POST-MORTEM ON NIE 36.5-56: THE OUTLOOK FOR US INTERESTS IN LIBYA, DATED 19 JUNE 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00400R000300020028-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: June 25, 1956
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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IAC-D-57/37
25 June 1956
Post-Mortem on NIE 36. 5-56:
The Outlook for US Interests in Libya,
dated 19 June 1956
I. Findings
1. No major intelligence deficiencies were encountered in
the preparation of this estimate. The chief estimative problem--
that of the outcome and implications for US interests of the
political struggle likely to follow the death of the king--is one of
speculative judgment, rather than one resulting from specific
intell;aPnt-o .ion';.,.,.....,
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II. Action
The appropriate IAC agencies are requested to levy such re-
quirements in their field as are necessary to overcome the above
deficiencies.
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