GRA ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1960

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v 11CRAND FOR: Assistent Director, Research and Reports
rp~: Chief, Geographic Research
SUBJECT: (,',PA Activity Report for the Month of December 1960
A. ~ or kes~:arch axidP ec nica~. aIMoaj Activity
'k, The Geography Division completed and disseminated seven
Geog,phic Support Prcj._ets duri:rig the month. Three of theae reports
were done at the request of DD/P and tvo others were in support of the
GM Task Force
The Cartography Division accepted requests for 162 maps an t
cheats and completed 99, The major efforts of the Division during
Deceraber were directed io ?ard the following: (a) Considerable effort
t e; --pended in sup port of collection requirements as requested by St/1.
(b) Support. and guidance was given to the GM Task Force in the preps $ra-
tion of current reports. Cc) One more city plan of the old schedule was
completed for SR/DD/F. ~ d) Three State Department requests received
coi, idarable attention. A Foreign Service Posts map was completed v%nd
the D ,r1.aent was supp.Lied with a large number of copies for distr bution
wort .,aide; a Latin American Profiles map, the second of a series of five
similar maps, was prepared for distribution; and a World I Migration Quota
Areas nap was forwarded to reproduction.
_a. During December, the Map Library Division forwarded 31,791 items
to requesters in response to 1,9314 requests for rdaapu, related geographic
publications, and reference Information. Significant items received by
D/GL iicluded; Ka) a nekw two-sheet map cf' Israel; (b) a ma showing,
Pushtulaiatan as interpreted by the Afghar Government; and (e) a 190-61
raiixo'.d timetable for East Germany.
?. Support activities of the Specit1 Collection Support Branch, D/GL,
included the following: (a) Four new requirements were implemented. during
December. Two were general elicitation requirements for Poland and
Czechoslovakia, which will be widely d:Lss.erinated through St/I. (b) Aerial
photography of approximately 5,000 square miles of Somalia was received
from a domestic source during the months. This material has been sent to
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ACIC for reproduction and filing in the Air Force film depository.
Photography of a large section of the Ogaden area of Ethiopia was re-
quested from another source and can be expected in the next, few months.
Photography of approximately 60,,0 00 square miles of the western part
of Mauritania will be available next spring. All 25X1 X4
of this photography has been, or will be, obtained at no cost to the U.S.
Government. Army requests for procurement of photography of two high
priority areas have not as yet been followed up by forte, requireneute.
Collection of the photography for both area will almost certainly require
covert collection methods and no collection action wil.1 be taken unless
a high priority is established.
B. Planning rand Development
1. Implementation of the revised Chapter IX outline has been
cemrpl,icated again by unresolved dissension at the NIS Committee level.
The Army representative has now stated that Array must unilaterally reduce
its Chapter IX program from 8 units to 6 units per year. Production
schedules thus remain unapproved pending NIS Committee action. Meanwhile,
work is going forward on the development of new guides for the Chapter IX
sections in consultation with the respective contributors. The Chapter IX
Subcommittee will meet on 5 January to determine which NIS Area on the
proposed Ti 1962 schedule would be the most practicable one for initiation
of the new format.
2. Because of disagreements that emerged among various Agency
r, resentatives at the President's Science Advisory Committee briefing,
25X1 A9a Chief, GG/X, is currently planning a paper that will re-examine
estimates on Soviet geodetic positioning capabilities. At present, CIA
estimates differ from those of 1ISC&GS and- NASA, despite the fact that
presuauabiy coordination had already taken place.
3. The advisability of publishing a GM on South Laos and adjacent
regions that would treat the area from the ICorat Plateau of Thailand
eastward to the South China Sea was considered during the month. As
anticipated by GG-/F some months ago, the concept of "another Korea" in
Laos is now fairly common unofficial talk. Tentatively, no actual publi-
cation will be undertaken, but research attention will be maintained
so that rapid action may be taken when the situation should became
stabilized.
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4. The new USSR town plan program calls for a detailed plotting
of target installation, public buildings, landmarks, tourist points,
rmd other items of operationaL interest. Work has been completed on data
for the basic plan of Sverdlovsk. (with street news, building numbering
system, transportation facilities) and data has been accumulated for
many key items for the detailed overprint. Resolution of the remaining
items from the fragmentary Information that is usually available on Soviet
cities may take as long as two man months. Obviously, the point of dimi-
nishing returns has been reaches,. It has therefore been decided that
research should be suspended with issuance of the detailed plan as a
"provisional" mep, which could be revised as information becomes more
readily accessible. The same approach will apply to subsequent projects
in the program.
