DISSEMINATION OF DOD CONTRACTOR REPORTS TO OSI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00560R000100170003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 12, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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25X1A
2 DEC1963
MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Assistant to the Deputy Director
Science & Technology
SUBJECT: Dissemination of DOD Contractor Reports
to OSI
1. This is a preliminary report of our investigation
of the dissemination of DOD contractor reports to OSI.
This is a difficult matter to check because such reports
are received by OSI through a number of official or semi-
official channels, including the OCR Documents Division,
OCI and directly to OSI by registered mail. In addition,
since such reports are prepared by private firms, they are
not necessarily logged by the Documents Division but may
be routed by the batch system according to standing reading
requirements.
2. In an attempt to arrive at some facts, we have be-
gun a specific check of the receipt of reports from one 25X1A
DOD contractor. This project was chosen since
it is concerned with the missile/space fields and it might
therefore be assumed that reports would be withheld in this
case rather than in lower priority or less controversial
areas. Thus far we have found that a total of at least 22
technical reports have been forwarded from the contractor
to OSI by registered mail since 1 January 1963. Less
definitive checks elsewhere within OSI clearly demonstrate
that a relatively large number and variety of DOD contractor
reports are being received on an apparently regular basis.
3. At this point we are unable to ascertain with any
degree of certainty whether selected reports are withheld
or, as a matter of fact, all reports of some contractors
are not being received. It appears likely that much
information produced by contractors is not disseminated
as contractor reports but is combined with other information
and published in the reports series of the agency concerned.
OSI follows this practice with respect to a number of our
own contractor reports.
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4. In any event, the problem of the availability of
information produced by DOD contractors has been with us
in the past and it is our intention at this point to attempt
to size the problem finally and definitely if, in fact, a
problem exists. To this end we will maintain logs on all
DOD contractor reports received by OSI through any channel
for the next several months. It should then be possible to
point up gaps with respect to individual reports as well as
series of reports which we may not be receiving.
5. Since we are being pressed for a statement now,
however, I would have to conclude that neither DOD nor OSI
has much cause for complaint at present, although one can
undoubtedly find specific instances where a report has
been withheld for one reason or another.
25X1A
Acting Assistant Director
Scientific Intelligence
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