PRODUCTION OF INTELLIGENCE

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 1999
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• Content Type: REPORT

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PRODUCTION OF INTELLIGENCE
National Intelligence Survey Program
A. Objectives
1. Insure -- within available resources -- that the NIS Program
effectively and efficiently meets the specific requirements of the
Government for authoritative, coordinated, on-hand basic national
intelligence:
a. By sufficiently comprehensive yet flexible production
planning and scheduling to assure timely NIS support for changing
world situations and priority interests.
b. By systematic maintenance of NIS to meet user needs
for contingency coverage.
c. By developing -- as feasible -- more rapid and less
costly procedures for production and updating of the various
NIS elements.
2. As part of a periodic assessment of user requirements, develop
an effective mechanism for consumer feedback along with a procedure
for systematically informing current and potential users of the
content and coverage of NIS, and of changes therein, in order to
promote fullest utilization of NIS products.
3. For purposes of long-range planning, continue to assess the
implications of computer technology for basic intelligence in general
and for the NIS in particular.
B. New or Anticipated Developments
As a result of recent study of the issues involved in the
recommendations contained in the "Survey of the NIS Program" the
DDI has selected a more limited alternative to the recommendations
and has instructed the Director of Basic and Geographic Intelligence
to take steps necessary to implement the alternative. The following
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changes to the NIS Program are called for in the alternative:
1. General Survey
a. NIS producing offices have been requested to review
the NIS General Survey outline guides covering their production
responsibilities (as well as their own detailed supplementary
instructions to analysts) with a view to refocusing the
General Survey. It is intended that the content will
emphasize the overview function by further streamlining of
presentation -- deemphasizing transient or perishable detail
and concentrating on those relatively enduring factors which
are distinctive of particular country situations, which
condition and reflect their peoples and institutions, and
which tend to set parameters for change and development.
In addition, certain coverage which now primarily responds
to specialized needs of particular users will be recast to
increase general interest content and to achieve closer
relationship with related coverage appearing elsewhere
in the General Survey.
b. Plans are underway on an experimental basis to
publish the General Survey in a separate-section format.
User reaction to the experiment will be solicited. Separate
section publication would simplify periodic revision of
individual General Surveys since units dealing with aspects
of the situation that have changed markedly can be revised
without having to redo at the same time those units dealing
with more stable topics. Separate section publication would
also simplify security classification problems, particularly
the release of individual units to foreign governments when
parts of the Survey may include NO,FOREIGH DISSEM materials.
2. Supporting Sections
a. Section 41 (Population), Section 42 (Characteristics
of the People), Section 43 (Religion, Education, and Public
Information), and portions of Section 44 (Manpower) and
Section 46 (Welfare) will be consolidated into a single,
integrated (titled Social Characteristics) on selected
countries in which social development is of such clear
interest to the United States as to require more comprehensive
and detailed treatment than is feasible in the General Survey.
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b. Section 61 (Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry),
Section 62F (Fuels), section 63 (Minerals and Metals), and
Section 65 (Trade and Finance) will be discontinued. Results
of the NIS User Survey indicated that these economic sections
were among the relatively less used NIS products.
c. Section 57 (Subversion and Insurgency) will be
discontinued in its present form and published as an annex
to the General Survey, thus minimizing duplication between
the Section 57 and the General Survey and achieving a net
overall reduction in production workloads.
d. Certain NIS publications found to be of limited
interest or providing coverage available in other published
sources will be discontinued. Section 36 (Merchant Marine),
Section 37 (Civil Air), Section 22 (Coasts and Landing
Beaches), and the proposed new Upper Air Atlas are under
examination in this regard.
e. The general interest content of NIS sections now
heavily slanted towards narrow military requirements will
be increased. By generalizing discussion of highly specialized
topics and by combining those whose contents are interrelated,
the needs of a wider group of users will be met. Oceanography,
Typography, Railroads, and Highways are under examination
in this regard.
