ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NIS PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: August 8, 1960
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M'CMORANDUA FOR: The ctor'of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Annual Report of the NIS Program
1. There is tranamlItt.d herewith the Annual Report of
the National Intelligence Su y.prograrn for Fiscal Year 1960.
2. During the twelve
more than 5, years' operation of the NIS program,
OQO NIS sections have been produced, which represent
80% of initial world-wide
tenance revisions. Cove rage and include nearly 1.000
which main
dttCtion for . i' 1'x'60 totale4 MS sections,
was Pro about 10% lees tbsxt the JCS annual requirement. This
shortfall was the result of budget and manpower reductions, and
diversions from b W work in the Contributing agencies.
3. Faced with the problem 01 lessened production effort,
the NIS Committee is concentratin
a selective number of priority areas' and topics assn interim
phase in accomplishing the long-range MS mission of providing
comprehensive, world-wide, on-hand basic intelligence coverage.
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NATIONAL, INTELLIGENCE SURVE I.',
LNN JAL REPORT'
ISGA, YEAR 1'960'
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Office'of"Basic. Intelligence`:
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General Review
Annex:
NIS Commendations
NIS Production, Publication, and Dissemination
Tab A - NIS Production by Agencies
FY 1960
Tab B - NIS Production by Agencies
FY 1949-60
Tab C - NIS in Process and Published
FY 1949-60
Tab D - Status of NIS by World Areas
FY 1960
Tab E - NIS Gazetteer Production
FY 1949-60
Tab F - NIS Areas Coverage (Map)
FY 1960
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Annual Report of the NIS Program
Fiscal Year 1960
1. The NIS program has now been in operation for
twelve years. In this period it has reached well towards
the goal set for it in the National Security Council Intel-
ligence Directive No. 3 that "Basic Intelligence required
in the interest of national security shall be compiled and
continuously maintained in National Intelligence Surveys.
2. The over-all NIS production record is impressive:
More than 5, 000 NIS sections produced, including nearly
1, 000 Maintenance revisions, which represent 80% of initial
world-wide coverage, with the JCS highest priority areas
initially complete and under active Maintenance. . However,
the recent trend in NIS annual production, particularly noted
with this year's report, is less favorable. From the build-
up following the dislocations of the Korean War, the N I S
production has consistently met the JCS requirement of
8 equivalent NIS a year--until this report year. NIS
production in FY 1960 fell to 444 sections, or the
equivalent of 7 NIS for the year.
3. This shortfall was the result of the continuing
effect of budget and manpower reductions and diversions
from NIS work in the contributing agencies. The unhappy
production situation in State had unusually severe impact
in view of that department's significantly large NIS pro-
duction responsibility and its progressive Maintenance
shortfall on high priority areas. Projecting this trend
through next year's production schedule indicates an
even greater shortfall will occur.
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4. Reduced NIS production in any one year is not,
however, the primary concern. It is the year-in year-out
average sustained production that matters, because there
is involved the whole intelligence process of collection-
research-production. Every year that this cycle loses
momentum means an increasing backlog of unfulfilled
requirements. Even more importantly, it means an
increased obsolescence of the thousands of published
NIS sections in current use. These factors make clear
the critical necessity to sustain NIS production on a
long-range basis at the JCS requirement level to meet
the NSC goal.
5. Faced with the problem of lessened production
effort, the NIS Committee has sought to establish a
relatively reasonable Maintenance cycle for a number of
priority areas and topics as an interim phase in accom-
plishing the long-range NIS mission of providing com-
prehensive, worldwide, on-hand basic intelligence
coverage. Implementation of this selective approach
is reflected to a considerable extent in the NIS Produc-
tion Schedule for FY 1961.
6. During FY 1960 the J-2, Joint Staff, initiated
a survey to determine specific requirements of all
military users of the NIS with a view to refining the
periodic report of priorities provided the NIS Committee
by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The initial phase of this
project consisted of a survey of the unified and specified
commands. A survey of other military users was in
process at the close of the fiscal year, and when com-
pleted will furnish the NIS Committee with guidance as
to military user requirements. If consistent with general
findings of previous surveys it can be expected that this
survey will re-emphasize requirement for effectively
maintained NIS.
