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filled the gap. In 1963, the Scientific Intelligence Brief was instituted so that the Office could have once again a mechanism for quick publication.
It was prepared at the request of the DDI. In August 1964 the name of the publication was again changed, this time to the Scientific and Technical Intelligence Report (Brief) at the request of the DD/S&T who felt that the OSI categories of reporting had proliferated beyond reasonable bounds. During 1965 and 1966, the OSI divisions began to use the STIR (Brief) as an alternate publication mechanism to the SID to publish short articles that were neither current nor of overriding importance. In that the publication tabulations made during this period did not truly distinguish the STIR (Briefs) and the depth STIRs, such tabulations were a means to show impressive divisional production. In addition, the STIR (Briefs) offered an easy means of publication in that they were not subject to Intelligence Board review. By early 1967, more stringent requirements were placed on the use of the STIR (Brief) mechanism, i.e., IB review and a topic related to a national crisis. Only a very limited number of STIR (Briefs) were published in 1968.
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