MINUTES OF THE GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AREA STAFF MEETING, 20 JUNE 1955

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01096A000200050014-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: June 20, 1955
• Content Type: MIN

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MINU'T'ES CF THE GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AREA STAFF MEETING, 20 JUNE 1955
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25X1A9a
1. reported on the activities of the June 15-17 exercise.
25XIA-The geographers were kept very busy working out research answers to problems
veloped by in addition they had to answer numerous requests
from other research people for maps, place names, locations and general
information. An interesting development was the fact that research problems
that were levied upon other parts of ORR were answered in some cases primarily
upon the basis of information contained in D/GG reports. Personnel from
the Geographic Area who participated in the exercise will meet tomorrow
to discuss the deficiencies in the handling of the exercise and the 25X1A9a
deficiencies of the facilities at the Relocation Center. will
be chairman of his group, which will prepare a critique upon the exercise.
25X1 A9a 2. asked about progress on the preparation of the list
25X1A9 of private institutions to receive unclassified materials on the USSR.
reported that has prepared the list and that it 25X1 A9a
25X1 A911 be transmitted to i s afternoon, so that a final distribution
ist for the 1:2,500,000 USSR sheets can be completed.
25X1 A9a 3. reported that a definite effort is being made to
get the Area statements on Career Development consolidated into an ORR
paper during the next few weeks. Any changes in the Divisional career
development statements should be in as soon as possible.
25X1A9a i.. commented that space problems are getting critical in
D/GG and that during the next few months a reshuffling of space will be
required.
25X1 A9a 5. Plans for NATO photo intelligence units and centers are being
firmed up, according to , and D/GP will attempt to keep
abreast of new developments.
25X1A9a 6. reported on his active duty at the amphibious training
center at Little Creek, Virginia, near Norfolk. The time was devoted to
operational intelligence problems, and the course was excellent.
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25X1A9a
7. reported having received a request for information
on external research contracts involving Government sponsorship of aerial
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8. commented on a letter from the American Society of
Photogrammetry entitled "'Participation in International Photogramrmetric
Tests", and also passed around a Preliminary Program for the VIIIth
International Congress and Exposition of Photograannetry to be held at
Stockholm in July 1956.
25X1A9a9. commented that he has been told by Reproduction personnel
that the urgent D/GP reproduction requirements are cutting in on the 25X1 A9a
fulfillment of requirements for other parts of the Geographic Area.
said that he has discussed with the people in Reproduction the problem of added
re uirements and that either will get in touch with 25X1 A9a
to request official confirmation of the fact that the added
25X1 A9aY'emziremen s of D/GP will probably continue.
25X1A9a 10. asked whether the Geographic Area memorandum concerning
positions open within the Geographic Area should include all vacant positions
or only the unencumbered positions. It was agreed that only the unencumbered
positions should be listed.
25X1A9a
ii. reported that the AD/RR has indicated that additions
to staff in the CIA budget for FY 1937 must be on the basis of new services,
rather than improvement or augmentation of present services.
25X1 A9V2, commented that the Photo Intelligence staff study
has been approve by age and Classification and goes to the DDS today
for signature.
25X1 A9a 13. commented that he wants to work out a satisfactory solution
to the problem o establishing an adequate map collection at the Vital Storage
area. It appears on the basis of the recent exercise, that the most important
countries should be covered at scales of possibly 1:100,000 and smaller and that
a systematic selection should be made for these countries of the best special-
subject maps available--including transportation, catmnulications, sociological,
political and economic maps. Probably one person should be assigned full time
to this problem until it is solved., including the problem of reference
facilities for the collection. The collection would then have to be revised
periodically in order to keep it current.
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25X1 A9a *15- reported t t started his Area Familiarization 25X1 A9a
t WednesdaY as lamed, 25X1A9a
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still has not received final OCI approval for this part o his trip.
25X1A9a
25X1 A9a reported that need for coordination of his activities
With of FI has become apparent, and that they plan to get
25X1A9ogether some time soon, possibly today, to discuss their Air Force contacts
and activities.
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