PRINTING AND DISSEMINATION OF FBIS PUBLICATIONS

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• Publication Date: December 1, 1967
• Content Type: MEMO

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ROUTING AND RECORD S EET
SUBJECT: (Optional)
Printing and Dissemination of FBIS Publications
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Logistics
SUBJECT : Printing and Dissemination of FBIS Publications
1. At a meeting'on-6,NeveMber 1967 with the Assistant Deputy
Director for Intelligence and officials of the Office of BaSic and
GeographiC' Intelligence and Central Reference Service for the purpose
of discussing the prOblems of production of certain DDI publications
it was decided that the Foreign Broadcast Information Service would
develop specific information as to the increases required in their
publications. This information tcxbe.furnished to Printing Service's.
Division for a determination as to what will be required to handle
the increased requirements. This information was developed and sUb-
mitted to the ADDI in a memorandum dated 8 November 1967. A copy Of
this memorandum was submitted to PSD on 13 November 1967 and'is
attached.
2. A review of the FBIS requirements indicates (a) an. increase
in the total pages to be produced, (b) a shifting and realignment of
books published on the day and/or the night shift, and (c) a need for
increased speed in the printing and dissemination of the Supplements
and the PAD Trends and Surveys. As was pointed out in the meeting on
6 November 1967, these increased requirements greatly exceed the pro-
ductive capacity of the PSD force assigned to this work.
3. Present FBIS requirements are the printing and dissemination
of six daily books and periodic Supplements by the PSD night shift of
eight personnel. Concurrently there are produced... four.FPD dailies and
two semiweeklies and other incidental monthly publications on the PSD
day shift. At the present time the amount of material produced by PSD
averages 106 signatures of .24-pages each ().i.24) on the night shift and
approximately 145 pages (printed in single sheets) daily on the day
shift. By mutual agreement FBIS and PSD have regulated the number of
pages to be produced in the daily :publications in an attempt to stay
within the productive capability of the night forCe producing.this work.
When FBIS is required topublish additional books or supplements it
usually is done by sacrificing material that normally would have gone
into the dailies in order to stay Within the established limitations.
FBIS has reluctantly accepted these agreements. In March1967,the agree-
ment of 340 pages per day was increased by 35 by-directionof the DDS
and more recently an additional 10 pages were included in an enlarged
Latin America daily. It will be noted that these limitations are fre-
quently exceeded, usually requiring overtime. The number of pages
printed heretofore On the day shift has averaged 145. *
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SUBJECT: Printing and Dissemination of FBIS Publications
4. Due to the reorganization combining the Foreign Documents
Division and the Foreign Broadcast Information Service lemiabowftatma
RatiaftidAdeftlet, the FED publications printed on the day shift are to
be discontinued and their substantive content included in the present
FBIS daily publications as soon as the PSD night shift can handle this
additional workload. This additional Aerial and the requested increase
in FBIS pages will exceed the page capacity of the binding machine and
the increased workload will exceed the capability of the eight persons
on the night shift. As a solution FBIS is agreeable to staying within
the 96-page limitation of the binding machine by splitting books, thus
increasing the number of books to be produced, and PSD will realign
production schedules between the day shift and the night shift and
"request the additional personnel required to handle the additional work-
load.
a. The following shows the shifts on which the publications
are noW printed:
Night Shift Day Shift (Former FPD Publications)
White Foreign Press Digest Far East
Latin America Foreign Press Digest EE
Asia & Pacific Foreign Press Digest Soviet Union
Communist China Foreign Press Digest Latin America
USSR & EE Semiweeklies:
ME/AWE Foreign,Press Digest Near East
Supplements Foreign Press Digest Africa
b. In order to increase production time, particularly on the
binding machine, PSD propose 6 to print the White Book and all
supplements on a special day shift established for this purpose.
The work would be printed as follows:
Night Shift Day Shift
Latin America White
Asia & Pacific Communist China White
Communist China Supplements (one-day service)
USSR
East Europe
ME/A&WE
c. As PSD interprets FBIS requirements, the workload in terms
of number of pages is as follows:
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SUBJECT: Printing and Dissemination of FBIS Publications
Present Requirements (Production)
Average number of pages of FBIS daily publications (night shift):
Dailies: 106 signatures 4 pag6s each 424
Supplements: 10 per month @ 65 pages each 35
Total- 459
Average number of pages of FPD publications produced daily (day shift):
Dailies and Semiweeklies
Total - 145
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Total number of pages 604
Proposed Requirements (Production)
Night Shift
FBIS Dailies
Increase due to including FPD
material in FBIS publications
Total - 569
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Day Shift
White 96
Communist China White 65
Supplements 35
Total - 196
Total number of pages 765
It should be noted that under the proposed publication
requirements, no book is limited in size ate to mechanical capa-
bility except the White Book It is axiomatic that the books will
increase in size if at all possible Nor does the increased number
of pages reflect the total work impact on the Printing Services
Division. Ancillary tasks such as maintaining additional address
lista, graphotype and addressograph operations, preparation of
mailing envelopes, and envelope stuffing and packaging operations
are all increased.
? 5. Although the increased requirements are substantial, sufficient
equipment is available for the additional workload. Four additional press
operators, however, will be required for the night shift and three press
operators and one Information Control Clerk Will be needed for the day shift.
