Intelligence Fund Supervision Exemption

Presidential Decree 51 establishes that the National Intelligence and Security Authority is the focal point of direction, coordination, and integration of government activities involving national intelligence and security.
Presidential Decree 51 further establishes that the National Intelligence and Security Authority has functional supervision over all intelligence agencies within the government.
Letter of Instructions No. 771 references Letter of Instructions No. 746, dated October 4, 1978.
Letter of Instructions No. 771 provides a rule tied specifically to Letter of Instructions No. 746.

The National Intelligence and Security Authority falls directly under the Office of the President.
The National Intelligence and Security Authority is not a component of, and not an attached agency to, the Ministry of National Defense.
The National Intelligence and Security Authority serves as the focal point for direction, coordination, and integration of national intelligence and security activities.
The National Intelligence and Security Authority maintains functional supervision over all intelligence agencies within the government.

Letter of Instructions No. 771 exempts the National Intelligence and Security Authority from the provisions of Letter of Instructions No. 746.
The exemption is expressly grounded on the authority’s institutional placement under the Office of the President and its non-attachment to the Ministry of National Defense.
The exemption applies notwithstanding the existence of earlier directives contained in Letter of Instructions No. 746 dated October 4, 1978.
The exemption governs how Letter of Instructions No. 746 applies to the National Intelligence and Security Authority.

The Minister of the Budget is included among the addressees required to take the exemption into account.
The Minister of National Defense is included among the addressees required to take the exemption into account.
The Director General, National Intelligence and Security Authority is included among the addressees directly responsible for implementing the exemption.
All others concerned are included among those who must observe that Letter of Instructions No. 746 does not bind the National Intelligence and Security Authority as exempted.