THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2003
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• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
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Statement of
The Director of the Bureau of Intelli ence and ResEarch
for
BASIC RES~RCH ~ nrrALYSIs
b?fors House ro ri.ations Committee
Fiscal Year 1960
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee:
The Department, in accordance with determinations within the
Executive Branch of the Government, is requesting a transfer to the
Department's Salaries and Expenses Appropriation for the item labeled
"Basic Research and Analysis". As part of the explanation for this
raquest, I x111 levieer briefly the background of this program within
the Department,
Just prior to United States entrance into World War II, various
intelligence agencies of the Defense Departments xere engaged, indi-
vidually &md an a mesh basis, in producing basic intelligence studies
on foreign areas, ~"Yaese proved to be fragmentary, duplicatory, and
often contx~:sictory. Darker, the British had gone into production
of coordinstes~ bask intelligence studies known as ISIS (Inter-Service
'IntelLi.ge~e~ gtudies ), In our early war planning for Borth Africa
the I$~S studies were used. It became apparent that United States
studies of this nature xould be rec~zired for Facific operations. In
19+3, the President directed that an inter-agency prograztx be undertaken.
The JA&IS (Joint Army-P~avy Intelligence Studies) series were produced
rapidly and expensively under wartime pressure.
State Dept. review completed
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At the end of the xar a comprehensive survey xas made as to the
uaefti].ness of the JAMS studies in. xar planning as~d operations. The
firidinga xere conclusi~re 1) $~st basic intelligence studies on foreign
~2'e8a xere sbso~!~ately essential in the conduct of xar, and 2) that such
studies should tie de~~eloped gnd msi~at~sined during peacetime xhen the
eh~nnels for col~.^ct~.o:~ mere mush less restricted. The ca~?nittea
studying this pao~^~.em concluded tPL`~`, iu viex of the "total xarfare"
e~ancepat (and, late:, o`~ the "co:Ld ~:~r?`) ~ basic intellige~.ce program
ak~ould provide gr :t]~y c~z?psmde~ co~rer~ge ir.. political, socl.ological,
a~xd economic i~nt~l:~ige~we.
Yatelli~ence ~,irec:r,~,ves oi' th~a N?tinna ~. Se~.arity Oouncil
e~t~aliahe~ r~~ px ^'~ a,ctia. pr?gr~~ o~ bps r.c ix~.te.~? ~~geT.ce an X11 ~x~eea
oil' the x~r~,~', ~it;o, fihs C:"~:~r~ ~~te~:li~ence ~',ge;-~:yrY ~-~ r~sponsib~.lity
~~r o~ep-al.`?. ;~,i~.~ti~ ican ~~:j.~. coo~;?,inu~i~?~~ ~n?", rc;~ sex, pnr.~l~,~;atio~.~ end
d,i,sae~'in~ttir~n oA ti;::~:~ p:[::;~~cts. Re~~k~.~ai.b~11 ty ;for rL~~o~;:zct son ~~d
m.~inten~co ~a~:,s ~ ~.. ~.oca~~:;:~. to gec-e~.rze~.t ~~tcll.~.~~~~tc~ ~~~s:ies host
rul { fied by rep:^o.~ cif ~,iss~>ony ca,;r~b.l_~.ty, anr~. dor+.:r7~~n~~ ts?.tvro~at
ale N~'~~~II,~1 ;;''1te~:.~._'`.gc~`:ce ~.dx?'~Ly Aa r^i C:O~y::=;:hC':'n~'ii~C'~ ~%Fge$t", O~
the basic i~,tell~.~:::~ce :x:~, i'c~e~.~ ,:~::?et~s ~~e~~~,ire by the Ux~:?.ted States
~~rernment o it ~~.~? ~~^si~,,s~:Ld {;o aez?;~rc :~h~lJ~y the x:~:qu:??.~~et~.en~~?~ of tr.e
~partffieut of De:e~~?~~ ~.~. st~~te~i~ :,ne' h~.u~a ~lec~~~v~. o~~:~~~mic~,~a. ;~l~,a~ing,
of t'~e ::pax c,t %~:~t o{:' ~t~:e i~ ~e~r.~~~l~.i~~ f ^~~~. eze~~!ti.~.~ 'snit
Mates f?rei~r. g~ai.icy, F_~:~~.~ ~,~.s? to fie~~re i_o~~er ti.'~~?~ i;a~;:~ opex~tion
l~els i:z~ the Ar~?.~~ :~~e~?cc:~9 the .~ ~?~,a.~;~e:~, oY ~ f ~ ee ?~~~~. ~1 ?_ ot,~?er
gezent e,~enc~_es .~~.:,~,c~* 2~~:~e ~F s~?~ions ob res~o:~~i;~"li~,y :~~ Sox?e~.gn
~re~s.
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sreas. Responsibility for production of the political, economic, and
sociological chapters of NIS is allocated to the Department of State
for all areas of the World.
Originally, each agency participating in the program j-as ordered
by the lYational Securi~cy Council, througY?.the Joint Chiefs of Staff -
Joint Intelligence Group, to produce id:~S at a prescribed. niunber of
complete studies per year. All budget~.~?.g and scheduling of NIS in
State since 1950 r..as ~bee~~~. at the est?~blished rate of NTS per annum,
and all Annual Re~aox?ts m.e~sure r~ccom?~lishment against such ran established
figure. In additJ.o,:l, to production ~af prig!ary NIS sections, there is
a maintenance progr?~ ~ah~.c~~, is a con~;inuing tend extensive operation.
