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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 be determined, no NSIEs were published except in the field of atomic energy, and in 1951 and 1952 most of OSI's participation in estimates was done directly with ONE rather than through the SIC mechanism. Beginning in 1952, however, OSI began to participate more fully in estimate production through the SIC mechanism. One of the first important estimates handled this way was SIE-5, Soviet Air Defense Capabilities which was originally initiated as NIE-60, Civil Defense in the USSR. OSI prepared the initial draft and integrated contributions from the services for SIE-5, published in early 1952. In late 1952, OSI prepared the SEC contribution to another of the major estimates of that year, NIE-65, "Soviet Bloc Capabilities Through 1957" by integrating contributions from the Army, Navy, Air Force and the OSI. Review and Coordination Procedures By late 1952, the general mechanism for OSI participation in national estimates had been established, namely through the SIC. This procedure with minor variations has continued to present. In addition, all of the OSI estimate production is either monitored by or coordinated by the OSI Estimates Officer of the in close conjunction with the SIC Secretary also provided by the The Estimates
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