NIE SURVEY OF DISSEMINATION AND USE

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CONTENTS
IAC-D-93
IAC-D-93/I
IAC-D-93/2
Memo for the IAC
Subject: The Current Situation in Hungary
(16 Dec 54)
Vietminh Violations of the Geneva Agreements
through 31 December 1954 (17 Jan 55)
Vietminh Violations of the Geneva Agreements
through 31 December 31 1954 (19 Jan 55)
Vietminh Violations of the Geneva Agreements
through 31 December 1954 (31 Jan 55)
IAC-D-94 Proposal for a Survey of NIS Use 915 Feb 55)
IAC-D-94/1 Survey of Dissemination and Use (10 July 1956)
STATE, ARMY, USAF reviews completed
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IAC-D-95 Documentation and Processing of Intelligence
Information (3 May 1955)
IAC-D-95/1 Status Report to the IAC on Information
Processing (27 Sep 1955)
IAC-D-95/2 First Annual Report of the IAC Ad Hoc Sub-
committee on Information Processing (11 June 1956)
IAC-D-95/3 Second Annual Report of IAC Ad Hoc Subcommittee
on Information Processing (11 June 1957)
IAC-D-95/3. 1 State Department Administrative Circular
No. 122 (27 June 1957) (Limited Distribution)
IAC-D-95/4 Interagency Arrangements for Reproduction of
Intelligence Information (10 Sept 1957)
IAC-D-95/5 Policy Statement on Reproduction of Intelligence
Originated in Another IAC Agency (26 Sept 1957)
IAC-D-95/6 Policy on Reproduction of Intelligence
(23 Oct 1957)
IAC-D-95/7 Third Annual Report of IAC Ad Hoc Subcommittee
on Information Processing (25 Mar 1958)
IAC-D-95/7.1 Third Annual Report of IAC Ad Hoc Subcommittee
on Information Processing (31 Mar 1958)
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Memorandum for the Intelligence Advisory Committee
Subject: NIE Survey of Dissemination and Use
The attached revised page 33 of the Survey of NIE Dissemination k
.D-94fI 10 July 1956) supersedes the corresponding
and Use (IAC
page in the text now in your possession.
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IAC-D-94/ 1
Draft
8 June 1956
DRAFT
SURVEY OF NIE DISSEMINATION AND USE
Prepared by the
Board of National Estimates
Central Intelligence Agency
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IAC-D-94/ 1
Draft
8 June 1956
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
Survey of NIE Use
1. Attached is a draft of the Survey of NIE Use prepared by the
Board of National Estimates pursuant to IAC-D-94 and item 4,
IAC-M- 186.
2. The draft Survey has been prepared in cooperation with the
IAC agencies and is based in large part on information provided by them.
The Board is circulating a draft prior to submitting its Survey to the
IAC to ascertain whether, in the opinion of the contributors, the present
draft is factually accurate.
3. The Board would appreciate meeting with your representatives
to discuss your comments. The meeting has been scheduled for 1000,
Friday, 22 June, in Room 115, Administration Building.
Secretary
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IAC-D-941
Draft
8 June 1956
This Survey of NIE Disseminatior.l1 and Use was initially suggested
by the Board of National Estimates, which believed that in the light
of four years' experience with the production of National Intelligence
Estimates, it was worthwhile to conduct an informal survey of the use
which the various consumers made of NIE's. The Director of Central
Intelligence proposed that the Board undertake such a survey and
report its findings to the IAC (IAC-D-94). The IAC concurred in this
procedure on 1 March 1955 (IAC-M-186, 1 March 1955).
The survey was conducted by the Board of National Estimates in
cooperation with the IAC agencies, in two stages. The first stage
was a written questionnaire to all offices and agencies receiving
NIE's which was designed to reveal the extent to which these estimates
received further dissemination within each agency. The results are
summarized in Part I. (See Tab A for a list of those participating.)
The second stage was a series of interviews with a representative
sample of final consumers ?/to ascertain what use they actually made
Dissemination is used herein to neon the delivery of the printed
NIE, i.e., direct dissemination.
"Final Consumer" and "end users" are used to meant senior or
responsible officer at the receiving agency who can use national
intelligence in the discharge of his duties. These terms do not
include those officers mainly concerned with the initial receipt,
transmission, storage, or recall of NIE's by the receiving agency.
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on NIE's. Members and representatives of the board of National Estimates
interviewed more than 75 representatives end users in all receiving
departments, offices, and agencies except the Department of the Navy,
and the De, artrrent of Defense. (See Tab B for list of those interviewed.)
