Semi-annual Report to the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 1998
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: June 3, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: A.ssis
FROM:
SU24J11CT:
Di3/I (Planning)
Assistant . reactor for Basic Intelligence
Semi-annum Report to the i?residenQQs board
of Caen+aultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Attached is the progress report an the MIS Program requested
in your mernora:adum of i3 May 1057, subject as above.
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Basic Intelligence dated
3 June 19S I
Distribution:
Orig and 2 addressee
1 - Special Studies
1 - chrono ? nh
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President?s Board of Consultants
on ii'I Activities
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basic Intelligence
1. The NIS Program is steadily fulfilling the f estal Mission
set forth for it by the National Security Council in latellig nce Directive
No. 3 of 13 January 194$. During almost nine years of operation a total
of 3,54? NIS sections has boon produced, representing more then 65% of
total world aewsrage, principally an areas of high priority established by
the JCS. NIS coverage of the Shoo-Soviet bloc countries is essentially
complete and under active ate csi and similar coverage should be
realised by next year for nearly all areas is Western Europe, the Near
Last, and the Far East. The" are significant contributions to the
National Intelligence effort and attest to the consistently strong, co-
oordionted support of some 40 government activities which contribute
to the NIL
2. NIS production aecoaplishnient by agency during the
Nos erniSer 1956 to 1 May 1957 period was as follows:
Sections
Scheduled
Sections
D*Uvered
Percent fulfillment
of Co tment
state
120
78
6 6%
Army
61
57
93
Navy
29
31
107
Air Force
14
13
93
CIA
63
52
83
Total:
287
231
80%
3. Development of Chapter 110 satisfying requirements of policy
and planning levels for a brief basic intelligence summary of each NIS area.
A total of 22 Chapters I has been produced to odate, of which five were
produced during the period of this report.
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4. Related to the NIS Program are the foreign geographic name
gaaeetteears which are finding extensive use throughout the Government.
NO t asettoere comprising nearly two million geographic names have
been produced to date and essentially cover all foreign areas of the world.
g this lies.-nth period .1** MS Gasetteers were produced. and an
additional nine were revised and published under the NO maintenance
program.
S. Agency support and coordination were excellent during the
period at this report. NIS iatofigene a requirements were reviewed
and extended to better serve the Increasing meads of the Government
for comprehensive basic intelligence. While some aspects of our
intrelliig.nce have improved in quality. we, cast view with complacency
the present level of agent. Moreover, all contributing agencies
are prang to defer l production until the latter portions of a fiscal
year which cactuses a high production peak towards the end of the boar
and, In turn, creates a heavy review overload and results is unacceptable
in the processing and production of the finished intelligence.
rtaeut, intelligence quality suffers reader such last minute
tion pressure.
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