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7. The chairman of the NIS Committee made an
extensive foreign trip during the year to directly evaluate
the nature and extent of field support and use of the NIS
by Foreign Service posts and principal military commands
in the Far East Middle East and Europe.
[:::::: In the conferences with the principal com-
mands in both the Pacific and in Europe the chairman was
joined by the Joint Staff Advisory Member of the NIS Com-
mittee. During the trip the chairman held discussions on
the NIS program with U. S. officials in some twenty countries,
with constructive results in terms of use of the NIS and the
NIS requirements of these prime users. The latter notably
emphasized the importance of more expedited Maintenance
of the broad topical spectrum of published NIS.
8. The NIS Committee continued, in addition to
working out selective scheduling, to search out all feasible
measures to adapt NIS format and substantive content for
optimum production with the reduced current level of NIS
effort. A more flexible format was instituted for Key
Persona 1 i t i e s units on the larger NIS areas, and a
Supplement for Section 64 (Manufacturing) for the more
industrialized non-bloc countries was developed in large
part to increase flexibility in Maintenance production and
publication. In consultation with GMAIC, considerable
attention was directed to provision for appropriate NIS
coverage in the field of guided missiles. An Emergency
Plan for the NIS program was approved and forwarded to
USIB.
9. In general, FY 1960 was characterized by diligent
and cooperative effort by all echelons, from NIS Committee
deliberations to desk-level research and supporting activities,
to maintain NIS production and qualitative standards at the
optimum permitted by the existing level of effort. This was
a gratifying continuation of the pattern characteristic of the
NIS program since its inception more than twelve years ago
as a long-range, basic component in the U. S. intelligence
effort.
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NIS COMMENDATIONS
On 12 July 1960, the NIS Committee approved the third annual list
of awards under the NIS Commendation program established by NIS
Memo No. 6 to recognize outstanding contributions to the NIS program.
The following recipients for 19 6 0 will receive suitable citations and
engraved certificates in the name of the Director of Central Intelligence
in appropriate ceremonies at their respective agency headquarters.
Department of Stat e
F. Herbert Capps
Lawrence Inness
Richard F. S. Starr
Department of the Army
Allen J. Dowd
Maxim M. Elias
Marvin Gast
John J. Herbeck
Joseph Lima
Department of the Navy
Charles It. Coleman
Russell E. Cummings
LCDR H. L. Garren
Douglas L. Gosnell
Chief, Scandinavian Section, REU
Illustrator, Division of Visual Services, OPR
Division NIS Coordinator, RME
Supervisory Highway Engineer, USA TIA
Geologist, Military Geology Branch,
US Geological Survey
Review Coordinator, Army Map Service
Chief Consultant, Western Division, OACSI
Supervisory Publications Editor, CCIA
Head, Marine Geography Section,
Oceanography Division
Coordinating Analyst, ONI
Head, Foreign Merchant Marine Section, ONI
Senior Analyst, Coast and Landing Beach
Section, ONI
Naval Intelligence Analyst, Maritime Branch, ONI
Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Officer, Nuclear Energy Division, OSI
NIS Coordinator, Economic Research Area, ORR
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NIS Production, Publication, and Dissemination
Fiscal Year 1960
NIS Production Record
1. The F Y 19 6 0 Schedule called for production of
478 sections. This schedule represented a decrease of 46
sections from the production goal of 524 sections in FY 1959.