ONI and the Joint Intelligence Group preferred that sample inquiries or
interviews addressed to those consumers to whom they disseminated NIEts
be conducted by them. (See Tab C for st list of offices contacted.) because
of differing methods and this division of responsibility for the second
stage, the results did not prove wholly comparable. In addition to the
interviews in Washington, letter inquiries were sent by the appropriate
IAC agencies to representative consumers outside of Washington. (See Tab
D for list of those contacted by letter.) The results of the second
stage of the su"ey are summarized in Parts II and III.
The following limitations on the survey should be borne in mind:
as The survey was not designed to obtain opinions regarding
the adequacy of NIE content or judgments on possible changes to
make NIE more useful.
b. The number of valid over-all generalizations that can be
made are limited by the variations in the survey coverage of
the agencies and departments, the different types of NIEts,
and the uses to which they are put.
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The primary goal of the survey was the limited one of establishing the
distribution pattern of NIE's and of shedding light on the kinds of uses
to which they are put.
The cut-cff date for information on which this report is based is
20 Alril 1956.
1. An average of 249 NIE's* are distributed on a regular basis
to the White House, the National Security Council, the 0terations
Coordination Board, and the major departments and agencies with national
security res:onsibilities. Many of these are further distributed to
major commands and missions outside Washington, both overseas and in the
US. Selected NIE's go to the US Information Agency, the Federal Civil
Defense Agency, the Department of Commerce, and selected
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2. In most of these agencies, nearly all NIE's are distributed to
offices with over-all responsibilities in the national security
field, and selected NIE's are disseminated to lower echelons with
narrower responsibilities on a need-to-know bases. NIE's also
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receive substantial indirect dissemination in most agencies through
being incorporated, attributed or unattributed, in staff briefings
memoranda, or in materials assembled for work on specific problems.
3. Top level executives (the President and Department or
Agency heads) see only the relatively few NIE's which are selected
for them by their screening officers, and then they usually read only
the conclusions, briefs, or selected portions. The exceptions
are most likely to be those NIE's dealing with crisis situations
requiring urgent and high level policy decisions.
4. However, NIE's are extensively read by second and third
echelon officials in the White House staff and in the NSC and CCD
staffs, which require coordinated national intelligence in dealing with
national security problems which transcend the interests of a single
agency or department.
5. NIE's are also used in major departments and agencies by
various staffs responsible for national security planning and
execution. The extent of use tends to vary according to the applica-
bility and timeliness of a given NIE to the problem at hand, the
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user's access to alternative or complementary sources of intelligence,
and the degree to which the users are concerned with problems transcending
the interests of their respective departments or agencies.
C. However, aside from possible indirect dissemination, it
appears that some P?IE's do not reach all of the departmental policy
=r planuir. levels or other key officials who night find them useful.
Same of those interviewed indicated that they had not seen particular
NIE's which appeared pertinent to their responsibilities. In some
instances, this appeared to result from the failure of those in their
irediate offices t pass the NIE's on to their chiefs; in others,
the criteria for distribution appeared to be overly restrictive.
7. %it hou`1i a number nnf NIE's are used in workicG on specific
planninZ and policy problems, they are more generally used for back-
aroui". purposes. In addition, the distrihutior. of the collective
judL:.,erts of the irtellir-e*_,ce co=unity at nearly all levels of the
,~; overnnen,t performs a function that is important, taou~;h quantitatively
difficult to :.:ensure, in facilitating both the formulation and execution
of national security policy.
8. The majority If NIE users interviewed indicated that the format
and problem cooeraie of NIE's are generally adequate for their purposes,
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though many expressed dissatisfaction with certain aspects of some NIE's.
The survey obtained such expressions of opinion only as a by-product,
and there is not sufficient evidence to serve as a basis for recommending
changes.
9. Some of the limitations on NIE use mentioned in the survey
n. Some NIE's are too long to permit their being read in
full by top level executives, and even by some interested executives
in the support echelons.
b. On the other hand, the generality of some NIE's limits
their usefulness, especially to lower echelons responsible for
detailel: foreign policy planning and execution.
c. Some NIE's are not relevant or timely enough for use in
working on specific policy problems.
d. Some officials feel that if NIE's placed more emphasis
on the consequences of US courses of action they would be of more
use in weighing the advantages or disadvantages of various
alternative courses open to the US.
