RELEASE OF NIE 92-56, "THE OUTLOOK FOR BOLIVIA" (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00937A000500020024-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: September 13, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF NAT.ONAL ESTIMATES
13 September 1956
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O/NE Internal Use Only
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STAFF M.EMORANDTJM No. 7656
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CLASS. CHANGED S I
NEXT REVIEW DATE:
AUTH; HR 7d-2
SUBJECT ? Release of NIE 92-56? "Tape Outlook for Bolivia,"
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io The staff haft examined N1E 92-561, with a view to its
release to certain foreign governments and regards the following
as portinemV,
A. Precedent, The only previous estimate dealing
exclusively with Balivia (NIE 92-54)) was not released to
bu Reciprocity. According to our records, we have
not received any-estimate on Borivia-:
c,; Classification and Sour.cea? The staff directly
involved in drafting estimate advises that its release
would not compromise NOFOR.N data or intelligence
sources for which this agency is primarily responsible.,
The clandestine services of CIA have been consulted and
concur in this view,
d.. Substantive. On the basins of substantive couxtent,
considered ,furl a purely intelligence viewpoint, the staff
sees no objection to release of this astimate., However,
the staff notes that extensive references are made to the
degree and effect lboth political and, ' tconomic}) of U. S.
aid (e., gr , last, sentences Conclurai`,~inA; Conclusion D?
Conclusion F4 third sentence, para.. 5? first sentence?
para. 29& paras, 37-37a,; and par;*,. 39) Taken as a
`i''bole, these paragraphs disclose the xonsiderable extent
to which the question of economic add ac-ntd our basic policy
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toward Bolivia are interrelated. In addition, the Board
should note the possibility that release of certain military
data (ea g,, paras, 21-24a) might be considered contrary
to U. S. policy with respect to disclosure of military in-
formation, particularly as it affects "defense of the Western
Hemisphere" (Burma-Templer agreement, etc.). Deletion
of all, or virtually all, of the above passages would. in the
staff?e opinion, so affect the substance of the paper., as to
render it of little value for exchange purposes,
2. Conclusion. If the Board feels that it should refrain
from makinrecommendations regarding deletions such as those
referred to above, on the ground that they involve primarily
questions of policy rather than intelligence, the staff would see no
objection, from a purely intelligence point of view to the release
of this estimate However, if
the Board prefers specifically to suggest the deletion of all, or
substantially all, of the parts of the text referenced in pars, 1 d
above in the event of release, the.staff would recommend against
release,
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