INTELLIGENCE PUBLICATIONS AND THEIR DISTRUBUTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-10-2-8-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 1, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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INFORMATION
December 1, 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: Tom Latimer
SUBJECT: Intelligence Publications and Their Distribution
Central Intelligence Agency
1. Regular Publications
a. The President's Daily Brief (PDB) - Published six mornings
a week by the Office of Current Intelligence (OCT) contains short items
of current interest plus occasional longer, more interpretive annexes.
It is produced solely by CIA and is not coordinated outside that agency.
Distribution: The President, The Vice President, Secretary of
State, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Adm. Moorer, Under
Secretary of State, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Mr. Kissinger and the
White House Situation Room.
b. The Central Inte ligence Bulletin (CIB) - Published by OCT
six mornings a week in three versions - a Black book containing all
source material for the top levels of government, a Red book containing
SIGINT but not other sensitive material or satellite photography for all
levels of government and a White book containing only SECRET level
material which is for analysts primarily. Items in the Black and Red
books are coordinated with State and Defense Departments unless
specifically noted otherwise.
Distribution: The Black book gets high level dissemination, i. e.
Cabinet and Assistant Secretary level. The Rod and White books are
widely distributed throughout the government.
c. Developments in Indochina - Published by OCT six afternoons
a week, contains articles on developments in North and South Vietnam,
Laos and Cambodia. It is designed to give the reader a comprehensive
picture of the latest developments in that region. Items are coordinated
within CIA but not with other agencies or departments.
Distribution: White House, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense
and Assistant Secretary level plus ad hoc group members.
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
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d. Weekly Review (also published in a non-SIGNIT version) -
Published every Friday by OCT, it is designed for those government
officials who do not read the CIB every day but who need a weekly
summary of major developments throughout the world. It also provides
the analysts a vehicle in which to put individual developments into a larger
framework. Items are not coordinated outside CIA.
Distributions Widely disseminated at all kleared levels of the
government.
e. The Current State of Sino-Soviet Relations - A hi-weekly
report produced at the request of Mr. Kissinger - it is written by the
Office of Strategic Research and coordinated within CIA but not outside
that agency.
Distribution: Closely held - copies to Mr. Kissinger, Secretary and
Under Secretary of State, Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, ISA,
INR and Marshall Green.
f. W eeekly Vietnam Indicators - A selected list of important
statistics related to the war, plus short items of interest on the war. It
is produced for the President by the Director's Special Assistant for
Vietnamese Affairs, Mr. George Carver. It is not coordinated throughout
CIA and not coordinated at all outside CIA.
Distribution: The White House only.
g. The South Laos Interdiction Report - Published weekly. It
focuses specifically on efforts by guerrilla teams to interdict North Vietnam's
logistics and manpower flow through South Laos. It is produced by the DDP?
Distribution: WSAG only.
h. Laos Situation Report - A daily report produced by the DDP,
it describes military operations in Laos with particular focus on government
operations against the Communists.
Distribution: The Laos ad hoc working group of the NSC.
1. President's Quarterly Report - Produced by OSR, it wraps up
all pertinent information on Soviet military posture.
Distribution: Closely held - copies to the President, Vice President.
Cabinet level and Assistant Secretary level on "treed-to-know" basis.
j. The Economic Situation in South Vietnam (Monthly) - An
analytic report covering economic trends in South Vietnam, originally
requested by State.
Distributions Mr. Kissinger, PFIAB. the Vice President, NSC Staff,
State, .AID, USIA, DOD, NSA. AEC, FBI, Treasury, OMB and the Department
of Agriculture.
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k. Shipping to North Vietnam (Monthly) - A report of all
foreign shipping to North Vietnam.
Distribution: NSC Staff. State, AID, USIA, DOD, NSA, Maritime
Administration, Treasury, the Governors of the United Kingdom, Australia
and New Zealand.
