Research for and writing of OSI-produced NIS sections have been done within OSI and under contract. In the early days of the NIS program, Sections 70 and 76 generally were researched and written within OSI as most of these sections dealt with Bloc countries. By the mid-1950's most of the work on non-Bloc countries for these two sections was being done under contract.
When possible, the Section 17 was scheduled to follow shortly after the Chapter VII; in this case, the Chapter VII was then used by the [redacted] to write the Section 17. If research were needed because the Chapter VII was out of date, then OSI divisions produced the Section, either through a contractor or by in-house research.
After the draft sections of the Chapter VII were written, they were sent to the [redacted] for editing and coordination as part of the SEC (SIC) secretariat. A so-called preliminary review
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