ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NIS PROGRAM

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4 August 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence
Annual Report of the NIS Program
SUBJECT:
1. There is transmitted herewith the Annual Report of the
National Intelligence Survey program for Fiscal Year 1961.
2. Significant developments during the year included:
a) A special report of the Joint Staff establishing
comprehensive requirements of the military establisb.
ment for s.cceletsted NIS coverage wOrldwide.
b) NIS Committee emergency measures to increase
NIS coverage and emphasise the newly revised JCS Priorities.
c) At year's end, transfer of NIS staffs and functions from
Department of State to CIA and other Government departments.
3. During the thirteen years' operation of the NIS program, more
than 5.600 ICS sections have been produced, of which some 1,200 sections
are maintenance revisions of previously published, NIL This production
represents 25% of initial NIS coverage worldwide.
Enclosure:
Annual Report of the
NIS Program Iry 61
Assistant Director
Basic Intelligente
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY
RAI, INTELLIGENCE AGEN
'Office of Basic Intelligence
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General Review
Annex
CONTENTS
MS Commendations
Production Record
Substantive Review
Publication
Gazetteers
Base Maps
Dissemination
Tab A MS Production by Agencies FY 1961
Tab B NIS Production by Agencies 1949-61
Tab C MS Published and in Process 1949-61
Tab D Status of MS by World Areas FY 1961
Tab E MS Gazetteer Production 1949-61
Tab F MS Areas Coverage (Map) FY 1961
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Annual Report of the NIS Program
Fiscal Year 1 9 6 1
1. The thirteenth year of operation was marked by significant
developments in the NIS program:
A special report of the Joint Staff established comprehensive require-
ment of the military establishment for accelerated NIS coverage world-
wide.
With USIB approval the NIS Committee undertook emergency measures
to increase NIS coverage, emphasizing the newly revised JCS Priorities.
At year's end NIS production responsibilities in State for sociological,
political, and non-bloc economic intelligence were terminated by request
of State and assigned to CIA and the Departments of Commerce, Labor,
and Health, Education, and Welfare.
2. NIS production for the year again fell short of the annual
production goal. Yet, in consideration of reductions and diversions
of NIS staffs in the contributing agencies and dislocations stemming
from the recent reorganization of INR/State, NIS production held up
remarkably well. Total NIS production since the beginning of the
program now exceeds 5, 600 sections, of which some 1, 200 sections
are maintenance revisions of previously published MS. This production
represents 85% of initial NIS coverage worldwide.
3. The Joint Staff issued a special report in January on the MS
requirements of the military establishment as determined by a detailed
survey of all unified and specified commands and principal Defense
components. The report confirmed the need of the military establish-
ment for early completion and accelerated maintenance of the bulk of
the entire MS program as presently constituted. The report included
the revised JCS Priorities for the MS program during the next three
years and assigned high priority to some 70% of MS world areas,
including 17 African and 20 Latin American.
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4. The Joint Staff report added impetus to NIS Committee
action to cope with the reality that production at prevailing levels
does not permit concurrently the early completion of full-scale
initial worldwide coverage and the accelerated maintenance of
published NIS. With USIB approval the NIS Committee therefore
undertook a number of emergency measures to provide accelerated
initial coverage and increased priority maintenance of NIS with the
available production capabilities. These emergency measures
include suspension of production on some 20 low priority areas,
stopgap type coverage for some 30 newly emerging states and
other underdeveloped areas, and further increased selectivity
of topics and areas scheduled for maintenance.
5. Pursuant to departmental direction that his staff and
function be reduced, the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence
and Research in State proposed in March that production of NIS
in State be terminated and be reallocated by the Director of
Central Intelligence in accordance with NSCID No. 3. This
State responsibility, in effect since the inception of the NIS
and financially supported by CIA, included production and
maintenance of NIS in the sociological, political, and non-bloc
economic fields and constituted some 40% of the total annual
NIS production commitment. Agreement was reached for a
major portion of this responsibility to be reallocated to a new
research division in the Office of Basic Intelligence, CIA, with
other segments to be reallocated in accordance with specialized
capabilities to the Office of Research and Reports, CIA, and to
the Department of Commerce and the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. Under separate arrangement
responsibility for NIS biographical intelligence was reallocated
from State to the Office of Central Reference, CIA. State col-
lection facilities and consultative support will continue to be
fully available to MS contributors.
