NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 94

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 6, 1951
• Content Type: MIN

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NIS CO1ITTEE E.EMG NO. 94
6 February 1951
1. The following were presents
Dr. Appleton
Mr, Clinton
Lt, Col. Kiel
Lt. Duncan
Lt. Col, Rogers
Lt, Cdr. Nutt
25X1 Aga' or Rush
State
State
Army
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Navy
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Navy
Air Force
CIA (Chairman)
2. The State member suggested certain amendments to its proposed
revision of the Outline Guide for Section 42, NIS Chapter IV
(Sociological) which, after discussion, were approved by the Committee.
The proposed revision of the Outline Guide for Section 43 was approved
vithout change by the Committeef. The approved drafts of Section 42, as
amended, and Section 43 will be incorporated into the revised Outline
G aide for Chapter IV.
3. The Army9s proposal for revision of the Outline Guide for
Chapter II (Military Geography), involving the incorporation of Airborne
Landing Sites, was discussed at ac length by the Committee. Lieut.
Duncan set forth Ar yts requirements for this type of intelligence. The
Committee agreed that this intelligence was needed and that the NIS was
the proper x d1um for presenting the high,l vel requirements for this
intelligence. It was the consensus of the Committee that the intelligence
on Airborne Landing Sites should be confined to the new Section 26 rather
than also being treated generally in the other sections of Chapter II,
with proper guidance to the usor being obtained by cross reference
indicators. The Committee suggested severel. methods of organizing Section
26 to avoid excessive duplication of treaatt nt. The Arn momber agreed
to reexamine Section 26 in the it of the Comrrd,ttee's duggebtions and
to submit an amended draft at the next meeting.
4. The Chairm n reported that proposals of the Committee respecting
changes in the "? location of producction. x esponsi bia iites for Sections
71-75 had been referred to the SIC by the Chapter VII Coordinator, and
that the #TIS Committee mould be notified as soon as the SIC had taken
actions.
5, A study of production credit methods disclosed the infeasibility
of developing a satisfactory method for determining the relative weight
of each agency's contribution to the NIS Program. ;While the present
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method of suction credit is thet simple, it does not include such
factors as subsection contributions, disparity in size and difficulty of
production between sections, and coordination and review effort. It was
thorefore the Committee's opinion that each agency should apply these
factors in relation to its particular situation when estimating its
production effort in support of budgetary and other departmental
requirements. The Committee agreed that the fundamental NIS production
criterion should be the degree to which each agency fulfills its
production. commitments.
6. The Chairman distributed copies of the Revised List of NIS
Areas and requested the members to submit comments at the next meeting.
7. A brief report on January production was made by the Chairman.
Ha indicated that while the overdue sections had been rescheduled under
the revised production schedule which became effective on 1 January 1951,
the agencies had met only 30% of scheduled requirements for January..
State produced 14 sections in January which was roughly 70% of scheduled
requirements. The large number of new sections started by the Armed
Force Agencies during the past two months indicates that increased
production capabilities are being applied although it will probably be
several months before there will be an appreciable increase in finished
contributions.
8. The next meeting of the Committee will be hold in CIA on
13 February 1951.
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