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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Generate an image of the NSC 10/2 directive (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.)

All labels observed (4)

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 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union

international communist movement ⓘ
approvedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
approvedByOffice President of the United States ⓘ
assignedTo Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
authorizes covert operations abroad ⓘ
authorizingBody United States National Security Council ⓘ
classifiedStatus Top Secret ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBody NSC 10/2 panel ⓘ
linked to: NSC
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inForceUntil superseded by later NSC directives on covert operations ⓘ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 ⓘ
Department of State ⓘ
oversightBy Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Secretary of State ⓘ
precededBy NSC 4-A directive ⓘ
linked to: NSC 10/2 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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Referenced by (7)

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

Office of Policy Coordination → legalBasis → NSC 10/2 directive ⓘ
Office of Policy Coordination → createdBy → National Security Council directive NSC 10/2 ⓘ
subject linked to: OPC
linked to: NSC 10/2 directive
Office of Policy Coordination → legalBasis → NSC 10/2 ⓘ
subject linked to: OPC
linked to: NSC 10/2 directive
NSC 10/2 directive → precededBy → NSC 4-A directive ⓘ
linked to: NSC 10/2 directive
NSC 4-A → supersededBy → NSC 10/2 ⓘ
subject linked to: NSC 4-A directive
linked to: NSC 10/2 directive
NSC 10/5 directive → predecessor → NSC 10/2 directive ⓘ
NSC 10/5 directive → refines → NSC 10/2 directive ⓘ