating control as he dGcms ncce s -

, . t . ' the ex"rci so OJ. suc1 . . t t . d . .

ooJe c i ves, ana · - . + trol the adr.n.ni s ·ra ion or isci pl i nc of

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sary . ne is no 1, • -- , • . , • h he does not be one, nor o i :.;suc instructions

the subscribin-; Dgcncics to ,mici ·· ~,-.r .r0 ... the ourn1 osc s stated above

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to s1.1ch aeoncies beyon 1o..,c ·

. b; 1,, agnncics .:ill s t ill s end re;,orts to

VII . Pe r sonnel of the s ubscr~ :-1

0n..., of t heir r e spective headquarter s . The

t . d su·JervisJ. . t ti .

and be under the con J.nuc 1 h aid and a s s i s tance o ,10 Vil i t ary

subscribing a~cncic s wi l l ren~cr sue tat ;vc s 3s ~r e possible Rnd pr a cticab, e

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Com.•·wnder and his dcsi,_:.na e : ~r.d othor raatc~ial thDt a r c ~r . mc1,_y be neccs-

All nertinent information, dato, ,c, ri1i'chcd ~y ~ho nost ex,cd1t1ous means

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sar-.r or dcsirablo to 1nm s,1 n

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and methods possible consistent ,,ith r equisite security. The hoodqucr t crs of the subscribin;; ngcncics will pror.iptly be ndviscd of ell information end dr,to appropriately i dentified c s ha.vins been furnished to the !'ilitarJ com-

mander . VIII . It is assumed that the 1:ilitary commander will not hesitate to call u;,on anY governmental i,gency outside the t hree subs?ribing a;;encies to this a"reement fo r any assistance, cooperation , or activ1t)' •

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PERIODS OF P;-lFDOVP!M!T FT.LIT!-qy

E_lTT<:ilEST' FO'l' p -vo_!o~ l·Ik~'.i'IAL

IX· In time of ,<ar certain areas ,nu cor.ie into :,r ominence as ~otential theatres of operation- ,·Jhen a l.tLlitarJ Cor.,nander of such c potential theatre is desi,snated , he definitely has interest in, thou:;h not control of, the civilian lif• within the area . In order thc.t the :'ilitar;' Cor.imander r..ay pr e­pare romself for the discharge of the possible r csior.sibEity which may af -fix. to hir.l , the follo,-rine procedure is ogreed upon :

1. t,gents of the FTff , of ONI, and of i':ID ·,n.J.l continue to functi on in accordcmce -, r.Lth t :1e p rovisi ons of para-gro;?hs II, IJ.T, and I i! .

2 . In additi on thereto the 1 "ili ta~' Cor:nnande r m2.y take steps to analyze the faciEties existin>'., and t o explore the nanne r in which complet e coverage will be obtained if 1r.artic1l l aw is dDclarcd. t:.dequate liaison with t he other two intelligence services ·,,ill insure that t he rilitarY Comr.rn.nder vnll h,-.v0 the benefit of the experi­ence, jud ~ent and kno11lcdgc of t he r epn ~sentnt ive s of the other scrvicf:s .

3. The filitary Gomrnander i s authorized t o r 1:quc st rnd r ecei ve such i nfo :rrw.tion from the thrGo agencies e.s he rnaY

0.esirc and they nay be able to furnish .

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X. The analysis and expl~r~tion ref~rred to above :vi~l sho':, the coverage

f'urnished by each of the subscribing agencies and any addJ.tional cove r&£;(; each

- bscribine agency can undertake . · ,hen the Go1"Qmander feels that mere complete

suverar.re is required, it is recoenized that his service is authorized to aug-

co -=- • ... • • f th h ·1 , •

rnent the covera.0e . Pr1.torh .,o anby 1.1:vb~sion o eths;:> e:1e~ ... norma ... .J.y co;:nng under

the co;;,nizance of the o er . su !cr1. in~ agency, " .t3 Ei 1. vary Commander should

obtain the necessary authority J.rom the 'Jar Department .

XI · Irrespective of the fact that the precedine recommendations have

i~ce d the initi ative in the hands of the Military Conm1ander, whenever either

~f i:",the other t vm services feel that such a survey to de termine adequacy of

coverage should be undertal<en, j _ t should :)c so recolTlP.l~mded through the director

of cnch service .

XII • The above ~)rovisia:-is contenplatn tha.t the ·::ar Dcpart.'!lcnt will b E: the

azoncy a.dministcrin,::: nartial law. '/hen appropriate , the same ;:)rinci;)le s will

the JJav<y Depa_rt:nent . · ·

govern .

PE'::IODS OF ::OP.EAL co~~I?IO~!S

xrrr . Under these c:mdi tions, thn Federal Dur,::au of Invc sti1;;a tion, the

office of Naval Intclli~<mcc c:.nd the i<ilitary IntolJ.iecnco Division will o;:,er ­

a t e in accord ,ri th tho provisions of pare.era::ihs II , III and rv .

XIV • Fror.i. tine to tir.ie it may bo desirebl e in the li3ht of changing con-

ditions to modify or amond this delir:1itation ;:tgrcwr.1.ent . Such ar:1cndmonts or

modifications when agreed upon by the heads of the subscribin(; a gencies shall

be issu0d in the form of a revis<Jd delimita t i on a erecmcmt c:i.nd not as s c ;:,nratc

instructions .

/s/ Raymond E. Lee

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Airth: . . . :€.~. L ~?. .. ~: R. ................... . G- 2 , 1yar Departmbnt

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Intdligence

Is/ J . Ed?,ar H~over

Director, F~deral Bureau of Investigation