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PART I
IL11 .I'?L~'PIO:: 0.' L I:'r ".LIB 1;. STII;~TES
1. Initial Dissemination. CIA undertakes the printing and
initial dissemination of National Intelligence Estimates (NIE's)
once they have been approved by the IkC. NornaUy, 316 copies of
each Secret '~1IE 1~ are printed. Of this total., some 67 are
retained within CIF, for central reference., vital document storage,
and reserve. The remaining 249 ?/ copies are initially disseminated
as f Dllaws : 3/
Navy
{25)
State Defense
(20) (21) \
Ind `
Center,
FBI
~
(2)
~
1%EC (4)
1. ir
'(31)
ICA (3)
(50)
OCB (4) t
NSC 11?/
\ (16)
Cal. \
(66) Nhi+?e \ r
.House y
t (6) r,
TOTAL - 249
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After IhC approval and sanitizatio:.n, if arpropri:.te, CIL also
coolies c'irect dissemination of selected ?IL S
(See i.ara;;raph 5)
copies of each NIE
2. Onward Dissemination. The / arc delivered en bloc to
tip. receiving a.:'cncies, which are resp:>nsil:;le for inward disseriin^.-
tion to selected officials or officers in ?Tashin ;ton, elsewhere
in the US and outside the country. In all the receiving agencies
1,ahich nave an intelligence staff, that component receives the NIE's
initially, retains a certain number for its own use, and
forwards the reria.inder to selected recipients acc.)rt.in'; t,.; the
arc' ler~, area., -r sul.: ject addressed. The intelligence co-mi :n~nt is
Intelligence Staffs US Missions Hdqtrs Potential
in asl_inr. ton Outside ??ashin..:ten End-Users in
?,?;`ashin ton
93 :`57 ;
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Reserve
Ill breakdowns 'are based u n total num'~er of copies of Secret
-VIL Is printed. Lll fi:ures are, approximate.
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also responsible for enforcin~ any special restrictions on NIE
onward dissemination. No standard distribution list for NIEts
is used by ony ;f the receiving- agencies, but certain fficcrs
are alp. s on the list for all NIEts. In the rcceiv n ; a,;c neic s
without a cull-time intell it:ence staff. NM's usually to a
desir?nated officer .aho performs the onward disserLinr.tion and
?oner^.l control functions.
1/ Only 296 copies of Top Secret NIC's are -rdinarily printed.
Even fewer copies - f special request or si cial classification
='s arc printed, For consistency in text and statistical
breakdotirns, the base figure f 316 is used in this report.
2/ The total number of copies distributed varies because JIG and
CU. receive extra copies of certain ;NE's, and because FCDr.
receives copies of selected NIE's, Under "special Lr.C approval,
L e) ics are sent to USIA and one coIy of every NIL sanitized
for release SFU via the Army
i_CSI. These, the NIL Is distributed anr'-
thcr sjecial releases, are drawn from the reserve stock in
CL1.
3/
The fi:?ures in this an_: the followin ; charts are nvera,., es. The
r_Lm1 er f c >y is s disseminated of arty iven Cllr mry vary
considorabl,,T dc-penc_in ; on its subject matter,
the members of the NSC,
Includes /_? the Special :_ssistant to the President f or
National Security :.ffairs, and the NSC Secretariat and Staff.
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3. .ctcn_ti:cn in Intelli once Staffs. Of the 21.,9 c^,,,-Acs of
c- ch INITIE, n: rra1 y cclivere'_l t,-. the rcceivinj cncies in ',-cshingt::n,
abut 93 cries are retained in the intcili -enee areas ',r staffs.
The avera.-e nu_abcr -;f c-Tics ret'inec'? is as f-'11 is:
White t
i,:usc fcc
CIL
(50)
~:(2)
{ `, (1)
TOTAL - 93
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In addition to those copies retained by the intelligence staffs of
the IAC agencies, a few copies are retained by the small intelligence
staffs of various non-IAC recipients. For example, the copy sent to
the White House is normally retained by the Staff Secretary for
I_telli3ence, two copies are kept in the Intelligence staff of the
Operations Coordinating Board, one in the International Cooperation
Administration, and one in the IAC Indications Center.
1+. NIE Delivery to Potential End-Users in Washington.
Ordinarily, 99 copies are forwarded to potential end-users in Washington.