;. Considerable time was spent by GRA divisions in connection with
plans for moving into the new building. Because of its special equipment
and space requirements, the Cartography Division has cooperated closely
with the Building Planning Staff in resolving the peculiar obieme
:related to the move. Also, representatives of D/GL and SA~/G visited
the neir building to inspect D/GL space there. Measurement of the V.%p
Collection areas revealed that one tier of six map case sections will
not fit, as originally planned. Study of lighting plans for the Map
Collection raised questions reg rding the effectiveness of lighting
planned for the map stacks.
6. During the month, I/GM/RR indicated their need for support
work in locating missile deployment and related activity in all the
3atell,ite countries. A project initiation covering all Leven countries
has been ? ibmitted and work has begun on Poland, Hungary; and -Rtnnania.
rk . The demand for copies of the recent Soviet produced ethnic. map
of China, which was analyzed in our CIA/ER GP 60.107 disseminated :!..ant
month, has led to a D/GL-D/GG-D/GC decision to reproduce color-separated
copies, with translation of selected portions of the leg4 nd.. Conal-deration
is also being givers to color separating a significant new soils map of
China that recently became available, this will also be the subject of a
brief appraisal for use in the D/GL accessions list.
8. Plans have been formulated to send
25X1A9a GG/F, and to ACIC, St. Louis on 26-27 January to con. e-r on
problems of mutual, interest concerning cos-pilatton of the ACIC 1:500,000
sheets of West China.
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9. Consideration is being given to the production of a series of
"profile" maps for five major intelligence areas of the world. Two
of the five have been completed, one on Africa and the other on Latin
America. The Far Tact, Middle Fast, and the USSR- Satellite are other
areas for which -profile maps are planned. The profile map shows photo-
aptis and thumbnail biographic sketches of individual country leaders
25X4' ''ing an administrative map or maps of the area.
C. Significant Outside Contacts and Activities
I. Chief/G participated in the sessions of the Nationa3. Research
Council's Advisory Committee on Geography for the PAIGH. A plan for
developing geographic research capability in Latin America prepared by
Chief, D/GL, and Chief/G was studied by the group. Other agenda itenns
concerned preparation for the forthcoming consultation to be held sometime
In 1961.
2. Chief, D/GC, chaired a meeting of the Foreign Ines Committee
early in December. He also attended the two meetings of the Advisory
Committee on Cartography and the Nationall Atlas, both of the National
Academy of Science. Considerable progress is anticipated with the
prospect of the DSGS being assigned production responsibility for the
Atlas. The advisory Committee on Cartography spent a full day on problems
connected with the forthcoming General Assembly of the PAIGH in Rio in
February 1961.
3. Chief, GG/X, met with Lt. Commander P. N. Smith and
Lt. Commander G .P . HuuVhrries, 031 Op 922 F3W, to explore forthcoming
intelligence problems in connection with U.S. planning for the inspection
of Soviet facilities in Antarctica. Future intelligence objectives were
examined and agreed upon in order to step up the intelligence surveillance
c Soviet activities required to (3.) mordtor Soviet compliance with the
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provisions of the Antarctic Treaty and (2) to uncover the developnent
of Soviet -ca bi,lities that might be useable especial..1y against the
25X1A9a U.S. also attended several meetings of the
Working Group on Antarctica, OCB, which is now engaged in drafting an
OCB guidance pager for U.S. planning relative to the i -lementation of
the impending Antarctic Treaty.
25X1A9a 4. GL/S, visited the Air Force U27th Field
Activities Group, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to discuss exploitation of
sources of tua1 interest, mainly Air Force officers and civilian
persal traveling to Western Dope for professional reasons. Arrange-
ments were maw for a group from This organization to receive a briefing
on domestic map collection and the Branch's special project, in the near
future. A representative from the Air Technical Intelligence Center,
Wright Patterson Air Farce Base, may also attend this briefing.
25X1A9a 5- Messrs. GL/S, and= GL/P, met on separate occasions 25X1 A9a
with Army, State, and. ICA representatives to coordinate activities regard-
ing a roach-delayed photomapping project . A staff study 25X 1X4
eut1ining the past history of the proposed project and recent suggestions
for its imAAmentation was coordinated with the Army and provided to ICA.
