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.
“National Academy of Sciences”1 page
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## TOP SECRET publications were generally set by linotype by the and the more current and ad hoc publications were generally typed on multi- lith mats by for subsequent processing by In 1963, Justowriter machines were purchased in order to approve the appearance of the SID providing justified margins and to speed its printing by preparing camera ready copy. Certain STIRs were subsequently prepared in camera ready copy on the Justowriter. OSI also participated in a experiment in the use of the EPIC system to produce selected NIS drafts and certain STIRs. The first STIR produced with the EPIC system was published in March 1967. The system made use of a paper tape prepared in which was then given to for computer processing and subsequent justification. The Dura machine used in this process was also used to prepare the Daily and Weekly Surveyor. The use of the tapes from the Daily Surveyor to prepare the Weekly Surveyor resulted in a considerable saving of time. The Dura, which was on loan from was returned at request in late 1968. In mid-1968, the Office rented the IBM magnetic tape selectric typewriter/magnetic tape selectric composer system to provide the Office with more flexibility and speed in preparing camera ready copy for the printer. 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.