deeply entrenched intelligence effort which pro-
duced a high quality stylized product in considerable
volume, but which required carefully controlled and
time-consuming administrative procedures as well as
an ever increasing production capability to main-
tain its timeliness. Among the general recommendations
of the [redacted] were that the NIS be redirected
toward providing basic-type intelligence for strategic
and high-level operational planning and for the develop-
ment of foreign policy rather than attempting to meet
lower level requirements. This, in turn, led to a
specific recommendation that was to affect strongly
OSI's role in the NIS program, namely the elimination
of the Chapter VII. The [redacted] recom-
mendation to USIB read, "It appears that coverage of
this subject (Scientific), over and above that in
Section 17 of Chapter I, can be better accomplished
on a more current basis by departmental or inter-
departmental intelligence with respect to the Sino-
Soviet Bloc; for other areas there appears little
usefulness in Chapter VII coverage which, in any case,
is presently limited to only 16 countries outside the
Bloc." These revisions, which were approved in
principle by [redacted] had a
considerable effect on OSI's role in the NIS.
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