An examination of the distribution of these copies provides additional
information of a general nature on who uses NIE's and what uses are
actually made of them. An average of 74 of these copies are sent to
potential end-users in the IAC agencies, including 7 copies in the
Department of State, 15 copies in the Department of Defense, 23 copies
in the Department of the Army, 10 copies in the Department of the Navy,
12 copies in the Department of the Air Force, 2 copies in the Atomic Energy
Commission, 1 copy in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and k copies in
CIA. Nearly all the 25 copies forwarded to potential end-users outside the
IAC agencies go to officers in the area of the government primarily
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To Potential En(!-Us?;rs in Washington
NSC
(16)
cc .u
(2) !"hite
(>)
State (7)
Defense
(15) 1T,.vy (10)
FBI JIL. C
(l) (2)
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c ncernec'_ with the final stages of policy formulation. Of these, 5 copie.
t the 1~1nito House anc.. the President's S :ecial 'assistants, 18
t the ''dc.ti ;nal Security Council an(.1 the YSC Oporations Cooord.inat-
in Doard, and 2 tD the International Co ?l:,,r, ti:,n uthirity. Thus,
:f the 99 eo)j4os f. rwaxded to l.otential end-users in `s ashin: t:_n,
departments
c.boout three-fourths via IAC members to officers in their respective/
who arc concerned with either the formulation or the execution of
US f : re i _n licy?
Nearly
all the rest of the NII.'s Jo to
officers in the area of the overnrient lrinixily concerned with
the final stares cf US foreign policy formulation and decision.
5, 1'1I Dissemination Outside Washington. ?1o)rmally, 57
c _o,.ies ..,f NE's arc; f _. raardcd to US rdssions jr headquarters
outsi.'e asbin ;ton, moat of then: outside the country. 45
cnoies are _r,'inarily sent to US officers who are stationer. in
overseas installations or who re_rescnt the US in international
organizations; the remainder arc sent to military cor ai.c s in the
US ',uts ide of d?'o.shin-,:ton. The: se NIB t s are forwarded ' y the re s ~:poonsi ble
L'_C a?'ency according to the area and the orc'olcm covered. Of the
total so delivered, the Department of State norrkally sends about '9
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To US P=Tissions and Headquarters Outside Washington
CT1i
(12)
Lir
(12)
State
(9)
Navy
(7)
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l rn r
(17)
T1^st ::f th& cD,:ies sent by the De a rtrhents :,f the Navy and tho lair
1iarz j ;i th,>se sent
Fc,rce to 1-k. jor c::r,u:k.nns Inc'. neacqurxtcrs.
b3' the Dey?artri:nt ^f tilt: isr~l t`repre representative are availat~let to
sent overseas t ;rte depart
re .resi.ntatives -i -thy;r scrvicos in the area.
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copies, the Department of the Arrry, about 17, the Department of
the Ta.v;, 7, the Department of the Air Force, 12. C31 normally
f-rwarc'_s 2 col ies to the US Supreme Commander at SHLFE, 3 copies
to CIA .;1 srational representatives, and about 7 to other
re; rescntc_tives.
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reference, vital -~.:cuis-nt storaCe, and reserve.
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PART II
RECEIPT, READERSHIP` AND USE
A. The White House and the President's Special Assistants
7. Six copies of NIE's are received by the White House staff.
Copies of each are routed to: (a) the Staff Secretary for Intelli-
s00ence, (b) t1 Office of the Special Assistant for Psychological
Affairs, and (c) the Office of the Special Assistant for Disarmament
Matters. The Office of the Special Assistant for Economic Affairs
receives only those NIE's relating to specific and assigned problems.*
8. The President himself sees only those NIE's which are
selected for him by the Staff Secretary for Intelligence or those
which he asks for after having been briefed on their contents. In
the majority of cases the President relies on the briefings of
NIE's, either oral or written, prepared by the Staff Secretary for
Intelligence. The President regards NIE's as important to him in
several respects. Primarily, NIE's are valuable because they re-
present the best possible resolution at the intelligence level of
differences among- most departments and agencies participating in initial
fcr-mulation and execution of US foreign policy, i.e., completed staff
work. The President also regards as useful those NIE's which
deal with specific forei~,nn policy problems on which he
* The Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Matters is
considered a part of the NSC, inasmuch as the Special Assistant is
Chairman of the NSC Planning Board.
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is curruntl;;y w:;rkin;. Finally, the President makes use of the small
number of iIE's which contain new information, a new approach, or
some now ideas rnc'. interpretations. The President malc6s little use
of N I E I s f r pcrsconal back- roun , because of access to _ thcr
materials and his considerable knowleci_)e of rz~ny areas an:' problems
discussed in dIE's.
9 , The Special Lssistants for Psycholo; ical Lffairs,* for
ordinarily
Disarr:iarcnt t?iatters, and for Economic ;affairs are not/first-hand
ro;cipients of i'ILts. N1v's are first used in varying cieurees
by the r:-.nkin'.; :fficer in each office. Thus, the impact that N11-E's
have on the Sixcial Lssistants depends almost entirely on the extent
to Trhich their subordinates use the NfT;'s in luri" i.nre ften than n::t.
