NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 179

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000400030021-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 1998
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: October 5, 1954
• Content Type: MIN

Approved For Release 2000/04 : CIA-RDP78-05597A0004000300a211-7
NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 179
5 October 1954
Mo cKR E~4 CL1$S,
ED ~D~GIf a;_.:y
CLASS F1s $S S
1. The following were present: NUT ,_
0
AUT9H- hey 3 -2
Mr. Clinton State DA NO]C-s - 0
Mr. Kain State
Colonel Picknel.1 Army
Lieut. Madden Navy
25 A.9ftrickland Air Force
CIA (Chairmn)
CIA (Vice Chairman)
2, SEC Forecast
Copies of a proposed reply to the Chairman, SEC, prepared by the
Chairman, NIS Committee against the background of discussions held at
NIS Committee Meetings No. 177 and 178 were distributed to the members.
The memorandum was approved with the inclusion of maintenance
as well as production requirements for Chapter VII and Section 17. The
Chairman said he would discuss the NIS requirements for scientific
intelligence with the Chairman, SEC to make certain there was full under-
standing of this matter.
3. Treatment for NIS 39
In accordance with agreement reached at the last meetirog, the State
member had prepared and distributed to all members copies of a State proposal
dated 27 September 1954 for separate treatment of Chapters IV, V, and VI on
_NIS 39 (China) in three groupings= Communist China; Nationalist China;
Hong Kong and Macao.
The necessity for separate treatment of Communist and Nationalist
China for. Chapter VI stems from the fact that CIA has been allocated production
responsibility for Communist China, while State retains responsibility for
Nationalist China, Hong Kong and Ma ao. The further separation of Hong Kong
and Macao is desirable since their treatment would be quite different from that
of Nationalist China.
State's proposal also considered the maintenance problem and held
that a similar treatment to that proposed for Chapter VI would be best suited
for maintenance of Chapters IV and V.
Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA- ;[ F - %"000400030021-7
 Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78-05597A000400030021-7
The Committee discussed the proposal at some length and reached
agreement in principle on State's proposal. It was felt, however, that
the differences in complexity of the situations in the three areas should
be reflected in the treatment given them; in consequence, that only
Communist China required complete section by section maintenance.
It was therefore suggested that:
a, Maintenance Sections on Communist China be done
separately as required;
b. Maintenance on Nationalist China be done in
consolidated chapters;
e. Hong Kong and Macao be treated together as annexes
to Chapters IT, V, and VI.
The State member said he would refer the suggestion to his agency
and report State's views at the next meeting,
4. Revision of Contributor Statements for Chaaer,II
By memorandum under date of 1 October 19 h, subject: "Recommended
Revisions of Contributor Statements; NIS Chapter II", the Chapter II
Coordinator recommended that the revised statements below be substituted for
the statements contained in the approved list:
"a. Section 20 -- This Section was prepared for the NIS
under the general supervision of the AC of 5, 0-2, Department
of the Army, by the Office of the Chief of Engineers. Material
on weather, climate, and air approaches was prepared by the
Department of the Air Force, Air Weather Service; material on
coasts and landing beaches and sea approaches by the Department
of the Navy, Office of Naval. Intelligence and the rdrographic
Office.
"b. Section 21 -- This Section was Prepared for the NIS
under the general supervision of the AC of S, 0.2, Department
of the Army, by the Office of the Chief of Engineers. Material
on weather and climate was prepared by the Department of the
Air Force, Air Weather Service; material on coasts and landing
beaches by the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence."
The Air Force member will check and advise the Chairman of his agency's views.
The other members approved the revisions. subsequently, the Air Force
approved the revisions]
-2-
Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78-05597A000400030021-7
 Approved For Release 2000/0 /04: CIA-RDP78-05597A0004000300~211-7
The Chairman requested that when a change of contributor occurs
t h4 ?oor'd ina tar include this information In the letter of transmittal
so that it may be inserted in the new contributors' statement.
5o Section 45
The Chairman reviewed the developments of Committee action (refer
to NIS Committee Meetings No. 169 through 173) since the receipt of
memorandum from the Assistant Chief of Staff, 0-2 to the DCI of 5 April
1954 recommending the reallocation of responsibility for Section 45 (Health
and Sanitation). In accordance with the recommendation of the subcommittee
appointed to examine this question, the Office of scientific intelligence,
CIA had studied the requirements for assuming this responsibility and had
determined that it would require the development of an entirely new capability.
The matter was reviewed by CIA and decision set forth in a memorandum from
the Director of Central Intelligence to the Assistant Chief of Staff, 0-2,
dated 1 October 1954, subject: "National Intelligence Surveys", as follows:
"1. By reference memorandum you recommend that the Department
of the Army (Office of the Surgeon General) be relieved of the
production responsibility for NIS Section 45 - Health and Sanitation.
The Department of the Army has had this responsibility since the
beginning of the NIS Program, but you indicate that this responsi-
bility seriously impairs the capability of the Surgeon General to-
produce intelligence more useful to military medicine, You further
state that the Central Intelligence Agency is now believed to be
the appropriate agency to prepare Section 45.