Criteria have been ast;~'clished ~rithirb t~:ie iratelJ.igti~ce ca~anity for
detez'mining thre con~.i~mbox;s under ~~rhich ea~is?%iug i~T:,i sec~;~.ons requJ.re
reviait~ u~ex the ;a~s~.a~t~a~.~.tce ~ax'~o `.~~he x?apa.c~ cha;~?~es p~hich are
taking pl.atce in the basic ~J.itic;~l, ccaraomic; a.r.~a. socio)_o~?.cal
structures of mater ?~e~as ui~ the ~;~orlt? h~,'~~e ad~,ed ~?%, f;b, a ~~~~-,rt~
3tent's diff~,~t~la~ i~ ~~vi~s'; ~1~~i:S sections a~t a ;~?~~~;e necessas?y
to meet basic intel.'._igAnce de~~~at 5.
Azl awas?eness of ~.rie ~'~ital vole of %'.!!.e intelJ__ge_~.cc provided
by the NIS program :~.n suppc~?_'t of the rxationa,l secur?ity 3_ntez?est is
attested to by the fi~c~~:, t~af-:t c~arieZtl~s same 50 d.if'erc-:,~~, co~~;:aoz~ents
of the Unite~~. State ~cvea-~men?t ~.tllz?c 'c~!.e pxodU.c-cs. aa!. 7.54 the
Clark Committee off' ~t~c ~~oo~~~er Commisr~l.o~. c;ondu.cf,a~ 8 co~,dr~f~,-~~~.ersive
survey of the ope~atio:~.~, of the intelligeaace ragencj.e4. ?~a the
Committee's ~?eport to t;:~.e Lo?ess the Rd~:S prog~?~.~ was singled out
for special
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for special comment:
"The National Intelligence Survey is an invaluable
publication which provides the essential elements of basic
intelligence on all areas of the world. While its production
involves an extensive and expensive effort, all members of
the intelligence comity derive an i~nediate benefit from
the cantributions they make to it and profit from the final
pro?~u.et . There ~slt~ays will be a continuing rec$uirement for
Budget-I.r ~ 5'or t:r.e Depa.S?tment ? s contributions to the NIS program
Mas initi~J~ ~ao~c by ~~~.a C~.i~x?al Tnte7_ligence ~ency. For the past
several ye~;~?s, ~'~cs:~ever, the ?~~:~artr~ent end the ~.re~;u of the budget
have been ~~~sba~e~ ing c~,e deay~bili:~~;y of di n~ S~:r~'Le ? ~ ope~,~.~Ion
under the abilYr.:nt ?~ S~]_ax=i~:s an~~ T~:~a enses ~;~p~=op:~~$ ~tion. 3:4~is
change in di~~~ is su~W~oort~a" by ~~~e hollowing ~?e~;so:~.~e
1. ~,,~ s~:c forth sn intellige~.ce directi~res of the lUat~:Qnal
~~cub ~.~Vy Co~~~cil, x-e~rised ~'~;botember 19j8, respoxssibility
a~ -~~a.e p~rod:~?.ction oz ~S rn poli~;ic~l anc'. sociological
i~tell.~.~;Eaa.ce on a,:il coug.~trbe~~ and eco~~o~.ic intelligence
~b most cot cries is pa~-c :~i; tine basic res, o~al:aili;;~.es
of tb.e ~e~~a?t:~tent? It b~ r~o~cs tharef'orc~ i~ :~elity s,
rei~'~~~~?sw~le opere-,tion ar~~. b~:~o~~erly s'nculc~ be bud~e',ed.
b~. t~n~ :tyap~~c:~e~.to The t~Yncstig proce~~~.~=.:s o;~ .he gist
ye~~s ::,re ~ '~oldover fro!. ~c~e beg:+_i1k~_tn~; os' tk~e ~~T~
o-,;e~: ~tio~
keeping '~:si:i s sux~~ ey up t o date . ?'
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operation and should n,[~1t be changed to reflect the basic State ?
Department funding and prd~z+am responsibilities Por the NIS.
2. Funding by the Department xould be consistent xith the procedure
folloxed by other mss,~or contributors to this point operation
of various agencies in the intelligence commua.ity, and xould
provide ~ consolidated budget for the operations of the Bureau
of Intell~~gence sand Researcho
3. Tb~ s vou_~c? gllc~ and promote o a) an over~~:]_l, c:e~plete
o~~enizat ~.onal ~?~.d program picture of the ~yureau of Intelligence
aa~.c~ Rese~Y?cb,; ?~~) fle~gz?~ility ~s~d better rgeme~at in p7_anning,
px~ogra ~.~.g, ata:'. supe~~ision a~ the I~T2.S gfi~o~??~m.; c) more
eY~icie:~t ad~.id. ~tr~tion o~'~ tYa;~ b~ud~eting;;fir,'~_C3C~1_y peril onnel9
a~~~ gene::?a,l ~d~.~ iist~,,tive 7r~;c~sses.
In cor.r~~nanc?.~ tA-~.'(h ~;he re:~ons ;~;:: .?essed ~~ov:;, ~~x~s~re~c~1 of ~?~~.s
Ca~ittee 1 ~ rec~,:.~:Ut~~d ~'~;~ fix :':?e h: