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Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP80B01676R001 100070002-3 engaged in combat operations will be draw up with the assistance of the Department of Defense and will be in . consonance with and complementary to approvad wer plang of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, b. Covert operations in active theaters cf war and any other areas in which U. 5. forces are engaged in combat operations will te conducted under such commend and control relationships ae have been or may in the future be approved by the Department of Defense. 6& As used in this directive, “covert operations" shall be underetocd to be all activities conducted pursuant to this di- rective which are so plarmmed and executed that any 0. ©. Government responsibility for them is not evident to unauthorized persons and that if uncovered the U. 5S. Government can plausibly disclaim any reaponsibility for them. Specifically, such operations shall inelude any covert activities related tc: propaganda; politics] action; econcmic warfare; preventive direct action, including sabotage, anti- sabotage, demolition; escape and evasion and evacuation measures} subversion against hostile states or groups including essistance to underground resistance movements, guerrillas and refugee liberation groups; support of indigenous and anti-comminist elements in threatened countries of the free world; deception plane and opera- tions; and all activities compatible with this directive necessary to accomplish the foregoing. Such operations shali not include: armed TE Hoe PLIOG=-F Approved For Release 2003/04/18 ; CIA-RDP80B01676R001 1000700093 55 le ewes