NSC 10/2 directive

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The NSC 10/2 directive was a 1948 U.S. National Security Council order that authorized and defined covert operations abroad, laying the foundation for early Cold War clandestine activities.

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Label Occurrences
NSC 10/2 directive canonical 3
NSC 10/2 2
NSC 4-A directive 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War policy document
United States national security directive
aimedAt Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

international communist movement
approvedBy President Harry S. Truman
surface form: Harry S. Truman
approvedByOffice President of the United States
assignedTo Central Intelligence Agency
authorizes covert operations abroad
authorizingBody National Security Council of the United States
surface form: United States National Security Council
classifiedStatus Top Secret
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBody NSC
surface form: NSC 10/2 panel
createdFor Office of Policy Coordination
dateAdopted 1948-06-18
definedAs activities conducted so that U.S. government responsibility is not evident or acknowledged
definedTerm covert operations
defines United States covert operations abroad
established Office of Policy Coordination
excludedActivities armed conflict by recognized military forces
followedBy NSC 10/5 directive
historicalContext early Cold War
implementedBy Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Policy Coordination
includedActivities demolition
economic warfare
preventive direct action
propaganda
sabotage
subversion
support of guerrillas
support of refugee liberation groups
support of resistance movements
inForceFrom 1948-06-18
inForceUntil superseded by later NSC directives on covert operations
legalBasisFor CIA covert action programs
early Cold War clandestine activities
mandatedCoordinationWith Department of Defense
United States Department of State
surface form: Department of State
oversightBy Director of Central Intelligence
United States Secretary of Defense
surface form: Secretary of Defense

United States Secretary of State
surface form: Secretary of State
precededBy NSC 10/2 directive self-linksurface differs
surface form: NSC 4-A directive
purpose to conduct covert operations against hostile foreign states and groups
to counter Soviet and communist influence during the early Cold War
replaced NSC 4-A directive
scope worldwide outside the United States
subject Cold War foreign policy
covert operations
psychological warfare
yearAdopted 1948

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Policy Coordination legalBasis NSC 10/2 directive
OPC createdBy NSC 10/2 directive
subject surface form: Office of Policy Coordination
this entity surface form: National Security Council directive NSC 10/2
OPC legalBasis NSC 10/2 directive
subject surface form: Office of Policy Coordination
this entity surface form: NSC 10/2
NSC 10/2 directive precededBy NSC 10/2 directive self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: NSC 4-A directive
NSC 4-A directive supersededBy NSC 10/2 directive
subject surface form: NSC 4-A
this entity surface form: NSC 10/2
NSC 10/5 directive predecessor NSC 10/2 directive
NSC 10/5 directive refines NSC 10/2 directive