PRINCETON CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING NIE'S

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2018
• Case Number: F-2013-02252
• Publication Date: June 4, 1957

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Princeton Consul F..7.cornmendationa
Concerning NIEts
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comments:
rd and we have the following
1. Mr. Armstrong es should
In the way of exploringsite native poasthilitiss
.od one We have ftsquently done this In the past
Sod something along this line In the redraft of
Tugo.lev paper sent to you on 28 May. We will continue,
sk lot occasions when this approach can usefully be
2. h *sem*
ld try to tub
e for the pre*
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ti mate. for axe
vs summary of
co
vex', there are eases whoa* such
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a aummary could be done and woid be useful.
to give you a ample in the near
3. The suggestion that such a summary shoul
ceordisate4,, but rather /*rued as DCI document,
to us ty dangerous We believe that the agencies
mast likely poste would be the preparation of their own
uncoordinated summaries which they would put before their
consumers.own moat important U this happened there
would be little sense Lu coordinating the body of the paper.
4. We agree that is desirable to try for shorter
estimOtes aimed at particular points of interes dust
than s.ring as detailed country studies. We also agree
be
that particular estimates aid often gain in persuasiveness
wore we to Include more data to document our conclusions.
To meet these two elicit IticoesieteM goals, we have recestly
written several quit. short papers, backed up with appendices
providing corr borative detail. NL 63. 2-57; Visa; Y/LOSPECTS
TON, NOSTII VUTNAM, and ME 4Z.56: JAPAN's iNTZR
NATIONAL ORIENTATION 701 ThE NEXT FIVE TZARS.
We would like to continue this
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not betters thatdliieMa ihouW be incorporated
tnto the toad of ME's. We do believe tkat dissents shouid
be clearly expressed to point tip as sharply as possible criti-
cal differences of vi To this end we would like your
authority to play more tive pert In ping to put into pre
cis* words any spr.ioed disagree of the contributing
tr. We de
apped by lack of
mauve issues. We
as soon u possible when any su tan
7 We have in the past rapastedly
.tos the importance that US policies
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of your
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consult you
. We have1 however. deliberately re-
Irnates on assumed new Initiatives
cases where these aemunptions were
approved by the PISC PtnanIn Beard or same
In our opinion this le the proper procedu
teit reluctant to postdate US policy on our
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Assistant Director
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