REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF NIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00062A001300020066-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2005
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: May 15, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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Enclosure
USIB-D-51. 3/30
15 May 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary,
U. S. Intelligence Board
SUBJECT Request for Release of NIS
REFERENCE USIB-D-51.3/16, 3 January 1964
1. The NIS Committee recommends that the United States
Intelligence Board approve changes to the referenced document
as indicated in Attachment A, in order (1) to provide for the
physical release by the Department of State of selected NIS
economic units to the Economic Directorate of the NATO Inter-
national Staff and (2) to reflect the current system of release of
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2. In Attachment B the Department of State establishes a
"need to know" for the Economic Directorate and considers that
the recommended action would be to the net advantage of the United
States. The Department of State further indicates that the Economic
Directorate relies heavily on economic inputs from the U. S. Intelli-
genc e Community.
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``./ JAMES A. BRAMMELL
Chairman, NIS Committee
A. Proposed revision of referenced USIB-D
B. Dept. of State request dated 6 April 1970
14 May 1970
Attachments: 2
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2. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 15 May 1970
a. International Military Staff of the NATO Military Committee, and
the International Staffs of SACEUR and SACLANT and their Sub-
ordinate Commands
NIS units, through TOP SECRET, on the U.S.S.R. , .5e ri.& ak&l.I tes,
East European Communist States, and Ocean Areas, and NIS Sections 23
(Weather and Climate), not listed on Tab A may be made available to the
NATO International Military Staffs and the International Staffs of SACEUR and
SACLANT and their subordinate commands on a need-to-know basis as deter-
mined by SACEUR and SACLANT. The originating agency will be responsible
for notifying the NIS Committee of NIS units approved for release. The NIS
Committee will issue the necessary authorization to the Department of Defense
des gr}ate{}- i~ tart'-depa r (Defense Intelligence Agency) for transmittal
to the NATO International Military Staffs, SACEUR, and SACLANT. With
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b. Economic Directorate of the NATO International Staff
NIS economic units, through SECRET, on the USSR and East European
Communist States may be made available to the Economic Directorate of the
NATO International Staff on a continuing basis as determined by the Depart-
ment of State. The originating agency will be responsible for notifying the
NIS Committee of NIS units approved for release. The NIS Committee will
issue the necessary authorization to the Department of State-designated
bureau for transmittal to the NATO Economic Directorate.
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c. Dissemination of the above NIS units is strictly controlled pursuant
to provisions of NSCID No. 1, DCID No. 1/7, "Controls for Dissemination
and Use of Intelligence and Intelligence Information", and the document,
"Criteria and Conditions Governing the Release of Intelligence to Foreign
Governments", (Tab C, IAC-D-115/1, dated 8 April 1958, as approved
IAC-D-115/2), effective 11 June 1958.
3. Selected Foreign Intelligence Services
NIS units, through TOP SECRET, on the U. S. S. R. , Sege -Satal~ite-s,
East European Communist States, and Ocean Areas, and NIS Sections 23
(Weather and Climate), which have been released to the International Staffs,
as provided for in paragraph 2, may be physically released to the governments
of the NATO countries
through the following
procedures, provided such release will result in a net advantage to the United
States.
a. NIS units produced by the Army, Navy, eF Air Force, or DIA may be
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c. The sev a,t~ac~l~o-s Defense attache and the CIA representative
shall exchange lists of the NIS units which have been released to the repre-
sentatives of the nation to which they are accredited.
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d. Release will be limited to the authorized representative of the
nation to which the Defense attaches and the CIA representative are accredited
and will be made on a strictly controlled basis pursuant to provisions of NSCID
No. 1, DCID No. 1/7, and the document, "Criteria and Conditions Governing
the Release of Intelligence to Foreign Governments", (Tab C, IAC-D-115/1,
dated 8 April 1958, as approved IAC-D-115/2), effective 11 June 1958.
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e. Modification of this policy is subject to USIB approval.
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