BOOK SHELF ON INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002400190009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 21, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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21 December 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, National Foreign Assessment Center
FROM
25X1A
SUBJECT
Book Shelf on Intelligence Analysis
1. After a meeting with Office Directors and NIOs you
directed me to assemble a shelf of books on how analysis is
done in a number of fields. This is a status report.
2. With major help from our librarians I have culled
some 500 titles to 50 deserving detailed examination. The
going is now slow. Among other things I have learned that
philosophers are not rewarded for brevity.
3.- By late January I will have a dozen books worth
serious reading. They will reflect the perspectives of a
number of disciplines including physics, law, medicine, and
systems analysis.
4. Attached is Intelligence Research Methodology.-
While not profound it's worth leafing through if you find a
dull hour over the holidays. It's comforting to know that
someone has at least tried to answer the kinds of questions
you have been asking. In fact, I bet that a complimentary
copy of this to each fresh caught college graduate who arrives
in NFAC for duty would not harm us.
25X1A
Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP81 800401 R002400190009-0