NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 9

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000400020094-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 1998
• Sequence Number: 94
• Publication Date: September 16, 1948
• Content Type: MIN

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NIS COMMITTEE MI TINE NO. 9
16 September 194
1. The following members were present:
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Lt. Col. Hansen Army QECLAESIFIED
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Cmdr* Howell Navy
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Lt. Col. Gould Air Force DA? yL..1; VY1EWERM_018'645f
Maj. Gamber Air Force
CIA (Chairman)
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2. Copies of a Map Branch, CIA, memorandum showing the tentative
production schedule for base. maps were distributed to the members.
3. Copies of a revised list of members of coordination staffs of
the various Agencies were distributed to the members of the Committee.
4. The State member distributed copies of the revised OIR production
schedule.
5. The nature and purpose of base maps were explained. It was
pointed out that the Agencies were best qualified,to produce any special
maps required in addition to the base maps and.that such special maps
should be kept to a minimum. The Navy member stated that Navy had not
received the base maps listed as "issued". Capt. Knowles said that he
would look into the matter. (Note: Upon investigation it was determined
that sufficient copies of the preliminary base maps for all Chapter II
contributors had been supplied to ID who is responsible for distributing
them.)
6. It was explained that the maintenance of any given NIS begins
when any original portion of the NIS has been finished - not according
to any specific beginning date.
7. Regarding State-Army collaboration on Chapter IV (Army is
responsible for Section 45), it was decided that, if State'does not work
areas concurrently being worked on by Army in sufficient numbers to
absorb Army's capabilities to produce Sections 45, Army should arbitrarily
choose the areas on which it desired to work, and that Section 45 might
then be published as produced.
8. In response to a question by the State member, it was explained
that only the biographic data pertaining to key personnel should be
included in Chapter V and that these should be included in the text and
not compiled in separate lists.
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9. It was explained that the obtaining of data 25X1 X7
and the uses to'which such data are put are Departmental responsibilities.
10. The Army member stated that no meetings to coordinate the
production of Chapter IX had been held. After the Committee meeting, a
meeting on Chapter IX was arranged for 20 September.
11. It was agreed that final tentative production schedules would
be compiled in BIG and distributed to the Agencies for concurrence,
12. It was explained that some Agencies, such as the Far Eastern
Command and U.S. Forces in Austria, had requested copies of the preliminary
gazetteer for NIS #26, which is to be published shortly in the following
parts:
I - Western USSR (populated places)
II - Eastern USSR (populated places)
III - USSR (physical features)
Each Agency was asked to survey its Departmental requirements and notify
BIG by 15 October 194S. It was also explained why a provisional list of
USSR place names could not be provided to Aeronautical Chart Service as
requested.
13. Major Gamber said that Supplements No. II would be produced on
a schedule to conform to that of Chapter 1 fiA9a
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