COVER SHEET FOR JCS NIS PRIORITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000300040013-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 1, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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This attached chart of priorities assigned by t be military
components to NI$ topical watts, world wide. shows $696 of these
units as a requirement which, it not satisfied. would seriously
affect ac cor splisht ,ant of assigned sr-f. lions. The rret -winder
were termed not essential but desired. except for only a
fraction o one per cost indicated as not required by the
y e tablishment.
ageencitr are utiii:in
in conju
z n dttee and the producia ;
aster; ,ant 4f topical r.q irer gent
with the Ta-4 ft area prWrities to selscti:?e
forware. scheduling the cetribinatione of topic* and areas
agency Csps`biltties.
:s eovera ,e with producinj
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TAB $
The attached now Joint Chiefs list assigns high priority
for P iocal Years 1962 through 1964 to approximately 7" of
NIS world areas.
high priorities include 17 African
Latin :. nerican areas. A principal cha:ae ;e fron, the
previous JCS priorities has been the inclusion in the hii;h
priority item r, of sijrue 2 ti
ican areas which
formerly wort in the 1,>w priority ,,scup. "rhe l C nu ittoe
and the producing agencies are now in the process of rovisin .
as rapidljf as pe .?v-Uteed by rsali os .
CadaaWlitier
and work; in x zj sees, forward 13 pr r istinn tchod*JliT tea
reflect these cTran ees in
Production of Y*NIS is presently at a rate of Porno
the total ' approximately 525 units required for
$ equivalent NI per year. the production scheduled
for T?Y 1.961 approxirn-ately 4017'1 is initial VMS coverage
anti 61 = fax ;ainto>fc?i of previouttly publf she d -Anit m.
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