CONSOLIDATION OF DAILY INTELLIGENCE PUBLICATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2005
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• Publication Date: March 6, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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USIB -D-39. 6/8
6 March 1961
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT Consolidation .of.._Daily Intelligence Publications
REFERENCES: . A. USIB-D-39.6/3 (Revised), 12 July 1960
B. USIB -D,39. 6 /4, 17 November 1960
C. USIB -D-39.6 /6 (Final), 9 January 1961
The attached report by The Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Intelligence
Publications will be placed onthe agenda of an early Intelligence
Board meeting for discussion and action on .the Committee Is
recommendations.
Executive ..Secretary
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Distribution:
State 3 DCI 1
Def. 2 DDCI 1 USIB S 10
Army 3 DD/I 1
Navy 3 DD/C 1
AF 5 DD/P 1
Jt. Stf 3 DD/S 1
NSA 2 IG 1 SECRET
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT . Consolidation of Daily Intelligence Publications
REFERENCES: A. USIB-D-39.6/3 (Revised), 12 July 1960
B. USIB-D-39.6/4, 17 November 1960
1. In a memorandum.to the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign
Intelligence Activities (Reference A) the Chairman, USIB, transmitted Part
II of a report on foreign intelligence publications and added that the USIB
Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Intelligence Publications was being continued.
''for the purpose of studying the feasibility of establishing a joint
intelligence daily". In a memorandum attached to Reference B the President's
Board noted with approval that "the USIB is exploring the feasibility of
establishing one joint intelligence daily to supplant the thirteen dailies
now produced independently". The dailies referred to by the President's
Board are those listed on Pages 3-6 of the attachment to Reference A.
2. Since preparation of this list, the Army has suspended publication
of its Daily Intelligence Bulletin, and produces its Special Intelligence
Bulletin Limited'DistriUution so infrequently that IT _n6 longer ae
conidered a daily publication. Of the eleven existing daily publications
considered by this committee, eight are designed for particular, non-duplica-
tory purposes. The Central Intelligence Bulletin is a limited distribution
publication designed primarily for White House use. The Joint Staff
Intelligence Brief, the Army ACSI Daily Brief and the Air Force Chief of Staff's
Intelligence Bulletin are essentially briefing papers for principal military
officials. Soviet 'Meet Activity and Soviet Merchant Marine Summary are Navy
cables to the fleet dditionally, CIA lis es a Timi~= ted-distribution
supplement to its Current Intelligence Digest and State issues a limited-
distribution selection o reports in he diplomatic field, without evaluation
or analytical comment.
3. The three remaining widely disseminated daily publications are the
CIA Current Intelligence Digest, the Air Force Selected Intelligence Reports
and Briefs, and the Navy O VI Bulletin. The committee believes that only these
three might be considered for consolidation, and that they could be reduced to
no less than two because of the special need for military selection and
interpretation of intelligence items. The committee understands that consoli-
dation of military publications already is being considered.
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a. That the existing USIB Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign
Intelligence Publications bed lve.d.
b. That approximately one year from.this date USIB consider
the advisability of re-examining daily intelligence publications
disseminated widely at the SECRET level.
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Chairman, USIE Ad Hoc Committee
On Foreign Intelligen Publications
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