1. Agency State Dept., EA/TB (Thailand Burma desk)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000100020023-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: February 27, 1969
• Content Type: FORM

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Component/location 1- ~ ILT 4 R 1W /- 2- (0 ns/ Q
Purpose or principal activity (military planning, foreign aid, briefing, research,
Your position (job title)
Your fields of responsibility (geographic area and/or specialty) -71
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Do you regularly use it?
3. Receipt of NIS units is:
-Regular and
systematic
2. Is the NIS Production Status Report available for your use?
Document Ro.
- Irregular, with
some gaps
Review oft ' docsnient by CIA has
deformliusef that
CIA has no objection to declass
It contains information of CIA
interest that must remain
classified at TS S C
Authority., HR 70.2
El It contains nothing of CIA Interest
Date Reviewer
01 DEC 1980
Yes
Sporadic and
uncertain
GROUP I
Excluded hom romolle
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4. Below is a list of available NIS publications.
a) Indicate in column I the frequency of use by means of the following symbols:
A=Regularly B = Occasionally C=Rarely D=Never
b) Indicate in column II your use, according to the following symbols (multiple
uses may be indicated) :
I= Planning and operations 4=General background and orientation
2= Research, analysis, and production 5=Other (specify)
3 = Briefings
Col. Col. Col. Col.
I II I II
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General Survey
(check sections used most
frequently)
- Chronology
- Introduction
Geography
Transp. and Telecom.
ciological
olitical
- Economic
- Scientific
- Armed Forces
- Area Brief
-Summary Map
Basic Intelligence Factbook
Coasts and Landing Beaches
Weather and Climate
Meteorological Organiza-
tion and Facilities
Topography
Urban Areas
Railroads
Highways
Inland Waterways
Ports and Naval Facilities
Merchant Marine
Civil Air
F 3y
P_
p
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- _ _ Telecommunications
- _ _ Population
Characteristics of the
Marine Climate
People
Religion, Education, and
Public Information
Manpower
Health and Sanitation
Intelligence and Security
Subversion and Insurgency
Agriculture, Fisheries, and
Forestry
Fuels
Electric Power
Minerals and Metals
Manufacturing and Con-
struction
Trade and Finance
Armed Forces
C - - - Oceanography
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5. In general, do you consider yourself:
- a. Regular user of NIS publications
Zb. Infrequent user
6. If you checked 5,a, above, which of the following best describes NIS usefulness:
(If more than one applies, indicate rank by using 1 for highest.)
- Principal source of information
Secondary source
/Supplies information in a conveniently assembled form not otherwise available
Supplies corroborative information
Other (specify)
7. If you checked 5,b, above, which of the following best describes your reasons for
only infrequent use:
(If more than one applies, indicate rank by using 1 for highest.)
- Not readily available
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Not sumcienuy, current
- Too summarized and generalized
Only marginally related to my needs
- -~y
U e l s S yi G~~ l
NIS of value only in conjunction with other publications (specify)
Other (specify)
8. Has the NIS been consulted for crisis situations, crash projects, or emergency plan-
nine? ~.
L Yes - No Why?
If you checked "Yes" above, how useful was it under these circumstances?
YRxc llent - Good - Adequate - Marginal
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10. What specific suggestions can you make for improving the content (including
9. With reference to the NIS publications listed in 4, above, what are the major short-
comings you have found in the NIS? (Please relate these to your own needs, consid-
ering adequacy of coverage, reliability of content, currency, length and detail of pres-
entation,and security classification.)
graphics ), coverage, organization, and format of NIS units?
(answer may be continued on the reverse)
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