INTELLIGENCE PUBLICATIONS
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RAN" FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller
SUBJECT : Intelligence Publications
1. At luncheon on 10 November you mentioned the problem of
controlling the Agency's intelligence publications. It occurred
to me that the treatment of this problem, as
has some bearing on the question and that youwe found it in ?, interesting. Might find it
2. In the course of the ORR surer
faced the difficult problem of meeting y we found that the office
while continuing its essential basic research on the C irstnts
Bloc. As the designated authority for the intelligence
in this field, ORR must maintain Bloc research on~aerelatinity
vely
current basis. We found that the new requirements constituted a
serious drain on analytical time and that Bloc research was
suffering. Much of ORR', Bloc research is for its own use and
in our opinion need not be published.
he here eipj..~l,
does not contribute directly to the requirements of of t while
ants. We found from interviewing reipi-
editors, that a analysts.. branch chiefs.. and
editorial pceea for deal of analytical. time was consumed by the
end valuaron were r publication, after the research, analysis,
Lion of the completed. We felt that a Judicious reduc-
time for otherPubactivitieslication wculd salvage valuable analyst
3? The attachments are limited to so much of the issue as
related to the volume of OAR publications.
from the IG Survey Report of 15 June 1964. Tab Tab B is is the Opted
e pal
answer to this portion of the report,
comment. and Tab C is our final,
J. S. Berman
Inspector General
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Tab B - Excerpt
from IG Survey Rpt., dtd. 15 June 1964
Tab C M IG's Final CoMmentveMnemed Excerpt
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VIII
PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM AND PRACTICES
1. ORR's active intelligence production program takes a
variety of forms in its publications. It issues memoranda, intelli-
gence briefs and papers, and a number of different printed publica-
tions that are distributed to the intelligence community in general
and to officials involved in formulation of foreign policies and
programs. In 1963 it produced over 1,900 such reports, an increase
of some 200 over the previous year.
2. During the course of the inspection our attention was
attracted to the very substantial amount of additional time of the
analysts required in the editorial process to prepare the results
of research for publication. While this was by no means constant
from analysts to analysts it nevertheless represents a significant
factor in the use of personnel and allocation of time. This con-
sideration led us to inspect more closely the general character of
the publication program.
3. Traditionally ORR has engaged in a broad research program
the results of which are primarily in support of its own basic
capability. For example, recent studies on the Soviet timber and
asbestos industries serve more to provide ORR with essential back-
ground information about specific subjects in the Soviet economy
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than they are of direct use or support to other members of the
intelligence community. We believe that the publication of such
reports has only marginal value so far as the requirements of
the intelligence community in general are concerned. This is in
no sense to be interpreted to mean that the research should not
have been done but, rather, that its publication and general
dissemination were not essential to the fulfillment of ORR's
mission. We have already noted that one of ORR's great strengths
has been its ability to develop and maintain a storehouse of
assembled and analyzed information as a basis for meeting the
requirements it receives. This research, as distinguished from
its publication, serves that purpose. In many instances it is
sufficient, in meeting this objective, that the results of much
of this research be prepared as internal working papers for
incorporation in the office's reference files. The savings of
analyst time presently consumed by the editorial process in many
instances could be applied to a further strengthening of the basic
research effort.
4. In addition to the factor of ORR analytical time required
in the publication process, we talked with representatives of
Printing Services Division (PSD), Office of Logistics, about the
effect of the ORR publications program on its activities. PSD
is operating under, strict limitations of overtime and personnel.
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