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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000100020029-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: February 17, 1969
• Content Type: FORM

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1. Agency
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Component/location
Purpose or principal activity (military planning, foreign aid, briefing, research,
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Your fields of responsibility (geographic area and/or specialty)
2. Is the NIS Production Status Report available for your use? Yes - No
Do you regularly use it? J! Yes -No
3. Receipt of NIS units is:
Regular and Irregular, with Sporadic and
systematic some gaps uncertain
DOcUMAIENT NO,
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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) :
1=Planning and operations
2 =Research, analysis, and production
3 = Briefin
s
4=General background and orientation
5=Other (specify)
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Col. Col.
I II
Col.
I
Col.
II
General Survey
(check sections used most
frequently)
Chronology
Introduction
/ Geography
:2 Transp. and Telecom.
.iL Sociological
_.Z.POlitical
Economic
- Scientific
_jZArmcd Forces
C
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Telecommunications
Population
Characteristics of the
People
Religion, Education, and
Public Information
- Area Brief
Manpower
Summary Map
L!
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Health and Sanitation
A4 .-_ -
Basic Intelligence Factbook
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Intelligence and Security
_
- _
Coasts and Landing Beaches
C
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- _
Subversion and Insurgency
2
Weather and Climate
4
Meteorological Organiza-
Agriculture, Fisheries, and
Forestry
a
tion and Facilities
Topography
Urban Areas
Railroads
C:
q
Fuels
Electric Power
Minerals and Metals
L- I'
Highways
Manufacturing and Con-
struction
2
Inland Waterways
- _
Trade and Finance
c?
Ports and Naval Facilities
Merchant Marine
2 1
Armed Forces
Marine Climate
C
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Civil Air
Oceanography
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5. In general, do you consider yourself:
,a. Regular user of NIS publications
- b. 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
Not sufficiently current
Too summarized and generalized
- Too detailed
- Only marginally related to my needs
- Needs filled by other publications (specify)
- NIS of value only in conjunction with other publications (specify)
s1 Other (specify)
8. Has the NIS been consulted for crisis situations, crash projects, or emergency plan-
ning?
Yes - No Why?Uyn,J-
If you checked "Yes" above, now useful was it under these circumstances?
- Excellent /Good
- Adequate
- Marginal
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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.) L h .- >- _ rif y /A
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afiswer may be conti
10. What specific suggestions can you make for improving the
graphics), coverage, organization, and format of NIS units?
content (including
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Signature (optional)
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