NIS Reference Guide

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000200060081-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: May 24, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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24 May 1957
MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Central Reference
ATTENTION: Chief, Liaison Division
FROM: Deputy Assistant Director for Basic Intelligence
SUBJECT: NIS Reference Guide
i. Au NIS Rwferencc Guide is now in preparation which is intended
primarily MMr the .ide range of i rs throughout the gov ;rnr ont "-slow
the strategic plaznn.ing and policy levels. This Reference Guide will
present only those aspects of the Program necessary to the understanding
and efft~ tive use'-^.f the NL . 5k.?clfcaily, it villi:
Acgsusiut the reader with the fundamentals of the
NIS Pr'oira x3.
3. .xplai ~ certain practical aspects of tizc NIS 'F'rogran:
(e., . , why mn NNI:`. can o r count. r is not :on;plK-teiy produced
before another NIS 9e undertaken; why NIb usefulness and
validity is not dependent upon up-to-the-minutes intelligence;
and why th;* ' " in aanc- program is conducted as it is).
c. Offer suggestions for the filing and use of th=y. NIS.
d. r ete ait-t the sera er in as 1s yrdl#b,Uio contsut
a e o ete 1I end with the pl+t 4 E,v rage of the S
-o jtrs m.
Indieate ~ t Dt1Warer scam sblsr,
. In content the Reference Guide will be made up about as follows:
a. Introduction
:3, Nature, Purpose. and Scope of the NIS Program
c. NIS Areas
d. NIS Outlines
e. NIS Correlation Guide
f. Current NIS trly Production Report
(to be kept in '=3ack cover pocket)
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HIS ' Referees ce tle +e"
24 May 1957
3 , It is egrteg# e+ ?Yl tt rur ES ohoWn, and furnish to thi s
Office at the earliest practicable date, the requirements for this
Pete renet within CIA, and in the other Government Agencies
to which f I di tetrrs -tea Ii7.t dfra at e* $. ( N? v ~
Air "Or ce , ; nd the !hate De at.: ' ir+l- woq*r . ftr t- 1e
four agencies will be obtained through the NI:~ Conlxeaittee.
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