ACQUISITION OF SPECIAL MATERIALS: CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA; WITH NOTES ON INTELLIGENCE MATERIALS,

Abstract

Two distinct types of special materials are considered, neither of which lends itself to dissemination by easily recognizable suppliers, such as dealers. For proceedings or other publications of conferences and symposia, efforts must be extended to cover other possible sources, such as published 'lists of meetings,' journals, abstracting and indexing services, professional societies, individual authors, etc. For intelligence materials it must be recognized that fully eighty percent are derived from completely open sources even by the federal intelligence agencies themselves. It is proposed, therefore, that a number of organizations be formed to whom inquiries can be directed for geographic, political, economic, scientific, sociological and other data on foreign nations, all of which can be considered intelligence in its broadest sense.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618363

Entities

People

  • Helen J. Waldron

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • California
  • Continents
  • Materials
  • Professional Associations
  • Symposia

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design