3. EPIC
Currently, over 50% of NIS is being printed in the
EPIC system. While its computer programs are still in the
developmental and debugging stage, EPIC is operational and
is being steadily improved. Plans call for 100% EPIC
production beginning 1 January 1970. It is expected that
about 50% will utilize tape produced by contributors; the
remainder will be keyboarded by OBGI or PSD. DDP and DIA
will be the only contributors not producing tapes; however,
the prospect for early DIA conversion to tape production
seems favorable.
C. Alternatives
Inasmuch as the program above represents the DDI's choice of a
response to the "NIS User Survey", no alternatives are proposed
at this time.
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D. Resources Required
A total of 79 OBGI personnel (ED-34, PD-28, CD-17) will be
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In addition, approximately- in OBGI external contract funds
will be required for NIS production by non-USIB agencies. During
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for new or replacement equipment utilized in the EPIC system. An
annual will also be required to continue the printing of
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PRODUCTION OF INTELLIGENCE
Geographic
1. Last year's Program submission remains a valid description
of this element.
2. Intelligence Map Program (IMP)
a. New or Modified Objectives
Last year's objectives, as modified by the changes in
Program Plans below, remain valid.
b. Program Plans
1. Approach
Twenty additional sheets covering Poland were
requested by OSR in support of a joint CIA/DIA project
to assess the strength of Soviet and Warsaw Pact ground
forces and their threat to NATO. These sheets are to
be completed and delivered by the end of FY 1971. As
now rescheduled by TOPOCOM (AMS), the delivery of China-
Mongolia base maps to CIA for intelligence input will
in large part also be complete by the end of FY 1971,
representing a delay of one year in DoD's production.
The schedule for USSR base maps continues to show
delivery to CIA by the end of FY 1972. Because of
the new Poland requirement, persisting position
vacancies in the Program, and heavier research demands
than anticipated for some sheets of the most densely
developed area of China and the USSR, a larger research
backlog is being carried forward than was calculated
last year. Nonetheless, we still hope to complete
research on priority sheets by the end of FY 1972 and
on essentially all remaining sheets by the end of FY 1973.
Actual dissemination of China map sheets, following final
drafting and printing by TOPOCOM, will slip into FY 1973
because of the later peaking of base map production; USSR
sheets will as previously reported carry into FY 1974.
Conversion of the IMP to a maintenance to ttak ivityeis effect
planned to begin in late FY 1973, but in FY 1974.
2. Resources Required
Last year's statement remains valid.
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PRODUCTION OF INTELLIGENCE
Geographic
Cartographic Activities
A. Objectives
Same as stated in Program Plans, FY 1971 - 1975.
B. Program Plans
Programs, as planned, remain valid. A slight decrease will
occur in the NIS Program and slight changes will be required in the
other Programs.
1. NIS Program
As a result of the reduction in non-USIB map support and
format changes in certain NIS sections produced by CIA components,
a reduction of 2 man-years is planned in this activity. For FY 1971
and the period FY 1972 through FY 1976, it is believed the 17 man-years
projected for these fiscal years will provide adequate support to
this Program. It is estimated that 90% of the 17 man-years will be
devoted to the various requirements to support General Survey
production; the balance of 10% will support other NIS Sections.
2. Current Intelligence Support Program
No additional changes in this Program are projected for FY 1972
through FY 1976. One person was assigned to this activity during
FY.1970, as provided in last year's Program Plans. Also in those
plans, two additional positions were projected for FY 1971 through
FY 1975. One of these positions should be made available in FY 1971
and another in FY 1973 to support this Program because of the increasing
number of projects resulting from increased emphasis in current
intelligence production.
3. Automap Program
This Program is a system that utilizes electronic equipment
to produce maps and other forms of graphics. Because this system is
a unique approach to graphic support, it is, and will continue to be,
subject to evolutionary changes.
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As expected in 1969, ADP support to Agency components increased
in the area of mechanical plotting of maps and in the graphic represen-
tation of statistical information. A continuing increase is projected
for FY 1972 through FY 1976.
