SITUATION REPORTS ON LATIN AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000400100030-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: April 16, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

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16 Avril 194?
Assistant Director, Reports & Estimates
Intelligence Staff, C Z
ion Reports on Latin America
parses, Situation Reports
velyscheduled for mrodvotion
r study of this problem, however, the Chief of
Loan Br*nob has advised the Projects Division that a
3Pied on this area. In aentrast to other areas gen-
"stones
A serious shortage of personnel experienced or
reasonably adequate Situation Reports on Latin Amur-
and in the foreseeable future it' will be Impossible
tra, -, very few A>sericans have lived or travelled in
Latin Ameries or studied this aarea.
A lash of even the most banjo elements of inteuli
evel 3 c of interest in the area and 0upation with
o idly restricted upsets of the sation. peri-
*noe a d discussion i. icates that ia~nrent in this
situation through activities in the participating dopert-
ments unlikely in the near future.
3. r these ual c rat ex, mutual wt hods
allair justfied and necessary to enable (!R$ to produce Situation
gMW information on raoticalll* ever,' country in Latin
America. This appears to be a con nee of both a gee,
top s on Latin America ihich sill be worthy of 010. Accordingly
Detail from 010 on* P-6 and one P-3 to the tS3 l a-
a in each of the toll countries for a period of
ftw monthet Argentina Brasil, re~ct3ieeo, Chile., Their
mission after caret. ' is in ,, will be to prepare,
sources a material , ai~e" locally, a situation
the following plan, Bch the Chief of the Latin American Branch
f'ee 1, taln will produce the desired results, is reeammeended as
s old .projects
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om of those oomtriss,
mate :".tal w,. rOTIOWO
rotwx of the personnel to Washington.
tio> upon wMah the Reports are based. The Reports and the
t ent'iy with or snbe.que to j *boonr,
r me 10--5 to the US Emb&es ' in each of the
1Y#q a ela, Cuba, BoUwia, oloewia, era .
er!~a cout~triss for four mouths, with similar miostons
Csz,ibbsan area, Paraguay, Urugu*y,
n the following lower-prtorny areaesr 'salsa.
intl the beat method for ping Situation Re-
sod upon the rieno+s o
e plan would a3.taneousl.j result in the
to to CIGs
osrafully rs .ted would have fi rst-
late knowledge of the oassatries and
ly qualified as the ORE speoialists
~ o nt*ies.
The doou ntary material which they proaured wo ld
with necessary file information which apper
" jr cannot be obtained in any other way.
wo% d p-cduoe Situation Reports on this MV& of
or qualfty which cannot be remotely approached at
_- _
pount or the near future by any other means.
: 5. , J!.
Chi'' ?rojsots Division
r igen" Staff,
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