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production responsibility in the Annual was determined by the Scientific Estimates Committee which had a general policy of not participating in the production of the Annual. As a consequence OSI's contributions to Annuals was very limited. As far as can be determined, OSI made only 7 contributions to the Annual program, all of which were done in FY-1959.
The Key Personalities section of the NIS was a comprehensive survey of the leading personalities in various countries. The Sections were instituted in late 1955 and were discontinued sometime after 1963. OSI participation was limited to reviewing the list of scientists proposed for coverage by the [redacted] and a subsequent review of the substantive material included on each scientist.
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