COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT OF FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING, 20 DEC. 1960

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• Publication Date: December 22, 1960
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22 December 1960
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT OF FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS
Minutes of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting, 20 Dec. 1960
MEMBERS PRESENT
AIR - Maj. Elias Bacha
ARMY Mr. Gerald C. Cooney
NAVY - Lt. Cmdr. H. A. Ku'sulos
STATE - Mr. Iohn I. Morrow
CIA
OTHERS PARTICIPATING
AGRIC - Mr. Kirby B. Payne
AIR - Mr. Donald W. -Anderson
ARMY - Mr. Henry Holz
CIA
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LC - Lewis C. Coffin
NSF - Mr. Paul S. Feinstein
- Mr. Bernard G. Hoffman
STATE - Mr. Sidney Friedland
USIA ,- Mr. L. King Quan
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1. Minutes of 22nd and 23rd Meetings Approved.
2. Re Zonal Seminar on Bibliographyv Documentation and Exchange of Publications,
Mexico City, 21 November - 4 December, 1960. This conference was organized by
the Government of Mexico, with the collaboration of UNESCO. The National Science
Foundation observer at this Seminar was Mr. Bernard Hoffman, who was invited to
present his comments to PROCIB, Mr. Hoffman reported the expansion of the
Bibliograffa de Centroamerica y del Caribe, which has been published in Havana
with the 1956-58 volumes already published and the 1959 volume in press there,
Brazil offered to publish the 1960 volume. The bibliography will be expajhded to
include other countries of Latin Amer" changing the title to Bibliografia de America
Latina. Argentina and Chile will be included in the 1959 volume, Uruguay in the 19609
covering only books and pamphlets Periodicals and reference works are being planned
for inclusion in separate bibliographies.:
Mr. Hoffman announced that In the discussion on documentation centers, Chile
reported a plan to establish one using $ 150, 000 of a total $ 800, 000 U, S. Government
loan. This center will coordinate existing library facilities, will issue a union list of
holdings and will sponsor the study of documentation centers abroad by two Chileans.,
ACTION: The Chairman of PROCIB requested the National Science Foundation to
determine the U - S. Government source of the loan to Chile.;
Since Mr. Hoffman did not attend that portion of the Seminar devoted to the
exchange of publications. and the Library of Congress had an observer present,
Mr.. Coffin reported from their observer?s comments,. Briefly, no now international
exchange agreements were needed, since compliance with the existing agreements
would achieve the results:,
3.: Proposed Publications Survey to Latin America. In connection with the discussion
above,, the Chairman announced that he had gotten approval of CIA financing of the
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American Area Coordinator in the Acquisitions Branch of the CIA Library. Although
no other agency offered to share in the payment of expenses for this trip., the Chairman
bellieved the benefits to be gained from it important enough to have CIA financial
support. proposes to leave in mid-June. 1961 and return in mid-August..
Agencies tntereited in levying requirements on can reach him on code 163$25X1 A9a
extension 8691.
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4. Symposium on the Dissemination of Linguistic Literature. This ad hoc Symposium
on Dissemination of Soviet and East European Linguistic Literature was sponsored
by the National Science Foundation and held at Indiana University, 2-3 December 1960.
Mr. Hoffman. NSF, also attended this symposium and reported that there was a general
review of the state of the art. Including machine translation. Specifically, the poor
quality of JPRS translations in the field of linguistics were mentioned. It was agreed to
continue a small amount of translation in the field of linguistics. but to try to acquire
more publications in this area. A Farmington Plan for linguistics was suggested. Mr.
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analysis., He also deplored the fact that the papers presented at this Symposium were
not all pertinent to the subject assigned and that the recommendations. as reported to
him by a CIA observer, were vague. Mr. Coffin reported that the Library of Congress
regretted not having a representative able to be present at the Symposium because of
illness. In connection with the acquisition of Slavic material, Mr. Coffin described L. C.
procedures, together with a detailed description of the disposition of duplicate materials.
