of the non-OSI-produced sections was made by appropriate OSI divisions and by subcommittees of the SIC. Subsequently the Chapter VII was reviewed by the SIC with most OSI divisions participating in support of the CIA member of the SIC. An exception was the Section 73 which was reviewed by the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee of USIB. In addition, the guided missile sections were reviewed by the Guided Missiles and Astronautics Committee of USIB. Concurrently with this process, additional reviews of the sections were made by the State Department scientific attaches and the various military attaches in the countries about which the NIS was written. After approval by the SIC, the sections were then sent to the Office of Basic Intelligence (subsequently the Office of Basic and Geographic Intelligence) for final polishing, review, and publication.
OSI support to the NIS has varied. In 1951, the Assistant Director, Scientific Intelligence, stated that it was "OSI policy that NIS production rates high among activities being undertaken by this Office." Nonetheless, throughout the 1950's there was a growing feeling throughout the Office that
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