GEOGRAPHIC ATTACHE PROGRAM

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01154A000100050015-9
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: December 17, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
TO : INR/OD - Ray S. Cline
FROM : INR/MP - Arthur L. Burt
SUBJECT: Geographic Attache Program
Total Number of Geographic Attach6s (GAs) in the Program - eight
Field-based GAs:
1. Dr. John A. Bradley -- Tokyo
2. Mr. William B. Cox -- New Delhi
3. Dr. Colbert C. Held -- Tehran
4. Dr. Albert S. Chapman -~ Bonn
Washington-based GAs (INR):
1. Dr. Donald R. Dyer -- Latin America
2. Mr. Lauri J. Niemela Northwestern Europe
3. Mr. Henry G. Rogers -- Western Europe
4. Mr. Francis E. Shafer Africa
Donald R. Dyer
Education
College .. Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, California (A. B. Stanford
1947)
Graduate -, C/Berkeley and Northwestern University (M. S. 1948;
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Pii . D. 1950
Field Work for dissertation in Puerto Rico (Rural Land Classi-
fication Program)
University Teaching
University of Florida (1950-62 - Assistant/Associate Professor
of Geography; Graduate Faculty, Sch. of Into American Studies)
University do La Habana (1953 - Visiting Professor of Geography)
University Cat?lica de Lima (1958 - Fuibright Lecturer in
Geography)
University National Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (1959-60 -
Fulbright Lecturer)
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military Service
U. S. Navy (1942-45 - Radio Technician/Chief Petty officer)
Diplomatic Service
Regional Geographic Attache for South America (1.962--67)
(Headquarters at American Embassy, Rio de Janeiro; TDY map
procurement missions to all countries of South America)
Regional Geographic Attache for Northern Latin America (1967-69)
(Headquarters at American Embassy, Mexico City until July 1968;
TDY map procurement missions to countries of Central America,
West Indies and northern South America)
Regional Geographic Attache' for Latin America (1969- )
(Headquarters at INR/MP, Department of State, Washington; TDY
map and publications procurement missions to all countries of
Latin America; three special-assignment missions to countries
of North, West, and Central Africa during 1968-69)
Publications
Author of book on Lesser Antilles and 15 articles in professional
journals; 45 articles in Encyclopedia Britannica and one in
Encyclopedia Americana; co-author of 6 books
Lauri J. Niemela
Education
College - Northern Michigan University. B. S. Degree, with
honors Northwestern University - M. A. and Ph. D. work.
University Teaching
University of Helsinki, Finland (Fulbright Lecturer, in Finnish
1954-55)
Indiana State University - 1955-57
Northern Michigan University - 1957-60. Associate Professor of
Geography
Military Service
U.S. Air Force - 1941-45 - Navigator/Gunner with bomber crew
flying out of England over the continent
Diplomatic Service
Regional Geographic Attache for Northwestern Europe (1960-69)
(Headquarters at American Embassy, Copenhagen: TDY map procure-
ment missions to all countries of northern and northwestern
Europe)
Regional Geographic Attache for Northwestern Europe (1969- )
(Headquarters at INR/MP, Department of State, Washington; TDY
map and publications procurement missions to all countries of
northern and northwestern Europe.)
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Publications
Co-author of 500-page book, "Finland and its Geography," ; Duell,
Sloan and Pearce, 1955. Authored book while a Research
Associate of the American Geographical Society, New York.
Author of over 30 geographical articles in Encyclopedia Britanniaa,
covering various countries and cities of Europe and Asia.
Author of a "Glossary of Finnish Map Terms," published by the
Association of American Geographers, 1959.
Henry G. Rogers
Education
College - Indiana University ?- A. B. Degree, in geology, 1941
University of Chicago - M. S. in geography, 1948
Military Service
U.S. Army Air Force, in Europe and the United States, weather
specialist
TDY in Far East, as temporary GA, 1963
Regional Geographic Attache for Southwestern Europe (1957-60)
(Headquarters at American Embassy, Paris: TDY map procurement
missions to all countries of southwestern Europe)
Regional Geographic Attache for Southwestern Europe (1966- )
(Headquarters at INB/MP, Department of State, Washington;
TDY map and publications procurement' missions to all countries
Diplomatic Service
of southwestern Europe)
Publications
Classified reports.
.Francis E. Shafer
College ,Oregon State College, B. 8. in general science - 1951
Education
University of Washington, Seattle, M. A. in Geography,
1953, .,, .:
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U. S. Army, in the United States, Occupational Specialist -
1946-48.
Diplomatic Service
Regional Geographic Attache for Eastern and Southern Africa
(1965-69)
(Headquarters at American Embassy, Cairo, 1965-67; TDY map
procurement missions to countries of eastern and southern
Africa)
(Headquarters at American Embassy, Beirut, 1967-69: TDY map
and publications procurement missions to countries of eastern
and southern Africa)
(Headquarters at INR/MP, Department of State, Washington: TDY
map and publications procurement missions to countries of all
of Africa. 1969-
Publications
Classified reports.
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