6. A discussion of the general approach of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union to Black Africa at the December meeting of the Africa
25X1 A9a Roundtable vas led by Chief of Production in International
Casanist Group,, DD/P.
25X1 A9a 7. OCI, discussed air activities and air defenses
/ii the Soviet Arctic at the December meeting of the Arctic Area Discussion
Grc up.
a. Chief, GL/S, spent threa days in Lois Angeles visiting 25X1 A9a
the CD X70 Field Office and a c?mercial organization in support of a new
25X1A9a tee. GL/S, visited the ACI:C installation in St. Louis for
two days to discuss rU al problems of map collection and requirements.
D. Problems
1. Problems related to the adoption of the new Chapter IX format
and to Chapter IX scheduling are still of considerable concern. Because
of the introduction of various schedx fir g and procedural problems at the
f1I8 Committee level, it is temporarily at least difficult for the Chapter
IX Subcommittee to function properly.
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2. In November, D/GG, requested expedite4 training
facilities in conversational. Spanish to eid him on his forthcoming trip
to Latin Americs, beginning the first of March. It was hoped that
concentrated work during December, January and February would be of
sufficient help to facilitate his contacts with Latin Americans. As of
22 December his training had not begun, nor had he even received records
he requested for use at home. With all of the facilities and services
offered by OTR, surely faster administrative machinery should be possible.
1. A letter was received from - commenting favorably on
CIA/RB GRA.-SC-60-1 and expressing tentative agreement with the conclusions
of that paper.
2. C?cief/G and Chiefs, D/GG and D/CC spent considerable time during
the myth in support of a staff study relative to changes in position
asai nts. Specific job descriptions in both Divisions have been
rewritten.
3. Myers of GBA attended selected sessions of the annual meeting
of the Ame:'ican ! societiori for the Advancement of Science, held in Nev
York city-26-30 December ig60.
4. Each of the GR1. Divisions and Chief/G briefed a group. of six
.J M"s an the activities of the Geographic Research Area. The JOT e a also
visited individual D/GC and.D/GG branches to study in more detail the
thods, resources and techniques utilized in the regional. branches.
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Distribution:
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3. - St/A
1 - St/i
I a St/I/R
1 - st/P a
1 - Ch/E
4 - D/GG
3 - NCFCRN
2 - D/GL
2-Ch/G
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=$O A h - T CARTUAWW DTVTSION
x tb of December 19W
A. or t esc emit tool, leetinicat xl. Acw ivitY
rr, c ct A.
c:er a~~t pt c p'rt .=motion and Accoart -liaa2 en' :
DurI ,ecewu ,c the . iviasion c u ted 99 mep& and cb"rrsa fo-v
v*riau compozrent cd the Agency and the Department of State. The
Division acceparte , L6;2- new job re4deots during the month frcjm various
eon-pone to oY. the Agency and the r a rt of State. At the close of
the reporting perx,.d talere vere '8 Jobs Lzs v'ar E.ous stages of production
In the Di.vislon.
The r 4 r e.fv:cts of the Divt.a ion during December was directed 1,miardo
the production oX maps and etc* &a follava:
a_ C rw-,m raxble effort x r er-pended In support of collection
requ.ir +en u eA requested by St/I: Six different RDA"s requiring
MXC1r 4~rcxi~uctic~n of 18 maps were processed; work on the 25X1 X7
resulted in work on three USSR trip Mpg, one: of e 25X1 X7
va>a completed, and the final printing of
Also a summary of sir ranter traveled in the VBM was sent to rep ctXon.
L., Support s z i guidan=:e was given to the Support Stafa in
the preparation of curzcrit, terAz s-
c . One more city p].a w of the old schedule was acz 1ettd for
DIP. Work an the preparation of city plans as listed in the new
schedule has been affected art by current requirements of higher
priorities.
d. Three S tt+e Dep :nt rc,quewc s aruce~ v'eci eon,r.:1derable at -
tentioa. K le' re.i n Service ?",to amp was ?p c-ted s the Department
brtl>pl e` 1g-- a:fir of copies for distribu: ton wcrl.dVlde;
a Latin i ricoa itofi],es map, the pond. of a series of 5 similar me..ps,
w prep&red for c-iBtribution and a World Immigration Cotes Areas ash
vaz forvarded to x p otion. This asap will be printed and distributed
during Janos.
wtderation iu seeing gii u R `i prr., suction of a setiee, of `profl e''
>."ps Zb .five major in .e il:ligence sears of t viorld. W o of the five have
been completed, ore cz3 Africa v-nd, 's=he other on Latin America. The Far Zest,
Kidd]* Mast, and tbe U:&SR?Sat to are other arm for which profile maps
are planned. The profile map ahova photographs and thumbnail biographic
sketches of Individual country leaders surrounding an minietrati.ve
map or maps of the area.
