Documents / FOIA release
This is Volume Three of the CIA Directorate of Science and Technology Historical Series on the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI), 1949 to 1968, written by Karl H. Weber in June 1972 and approved for release in 2008. It holds three annexes, on OSI publications, OSI's external assistance and contracting program, and OSI's interaction with the National Security Agency. The released text covers production planning, review boards, current intelligence periodicals and future threat forecasting. It does not discuss UFOs.
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## TOP SECRET except those on satellite countries. On 1 July 1968 the production of the Section 45 for all areas was assumed by the Defense Intelligence Agency. Section 45, a subsection of Chapter IV (Sociology), is a survey of the health conditions of the area under observation in terms of both indigenous inhabitants and alien personnel entering the area. It provides an estimate of the state of health and public sanitation as reflected in general morbidity and mortality. The level of medical capabilities is stressed. Political, sociological, and economic factors bearing on the administration of public health and the implementing of measures pertinent thereto are included. All areas of the world are covered by Section 45's. Except for the first year of OSI responsibility for the production of Section 45's, the basic research for the Section has been done under external contract. The contractors have ranged from private individuals to private organizations, such as universities, and to other Government agencies such as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In addition, inputs have been made by OSI, The Department of Agriculture and the Defense Intelligence Agency. TOP SECRET
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 243 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.