In the area of experimental development, the following were
initiated: (1) a joint OCS/OBGI project to select and develop
peripheral CRT and related equipment to expand the Automap System
was started, (2) a floor plan layout to accommodate future expansion
of automation was prepared and a request for additional space is
under consideration, (3) World Data Bank II was initiated and is 25X1 D3a
presently under development, (4) a study leading to the selection of
a second plotter for use in FY 1971 was undertaken and a contract
to determine the feasibility of using as a
basic source of information for the preparation of World Data Bank III
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assignments will have to be made as these activities are completed.
Last year's Program Plans called for the assignment of one
additional person to this Program in FY 1971 and one in FY 1972.
This requirement is still valid.
4. Communist China - Far East Program
This Program has developed as projected in last year's
Program Plans. Support to current requirements on the Far East area,
the development of basic map intelligence on Communist China, and
map support for the Vietnam War increased as projected. It is
anticipated that countries adjacent to South Vietnam will increase
in significance as de-escalation occurs in South Vietnam.
Two additional compilers and one draftsman were requested
in last year's Program Plans. Current estimates now indicate a
requirement for one draftsman in FY 72, and only one compiler in
FY 1974.
5. Other Activities
Other maps and graphics requested by various components of
the Agency and the Department of State nct included in the above
Program categories absorb considerable man-hours of support. Requests
from DDP, ONE, DDI, DDS, and the Office of the DCI are appreciable
and frequently result in completion under rush conditions and for the
highest components in government. The yearly trend in requests has
continued upward. The addition of a cartographer in FY 1972 and a
draftsman for FY 1975 remains valid.
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C. Resources Required
Total estimated cost,
Resources required to implement this Program in Fiscal Year 1971
will involve a reduction of 2 man-years in the NIS Program and an
increase of 2 man-years in Programs specified above. Anticipated
increases beyond Fiscal Year 1971 will require 3 man-years in
Fiscal Year 1972, and 1 man-year each in Fiscal Year 1973, 1974,
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Resources required to support the ADP and other technical
activities during the FY 1 72-1976 period include the purchase of
a microfilm plotter in Fiscal Year 1972, the annual rental
of CRT e uipment the rental of Diatype phototype system
and equipment maintenance in each of the five
years.
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A current review of the ADP support costs in Fiscal Year 1971
include the following: 1) purchase new plotter, 2) *rent of CRT
equipment (partial ye (l1 3) maintenance of equipment.
The foregoing Program Plans are predicated upon continuation of
the existing structure of the Cartography Division in its present
location in the Headquarters Building.
A proposal for reorganizing the Division is being submitted
and will be under active consideration during the latter part of
Fiscal Year 1970. This proposal calls for a consolidation of six
current branches into three, and the relocation of the entire
Division in the Special Center. The reorganization plan, if
approved, will not require additional manpower during the period
Fiscal Year 1970-1976, other than that specified above.
*At the time OCS transfers the CRT and related equipment to CD/BGI
(now estimated to be November 1970), new space will be required
(approximately 1,1+OO square feet in exchange for the current 800
square feet). The new equipment will require environmental control
estimated to cost This item is partially covered in the
current Fiscal Year 1971 budget.
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INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING
Information Retrieval
1. Map Collection
2. Map Processing
3. Map Reference
Last year's submission remains a valid description of these
Program elements.
i. Program Activities
As a conducted by the Department
of State, the lost two of ten positions.
This will leave three of the Department of State positions overseas
(Bonn, Tehran, New Delhi) and five positions stateside.
It is expected that requests for Reference servicing will
continue to show a normal annual increase in the FY 1972-76 period
that has been experienced during the past several years.
The EDP disk-oriented system for the storage and retrieval
of Map Bibliographic Data continues. During FY 1972, with CRS
support, the system will contain data for approximately 1+20,000
items representing all unique maps and atlases in the Map Library's
Loan Copy Collection. At this time, the full potential of the
system will be realized with machine-generated catalog cards, bi-weekly
acquisitions lists, procurement want lists, book catalogs, lists by
area, subject, and other ad hoc requirements.
5. Resources Required
None of the Programs will have any significant changes
in requirements for funds or personnel.
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