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6. Although administrative responsibility will be assumed by
CIA as of the beginning of FY 1962, State agreed to maintaining NIS
production by the existing staff until the scheduled autumn transfer
to the new CIA headquarters at Langley, during which time the
Office of Basic Intelligence will recruit the new research division
staff from available State personnel with NIS experience and from
other sources. Complementary negotiations between CIA and the
De:partment of Commerce and the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare were in progress at the end of FY 1961.
7. During the year the Director of Central Intelligence
approved, at the instance of the Secretary of Labor, the allocation
of production responsibility for non-bloc Section 44 (Manpower)
of the NIS to the Department of Labor. Production responsibility
for Sections 44 on the Sino-Soviet Bloc was concurrently assigned
to the Office of Research and Reports, CIA. These and the other
reallocations from State considerably broadened the range of
U.S. Government agencies, already including the Departments
of Agriculture and Interior, and the Public Health Service, in
addition to the USIB agencies, with NIS production responsibilities.
8. The negotiation of the total reallocation of State's produc-
tion responsibility, the dispersion of the experienced NIS staff in
State, and the building of NIS staffs elsewhere combined at the
year's end to create a major production problem at a time of
emphasized requirement for accelerated MS coverage. With
the important advantage of more than a decade of NIS experience,
however, cooperative development of staff and reallocated pro-
duction were proceeding at the maximum rate compatible with
MS standards. The prospects are, after the transition period,
for more stable professional staffing and production which,
combined with the emergency measures, should achieve a
progressive expansion in NIS coverage in accomplishment of
the program's long-range mission in the U.S. intelligence effort.
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ANNEX
Annual Report of the NIS Program
Fiscal Year 1 9 6 1
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NI S Commendations
On 11 July 1961, the NIS Committee approved the fourth annual list
of awards under the NIS Commendation program established by NIS Memo
No. 6 to recognize outstanding contributions to the NIS program. The fol-
lowing recipients for 1961 will receive suitable citations and engraved
certificates in the name of the Director of Central Intelligence in appro-
priate ceremonies at their respective agency headquarters.
At a separate meeting on the same date, and in the absence of the
State member, the MS Committee approved a special award to Daniel J.
Clinton, MS Coordinator and Department of State member, in recognition
of his signal contribution to the MS program.
Department of State
Morris Dembo
Edward G. Griffin
Albert H. Haynes
Agnes M. Jones
Robert P. MacHatton
Department of the Army
Grover Baird
Robert J. Bower
Earle W. Coxe
William J. Frank
MSgt Howell B. Trousdale
Department of the Navy
Leonard R. Brown
Richard M. Holcombe
Walton L. Robinson
Dorothy K. Simmons
Richard C. Treanor
Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Research and Analysis, Mid-East
Office of Research and Analysis, Asia
Office of Research and Analysis, Am. Republics
Bureau NIS 'Coordinator's Office
Bureau NIS Coordinator's Office
Transportation Intelligence Agency
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Office of the Chief of Engineers
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Office of Naval Intelligence
Hydrographic Office
Office of Naval Intelligence
Office of Naval Intelligence
Office of Naval Intelligence
Office of Research and Reports
Office of Scientific Intelligence
Office of Scientific Intelligence
Office of Research and Reports
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Production Record
1. The FY 1961 schedule called for production of 440 sections
(including 7 Chapter I Annuals). This compared with 478 sections
(including 12 Chapter I Annuals) scheduled in FY 1960.