~2. Or "anizat? cn arc'. "riot. The . r.riizati_n an ' f ;r:":iat ;f
Her felt the
L''s rcccivc-'. ^.lr,i:;st unar:ir~rous l~s"?:; a7aj-Jrit,,
.nizati. n and f c;rnnt ucrc a few felt they wcrc:
r ~c.rt _ as .
rrL..xcc.1_1_untn On I,;y :x: rcs y r.( , :nt rIFmertir para. 16, of the new ?`"CI No. T.
P. The -'.raft LX [1J reflects the view of the ICE,, /C4 and of
renresentatilres of the lAO agencies that a standing s zbcomrdttee
of` the _ AC is a necessary nrerequisit.e step o fur er. action
neoesr: ar;T to imnl_ement para. !.t ;O
2. r.e; sim~?1.Qst. T; t.o 'yet a . t, ?ndin commit ee would be for the
onvest the ore ert ad hoc L:i.iocoinnittee on Informatioa^~ Processing.
ha t.iic r)isadvar.?.age o l.eavi.rg us with terms of reference which,
rr, o,,i, i one are ton nt!rrowi f p-.ra. 1.6 of l`o6C'I is to be dynamicai.IJ
? _ Y +: oe w can `et acro e toy ,.Y,, ! ., r i)E rit'ers tr at, with a
c'onnitt e i'avLn broader terms of refcr'e~lce, the"* snou~.?a review Care--ni
1' :i;~ 1-hat r::a~eserl?..-o? they want, on the oom, t,tee.in at least
in ee cases, t.'.e T3--)'C+ v lave'_ of e r f.?sentatl on - level in e s of the
Jr , l 1 . ,.. `)' ' 11*_' ?_n ?J sTidu i1.. in his organization - would not be appro-
3te o" e new couw'it.toe. ~`_h neotnt, i 'i ell. !_l l'Tct,rat. 'd by the
fir. r,i"t t?~ afthr trloJ -ot1l -., to ?t e ?Y!C`r views on v-erg our drafts, two
~c"io F ~_' :r + l ::e'l' +nfe t.nr f '1T amirp of this ? I"~'tlos l IIY1~,1.~.
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I N T E L L I G E N C E ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
Third Annual Report of
IAC Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Information Processing
1. The attached Third Annual Report of the IAC ad hoc
Subcommittee on Information Processing will be placed on the
agenda of an early IAC meeting (probably 1 April), for noting.
At the same meeting we propose to ask the IAC to consider the
draft DCID No. 1/4 referred to in paragraph 1 of this report,
which incorporates terms of reference for a new standing committee
of the IAC on documentation. This draft DCID is being circulated
separately (IAC-D-105/22).
2. Please note that Enclosure "C" (Status of IAC Member
Agency Projects) is not forwarded with the attached report. The
Chairman of AHIP advises that this enclosure will be completed
and made available to IAC members at an early date.
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whir had ably gi d cd the work of th:,~
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of ui ;neet.i_ y, I The problems ::id a Pomp~llshments of these working
gro,lps are dealt with fully in their individual reports and rrinutO:: v
and in the irrinti tes of the rarer t c ns t: ttee, The ar-tivitler, have, been
s urrrrri 1 zed in E7.olosure "A",, ar d will., not be further com erst.. d on In
=,hii report
Thc~ t:omntttee was aesi.s ,ed in its efforts to keep brew ': of
d.leve o tTTenta jr, its fields of interest and veep nsibility by a nu'nber r)
very .aseful. presentations and t rri.efinge (m#,-e Fn(-losure "0" for l ti3t of
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of a l* f~tatement. on tteprcdue?t'ton of iritel'tlfence Originated Im
Ar' ~*r U\G Aferxa y" in turns; AIiF" adopted and ias~, d >te
3E r; :Femiaer to tructions des i.fned to i:mpierrtent this poll y
Tr t ,-3f me u ra the 1nte l igera e tcm .ni:ty task a major step making
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rmatlor by those who need to know..
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remised concern about, how to aasur, prompt and ready amoeea
nrmitiun problem facing all important elements of our national
The Academic ;;omr city and Industry share wi.+Ah the (overnment
ar >, f.tnan ,ed by the big foundations,, are under way and Increasing in
;u~rter Broad ant,roache>~ ;;lave been proposed by professional groups:,
7(,,,1!- raal-r~iara and various members of the c~ nritttee have had int reaei.
1e-mane mad upon their tine to attend meetings and review plans,.
reticent tweet Lng held by the American Documentation Institute to
on6 icier a plan for establ tahing national centers for the coordination
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