The NIS Program

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000200050130-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 130
• Publication Date: April 23, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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The National 1nt.Ltienc. Su rvey
is concerned with the collectiln, ceer
'tsetse* on all foreign cattries and areas seeded
pril 1956
y NSCID N
a baste inteL-
1*iet Irrational
and strategic Sassing, aasiostal estisretes, and policy deteri on. This
program has been in full operation to- a period of s.wen and three-quarter
year., and whit has eaten done d?.s ring that period La fulfilliviesit of the
riliefittil is sea (Or .'0A graphical y in the aCcon: praying tablas and charts.
ksssauisty, nearly 60% of the .v.tal world coverage has been completed,
n_os of which is on areas of priority for planning and estircate purposes.
APPrilkailmaleilr ii, bibMk oossteso Sow noes pahatehed. NIS Gast fteers
nave irosra ressesasoit ass $G at She lai 1111$41804 larelP14 and c-;trcipriee nearly
ter* wrispraiplac Ala Salto* prolix-42 Lads Way
as pis,Lialsoll Ilitliarnekilitit am oink she Itta sad rise ClauLtears.
Ziviriss 19.1k Um Ilia Prelims* eirsalasad to taersaes in suit, as the
auras* at providing the basic intelligence on critical world areas required
the Goveran,eat in DationaL sty and foreign policy consideration.
As reported y the Task /Force on Intelligence Activitieal undo^ he chairman-
ship of ...,eneral Merit W. To, Ntilitioual Intelligence ';',,,tr\-ty is an
in;,.alutiote publication which provides the eseential element* ?t lesic %mei
ligence n ML area. of the WOrid. While its prn4n iavoi %ea 41T% extensi*e
and expensive effort, all rrerCoera of the Intelligence derive an
insarmssitate Ortasitil Areas tare stont:Liratioas ow, make t, it and pr fit from,. the
RAM pte?. Thera atessys wift no a oasstauts; ragalirensest fftr Maytag
shirr a at up Ira sista*
etble icc $Ihnata 4ring the past year whic
acresse the :41?10 o Frogratr are; I) expan
cove to meet requiremc psychological warfare and
2) iaci Mon in the NI Pr,r) , 4;1 a nit pre een,ing biographies of sit key
per ..o natiiee in foreign areas i) develoyur ,at of new NIS sq
tree i lusively with In ernahonal Cior,Anknitistr, and 4) pro
as a special proJect of the Nr.:: on Antarctica tc n'Aset an arias* II4Pwsn
of the An arctic& Wring Group of the C.)peraUons C",,00rdittating Board for
intelligence c serve as a basis for formulating policy with respect to
clairre in tit*Iit area.
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