NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 126

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 1998
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: February 26, 1952
• Content Type: MIN

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SECURITY INFOEMATION
MIS COMITTEE MEETING NO. 126
26 February 1952
1,
The following were present:
State
State
Army
Navy
Navy
Air Force
Air Force
DOCIJM'ENT MD.
N3 CHANCE I CLASS. ^
Dr. Appleton
Mr. Clinton
Lt. Col. Kiel
Lt. Jones
Lt. Col, Rogers
Lt. Col. Rush
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CIA (Vice-Chairman)
2, The Vice--Chairman announced that effective 20 February 1952, Captain
B. Van Mater, UST, was designated as Navy member, NIB Committee, vice Captain
W. Kirten, Jr., USTI.
3. Discussion was resumed on the need for revising NIS Memorandum No, 15,
which relates to the classification of the MIS, The consensus of the Committee
was that the NIB Program had reached the stage where downgrading of certain
aspects of the program was warranted and desirable. The following changes more
proposed:
As
ect
Present
Classification
Proposed
Classification
p
a.
The words "NIS Program"
Restricted
Unclassified
b.
MIS areas, chapters, sections,
and subsections by numerical
or letter designation only
Restricted
Unclassified
d.
a.
MIS areas by name without
numerical designation
MIS areas by name with
numerical designation
NIS allocations
Confidential
Confidential
Confidential
Unclassified
Restricted
Restricted
f,
MIS production schedules
Secret
Confidential
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At the request of the Navy member final action in the matter was deferred until
the next meeting.
4. The Vice-Chairman referred to a memorandum which he had received re-
lating to the Human Relations Area Files, Inc... and the. possible use of these
Files as reference material for NIS. The Army member pointed ouththat
h tethe
NIS Committee had considered this question about a year agog and
at that time that this material was not suitable for NIS, (Refer to paragraph
Ss NIS Committee Meeting No. 96, and paragraph 6, HIS Committee Meting No, 97.)
The Vice-Chairman said that Army, Navy, and Air Force had contracts with "'.ffie
Human Relations Area, Incorporated" and were now receiving reports prepared by
that organization. The 'Army, Navy, and Air Force members said the material was
not being used for HIS purposes, and all members said that they were still of
the opinion that the material was not suitable for HIS.
25X6A5, In respect to the special treatment to be accorded
which was approved by the Committee at the last meeting, the Air Force
memo r agreed to accept the treatment proposed by State without the changes
which he had suggested. (Refer to paragraph 9, NIS Committee Meeting No. 125.)
6. The Vice-Chairman distributed copies of a tabulation showing the status
of agency production since the revised production schedule went into effect on
l January 1952. He pointed out that the agencies were falling far behind
schedule, which was particularly disturbing since the revised schedule was
supposed to be realistically in line with contributors' production capabilities.
The schedule calls for the submission of 90 sections to b/B in January and
February, and of this number only 34 sections had been submitted up to 26
February, which means only a thirty-eight percent fulfillment of commitments
with only three working days left in February in which to try to improve the
showing. The Vice-Chairman requested the members to summarize the production
situation in their agencies with a view to determining the reasons for this low
production.
State - Has recently added many new members to the NIS staff whose
efforts have not yet been reflected in actually produced sections. Within the
past week the Director of OIR held a meeting with all Division Chiefs and NIS
coordinators in which he directed that a hundred percent effort be devoted to
the production of HIS with the objective of reaching a current status by
1 May 1952, and maintaining production on a current status thereafter. The
Special Assistant for Intelligence supports this drive. It was stressed that
many of the sections which are now overdue are produced by the Departments of
Agriculture and Interior, and that State can reach and maintain a current pro-
duction status only if those agencies fulfill their commitments on time,
- High level action has been taken to.bring production up to
schedule,. and it is expected that this intervention will result in an increased
flow of contributions to D/B in the immediate future. Three more sections will
be submitted in February which will bring Army production for the month to about
sixty-eight percent of their numerical commitment.
