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

which services were purchased more to gain additional manhours than technical competence and experience. Although NIS contributions have had relatively low priority for a number of years, OSI's obligation to support the NIS continues. Thus, as of 1968, external contracting is still being used to meet these obligations, with little internal effort being devoted to them except for those on the USSR and Communist China - 31 - TOP SECRET