NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 172

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000400030028-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 1998
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: May 25, 1954
• Content Type: MIN

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at for Chapter IX, NIS 3
AU members reported their Agencies' view were in general
agreement with the reca.datioa~ of the? 1r IX Coordinator for the
release of Chapter IX an NIS 39 (China) - as set forth in his
m iorandum of 9 April 1951 (see paragraph 9 of NIS Committee Meeting No.
170). The Navy member stated, however, that the H drographic Office was
still examining the question of control for the HO charts which appear in
this NIS. The Chairman said that the Committee should be prepared to take
final action in this matter at its next meeting.
5. L~rMsed dna2bin es ?Z AAm In the NIS Proem
a. Reallocation of section 45
The Chairman reported that the subcommittee appointed by the
NIS Committee to discuss the reallocation of Sections 45 had met twice -
the first time with limited representation, and the second time with an
augmented representation which included State, Army, Navy, Air Force, 06I,
and D/B. The general consensus of its members appeared to be that Section
45 should remain intact as medical intel~.i.gence,, and the medical aspects
concerned with military forces should be included in Section 81. In their
opinion 0SI is best fitted to coordinate that production. The subcommittee
also recommended that the Public Health Service be called upon to render
assistance since they maintain rather complete world-wide data on health and
sanitation aspects. It was felt that State did not presently have medica
capabilities for this type of production,, and the merging of Sections 45 and
46 would Inevitably create a strong sociological bias to medical' intelligence.
A full report of this second meeting will be sent to each member.
The Chairman proposed to explore this matter with OSI and lay
before the NIS Committee at the next meeting for final resolution the
recaam adations of the working committee and the manner in which they should
be implemented,
b. Joint Concurrence
The Army member agreed that the interpretation of "Joint
assistance" with its mutual responsibilities as set forth in paragraph 4 b
of NIS Committee Meeting No. 171 would meet Army's requirement in lien of
"Joint concurrence". The Chairman requested the members to give their
Immediate attention to fulfilling these mutual responsibilities in all
phases of NIS production in which joint assistance is required by the
allocations of responsibility as set forth In the Standard Instructions,
6. Suplement V
The Chairman reported that the members of the Supplement V subcommittee
(refer to paragraph 7 of NIS Committee Meeting No. 171) were generally in
agreement that augmented Section 62-.0 currently under revision should be used
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