Dear Mr. Weeks:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000200060011-7
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 10, 1957
• Content Type: LETTER

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DRAFT
10 December -i 957
The Honorable Sinclair Wesks
Secretary of Commerce
shington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Weeks:
It has coma* to my attention that you do not now receive certain
national intelligence publications which I believe you and your principal
advisers might find useful in discharging your responsibilities relating
to foreign policy matters. The National Intelligence Survey (NIS) is
the most comprehensive of thew publications and is designed to fulfill
world-wide basic intelligence requirements of the Government.
The NIS Chapter I (Brief) an individual foreign countries would
perhaps be most convenient for your use as it presents the salient
basic intellig uce aspects of the area as a whole, and also an evalua-
tion of these aspects. This NIS unit is used as the standard basic
inteltigsace reference by the Departments of State and Defense, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U. S. Intelligence Agencies.
I am enclosing the NIS Chapter I on Belgium as an example of
this kind of intelligence. The accompanying NIS Reference Guide
will give you further particulars regarding the NIS program and its
current status. If your examination of this material reveals a need
for these publications, I shall see that your requirements are taken
care of in the regular NITS diseemination.
Sincerely,
Alien W. Dulles
Director
EnclOSUres:
i. Chapter I on Belgium
NIIS Reference Guide
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