FORMAT FOR PUBLICATIONS OF THE DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00951R000400040015-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 5, 1964
• Content Type: REGULATION

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DD/I NOTICE DD/I N 5-100-6
No. 5-100-6 5 August 1964 mat .
FORMAT FOR PUBLICATIONS OF THE
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
1. Effective 1 October, the cover and editorial format of
DDI publications (other than national and interdepartmental intelli-
gence publications, periodicals, and bibliographic materials),
will be modified and standardized pursuant to the guidelines set
forth below.
2. There shall be six categories of publications:
a. INTELLIGENCE BRIEF - An informational piece designed
to "brief" the reader on a quick, current basis, usually in-
volving analysis, but often restricted to the collation of
facts on and an evaluation of a specific situation or problem.
b. INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM - A timely and interpretative
statement relating to some current policy problem or intelli-
gence question, which may therefore include estimates, analysis,
speculation, and observation as well as factual summaries,
coordinated as required by the subject matter and as appro-
priate to the recipient.
c. INTELLIGENCE REPORT - The result of considerable
research and analysis, which has been coordinated with appro-
priate components and offices, designed to inform a wide
audience on a significant topic.
d. INTELLIGENCE STUDY - A research paper in depth on
an important intelligence question of general strategic or
political character, frequently involving extensive recon-
struction of the pertinent past. A distinguishing characteristic
of the study is its identification with the producing analyst
(i.e., the Agency is not committed to or by its findings any
more than it would be committed to or by findings of a scholar
doing research under contract).
e. INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AID - A technical paper in
support of a research program or on a narrow aspect of some
intelligence question, published primarily to communicate
with other analysts working in the same or a related field, or
to communicate selected information of value as operational
support.
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f. INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION HANDBOOK - A compendium of
information designed to bring together a store of factual
information, often on a discreet subject or area, such as
a country, prepared for ready reference.
3. There shall be one basic cover color used for all such
Directorate publications: royal blue.
4. Additional use of color on the cover shall be to facili-
tate the identification and control of various security classifi-
cations and project indicators.
5. Each series will have its own simple but distinctive
format, which shall include the Agency seal, the series designa-
tion (e.g. Intelligence Report), and the by-lines of the DDI and
the producing office. The title of the publication as well as
bibliographic controls (series numbers, dates, etc.) will be
over-printed on pre-printed stock when used in the interest of
economy.
6. Bibliographic and distribution controls will remain
vested in the producing components.
7. As a general principle, covers described above will be
used for publications to be distributed outside CIA; these covers
will not be used for publications intended solely for internal
distribution.
8. The implementation of this policy, including the develop-
ment of standards of format and lay-out and making recommendations
thereon for adoption, will be the responsibility of an inter-office
publications working group on which ORR (chair), OCI and ONE will
be represented.
Deputy Director (Intelligence)
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