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I v ;.. Expects to produce about eighty percent of its.commitmentstffore
the last half of FY 1952. will submit six more sections in February, and more about 5 March. Size of contributions in process a contributing factor to
defections from schedule. Ports and Naval Facilities elements on PIS 3 (France),
which will be submitted on 2.9 February, contain over 2000 pages of text and about
1000 tables, caption sheets, maps, etc.
Air Force -~ Major difficulty stems from move of Air Weather Unit to
new location,, which has practically stopped production of Sections 23 (Weather
and Climate). Also has bottle-neck in graphics production for Section 83
(Air Forces). Graphics Division is producing diagrams , of uniforms and insignia
.for the handbooks being developed by NATO, which have high priority. Despite
handicaps, Air Force expects to fulfill commitments for last half of FY 19520
7. The Air Force member recommended that the diagrams of uniforms and
insignia be dropped from the MIS for the present since all available capabilities
for producing these graphics are now being utilized to meet NATO requirements.
He pointed out that this would permit the earlier publication of the sections
concerned, and that the diagrams could be incorporated later under the mainten-
ance program, possibly using the plates prepared for the YATO handbooks.
Army member said that his agency had already produced. several Sections 81 (Ground
Forces) without the uniform and insignia diagrams because of lack of capabilities
for producing them. After discussion of the problem it was agreed that the
Service agencies would be governed by their capabilities with respect to the
inclusion of these diagrams in the MIS; that they would be included when capabili-
ties permitted and such inclusion would not seriously delay submission of the
contribution; that they would be omitted and a fuller treatment given to uniforms
and insignia in the text when inclusion of the diagr would result in undue
delays.
8. The State member referred to a prior discussion of the treatment to
be accorded fissionable materials in Section 63., Chapter VI, for NIS 8 (Portugal).
(Refer to paragraph 10, MIS Committee Meeting Mo. 12a~.) . The Committee had
previously decided that atomic materials would be treated in accordance with the
requirements called for in the Outline Guide, and that such method of handling
would not constitute a duplication of the treatment which will be given this
material in Chapter VII. The State member advised that an effort had been made
to follow this procedure.but that in coordination of this section it was revealed
that the information which hEto obtain from from contro].ledssources
inaccurate and misleading. Efforts
had been unsuccessful and he recommended that State coverage of fissionable
materials in Section 63 be confined to a statement that there is production of
such materials, and cross-reference to Chapter VII (Scientific). Following a
general discussion on the question of availability of controlled information on
fissionable materials for use in the Economic Chapter of the MIS, the Vice-
Chairman undertook to look into the matter and will report his findings to the
Committee.
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9. In connection with the Special P'IS (Marine Climate and Oceanography)
the Vice-Chairman said that he had been inforved of questions raised during
discussion by contributors end D/B editorial personnel as to the need for the
comprehensive coverage required for these elements in the NIS Outline Guide.
He pointed out that the Special NIS had been proposed by the I'avy as a means
of eliminating duplication of 2Ha4ne Climate and Oceanography coverage in the
regular I?IS. At the time the proposal for the Special NIS was submitted to
the Committee the Navy member emphasized that the treatment contemplated for
these elements would more nearly satisfy Navy requirements and would also
make it possible for Navy to discontinue some other studies that-were being
conducted in Navy on a continuing basis. The Vice-Chairman stated that several
contributions on the Special INIS had been received in D/B and that preliminary
review had created a very favorable impression. He said that since the Special
NIS had been adopted with a view to meeting Navy requirements primarily., no
change in treatment of these elements should be considered at this time; that
the elements now in process should be published and disseminated,, following
which the opinions of the users should be obtained to determine whether any
change in treatment is necessary.
10. The next meeting of the Committee will be held at the call of the
Vice-Chairman. 25X1A9a
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