2. The record of production achievement in FY 1960
grouped by major contributing agencies was as follows:
Sections
Scheduled
Sections
Delivered
Shortfall
or Excess
Percent
Fulfillment
State
183
155
- 28
85%
Agriculture
8
8
0
100
Interior
24
19
- 5
79
State (Total)
215
182
- 33
85%
Army
105
105
0
100
Navy
37
38
+ 1
103
Air Force
23
20
- 3
87
CIA
86
87
+ 1
101
Total:
466
432
- 34
93%
Annuals
12
12
0
100%
Grand Total:
478
444
- 34
93%
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3. The total of 444 sections delivered fulfilled approximately
90% of the JCS annual requirement and amounted to 93% completion
of scheduled commitments for FY 1960. While the percentage of
scheduled commitments was virtually the same as that of FY 1959,
the scheduling was lighter and production in FY 1960 was 46 sections
less than in FY 1959. Tab A illustrates the continuing major pro-
duction problem of contributing agency failure to adhere to estab-
lished monthly schedules with a resultant heavy concentration of
production in June. Department of the Army consistently met its
schedule throughout the year but the other agencies completed 19%
to as much as 43% of their scheduled programs in the final month
of the fiscal year.
4. Since July 1954, a total of 48 Chapters I (Brief) has been
produced, including one Maintenance Chapter I. The usefulness of
the Chapter I has been further extended by issuance of additional
NIS Annuals which provide limited Maintenance between compre-
hensive revisions of the Chapters I; as of the end of FY 1960 a
total of 26 Chapter I Annuals had been produced.
5. Production of 444 sections in FY 1960 brought the total
number of sections produced since the start of the NIS program to
5, 190, or the equivalent of nearly 84 complete National Intelligence
Surveys. Of the sections produced in FY 1960, 219 were revisions
of previously published sections. This brings to 941 sections the
total Maintenance production to date. The year-by-year production
of NIS, by agency, is shown in Tab B.
6. The progress of the NIS program since FY 1949 in terms
of the number of sections published, in preparation in the contributing
agencies, in final review, and at the printer, is shown in Tab C.
7. The NIS produced thus far represent 80% of initial world-
wide coverage of which the NIS on the highest priority areas is
complete and under active maintenance. The status of NIS coverage
by world areas is shown in Tab D, by individual areas in Tab F.
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Processing and Review
8. The following table shows the qualitative adequacy of the 462
NIS contributions processed by the Office of Basic Intelligence in FY 1960:
Qualitative Adequacy Ratings by Categories
Number of Sections Rated
Percentage in each Category
II
III
I
II
III
State
A
28
135
5
17%
80%
3%
griculture
I
2
5
2
22
56
22
nterior
0
17
7
0
71
29
State (total)
A
30
157
14
15
78
7%
rmy
N
15
95
0
14
86
0
avy
Ai
7
38
0
16
84
0
r Force
CI
2
18
0
10
90
0
A
34
51
1
40
59
Total:
88
359,
15
19%
78%
3%
The category adequacy ratings indicate that the quality of sections
reviewed in FY 1960 was generally comparable to that of the previous
year. Nineteen percent of the FY 1960 contributions received the
highest adequacy rating (Category I) compared to 23% in FY 1959;
over three-fourths of the contributions (78%) were Category II;
Category III contributions amounted to 3%, compared to 4% the
previous year, this ratio being weighted by the high percentage
of III ratings for Department of Interior contributions to the
Petroleum Supplement which has now been suspended.
** Category Adequacy:
I - NIS material which fully satisfied the fundamental requirements
of a well-prepared and well-coordinated basic intelligence study.
II - NIS material which with reasonable editorial support by CIA
satisfied NIS standards.
III - NIS material which did not satisfy minimum NIS standards
without major revision.
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9. A total of 441 sections was published during FY 1960.
As a result of continued concerted attention to this important
aspect of the NIS program, during FY 1960 the average printing-
plant time per section was further reduced by one month. The
printer backlog at the end of FY 1960 was normal and approxi-
mated that of the year before.
NIS Gazetteers
10. The Maintenance Gazetteers on East Germany, Bulgaria,
Egypt, and Turkey were published during FY 1960, and three other
Maintenance Gazetteers, on Ceylon, and Rumania,
were completed by the Office of Geography, Department of the
Interior, for final publication processing. A total of approximately
2, 470, 000 names is covered by the 121 Gazetteers which have been
produced to date; 18 of these are Maintenance revisions and the
entire NIS Gazetteer program is now on a Maintenance basis.