2. The record of production achievement in FY 1961, by major
contributing agencies, was as follows:
Sections
Scheduled
Sections
Delivered
Shortfall
or Excess
Percent
Fulfillment
State
152
140
- 12
92,6
Agriculture
7
7
0
100
Interior
17
7
- 10
41
State total
176
154
- 22
88%
Army
107
108
+ 1
101
Navy
36
32
- 4
89
Air Force
26
24
- 2
92
CIA
88
88
0
100
Total:
433
406
- 27
94%
? Annuals
7
7
0
100%
Grand Total:
440
413
- 27
94%
3. The total of 413 sections delivered fell short by some 17%
of the JCS annual requirement and amounted to 94% completion of the
scheduled commitments for FY 1961. This compared with 93% the
previous year, but the FY 1961 scheduling was lighter and the total
delivered was 31 sections less than in FY 1960. Tab A illustrates
the continuation of the major problem of the lag of production behind
monthly schedules and a resultant heavy concentration in June, with
over 40% of State's total deliveries for the fiscal year being made in
the final month.
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4. Production of 9 Chapters I (Brief) brought to 57 the total
of Chapters I produced since July 1954, of which 4 have been
maintenance. A total of 7 Chapter I Annuals was produced to
provide limited maintenance between comprehensive revisions
cif Chapters I, bringing to 33 the number of Annuals produced
to date.
5. The 413 sections produced in FY 1961 increased the
total sections produced since the start of the program to 5, 606.
This is equivalent to 90 complete National Intelligence Surveys.
Of the FY 1961 production, 268 sections or approximately 65%
were maintenance revisions of previously published sections,
increasing the total maintenance sections to date to 1,209.
Year-by-year production of NIS, by agencies, is shown in Tab B.
6. The cumulative progress of the NIS program since
FY 1949 in terms of the number of sections published, and in
various phases of production and processing, is charted by Tab C.
7. The NIS produced to date represent 85% of initial
worldwide coverage. The status of this coverage by world
areas is shown in Tab D, and by individual areas on the map,
Tab F.
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Substantive Review
8. The following table shows the qualitative adequacy ratings
assigned 417 MS contributions processed by the Office of Basic
Intelligence in FY 1961:
Qualitative Adequacy Ratings by Categories *
Number of Sections Rated
% in each Category
II
III
State
27
111
7
19%
76%
5%
Agriculture
1
5
0
17
83
0
Interior
1
10
0
9
91
0
State total
29
126
7
18%
78%
4%
Army
21
77
0
21
79
0
Navy
8
34
0
19
81
0
Air Force
2
26
0
7
93
0
CIA
25
61
1
29
70
1
Total:
85
324
8
20%
78%
2%
The ratings indicate that the quality of sections reviewed in FY 1961
was generally comparable to the previous year. 20% of the FY 1961
contributions received the highest adequacy rating (Category I) com-
pared to 19% the year before; 78% of the contributions were Category II
in both years; Category III contributions were 2% compared with 3%
the previous year. Ratings for the 246 maintenance contributions
were comparable, with 20% in Category I, 79% in 1.1, and 1% in M.
* Category Adequacy:
- MS material which fully satisfied the fundamental requirements
of a well-prepared and well-coordinated basic intelligence study.
- NIS material which with reasonable editorial support by CIA
satisfied MS standards.
UI - MS material which did not satisfy minimum NIS standards
without major revision.
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Publication
9. A total of 418 sections and 6 NIS Annuals was published during
FY 1961. There was further reduction in the average printing-plant time
per section, and a stable printer workload was maintained. Sections
printed during the year brought to approximately 2, 300, 000 the total
number of copies of NIS units published since the beginning of the program.
NIS Gazetteers
10. Seven NIS Gazetteers, all of which are now on a maintenance
basis, were published during FY 1961. Four others were completed by
the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, and were in printing
process. A total of 2, 718,000 names is covered by the 129 Gazetteers
produced to date. Tab E shows the record of production of NIS Gazetteers
since 1949.
NIS Base Maps
11. During the year 24 standard base maps (including 23 revisions)
and 19 revised page-size base maps were completed by the Cartography
Division, ORR/CIA. To date NIS base maps have been completed on
125 NIS areas. In addition, the Division compiled and constructed 294
final intelligence maps and charts for a wide range of NIS contributors.
