(EST Pub Date) the Office of Scientific Intelligence, 1949-68- (Volume Three, Annexes Viii, Ix, and X)

TOP SECRET data and work out conclusions. All three types have been useful to OSI in different ways. Perhaps the most elaborately planned attempt to use consultants in a systematic manner was the Boston Scientific Advisory Panel (BSAP), which was set up in 1951 and lasted until 1959. The BSAP met periodically -- some years two or three times, other years about every six weeks -- to discuss OSI problems. The BSAP agenda usually posed problems framed by OSI divisions or by the front office (assistant director or deputies) and frequently included intelligence briefings by individuals from OSI divisions. Discussions by the BSAP probably contributed a significant amount of assurance to OSI chiefs that - 8 - TOP SECRET