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cooperated closely with the Bui1=:t: gig ?T.a ini ,;Uaff Li rz~ ,c:1vi ng the 'Dec x'.w
problems related to t;l.c mc;vc.
cause of its special equip'ient aid apace L hr 3
C,;onaidcrable time as spe;it i s c c r,o s t>'::~ d iled pL s t,x fulfill
icequiruiiients aasoci ';.? . w1th the mw?' l to t'.kv Y: `11r,;t's[:. 'kit-,n,:e hr_:'_d in L;.'te Decemi
in Pew York City.
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A. SAY Y"C?'! Nam 1960
0 of Total
%of TDfal
Rotor"
Matered
40
25%
34'
34
21
3.
3
21
13
10
10
5
3
14
14
27
16
as
28
0
0
0
0
x
9
9
152
93
97
90
1
1
0
0
6
2
2
8. 6 num SUW4RY
Naw 1Laps ar4
Maps and Reruns
is rbe? R
Nonths
Charts
nt'd
CberCs CM
leted C2wIGt!A
r ^
Pcessi
December
1622
99
16
57
November
X
118
130
20
62
October
1,88
229
43
69
September
145
83
38
88
August
161
216
31
85
July
129
22
AL
907
886
170
424
CIA:
W/Z/ORR
osI
0
o,I
Ni/s
E 61P
CIA TOTAL
state%
State
*Except for final mpe and
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OWUM IN PAST 6 UMMS
&WE't
rtonber
October
November
December
illu
100
181
73
199
118
87
ww's
24
33
8
27
7.
10
state
1
2
3
state/no
3
0
0
Other
0
0
1
0
29
216
83
229
-
130
99
SUW-kR.M _" 7 L IRT. TOAD, 1MAPS AND ir'tR . AS OF I JAM MY 1
I - Does Not Include Service Jobs
2C.&*
18
6
4
29
42
99
Cayce.
0
0
0
0
0
0
'an't eyed.
23
7
11.
63
58
162
73
To Pry
25
15
108
aback
4
3
2
40
8
57
In Dre,i ti
10
12
84
14
inn c 4 i
.,w. ?a
5
69
u
R~.
x.85
35
423
4li cl des jots assigned to Drafting
Section fro-n Compilation Branebas
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(AI ]M FOR: Chief. Geograpbie Research, ORR
Research and Technic-al Suo x.-rt Activity. Deeemb*r:
1,. Reports Disseminated Requester
IA/RA GP 60..116: L ChinarMoogolia Boundary D1?/P
JA/RR OP 6o-120:L Research Support for Plans of DD/P
-_ _1t=tsted Cities in the USSR:
f',IA/RR GP 60-M- L Research Support for Plans of DD/P
ett Cities in the, USSR:
r'I4/RR OP 60-124:L Review of HIS 23, Bulgaria,. M/PM/RR
. c:.can 63,. mine 1 and
- rIA/PB GP 6o-125:L Review of NIS 22, Rumania, I/MS/R'R
on (A Vax=uf'a.:turing and
-vu ~ ,; j motion
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A/R 1P 60-126: L Analyttis of Reports by Hungarian ON Tack Force
an. Possible Leoca?
-:: of Soviet Rocket Base
1,&-/RR OP 60-127:L Overlays Showing Missile-Related
v .5rities in East Oermany
I/CM/RR and
Tack Force
New Projects Under Wav
4o 1832
HIS 14, Poland, Section 19 (coordinatiox 1 NIS Program.
1833
NIB S8, : ., Section 19 (research)
NIS Program
1851
NIS 48. Morocco, Map and Chart Appraisal
c. 'c .aner~ ; 4.f Mapter I Annual
MIS Program
A.I. 1.852
$18 29 a Jorden,. Next and Chart Appraisal
NIB Pr cram
r' ?? i'nr?n .n?: ri' Chapter J Annual (reseasrh
Cjrk Initiated During t=he =ham.th,
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Cis on 9PA wo L-M; mil roe~.ese
Miasi1 ?l 1e rA Artivities in Poland
Miasi?ie..Re1pte4 Art?tities in Wmgaryr
(0- 1905 Wss{?e-Relate Actiritjes in Ru~i .
