National Intelligence Survey Fiscal Year 1972

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: December 3, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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USIB
UNITED STATES
INTELLIGENCE
BOARD
National Intelligence
Survey Committee
Annual Report
Fiscal Year -1972
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National Intelligence Survey
Fiscal Year 1972
Report by the NIS Committee
to the
United States Intelligence Board
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NIS Program
Fiscal Year 1972
1. The major objective of the NIS Committee in FY 72, that
of restructuring the NIS Program, was realized with the concurrence
of USIB to the proposed modifications (USIB-D-51. 1/20 and USIB-M-
621). The changes were designed to retain the essential ingredients
for a basic intelligence program while recognizing the limitations
imposed by the reduced resources available to the contributors. A
compact, yet effective program has been achieved by phasing out
production of the detailed topical sections and concentrating on selec-
tively expanded General Surveys and the Basic Intelligence Factbook.
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION DURING FY 72
2. General Surveys -- With the addition of two new areas,
General Survey coverage reached an all-time high of 122 countries.
Twenty-seven Surveys were issued, comprising 224 separate contri-
butions.
3. One Survey in particular made its mark -- the timely
issuance of the General Survey on the People's Republic of China.
The study was expedited to permit its use by planners of President
Nixon's trip to China.
4. Modification of content of the Surveys continued during the
year. Of special note is the addition of a subsection on internal
security to the Government and Politics chapters comprising sub-
version, insurgency, and the security services. By agreement, the
veterinary medicine coverage in the Science chapters was discontinued.
5. Basic Intelligence Factbook -- Semiannual editions of the
Factbook were issued in both classified and unclassified versions.
User response to the new unclassified version clearly warranted its
continuance.
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6. Several new items were added to the Factbook coverage
-- coastline lengths, economic data on the fishing industry, and
membership in the UN Seabeds Committee -- reflecting increasing
interest in law of the sea.
7. Detailed sections -- During FY 72, 61 detailed sections,
plus 29 port sheets, 27 urban area studies, and 5 meteorological
supplements were issued.
OUTLOOK FOR FY 73
8. The bound-by-chapter format for the General Surveys was
implemented in the latter part of FY 72, and the first of the new
Surveys will be disseminated early in FY 73. A major advantage
to the new format will be the ability to update selectively the more
perishable topics. Also, the new format permits dissemination by
individual chapter to readers interested in a single topic. A smaller
page size should provide a more convenient package. Conversion to
the new format is not yet complete, and a few Surveys published during
FY 73 will be issued in the single-volume format.
9. A new feature of the General Surveys will be the Country
Profile chapter. Conceptually, the Profile will be a concise synthesis
of those forces which bear on a country's posture.
10. A few detailed sections that were in process will be published
in FY 73 during the interim period prior to their final phaseout. DIA
contributors are studying ways in which some of the broadly useful
coverage from the detailed sections can be incorporated into future
General Surveys.
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP CHANGES
11. The following changes took place in the membership of the
NIS Committee during FY 72:
a. LCDR Frederick W. Levin was designated Alternate
Navy Member, vice LCDR Ralph L. Muros, effective 19 July
1971.
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b. Mr. James L. Huggins was designated DIA Member,
effective 22 October 1971, due to the death of Mr. Stephen L.
Nickelsburg.
c. Capt. Donald L. Gurney was designated Air Force
Alternate Member, vice Capt. Harold C. Whitcomb,
effective 15 November 1971.
d. Mr. Charles E. Olson replaced Mr. James L.
Huggins as DIA Member, effective 7 February 1972.
e.
Secretary, vice
22 February 197P.
was designated Executive
effective
f. LCDR Frederick W. Levin was designated Navy
Member upon retirement of Mr. Leigh Fleming, effective
8 June 1972.
g. Mr. Victor A. Mack was designated the Treasury
Member, effective 28 June 1972.
CONTRIBUTING A GENCIES
12. CIA and DIA continued to be the major contributors to the
NIS Program. They shared responsibility for the General Surveys
about equally, but DIA was the primary contributor of the detailed
sections during the year. Other DoD producers were the Naval
Oceanographic Office and the Naval Intelligence Command, who sub-
mitted sections on Oceanography and Merchant Marine, respectively.
The two contract producers in the Department of Commerce --
Bureau of Domestic Commerce and Bureau of Economic Analysis --
contributed the Manufacturing and Construction and the Social Charac-
teristics sections. The Department of State provided important
advisory support by departmental and field reviews of the sociological,
political, economic, and science sections.
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13. Contributor production -- Production during FY 72 was
as follows:
Scheduled
Delivered
D1A.
126
124
Navy
6
6
DoD responsibility
132
130
CIA
134
131
Commerce contractors:
Bur. of Domestic Commerce
6
6
Bur. of Economic Analysis
11
10
CIA responsibility
151
147
14. In addition to the 277 sections received, DIA submitted 39
port sheets, 20 urban area sheets, and 3 meteorological organization
supplements.
15. The NIS Committee authorized removal from the active
inventory 327 published NIS units that were considered out-of-date.
The current inventory of available NIS volumes is 2, 081.
NIS DISSEMINATION
16. Programmed dissemination of the NIS was approximately
38, 050 copies. In addition, an estimated 12, 000 copies were dissemi-
nated as a result of supplemental requests to meet specific user
requirements. Twelve published NIS sections were reprinted to meet
continuing consumer demands.
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17. Several domestic requests are of interest. The Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was placed on automatic distribution
for General Surveys. The Department of Commerce's Office of
International Trade Promotion was granted dissemination of all NIS
except Intelligence and Security. The Vice President, Planning and
Research, Export-Import Bank was added to the list of 16 bureau
directors, assistants, and secretaries in the Departments of Agri-
culture, Interior, Treasury, and Commerce who receive the economic
reprints of the General Surveys. The mining of North Vietnam's ports
initiated special requests for NIS sections of that area, most voluminous
of which was a request from the Navy Oceanographic Office for 27 copies
of several sections.
COST ESTIMA TE
19. DoD estimates the FY 72 cost of its contribution to the NIS
Program at approximately $2, 138, 000. CIA estimates its production
cost at about with an additional cost of approximately
or processing and printing of contributions and for other
services associated with the administration of the Program.
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