1. Shi to Cambodia Semi-annual)
Distribution-, NSC Staff, State, Defense, NSA.
am. Shipping to Cuba (Annual)
Distribution NSC Staff. DOD, US Coast Guard, NSA.
a. _Intelligence Memoranda - Produced by the components of
the Directorate of Intelligence (D1)/I). Some are self-initiated within the
DDI, others are requested from other government departments.. All
are coordinated within CIA but not outside the agency, unless the requestor
so specifies.
the Distribution: Determined by the classification, the requester and by
the content.
b. Weekly Review Special Report - Articles initiated by DDI
analysts, usually shorter in length and scope than Intelligence Memoranda
- coordinated within CIA but not outside the agency.
Distribution: The same as for the regular Weekly Review.
c. ONE Staff Memoranda - Issued through CIA but done by the
staff of ONE. They are self initiated and are usually coordinated within
CIA but not outside that agency.
Distribution: Determined case by case.
d. The Directorate of Intelligence also produces a variety of
other ad hoc and regular publications aimed primarily at other intelligence
analysts a government rather than for policy levels. These include
the fflce of Strategic Research Monthl 'which contains articles on military
developments primarily in the Communist world; the Week~_Surveyor put
out by the Directorate of Science and Technology. It contains brief items
on Scientific. medical, space and other technological developments in the
world with primary emphasis on the USSR and Communist China; the daily
Missile and Space Summary produced by the Foreign Missiles and Space
Activities Center at CIA. It covers all space and missile activities
throughout the world. All of these publications are disseminated widely
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at the analytic level in the government. The DDP also produces a variety
of raw intelligence reports which are disseminated according to the`heed -
to-know"' principle.
In, USIB Publications - In his role as Chairman of the United States
Intelligence Board, the Director of Central Intelligence issues a number
of regular and ad hoc reports. These are not CIA reports.
a. National Intelli ence Estimates - These are either initiated
by the Office of National Estimates or by other government officials.
They are fully coordinated, interagency estimates of specific problems.
They are written by the staff of the Office of National Estimates and are
issued after approval by USIB.
Distribution: Determined on a case by case basis.
b. vial National Intelligence Estimates - The same as the
abov, but with amuch shorter deadline.
c. The USIB also distributes a number of other reports from its
many committees, such as the weekly Watch Report from the Watch
Committee, defectors reports from the Interagency Defector Committee,
ad hoc reports from the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee and
the Committee on imagery Requirements and Exploitation (COMIREX)
and so on.
State D
t, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
a. Intelligence Notes, Briefs and Research Studies - Published
on an ad hoc basis, these are initiated by the analysts on subjects thought
to be of interest. They are disseminated for the use of other analysts around
the community. The major difference in the three types of reports is their
length.
Defense Intelligence Agonc
1. Regular Publications
a. Dail. Joint Staff Ops -Int Sux^x,rxaar - A digest of selective
operational and intelligence reports produced each day by the National
Military Command Center of the JCS and by the Defense Intelligence
Agency. Unlike CIA publications, this Defense Department daily provides
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information on both US and foreign government actions.
Distributions The White House, Vice President, Secretary of
State, Under Secretary of State, Admiral Anderson and upper levels of
the Defense Department.
b. IntelUgsnce Summary - A publication produced sic days a
week primarily for the needs of the Department of Defense for appropriate
current intelligence. The items are not coordinated outside the Defense
Department.
Dist* tiou: White House, State, DOD, SALT delegation, CIA,
NASA, FBI, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps.
c. Weekly Highlights - A summary of each week's developments
by foreign military services, excluding Southeast Asia which is covered in
a separate publication.
Distribution: White House, State, DOD, CIA, Array, Navy, Air
Force, Marino Corps.
d. Southeast Asia Suamma L (Weekly and Monthly) -This report
briefly summarises and evaluates information on significant enemy
activity influencing the war in Indochina.
Distribution: White House, State, D?D, CIA, Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps.
e. Daily intensity Indicators of VC INVA Acti it A series of
harts covering vital aspects of the war.
Distribution: White House and DOD.
National Security Agency
NSA publishes three regular reports containing intercepted
messages. The throe are broken drawn by area of the world. Thus,
there is one on the Soviet-European Communist area; one on Southeast
Asia and one. in the NSA SIGINT Summary, which briefly covers the
most important events aghout the world. All three are widely
distributed through the government to officiaiscleared for SKINT material.
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