Tab E reflects the record of production of NIS Gazetteers since
1949.
NIS Base Maps
11. During the year 12 standard base maps (including
6 revisions) and 11 page- size base maps (including 4 revisions)
were completed by the Geographic Research Area, CIA. To date
NIS base maps have been completed on 124 NIS Areas. In addition,
the Geographic Research Area during FY 1960 compiled and con-
structed 266 final intelligence maps and charts for a wide range
of NIS-producing components.
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N I S Dissemination and Use
12. In FY 1960 there was further increase in requests for
standard and special dissemination of NIS coverage to U. S.
Government activities, a selective group of USIB agency con-
tractors, and international staff and friendly foreign intelligence
services. As in previous years, requests for additional dis-
semination of NIS have reflected demand for this on-hand basic
material arising from critical developments in Africa, Southeast
Asia, and elsewhere in the international scene.
13. Such requirements for supplemental dissemination
resulted during the year in withdrawal of 35, 000 NIS units from
the reserve stocks maintained for such contingencies in addition
to the printing requirements for 115, 000 units for established
dissemination. The extent of demand on reserve stocks was
such as to. require FY 1960 reprint runs of some 2, 000 copies
of 14 previously published NIS units. Regular printing runs
approximated 155, 000 copies of the 441 sections published
in FY 1960. This brought the total number of copies of NIS
units published since the program began to approximately
2, 150, 000.
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No. of Sections
160-
July
1959
THE NIS PROGRAM
CONTRIBUTOR PRODUCTION OF NIS
BY MONTH, F.Y. 1960
As of 30 June 1960
STATE (Includes contributions
from Departments of Defense,
Agriculture and Interior)
Jan
1960
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No. of
Virtual Sections
THE NIS PROGRAM
CONTRIBUTOR PRODUCTION OF NIS
BY YEAR
AS OF 30 JUNE 1960
500
r
Cumulative
9 131/2 20 1h 29 36 44 52'/z 601/3 69 77 84
production - 2 1h
(Equivalent NIS)
N
CIA
AIR FORCE
NAVY
ARMY
STATE (Includes contributions
from Departments of Defense,
Agriculture and Interior)
Requirement for
8 equivalent
NIS per year
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In process in the
contributing agencies
In process in OBI
In printing process
Published
Fiscal Year 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Adjusted for sections incorporated into other sections and for sections returned for extensive revision
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THE NIS PROGRAM
STATUS OF NIS PRODUCTION BY WORLD AREAS
As of 30 June 1960,
796 + 358 M Sections on 12 Areas
Western Europe: (17 NIS Areas)
1,104 + 235 M Sections on 17 Areas
Middle East: (15 NIS Areas)
696 -(- 149 M Sections on;15 Areas
F a:
For East: (20 NIS Areas)
653 + 103 M Sections on 20 Areas
Africa: (25 NIS Areas)
462 -1- 41. M Sections on 25-Areas
Western Hemisphere: (33 NIS Areas)
602 -I- 51 M Sections on
31 Areas,
Ocean Areas and Antarctica: (5 NIS Areas)
'100+ 6M Sections on 5 Areas
Percentage of
Coverage
NOTE: The above percentages represent fundamental coverage reflected
by the detailed research and production of Chapters 11 thru
IX and Supplements, and includes (NIS 108) International
Communism.
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Cumulative production
of Gazetteers 4 24 40
(Including 18 revisions)
THE NIS PROGRAM
PRODUCTION OF GAZETTEERS
AS OF JUNE 1960
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Following R/S note from Db
8/11/60:
" Mr. Amor\j:
I note that Central Africa low in
coverage. Don't you think first line coverage
of that area should be moved up to priority
above maintenance of old coverage."
/s/ cpc
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