B Planning _Pe~nel0
'npl_e,enf tion of the revised Chapter i'X outline bas been co ipltert4
a gw i n by unresolved dissension at the S Committee level. The An W
Representative has now stated that A .east unilaterally reduce its
Chapter Ii program from 8 units to 6 units per year. Production sahedulea
thus remain unapproved pending RIS Committee action. Wanw$ile, work is
going forward on the development of new guides for the Chapter IX sections
f n e;onsultation with the respective gontributors. The Chapter IX 8ubccgr..
mittee vill meet on 5 .Tan,!ary to deterneine which NIB Area on the proposed
FY 1962 schedule would be the poet praaetie b1e one for initiation or the
new format.
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4ecauae of disagreements that urged among various Ageney resents-
t ves at the President * s Selene^ Advisory Committee briefing,
is currently planning a paper that will re-examine estimates on Soviet 25X1Aa
geodetic positioning oepabilitiea. At present, CIA estimates differ from
those of US%('GS and NASA despite- # fact that presumably coordination
.. ad alr eMy taken plc e.
The advisability of pxblitt5 ng a GM on South ILaog and adjacent regions
that would treat the area from the Horat P7.ateau of Thailand eastward to
the South China Sea was considered during the month. As anticipated by
SC-fP some months ago, the eoneept of "1. othnr Korea" In Loa is now fatly
common unofficial. talk. Tentatively, no actual publication vill be under..
taken, but research attention will be maintained so that rapid action may
taken when the situation should beeome stablized.
The new USSR town plan program calls for a detailed plotting of target
installations. pubiie budld?ngs, leradmairks, test points, and other items
of operational interests The W IS anal ys t has now completed work on the
data for the basic plan of Sverdlovsk (with street namras, building nvabering
system, transportation facilities) and Mn accurmulated data for many key
items for the detailed overr rint.. Resolution of the remaining items fraee
the i`ragmentary iaformatlon tbi et ie ua aUy available an Soviet cities
may take as long as two man-month-e. Obviously the point of dimiai.shlt
returns has been r. nehed . it hat heri fhr- been decided that research should
be suspended with issuance of tht? detai l_ee plan as a "provisional" map,
which could be revised as Infax -ti n bee"q more readily accessible. The
seats approach will. apply to subseq ,ent pro'"-to in the program.
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in a mew randuua of 6 ;ecss :s.,, i/GM indicated their used for. sup_
port work in locating missile depigytsent and related activity in all
the Satellite countries. A pro jeect initiation covering a1.l seven countries
has been submitted and work started on Polazti, Hun cry, and Rumania.
The demand for copies of the rat , 3aviet-produced ie map of
China, which was analyzes- in our UA/ 1 P 60-107 disseminated last month,
has led to a D/GL..D/CJ -D/9C docisiou to reproduce color-separated copies,
with translation of selected portions of the legend. Consideration is
also being given to color separating a significant new soils map of (bins
that recently became available; this will also be the subject of a brief
appraisal for use in the D/ti. accessions list.
in support of Uh/G, considerable progress was made during the mo3 tb.
in developing new concepea end recommendations relating to iA staffing
,, tTems.
Plans were formiulated. to send in caopeny 25X1A9a
25X1A9a with , to ACIC, 8t. Louis,, o>: 26-27 January to confer on problems
of mut interest concerning campi.lation of the ACXC 1:.9DO,000 sheets of
[dent China.
C. Meant Outside Contacts and Activities
Six JCT's were briefed on activities of the Geography Division on
21 December; on 22 December they visited individual geographers to study
in more detail the methods, resources and techniques utilised in the
regional branches.
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A discussion of the general approach of the Communist }arty of the
Soviet Upon to black Africa at the December meeting of the Africa round-
table was led by Chief of Production in International. Ccen-
muniet Group, P.
The subject of air activities and air defenses in the Soviet Arctic
were discussed by WI, at the December meeting of the
Arctic Area Discussion ;3roup.
met with Lt. Co manaer r B. Smith and Lt. Canmeander 1. P.
