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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and publications on air and naval weapons, BW and CW were prepared only to supplement those of the services. Elint and Electromagnetic warfare received strong emphasis at this time resulting in at least six periodicals in these fields, and coverage of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy was beginning. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, emphasis on weapons systems, especially nuclear delivery systems, continued and resulted in a gradual shifting of effort from tactical missiles to ballistic missiles. At this time, work in electromagnetic warfare, agriculture, and geology was curtailed or discontinued. The Geneva Test Ban Treaty Conference required heavy OSI support in the form of publications relating to disarmament problems. OSI also continued to produce intelligence on Soviet Bloc aid to underdeveloped countries. Through the 1960s emphasis on nuclear energy and guided missile production continued. With the formation of the Foreign Missiles and Space Analysis Center in the early 1960s, the responsibility for production of intelligence on guided missiles was transferred to FMSAC. In response to increasing Soviet capabilities in defense, OSI began to place greater stress on Soviet defensive systems, in particular antiballistic missile and anti-satellite developments. The increasing involvement of the US in Vietnam resulted in greatly increased OSI 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.