NIS COMMITTE MEETING NO. 251

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• Publication Date: September 3, 1957
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NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 251
3 SEPTEMBER 1957
1. The following were present:
Mr. D. J. Clinton State
Mr. J. A. Minogue Army
25X1A9a LCdr. H. W. Hol.schuh Navy
Lt, Col. H. K. Avery Air Force
CIA
CIA
CIA (Chairman)
CIA (Vice Chairman
CIA (Secretary)
* In attendance for review of Chapter I.
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The chairman announced the appointment of Lt. Col.
Hamilton K. Avery as the Senior Representative for the Department
of the Air Force on the NIS Committee effective 21 Atguet 1957,
vice Col. Sam A. Carnes, and the appointment of Mr. Charles P.
Berney as the Alternate Representative for the Department of the
Air Force on the NIS Committee effective 21 August 1957, vice
Lt. Col. Hamilton K. Avery.
2. Review of Chapter I on Belgium
The Committee reviewed the Chapter I on NIS 5 (Belgium)
and approved the draft with minor changes. The Chapter I Task Group
was requested to review the detailed comments submitted by the
member agencies. The Committee decided to control this Chapter I
in view of the contributor controls placed on "Comments on Principal
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All the members commented on the excellence of this
Chapter I and to the fact that only minor changes were required in
the Committee review.
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3. Chapter I Treatment of Hon Kong and Macao
The State member requested that the Committee determine
the treatment to be accorded Hong Kong and Macao in the Chapter I on
Nationalist China (refer to Item 10 NCM 243). State proposed that
these two areas be treated separately from Nationalist China but
bound with it in the same Chapter I for user convenience and because
they are part of NIS Area 39B. The Committee approved this proposal
and the members were requested to inform their contributors accordingly.
4. Treatment of Chapter IX (M) on USSR
The Committee discussed at length the proposals for
treatment of Chapter IX (M) on the USSR presented at the last meeting
(refer to Item 4 NCM 250). All members favored the OBI proposal to
produce the Chapter IX on the USSR in three parts, except the Army
member who stated that Army would accept the proposal reluctantly
with respect to the development of the third part on Asiatic USSR
because of the small scale maps required. He added that Army did
not have sufficient new information on Russian topographic map series
to justify maintenance at this time.
The chairman noted that the Chapter IX Committee had
recommended maintenance for Chapter IX on the USSR for Fiscal Years
1959-60, so presumably there was sufficient new information on other
Russian map and chart categories to warrant revision. However, he
recommended that all members investigate this matter with their
Chapter IX Committee representatives and, if necessary, re-open
the maintenance question on that committee. As to the scale of NIS
maps for Asiatic USSR, the chairman observed that the present
Chapter IX had been done on the USSR as a whole using even smaller
,:ale maps than presently proposed.
The Committee approved the OBI proposal to produce
Chapter IX (M) on the USSR in three parts; namely, the USSR as a
whole, European USSR, and Asiatic USSR (refer to specific proposal
in Item 4 NCM 250). The Committee recommended that: Part I
(USSR as a whole) be produced and published concurrently with or
before the other two Parts; the Chapter IX Committee. confirm its
maintenance proposals for producing this Chapter during FY 1959-60;
and production scheduling of the three Parts conform to the capabili-
ties of the contributing agencies.
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6. Reschedulin of Section 56
The Committee approved the request of the Section 56
coordinator, contained in his memorandum of 31 July 1957, for the
substitution of Section 56 on NIS 16 (Austria) for Section 56 on
NIS 70 (Mexico) with the date April 1958. The reason for the substi-
tution is because of numerous recent changes affecting Mexican
intelligence and security which make it infeasible to produce the
section by the due date.
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8. Suspense Items
Section 40X on the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands in suspense
since 31 July 1957 is to be rescheduled for 30 September 1957 in
order to obtain Army field comments.
Section 57 on Yugoslavia in suspense since 24 July 1957
will be reviewed in a meeting on 4 September 1957.
Section 57 on South Africa in suspense since 23 July is
to be rescheduled for 30 September 1957 because of delay in
Embassy comments.
ao The Army member submitted two memoranda dated
30 August 1957 proposing changes in the FY 1958 production schedule
for Section 81, and in the FY 1959-60-61 production forecast for
Sections 80 and 81.
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b. The Army member noted with regret the cancellation
from the current production schedule of sections on whose contribu-
tions the Technical Services had put in a substantial amount of work,
and cited the most recent instance of Section 64 on Sweden. He
observed that on rescheduling this section an additional amount of
work would be needed to bring these contributions up to date which
would be difficult after Army manpower cuts go into effect. The
State member said he recognized the problem and regretted the
additional load it placed on subcontributors, but State's slotting
problem was severe and they were doing everything possible to
overcome these difficulties.
c. The vice chairman reviewed the current NIS production
situation and, by means of a graphic production chart, impressed the
members with the need to overcome serious production deficiencies
that have already developed in the new production year, and in
particular State which has met only 19% of scheduled commitments
to date.
10. The next meeting of the NIS Committee will be held at
1000 hours on Tuesday, 24 September 19
Distribution:
8 - NIS Committee
1 - Secy. , JIG
1 - SA/PC/DCI
I - DD /I
I - DD/C
1 - DD/P
2 - AD/SI
1 - AD/RR
1 - Ch/E/RR
1 - St/PB/RR
4 Ch/G/RR
8 - D/E/BI
3. - D/R/BI
1 - D/P/BI
5 - OBI
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