NIS Dissemination and Use
12. In FY 1961 there was further increase in requests for standard
and special dissemination of MS coverage to U. S. Government activities,
international staffs, and friendly foreign intelligence services. Require-
ments for NIS in addition to programmed dissemination resulted during
the year in withdrawal of some 30, 000 NIS units from the reserve stocks
maintained for such contingencies. The demand on reserve stocks was
such as to require, in addition to regular printing runs of approximately
150, 000 copies of the 418 sections published in FY 1961, reprint runs of
some 6, 000 copies of 45 previously published NIS units. The pattern of
these additional requisitions for the NIS reflected, as in previous years,
demand for this on-hand basic intelligence on Southeast Asia, African,
and other focal areas in critical international developments.
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No. of Sections
160
150 ?
140 ?
130 ?
120 ?
110 ?
100 ?
90 ?
80 ?
70 ?
60 ?
50 ?
40 ?
30 ?
20 ?
10 ?
0
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THE NIS PROGRAM
CONTRIBUTOR PRODUCTION OF NIS
BY MONTH, F.Y. 1961
AS OF 30 JUNE 1961
TOTAL SECTIONS
SCHEDULED PER MONTH
TOTAL SECTIONS
DELIVERED PER MONTH
CIA
AIR FORCE
NAVY
ARMY
rz:
STATE (Includes contributions
from Departments of Defense,
Agriculture and Interior)
July Aug Sept Oct
1960
Nov
No. of Sections
160
? 150
?140
?130
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June
1961
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CONTRIBUTOR PRODUCTION OF NIS BY YEAR
AS OF 30 JUNE 1961
No. of
Virtual Sections
400 ?
300 ?
200 ?
(Equivalent NIS) 2Y2Equivalent NIS)
Cumulative
600
Requirement for
8 equivalent
NIS per year
? 400
r_ 300
200
100
0
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
9
131/2
20?
29
36
44
521/3
60?
69
77
84
90
CIA
AIR FORCE
NAVY
ARMY
STATE (Includes contributions
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Agriculture and Interior)
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No. of Sections
6,000
No. of Sections
6,000
5,500 ?
5,000 ?
4,500 ?
4,000 ?
3,500 ?
3,000 ?
2,500 ?
2,000 ?
1,500 ?
1,000 ?
500 ?
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THE NIS PROGRAM
NUMBER OF SECTIONS PUBLISHED AND IN PROCESS
AS OF 30 JUNE 1961
In process in the contributing agencies
In process in 081
In printing process
Published
Maintenance
5,500
? 5,000
? 4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
? 2,500
Fiscal Year 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Adjusted for sections incorporated into other sections and for sections
returned for extensive revision.
1955
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1957
1958
1959
1960
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
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THE NIS PROGRAM
STATUS OF NIS PRODUCTION BY WORLD AREAS
AS OF 30 JUNE 1961
Sino-Soviet Bloc: (12 NIS Areas)
797 + 452 M Sections on 12 Areas
Western Europe: (17 NIS Areas)
1,119 4- 303 M Sections on 17 Areas
Middle East: (18 NIS Areas)
783 + 246 M Sections on 18 Areas
Far East: (20 NIS Areas)
678 + 130 M Sections on 20 Areas
Africa: (25 NIS Areas)
430 + 12 M Sections on 25 Areas
Western Hemisphere: (33 NIS Areas)
646 + 60 M Sections on 32 Areas
Ocean Areas: (5 NIS Areas)
100 + 8 M Sections on 5 Areas
Overall: (130 MS Areas)
Gazetteers
129 Gazetteers (Including 26 revisions)
M?designates sections revised under the HIS maintenance program
Percentage of
Coverage
NOTE The above percentages represent fundamental coverage reflected
by the detailed research and production of Chapters II thru
IX and Supplements, and includes (HIS 108) International
Communism.
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97%
95%
86%
69%
65%
100%
85%
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Thousands of Names
275
THE NIS PROGRAM
PRODUCTION OF GAZETTEERS
AS OF 30 JUNE 1961
Thousands of Names
275
250 ?
225 ?
200 ?
175 ?
Initial
Revisions
150 ?
125 ?
100 ?
75 ?
50
25
Ii
? 250
225
200
175
150
125
\ 100
75
50
25
Fiscal Year 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Cumulative
production
of Gazetteers 4
(Induding
26 revisions)
24 40 50 62 73 81
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
93
111
113
117
121
129
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