[Your Highness Great Leader Imam Khomeini, may your presence endure,
In view of the necessity and unquestionable significance of intelligence department in the army and considering the Majlis ratification which defines army intelligence as an independent body affiliated to the army staff and makes the appointment of its head by the chief of joint staff conditional on approval of the supreme leader, following lengthy debates in the Supreme Defense Council attended by all members of the council and chairman of the Majlis Defense Commission, it was approved to seek Your Eminence's opinion on formation of this department under the supervision of the chief of joint staff of army. Your Excellency is kindly requested to pronounce your view.
Sayyid `Ali Khamene'i
1/9/1362 AHS]
In His Most Exalted Name
I agree with this.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
1/9/1362 AHS