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By 1955,
an OSI Research and Production Plan was in an advanced stage of preparation and a statement of "Critical Scientific Intelligence Objectives" and a listing of selected research problems or areas had been prepared by the [redacted] and approved by the Intelligence Board. The Board, a fairly informal organization established in the early days of OSI and composed of Staff and Division Chiefs, was beginning to take a more active part in fulfilling its mission of reviewing and recommending action to the AD/SI on substantive matters, including the establishment of critical scientific and technical objectives and priorities and the Office intelligence research and production programs. Although the problem areas were too great for the size of the Office, a start had been made and the first OSI
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