PROPOSED EXTERNAL RESEARCH FOR FY 1962-1963

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 5, 1959
• Content Type: MF

MORANDUM FORS Chief, Geographic Research
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1. Photo interpretation Keys for Africa, Latin Amery a,
t Asia
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ase. To provide research tools that wil.l:/permit more
ef' active and wider utilization of existing ,and future aerial
iha' 4graphy of little-known areas of Africa., Latin America, and.
Southeast Asia for intelligence purposes .
Justifications The value of aerial photography as an intelligence
source is limited by the requirement that the photo interpreter
must have knowledge of the unique phypical and, cultural features
of the area covered in order to recognize and interpret those
features accurately. For the relatively well-known areas of
North America and Western Europe this is not a major problem.
For some other areas -- natably t)ie U.S.S.R., China, and Japan --
fairly comprehensive photo interpretation keys exist, having been
prepared during and since World War II. For the more remote and
little-known areas of Africa,,Ttin America, and Southeast Asia,
however, no such photo interpretation keys are known to exist,
and the number of photo intelligence analysts with the required
area knowledge is exceedingly limited. Yet it is in these areas
that "brush-fire" conflicts and international crises may be
expected to occur over the next several years, with the attendant
necessity of enhanced photo intelligence efforts. The proposed
photo interpretation keys would contribute to these efforts by
providing research toils that would permit photo interpreters
with little "built in" area knowledge to do a more effective job
of interpreting aextal photography of these areas.
The photo interpretation keys are required by the Geography Division
as a means of identifying, cataloging, and confirming areal dif-
ferences. The=availability of the proposed keys, which will have
already resoled, questions of areal characteristics, will facili-
tate the acc lishment of UW and E and E analysis and contribute
to the promptness with which regional analysis in general can be
accomplish .
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Purposet The objective would be to prepare "p of ethnic
- stri utione for each of the European Sate.ites and Yugoslavia,
using such statistical and descriptive materials as are available.
The breakdown within the country would bey "as de ied as possible,
ideally by second. and third order ad min j~atrgti e divisions.
Justification; Detailed ethnic maps`?rrefiect the situation in
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ern mope folowing the post tiaar mIgra. a are lacking. The
proposed series of maps are required to he following needs
a. Provide data now lacl it , for he most part, in regional
analyses prepared b;r` the Di,visi n for ONE estimtes,
general support of; - OC'I and ERA, d periodic evaluations
of regional. trend; ,end capabilities.
)vide current',ta for evaluating recurring minorities
studies Os the Division may be called upon to make in
the co 'inuine program,
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problems as t} ty arise in Eastern Europe. An example is
the Albanian;nority problem in Yugoslavia, which is a
factor in tb. country's stability and vulnerabilities.
c. Provide b ;sic data for such UW and other operational
tercial research organizations
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Research for FY 1962-63
Possible Contractors:
U. S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
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Justification: Comprehensive irformation on Afric
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osed External Research for FY 1962-63
.app to Cost:
on the Cultural Geography of Africa
Purpose: To compile data on native tribes in Africa South of
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. the Sahara. To include tribes di
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ization. As a related objective, to provide analyses of
representative small-to--medium sized African towns; to include
required for use in
UW and E and E. In a. on, the information is required in such
regional analyses and evaluations of regional trends and
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bilities as may be required by ONE, aCI, and ERA. The ethnographic
surveys of the International African Institute represent a worth-
while effort but are neither intelligence-oriented nor adequate
in th
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f0 owing a more detailed consideration of the task.
these gaps. TYae identify of the groups would be determi
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above and has a special importance because the towns by housing
both bush natives and western ideas have a particular significance
in the assessment of stress and strain within- the new African
Nations and their societies.
Possible Contractor: The research sould be accomplished largely
by--
work and does not necessitate the use of a single major
contractor. A number of small groups working over a period of
5 years or more would be needed to make appreciable inroads on
API.roximate Cost: For maximum return, could cost up to
per year.
and Watei?wa~Ys in Let
_9TiJ O.W_.. water, etc.
ft include interruptions to fre moveme
waggon roads, with locations of bri es
places. Waterways -- To compile liab
navigability of rivers in. Latin erica
seasonal trafficability of all roads An
Fuz? ose Roads -- To compile informa
toons, and populated
ormation on the
.fferent draft boats,
such as rapids, falls,
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Groins in Latin A rica
?Moses To comwile basic data on various,
s that are found, throughout Latin
unassimilated, native groups, partially
native groups,, unassimilated foreign
foreign groups related to new "coloni
0 t vans, Italian)., and relocated
ecialized population
include:
assimilated
4lready in occupance,
tion projects" (Japanese,
ulation groups.
J tlffcatIon: The information
isquired for all varieties of
t s port and regional analyses th
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responsible to provide on the area. Available information on these
groups is inaufi'tcjm .1t with reference to their locations, numbers,
attitudes, susceptibilities, ability to assimilate, contribution
to local swa y, religious affiliations, and other factors. Much
Intonation, could be extracted from the 1950 census figures, from,
the forthcoming 1960 ceensu4,' from US and APO reports and from
isolated studies that have beede on a few aspects of particular
groups. Ea lever,, consid able original research work would be
needed including study? the field.
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countries, and those a ilable are generally
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roads. 'ow publications vex ,, w..- uwvaaM, C;6"%&
age data, mileages, or
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studies in the numero
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market potential, *tv. Waterways -
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SUBJECT! Proposed External Research for FY 1962-63
Posib3 ,cent redo ; Cc mercia 1. or private research must be
1,Y oriented toward population studies .
t x to Coati Uncertain. priority approach may be Le-
d in establishing separate series of studies.
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Acting Chief, Geography Division
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