"2, PursuE to your recommendation, the NIS Committee
examined this matter and concluded that, were the Department of
the Army to be relieved of this responsibility, the Office of
Scientific Intelligence, CIA, would be the best, qualified of the
remaining intelligence agencies to,undertaake the production
responsibility for Section 45,
"3. However, the Office of Scientific Intelligence is concerned
only with fundamental research in the basic sciences. The assump-
tion of the production responsibility for Section 45 would, there-
fore, require the development of an entirely new capability by this
Agency.
"4, While certain aspects of Section 45 may well extend beyond
the immediate field and interests of military medicine, they would
appear to have a bearing on military planning and on such activities
as Military Government. It would thus seem that this broader require-
ment is appropriately vested in the Defense Department where the
military aspects can be given fundamental emphasis.
~AltIJ
Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RQPM-05597A000400030021-7
 Approved For Release 2000/0$/04: CIA-RDP78-05597A0004000300 7
"5.? I have therefore concluded that the production responsi-
bility for Section 45 should not be assumed try this Agency, I
appreciate the difficulties faced by all of the intelligence
agencies in carrying out their assigned missions, yet the importance
of the NIS Program to the national security is such as to require
the continual fulfillment of production responsibilities appropriate
to those missions.
/s/ Allen W. Dulles
/t/ ALLEN W. DULLJZ
Director"
6. Rescheduling of Army Sections
The Chairman noted that in the last NIS progress report Army
indicated a rescheduling of 6 sections from FY 1955, schedule to FY 195,6
schedule, Since this will require NIS Committee approval, the Army member
was requested to present the matter as a formal proposal. The Army member
said he ;Alook into the situation as he was unfamiliar with the details.
7.
25X6A The A 'member requested the following information respecting
a. What will be the uniform treatment of material marked
"Restricted",
What will uniform handling of controls with
regard to
The Chairman advised that:
a, The general policies on the subject require that "Restricted"
material of a foreign government be held at the lowest
25X1X7 classification of our Goverment, which is "Confidential".
The Committee agreed that "Restricted" elements of
should be classified "Confidentia$6;1 d that if a controlstatement was
necessary, it should probably be, Before
the Committee takes formal action, the matter should be referred
for their views. The Chairman will take the necessary action.
Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA=R,787-V5597A000400030021-7
 Approved For Release 200./0$/04: CIA-RDP78-05597A0004000300 7
8. NIS Production
The Chairman reviewed status of NIS production for the first
quarter of FT 1955 and reported the following:
Sections
Scheduled
Sections
Delivered
Percent
Complete
State
27
16
59 %
Army
58
39
67
Navy
13
11
85
Air Force
6
1
17
CIA-D/act
10
10
100
CIA-F1
8
4
50
CIA-OSI
1
4
400
CIA-ORR
0
CIA?-D/B
2
2
100
Total
125
87
70%
While the average fulfillment of schedule by all agencies is 70%, which is
approximately the same as the production status at this time in the past
several years, several of the agencies are well 'below average and should
bend every effort to correct their deficiencies. The members were requested
to examine the production situations in their respective agencies and report
their findings at the next meeting.
9. NIS Scheduling for Tidonesia
The Chairman said that because of the possibilities of Indonesia
becoming a critical area, the Committee should re-examine the production
schedules on that area to see what could be done to augment them. He noted
the present status of NIS, as follows:
STATUS OF NI3 100 INDONESIA
Sections Sections in
Published -Process in R/B
Chapter III Chapter II
See. 36 Sac. 22 Pt I
22 Pt VI
23
Supplement V
No, of
Secs. 1
Sections Scheduled
Fri 55 F7 6
Chapter II
221I-ITN
22III-JUN
221V- JAN
22V-JUN
25 -MAT
Chapter! III
35-JUN
Supplement I
Oct 1954
Unscheduled
Outstanding Sections
Chapter II
20
21
24
Chapter III
Chaiter III
31-AUG
32-FEB
33-SEP
37-SEP
38-MAT
Chapter VIII
80-NOV
81-WT
83-MAR
Chapter IX-DEC
30
Chapter IV., V, VI
Ehtire
Chapter VIII
AZ-
28
Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78Ff05597A000400030021-7
 Approved For Release 200Q/0$/04: CIA-RDP78-05597A000400030021-7
10, Production Planning Schedules
The Chairman reminded the members tea t the production planning
schedules are due in on 12'October 19511 (see NIS Committee Meeting Noe
177). He asked that copies be sent to each of the other members when
the schedules are forwarded to D/B so that each member will have an
opportunity to study the broad, long range picture. The schedules will
be consolidated in D/B for the next meeting of the HIS Committee.
11. The next meeting of the NIS Committee will be held at 1000 hours
on Tuesday, 19 October 1954.
Distributions
4 - NIS Committee
1 - Se , JIG
1 - SA[PC/DCI
1 - DD/I
1-AX/RR
1 s. AD/SI
1-?Ch/C
3 - Ch/0
7 - D/B
Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78?05597A000400030021-7