NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 131

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 1998
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: May 13, 1952
• Content Type: MIN

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NIS CoT-' m-mi I?UETINS 1-NC4, 131
1`3 F`aay 1952
The fo'-loving were present:
Dr,,, Appleton
Hr. Clinton
Lt" Col. Ki ;1
Col. Icirais
Lt* Jcnss
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State
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(CIA (Nicer-Gi i, aen)
_ ., `~ sr is o~Gl~~a?wy C iA I orison channels The ?.'ice-Chat r i t':a.at tk.e rsorbc r a
st(a-VU(t re cti photo pr?oeau~er:eii.t compcsnonts =rats :.pro ?a tha&::is
rye t 'r-l.y. s ni iar rraa c)gremm:~ is contemplated it cm first, bc: coc rd hated ?,,Yith M)
in err:per to av?oi,d duplicati.on. The Vice?Cha.irnan ur.I.11 f arniEb copies of the
~4 :rze..x ;r.. r. atat r t 'a:I 2` the CIA pr `xr.rexa to the members for the t.se, of their a. zap.:i,
3' otc p: 'ocusr re t pera onnela
I gor? Jica4 he irnan referred to the Apr-..1 pr?oduaet:;.(.n of HIS and statc d tha
era -- the 'highest sin June; `?95'0, and the second highe 4. oc;ithly prod.ucticn
t;I:.e; i:2acept1on of the T?1S p~T'cograrr,, He gave a brief aii r; ? of the corn 3 amts
'o A. re r.,adi gat:in that there is a carry-over- of CS which. with tLe
,~ :l?? d . f ? c t conari`zi.tment of 82 for the r:ronth brin.get the tot.a: to .? 70 Serawtl tS:fii.;3 dt a or
)ver uee", Prcaelvc:?tlon. thus far hats been very low, and Ux iri =.Cha::ir Hen reminded
,l ::c,' m :mkxi s that a total production of app. o :,;rately 51. . e cti an^ par month rust
,e< rr,a. ~ n-" a i.ned in order to reach the pro sont production obi- e: ct: ,vc for F4 195",
hi'ich is the equivalent of 6 ccnplete : ISO He urged the r vtb ,r e to coutimr., '.heir
:.a~? 1or~; to meet e'7 ?_s gos.l.
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4m The Vice-Chairman referred to the Commqi-ttee's decision to rev-Jew the
tentative FY 1953 production schedule during the last week in Nay, with a final
review to be conducted during the second week in June, The Vice-Chairman
requested the mernhers to subj;l.it tentative revisions to D/B for consolidation
and consideration by the Conrnittee irhen the 1953 schedule in reviewwreed. He
instructed the members to include in their proposed revisions all sections whicb
are doubtful of completion during the present fiscal year so that they may be
incorporated in the final FY 1953 schedule ? Following discussion it was ag;?r?eed
that the proposed revisions would, be submitted just prior to the date the
Committee undertakes. its final review of the F! 1953 schedule,
5 The ArrV- member and the D/B representati e2 &i6r ief summa r of the
status of the HIS elements being produced by FECQI4 The over-all
status of Chapter II is that it w 1l.11 be completed by 1 drily and re y for sub-
mission by 31 July 1952. The D/B representa ::eve stated that the technical work-
manship is excellent, and that the Chapter II study., from a graphics, cartographic,
and publication standpoint will not be difficult to process. He stated further
that the material on Chapters IV, V,. and VI is voluminc s, and the real question
is what to use from this large amount of available information. He estimated that
Section 41 (Population) is 45% complete, while Sections 45, 46, and 52 (IIealth and
Sanitation, Public Nelfare, and Structure of the Governm nt) are 505' complete, The
raw material for Section 64C is being collected in Japan but the Section will be
produced in Washington, These studies also will be coa.pietd. by I July.
6. The Navy number referred to the revision of the Chapter VIII studies on
HIS 39 (China) and P-IS la (Korea),, As the northern and aouthern portions of these
areas will require different treatment in some elementut, the Committee determined
that, where applicable, the studies would be broken down into Parts A and B with
Part A covering North China and 'North Korea (Communist) and Bart B 'covering South
China and South Korea (Hationali.st)
7, The next rmeting of the C2g ,4A
will be held at the call of the Vice-
Chairmian,
Distribution:
HIS Corm,
(4)
Sew e, JIG
AD/ R
AD/IC
AD/SI
D G
D/B
(3)
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