Humphries, ( I Op 922 13W, to ee plore forthcoming intelligence problems iu
connection with US planning for the :%Asppection of Soviet facilities in
Antarctica. Future intelligence ob jecatives were examined and agreE4 upon
in order to step up the Intelligence surveillance of Soviet activities
required to (1) monitor Soviet compliance with the provisions of the
Antarctic Treaty and (2) to uncover the development of Soviet capabilities
that might be useable especially against the US.
also attended several meetings of the Working Group on Antarctica, OCB, 25X1 A9a
which is now engaged in drafting an OCB guidance paper for US planning
relative to the Implementation of the impending Antarctic Treaty.
D. Problems
Problems related to the adoption of the new Chapter i? format, and to
f'hapter 11 scheduling are at-i.11 or consiierable concern. Because of the
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,ccomittee level, it is temporarily at least difficult for the Chapter IX
Subcommittee to function properly.
R. Miseellalleous
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A letter was received tract commuting favorably on CIA/RR
6;#RA-SC-60-1 and expressing tsntes ve agreement with the conclusions of
that paper.
Eight members of the Division attended selected sessions on geography
of the annual ,meeting of the American Association for Advance of Belence,
held in Now York 26-30 December.
reported for duty in the Coordination Staff on
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Self-init In abeyac: 7e
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adu.str~i.alization cf Slovakia
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Self -snit Ira abeyaww^e
Opera
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Roads in. Yugoslavia ';_ F 5U-3`:
Self-init. d~a Peprcd.
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leo ra tLe Intelli ence E.pcxts (for limited and special. :
ist- 1butian ,
1279
69
Satellite Geod. Actin. since Sofia Conf.
Self-init. Deferred ~;xrer.r
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North Korea Target Study: Ch=ongjin
D:y/P In abeyar:' _pezi
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Rumania
ion
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i ndergrouila Nuclear r!xpl.osio s
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Paraguay
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Tuatemala
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1 T
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Govt. Role, ; eog. /Earth Sciences, ,.om.F. Europe
,ec ./Ear*. Zciei .'esa ' om .'y,. ?a
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Govt. Role
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agraPxzi.t intelligence Memorandum
62?1898 Rhodesia-Nyasaland
Geographic Support Pro jests, :IA/RId ESC
63-1341 City plan: Sofia, Bulgaria
64.1698 USSR City Plane
63.1715 Research for Agr. Maps of E. (iermany
63.1741 `index for plotting mapping Eurn Satellites
DD/P
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MAZAR
Self-init..
Def erred,
In abet'.,..,:: e
Jan 6i
Opera
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'rr research and/or writing Referred: Work sched,a.led; due date or? other urea r
+r* I:: Editing. dues not, warrant begz. '~'4 aZ ; :
+ * :In preparation for Reprod~iction. In abeyauee R Sore work done but higher rieri.ti
New project initiated during month, has taken preeedenee
n N\1;,d)tit
tJ ti IMS r~ CTCk .
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MEl~1ORA' UK FOR: l -ief, Geographic Research 4 Deceanher 1961
F4: Chief; Map Library Division
SUBt1'F,CT: L/GL Activity Report for the Month of December, 1960
A. Ma or Reseax Technical Su ort Activity
1. I,797 maps and 858 related putblications were received by the
Procurement Branch from forei4p sources in December, bringing the
total figures for 1960 to 63,095 .:mess aud 12,084 related publications.
Map receipts were below the 72,779 sheets received in 1959, but about
5,000 sheets more than the average: for the five-year period 1955-1959.
Of the 63,095 map sheets, 43% were purchased, 12% were received on
exchange, and 15% were received as gifts: 33% of the ;mss were retained
In CIA, 37% were sent to the Ar y Map Service, 20% were sent to the
Library of Congress, and the remazinlrAg 10% werq ded among several
other U.S. m! ppi: agencies. S icant it = ed. during
December included: c) a new two-sheet mr + of hd a shoving
Pushtunistan era interpreted by the Afghan Government; and c) a 1960-61
railroad timetable for East Germany,
2. The list of Map Exchanges Leith lk?eign Agencies wW revised bf
the Proeuremnt Branch to l December 1960, and distributed to interes ;ed.
agencies.
3. The catai.,ogiag of 451 new titles by the Cataloging Section,
Processing Branch, during December brought the total number of title.:
processed for the year to 8,212, coo rising 44,i'Yj7 mW sheets added
to the twain Copy Collection. 46,231 sheets acre added to the Collection
in 1959. During December, 27 nev volumes were added D/GL catalogs.