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6. In order for the printing Services Division to handle the
increased FBIS requirements eightvadditional slots will be needed and
immediate recruitment will be necessary. Meanwhile FBIS's objective
of publishing more USSR and EE material can be accomplished by creating
two books in place of one and doing the additional work on overtime on
a regular daily basis until the additional personnel is available.
7. Immediate study will be made of the problems of plate delivery,
paper, and the possibility of GPO production of Broadcast Stations of the
World by the Linotron.
8. As an alternative to meeting the complete requirements of FBIS
immediately, a progressively phased approach might be suggested.
a. Four additional slots would be required to meet the minimum,'
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or first phase, requirements of FBIS. The proposal is:
Night Shift
Six FBIS Dailies - 496 pages
Day Shift
White - 80 pages
?b. The second phase for FBIS requirements would be to increase
the total page allocation to a full 96 pages for each of the six
dailies on any day. This would be an increase of approximately. 85
pages per day. One additional.slot would be required to accomplish
this requirement.
c. The third phase requirement would be to provide one day
service for supplements on the day shift using regular side stitching
format. This would necessitate an additional slot.
? d. The fourth phase requirement would be to print a Communist
China "White' Book on the day -shift. This would be an increase of
approximately 65 pages daily of.about'150200 copies each. This
requirement plus assuring .a maximum number of pages in the regular
White daily.report would be atcomplished with an increase of two
additional slots. ?
If the phased approach is deemed more appropriate it should be
in sequence as stated above which is according to priorities of FBIS.
9. It is suggested that this be discusSed with the ADD I and if
satisfactory with him, a request be made to the DDS' for the additional
personnel ceiling: and. overtime authorization mentioned in paragraphs
5, 6, and 8 above.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT: PSD Support
l. Pursuant to your instructions, we have defined in
specific terms the scope of the printing problems -we face,
and we have suggested solutions and alternatives where
possible. These are indicated in the attachment. Wo are
now discussing these points with PSD to determine which
solutions are feasible, what alternatives PSD might propose,
? and the cost the various courses entail. Yie are giving this
-matter very high priority, since progress toward completing
the integration of FDD and FBIS is affected by _some of these
printing decisions. ?
2. When our talks are completed, a range of alternatives
and our recommendations should be available for youto consider.
3. We strongly support your view that henceforth budgetary
provision for the printing and distribution of FBIS reports
should be a part efr-the-monitoring program, so that When FBIS
collection or dissemination increase, corresponding resources
for publication will be provided. At present,.with separate ?
budget4g,?,thereis?obvieusly inadequate Correlation between'
' the collecting and 'printing effort.
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ROGER G. SEELY
Director
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
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I. SERVICE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE 'GOKkRINITY
FBIS Solution,:
Consolidate 10 ms daily
reports and 2 semi.
weekly reports.
Eliminate four dailies and :2 semi
week lies0 Incorporate material ?
into FBIS Daily Reports..
Approximately 145 pages of materiel
daily would be shifted from the day print.
-ing operation to the night time operation.,
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IBIS can time the. consolidation of all
reports so it occurs simultaneously,
enabling PSD to move a bloc of manpower
_to the evening shift; or consecutively0 ,
permitting a phased PSDkapproacho which.
ever PSD prefers ?
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The stitching machine
can only handle 96 pageso
artificially restrict.
ing content of some *
reports.
This should be done immediately. -1Ve
have more Soviet and East European
material than one book can accommodate,..
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Lift the present 370-page
limit on nightshift volume
(within reason) to enable
FBIS to be more respon.L -
sive to events,.:
Print White Book during the
daytime o and not count it against
the present combined (370 145
pages) total. *.
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is in effect will give-FBIS a reserve
capacity of 70.90 pages whbn events ?
saty0 a party congress? a Middle East:,
crisiso and a cultural revolution
provide a .surfeit of useful material,'
Provide one-day printing
service for Supplements.
Avoid the present early
deadline for one Daily
Report.
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PIUS will arrange for these to
arrive in PSD early in the morning
for dayshift processing and distri.
bution in same afternoon.
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insure
all xaterial at 1,510
arrival ot material at PSD by 1600.
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This will also reduce demands on the PSDI
nightshift. For example? we printed 10 '
supplements in the past month..
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Will enable FBIS to get more current
material in the one Daily Report which at
early deadline now precludes.
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Problem
Improve the readability
of FBIS Daily Reports.
FBIS Solution
Conversion to more substantial and
opaque. paper stock which would run:
more efficiently through the presses
and collator and result in higher-, .
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quality and better readability?.
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Create a separate set of masters
for the White Reportsi possibly:
using the ITEK system:?
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Provide same-day .
service for PAD Trends'
and Surveys:
Reports should be given priority
in PSD at request of DDI.
This is vital if the value of. these :
repOrts is-not to be seriously.under..
minded. Such service used to be
standards
Overcome inordinate delay
in printing Broadcasting.
Stations of the World.?
Explore possibility of CPO using
Linotron process to print the
report..
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II. SERVICE FOR THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY_
To make more FBIS
material available to
the academic world.
Print 150 more Communist China :
Daily Reports, under white coversa
with a few mats containing 000
material being deleted. A simple
method will be worked out by
FBIS and PSP. These 150 extra
copies could be run off on
dayshift to avoid strain on nightshift.?
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Problem
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PBIS Solution
Insure that normal White nook contains
full 96 pages of worthwhile material
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Often less than a full book is -
published because the total book ii: ?
Included in our total page allotment, an
we prefer to give the space to our.
colored books:
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