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in number and those dealing with the pure sciences began to include discussions of possible applications of the research, especially to weapons technology.
As in other Office publications, the primary geographic emphasis has been on the USSR. In the early 1950's a fair amount of space was given to scientific and technical developments in the European Satellites, but this coverage has steadily declined.
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In the late 1950s the Office began devoting more manpower to the problems of scientific and technical intelligence reporting on China. As a consequence of this emphasis, together with improved collection techniques and Chinese development of advanced weapons, much more space has been given in the Scientific Intelligence Digest to China. Most of this reporting has been in the basic sciences, the life sciences, and the nuclear energy field.
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Review Procedures
The SID article undergoes multiple review. With the exception of articles prepared by certain OSI divisions during 1955 and 1956, articles submitted to the [redacted] for publication in the SID have undergone review
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