A Plan to bring NIS Coverage into Alignment with known User Requirements and IC Priorities Guidance

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: March 14, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT : A Plan to bring NIS Coverage into Alignment
with known User Requirements and IC
Priorities Guidance
1. The Plan reduces General Survey coverage from 124 to
83 countries (listing is Tab A) on a schedule of 20 to 25 General
Surveys annually (present schedule is 30). The Plan shortens the
average maintenance cycle from approximately 3 years to less than
2 years and continues to gear frequency of maintenance to the co-
ordinated country priorities. Procedures for updating will become
increasingly flexible as production of the new bound-by-chapter
format progresses. The quality of analysis and of writing and
presentation will improve as the Plan, even with manpower reductions.
would better align coverage with production and processing capabilities.
The Factbook would continue present coverage.
2. CIA manpower requirements under this Plan could be
reduced approximately 15% to
These figures exclude PSD and external contracts.
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(See Tab B for further breakdown.) VIA manpower allocations to
the Program have been severely reduced during PY 73 and at present
are not sufficient to greet scheduled rbligations.
3. With each cutback in the Program in the past, contributing
components have tcncled to reduce resource allocations beyond the
Program cutback to ti.+.at the NIS effort has been chronically under
manned. Quality and schedule both suffer. This Plan for reduced
covera-,o provides an opportunity for contributors to bring production
obligations and resource allocations into better balance. Accordingly,
the --stun ted possible manpower reductions; are not in direct
proportion to reductions iii coverage.
4. Roder t history of the NIS Program shows reductions in
costs to the Agency as follows:
FY70
FY 71
FY72
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In FY 72 the NIS Program accounted for less than .6% of the
Agency' a Operating Program and slightly more than 5% of the costa
of intelligence production. Costs for the current fiscal year will
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be further and reduced as re6ult of an >ppro inxtely
2:?`','? prod t1c:.ic+a c~its::c . rc iti;cg frc p perii,:,nr4el reductions directed
is e-s x j;- 197 "o ,:wk 4'rzti;?z.:~ to climiratn :he Program
in interc:3i::; eurfF:ce ironi Lime to time.
Consc-quc,ai:i , Lhe fu1lo.ving reasons for continuing the
r: organ i at :h~ .a: i azum, but viable, level indicated in this
m.c r,orar dum t.r fn u mittcd for consideration.
a. Tlh.- is only U. S. Government publication
scrier; that pxc~is"~~ coordinated, :uthoritative, regularly
c; datc:d, and oa "w1f basic inform- ation and analysis of all
sigziific t 7.rp ;cis of ti:: countries of national security
interest.
b. The PIIS serves known requirements of a large and
varied audience. An averzge of 400 copies of each General
Survey (on 30 countries) will be disseminated during FT 73.
The C. nernl Survey in used in Embassies, military commands,
aboard Navy vessels, in training facilittem worldwide. It is
used for basic reference and general orientation by briefers,
staff officers, desk officers, case officers, and planning staffs,
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In rx;lUary and civic:?:n agencies, and by government contractors
The nature and interest of the audience was
25X1A5a1 val+_dated formakl y by o major user survey in 1969 and is
informaUy v~ci d tcd on a continuing `-axis by fan mail and
by requests for addi iod .l co ?iea.
C, ty utilt.;ing in the NIS the specialised expertise
available to the vs: ious departments and agencies of the
Government, rind by broad dirsem.ination of the General
Survey and be Factbook, duplication of production effort
in the ba i.c intelti6ance field is minimised. If the Program
were abolished as a community or national intelligence effort,
we kn ,v from. e,.-perience that .carious individual agencies
would soon find it n*cessary to be-Sin production of a basic
intelligence series on their own.
d. The NIS also serves knows needs of the producers.
Preparation and coordination of NIS contributions enhances
the development of expertise and of analytic and writing
skills among the analyst/producers. The General Survey
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provides a quality publication outs.-t for analysts who, under
the limitations of the new Publication Guidelines, might
otherwise lose zhe edge and serge of purpose inherent
in seeing their work published and used.
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JOIN KERRY KING
Director
Basic and Geographic Intelligence
2 .Etttztchmei.ts
as sued
Distribution:
O&2 - Addressee
1 - Ch/NISD/BGI
2 - D/BGI
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Grp. p 1 (21 countries) -- coiucidw with the 21 countries assigned
highest priority in DCII) l/2. Within this group, major powers either
hostile to or not firriily allied with the U. S. and countries that have a role
in situations that pose a serious threat to U. S. interests would be
maintained at least every Z years, the remainder on a 2-3 year cycle.
Egypt
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HEPhlISPTTT'IRE
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EASTERN
EUROPE
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Poland
U.S.S.R.
WESTERN
EUROPE
France
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14 Fr
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North Korea
N orth Vietnam
People's Rep.
of China
South Korea
South Vietnam
MIDDLE
EAST
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Groh > II (02 countries) -- excludes, in addition to others of love r
priority, countries listed in Section D of DCID 1/2 and comprises those
that demonstrate some degree of hostility toward the U. S. or are
important to specific U. S. national interests -- political, economic or
strategic -- and at the same time exhibit symptoms of internal instability.
These would be maintained on a 3-4 year cycle.
AFRICA
EASTERN
FAR
EUROPE
EAST
Algeria
Ethiopia
Ghana
Libya
Morocco
Nigeria
Rhodesia
Somalia
South Africa
Albania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
WESTERN
EUROPE
Burma
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Nationalist
China
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Sudan
Tunisia
Zaire
LATIN
AMERICA
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
MIDDLE
Greece
EAST
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Dominican
Republic
Ecuador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Venezuela
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Syria
Turkey
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NIL, hESO(J.RC.;;S A1,T,OC/?.TIO`1 (CI))
Coninnitincnt Resources
Proposed
FY 73 Program FY 73
25 GS Society Chap-
ters
2 Factbook
Contributions
OER 29 GS Economy Chap- 16 GS Economy Chap- 15 ill/Y
ters ters
2 Factbook Contri- 2 Factbook Contri-
butions butions
NISD/BGI NIS Editing, Process-NIS editing, proc- 55 M/Y
ing, and Publication essing, publication,
and Country Profile and Country Profile
Chapter Production Chapter production
''")MMMER CE (Contract)
ar. of Eco. 20 GS Society
Analysis Chapters
DOMESTIC Completing con-
&INTER- tract commitment
NATIONAL for Detailed
BUSINESS Sections and proc-
ADM. essing support for
6 GS Country
Profile and Economy
Chapters
DDO 9 GS Intel]. and
Security Chapters
OSI 8 GS Science
Chapters
T'SD Printing
41 GS Political & 25 GS Political 23 M/Y I 13 M/Y
Society Chapters Chapters
2 Factbook Contri- 2 Factbool. Contri-
butions butions
9 GS Economy
Chapters
9 GS Intell. and 9 M/Y
Security
Chapter s
Proposed
Prograin
9 m /y
55 M/Y=:-
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9 M/Y
8 GS Science 3 M/Y 3 M/Y
Chapters (in-house) (in-house)
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