315 obsolete volts were screened fro the Reference Collection and
were transferred to the Library of Cmgress. 60 new ms. s were processed
for Vital Storage.
4. All filing and servicing is current in the Collection Section,
Processing branch, with the exception of a small back ,g at Vital'.
Storage. 1960 totals, compared with 1959 totals, reveal a decrease
of 7% in requests serviced, but an Increase of 12% In number of item
supplied. The Increase in item supplied was in CIA-published maps
mod maps furnished by the Distribution Unit.
a. The Distribution Unit during December supplied 10,,662
items, in response to 399 requests. In addition, 5,359 maps and
publications were fil .-
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C . 90'W C' V 'Jrji. s:ta' ' t~ C+ca ~ [ . x?f, cztts i s r?S i:w4 17 16,
s t,
:~n -0.., '1et $ 3" ,! ' . , .' '?bc
5. 31-791 I
p~1t `ri to re+ u s = ?s IF -l e
once :kRsxnch, .~ ,9 oqt s;-s for msip
.phic pubUw ti c ? , aO '* fC`
. `?iib.1:.c:at:ioi-1s
3113:.3 see1l ,neo s R(>f ,rer*,.'.e c'
.7
tVls for all .servi+ .:s w ;te ha 'h fo`' - `'eirbe+'Y',, VI:?.eh to im .*?'
P, ?emu' onth.. was h ;3 ri: a I ce 1b r on record.. A cc r a ;can of
V1th z1_959 Is1pil -s ;>h r t'h1-,+at in ' 9' rr
t revr..'--es$t.s
w ~w ) 9 rt to
': ,7? ' T/5..t. li .cpe ('24.-.L ~ f P{4`.~! 'f~ a 1 ~ re.^.P so F=eau tt /e "i' q ~.7 ~9
].26 feraer requests v ere. r ue .sec. or bar 1 2 x re
r ; altcetionz t ?e r=) 2"? 'e ser ATM.' requests re received,
bea't 5,509 xi ore I.,te s r :?ee se m c' ec'; A.) 2'?7 f'a re Lice no r ~~ t?ests
were answered, owiflg to wi of r=azetteers; ate. 110
more genet :d. reference queot icnc , . w e,r.sawrer1 A Total .1960 Increases
for all Reference sezvr?tees -_ re c;'; ='eau sts rind 7 { 72 items for ded
1960 was,, for the fek"t:~R+:'ra 2 1+~' fan L b-r" Y (-A.ASlest *'e r on
re*co,
6, 1.n 1 , 229 r j._iu w? rr- 'rvi cep, by the Reference 3r ch as
f311aws to Various U_9'. G^rreTrent R'-er9c .es
1~zhin- Loy"
21
re'gra SE'-'r .'c!`: P,)st.f,
a ,her Goverment enc-,es
:a nc t? a` 1kir, Interior
; .. 1 b
Geol o& Bran i. F':A Ci
Congre a;3 ,, Ate ' =' a re k a ~ t
T131l f_L 'Jst Pi, S..E"h" Ets .b
P.'.:.0.
i'2
.'^g :3 92 716
Ea 18,_633
1~,~1 3 Pg 330 j//
1.8 9 924
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i/GL Activity Re art for the mo ^S L of December, 1060
1 Kit-Ion. 427 maps were fox r&ad to reciuesters in reenor =c to
mi sceUJs eous, non. Gave; nrsent r~ !guests (lag, eta.).
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~! eluded the f oll owin
e- rn r new x ea:qu -cements were :gym ?lA nted during cem r.
Tim were general elicitation requirements for Poland anel
tzechaslovaki.a. which will be v'+ide?y di: ,semi,iated throurt. St/2
even additional r.'equfremeuts were prennred, but, owing to
.t Ira e backlog of 'k ,,Ting, the',e will not be transmitted to the
field until Januw.-y a (Secret).
1 , Aerial photo rAphy of Sproxis at;e1y 5,000 square miles
of Somalia was received for a domestic source during the. month.