The Chairman expressed the appreciation of PROCIB to Mr., Hoffman.
5. Status Report on State Department Procurement Program. Mrs Friedland reported
on behalf of the State Department that the PROCIB proposal to establish a full-time
Latin American Publications Officer had passed most hurdles and will probably be approved
for Fiscal Year 1962. Travel funds are practically non-existent unless some supplemental
appropriations will be provided, The Paris Publications Officer staff is being cut.by one
local employee. but the PO will be able to make a trip to the Benelux countries to fulfill
her area publications procurement responsibilities, Mr. Friedland also announced a
critical situation in Moscow as of 15 November, with the Russians insisting in a drastic
cut in the number of pouches, which is delaying the receipt and processing of USSR
publications
ACTION: The Russian desk in the State Department is working on the problem; the
Department will notify the Chairman as soon as action is taken. Mr. Friedland concluded
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6. Current Developments in Communist Chinese Publications Procurement, The
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during which he will survey the availability of Communist Chinese publications in portions
of that area. In view of the dearth of publications from Communist China, the Chairman
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i:.rged continuing sponsorship by the National Science Foundation of exchanges been
the U.. S. and Chicom scientific societies, Mr. Feinstein reported that NSF is and will
continue doing this (i. a., American Mathematical Society, American Chemical Society.
etc.). Mr. Feinstein also stated that he has received information from University
Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Mich. about a proposed $ 80, 000 purchase by the Communist
Chinese of U~ S. doctoral dissertations on microfilm. The National Science Foundation
would like advice on the matter.
ACTION: The Chairman requested that the National Science Foundation write him a
letter of the subject. He also requested further information from the National Science
Foundation on the subject of undue delays caused by U.. S, Customs in the receipt of
Communist Chinese publications by U. S. universities or other appropriately accredited
institutions. (cf. item # 7 in PROCIB-M-21)
The Chief. Acquisitions Branch. CIA Library reported that effective 1 January 1961,
availability of Chicom publications authorized for export to Hong Kong will be through
official Chicom outlet stores only, This means that the following outlets will become
the agents through which subscriptions to serial publications and purchases of books
and monographs can be made:
1. San Lien Publishing Company
54 Queen?s Road? Central, Victoria, H. K,.
(Kowloon Branch: 658 Nathan Road, Kowloon)
20 Commercial Press
35 Queen?s Road, Central, Victoria, H. K,
3. Chung Hua Bookstore
50 Queen's Road,, Central, Victoria, H., K~
4. Peace Book Company
9 Wellington Street, Central, Victoria, H. K.
The following information with respect to these four outlets may be of interest:
1. and 2. handle Chinese language publications only; 3. specializes in serial literature,
both Chinese and Bloc; 4? is the Hong Kong outlet for the Foreign Language Publishing
House in Peiping,, and carries all the authorized Chicom 'blassics" in English, Russian
Germane etc..
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7: Exchange of Publications Programs Stimulated by the National Science Foundation,
Mr. Feinstein reported on a proposal for a compete exchange of publications in the
field of mathematics, between the American Mathematical Society and the Lenin State
Library. The National Science Foundation will finance the U, S., and of this exchange,
Mr. Feinstein also stated that Swets and Zeitlinger has announced availability of
translations of Russian mathematical publications into English by a firm in New Delhi.
Another grant is being given to the American Mathematical Society to explore the
mathematical research publications exchange between the Communist Chinese and the
Japanese. Further a grant has been given to the Association for Asian Studies, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. to study over two years the Communist Chinese publica-
tions picture in the field of social, natural and applied sciences.
8.. Briefing on Functions of CIA Office of Central Reference. The Chairman offered to
brief PROCIB at its next meeting in January on the huaction~s of the CIA Office of Central
Reference, of which he is Deputy Assistant Director. Accepted.
9. Title of Interest. Mr. Feinstein called the attention of PROCIB to a publication,
G. E. Tempo. RM-60-TMP-72. Science and Technology in Communist China.
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