MEETING HELD IN THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION, BUREAU OF MINES, ON 27 AUGUST 1968, ON NIS PRODUCTION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
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• Publication Date: August 30, 1968
• Content Type: MFR

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30 August 1968
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Meeting Held in the Office of the Director, Mineral Resource
Evaluation, Bureau of Mines, on 27 August 1968, on NIS
Production
1. Attendees:
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W. A. Vogely, Bureau of Mines
F. D. Lamb, Bureau of Mines
V. L. Barr, Bureau of Mines
E. J. Gealy, Bureau of Mines
J. A. Bramme11, OBGI
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2. Referring to his memo of 10 July 1968 concerning the Bureau
of Mines' lagging NIS production, Mr. Bremmell opened the discussion
by reiterating that before a budgetary agreement for FY 1969 could
be completed he would need firm assurance that the Bureau's NIS sched-
uled commitments for the year would be met.
3. Mr. Barr stated that he was confident that the 15 sections
still owed from previous years would be delivered by December 1968,
and that the work on these would not interfere with the FY 1969
scheduled production. He said that he had been overly optimistic
about the Bureau's ability to eliminate the backlog during FY 1968,
but described the causes for failure as essentially "mechanical" and
noted that some delay resulted from a misunderstanding about the use
of the tape-producing typewriter.
ii.. After Mr. Vogely indicated that he would give assurance --
based on Mr. Barr's stated judgment -- that the Bureau would meet its
NIS scheduled commitment for FY 1969, Mr. Brammell said he would proceed
with the agreement.
5. In reviewing the conditions of the agreement for FY 1969,
Mr. Vogely noted that, unlike the budgetary arrangements on other proj-
ects, the NIS contract did not include provision for overhead charges.
He implied that this aspect of the NIS budget might require reevaluation
in future agreements. Mr. Brammell agreed that all reasonable costs
directly or indirectly incurred in the production of NIS should be borne
by the Program and noted that overhead costs had been included in some
NIS contracts.
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6. In the course of a discussion of possible alternatives to
the current format and production arrangement for Sections 62F and
63 that might provide more efficient use of resources, it was agreed
that a joint Interior-CIA study should be conducted over the next few
months to determine: (a) the extent to which the Minerals Yearbook
can satisfy the basic intelligence requirements for which Sections
62F and 63 are designed; (b) the validity of the current Sections 62F
and 63 outline requirements in- terms of up-to-date user needs with a
view to eliminating extraneous coverage and unnecessary detail; and
(c) the specific amount of production effort required to meet the NIS
scheduled commitment over the next 3-year period in order to assess
the adequacy of planned fund allocations and personnel required for
the program. Mr. Brammell said that his office would initiate the
action in this matter.
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JAMES A. BRAMMELL
Director
Basic and Geographic Intelligence
Distribution:
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1 - ADDI
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1 - St/A/BGI
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FY 65 FY 66
Oommitment Delivered Commitment Delivered
Sched owed Sched owed Sched/owed Sched awed
;Li 1 8/ 1
(17) (9)
8 5/ 7
(23) (12)
Interior Production
Interior self--imposed schedule of
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Pakistan (62)
India(63)
Syria (62)
Brazil (63)
Sweden (63)
Turkey (63)
Argentina (63)
Bolivia (63)
Indonesia 63)
25X6A (63)
Spain (63)
So. Africa (62)
Chile (63)
Norway (63)
25X6A x(63)
26 August 1968
FY 67 FY 68
Commitment Delivered Commitment Delivered
Sched owed Sched .owed S c h e d owed Sched ed
X11 6/8 14 12 L/6
(26) (14) (26) (i0)
delivery for carryovers owed at end of FY 68
12 Jul received 17 Jul
26 Jul not in
2 Aug not in
9 Aug not in
16 Aug not in
23 Aug not in
30 Aug
6 Sep
13 Sep
20 Sep
27 Sep
4 Oct
11 Oct
18 Oct
25 Oct
1 Nov
:Y65
ommitmert Delivered
Sched/o Sched owed
1/16
(27)
(1) t
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