This material has ben sent to ACIC for reproduction and, filing
in the Air Force film positor;yp Photography of a 1.erre section
of the Ogaden area of Ethiopia was requested frcu another source
and can be expected. In the next few moathsa Photo r y of
approximately 60,000 square miles of the western part of
Mauritania will be avrd1able next
spring. All of this photogr p t aeEn, and will , obtained
at no cost to the U.S. Government. Arm requests for procurement
of photography of two high priority cress have not as yet been
folioved up by formal. requirements < Collection of the 'photography
for both areas will almost eertSin1y require covert collection
methods and no collection action will be taken unless a high
priority is established. (Secret/]oforn/Limited).
made a half-day tour of the
aw o
Printing
Services Division. The tour wns a wit a vier towerd familiar-
izin c 'Branch :personnel with the latest- reproduction processes a
Several new reproduction processes were seen since the last tour
about four years W. (Confidential),
Planni end Devel of nt
I. Geographic Attach# activity:
Dr. Bradley will conduct a ten-week mission to Vietnam,
Cambodia, Indonesia, and Burma, beginning in January. En route back
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SU JECT: D/QL Activity Report for the month of December, .1:9&)
to To1jo, he will brief the ne Pubiications procurement Officer in
Hong Kong. Dr. Cap ,n will conduct procurement in the Indiar, states
of Madyha Pradesh, Gujarat, I razhtr~ , and asthan during January,
Preparations are being made for sPeQial miss-ions to Brazil, Venezuela,
and Colombia by Mr. Andrews, and to h -wee, Spain, and Ports-;el by
W. Savard.
C. S j ficant Ghats de Contacts d A.c .,iv tti.es
1. Dr. Held c leted the first PbE a of ,aping negotations
in Iraq end returned to Beirut on 2 December.
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inspected D/GL space the Headq tere building. YA. acur .t
of the Map Collection areas reveal . th .t one tier of six map case
sections will not fit, as origin&Jy Plrn d. Study of lighting
Playas for the Map Collection raised questions regarding the effectivene:3s
of lighting planned for the map stacks.
3. The Special Collection Support 1-ranch conducted n eti gs as
follows :
a? .sited thn Air Force 1127th Field
Activities Group, Fort lvoir, Virginia, to discuss explo:.tation
of sources of m tuax,.l. Interest, miinl; r Air Force officers u rd
civi3.ip personnel traveling to Westtudy outling the past history
0 he proposed project; and recent sn^_ggestions for its implementation
Was coordinated with the ArW and provided to ICA. ( Secret/Noforn) .
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/ G L ActivIltv R
txy:wt f o x ' the mmth f 1 r 1x960
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:s the os with the r o? v r de x wp for
3' 1;R,cml ree.^ony of two, A tcchis frm the m p prosuxs* ent
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Gy H AR J,v -Lot
E =v S T P I U S T . - D1 C 1960
in cC /D/G,
.3
o. automatic receipt and
:-~uechases for stock
FTom other domestic sources
,, rrom foreign sources
-W ram foreign sources :tor s-F,ock
(:or retention. in Map Library)
Specialty
?~7? ULLs~~t~
339
40376
133
)94
autcmuat1c receipt wad purchrscs :tor stock
es and other reference Tmate a. ials
b, From other 1 stic sOVrce3
F-rt= foreign sources
a. Special maps m a in
b. Special maps - all others
c. Series indexed and cataloged.
Ti&AL
i...etc. of Reference msterjal
ao Atlases
b. Place-sane Volumes
c. Publisher's catalogs
d. Other reference volumes
Titles
61-
368
2
451
D1SsEMEIM
11 A
0 q,
4
1.
To CIA
7
9
2.
lb Department of State
O5
3.
Foreign Service Posts
8
4.
To Department of Defense
265
e.)
Deft of the Anr
111
b)
Department of the Navy
46
c)
Department of the Air Force
70
d)
Other cmvonents of Defense
38
5.
Other government agencies
120
6.
Miscellaneous
2
1,
349
Atlase
s and other reference materials
a.
To domestic estab11& rents
117
b,
eirn establishments
To fcmi
1
.
In
form
a.
ation
:place-na pe questions
308
b.
Other reference inquiries
377
'.i of these were separate titles
Series katal
y Sheets
unee-i .
, 539
10, 08- 14,960
634+
83,4
1,59
Titles Requests Vohs
2 15..764
4426 2,912
17
1, I6 6 5, 632
580 197 310638
427. 1, 063
248 825
324 1,701
2b 2
5,015 ,3 7
i,868 1,008
Q7 141
1,917 2,0
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