CIA REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY MAPS AND CHARTS, 1973-1980

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2002
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• Publication Date: January 14, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRA. INTEL.LIGENC AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20,503
14 January 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Director for Mapping, Charting, and
Geodesy, Defense Intelligence Agency
SUBJECT . CIA Requirements for Military Maps and Charts,
1973-1980
REFERENCE . Your memorandum S-273E/MC-2, dated 2 December 1970,
same subject
1. Forwarded herewith is the current CIA estimate of
requirements for standard Department of Defense mapping, charting,
and geodesy products during the period 1973-1980. In accordance
with previous guidance, the requirements express total needs for
a product without reference to the feasibility of production or
the adequacy of existing coverage. The present statement reflects
relatively few changes from the previous submission.
2. The completion of the Special Intelligence Graphic (SIG)
series, TOPOCOM 1505, remains the most pressing CIA map requirement.
Priorities within the series will continue to be revised and
adjustments made in the interests of timeliness and economy.
3. Intelligence requirements for standard topographic maps
are shown on the accompanying index maps. Deletions from last
year's submission are distinctively identified. The requirement
for standard topographic maps at 1:250,000 (JOGs) for East Asia
and the USSR is extensive and is in addition to the TOPOCOM 1505 series.
Other areas of particular intelligence significance for which more
modern 1:250,000 maps, based on current resources, are needed include:
Europe The borders of Yugoslavia with Hungary/Rumania/and Bulgaria
There are no other changes in the Europe requirement
Middle East Israel
Lebanon
DIA review(s) completed. UAR
Syria
Jordan
Iran
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Africa Somalia
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Libya
Equatorial Guinea
Portuguese Guinea
Tanzania/Zanzibar
Angola
Sudan
South America Venezuela
Colombia
Uruguay
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
The Argentine border with Chile
The populated areas of Brazil
Caribbean Cuba
4. The requirement for large-scale coverage of some areas of
Communist China, 1:50,000, remains a top priority CIA need. Some
sheets have been deleted from last year's expression of this requirement
due to changing intelligence needs. A new requirement exists for
1:50,000 coverage of the area 50 miles on either side of the Suez Canal.
Photomaps would adequately satisfy this requirement. The requirement
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5. The requirement for 1:25,000 scale maps of the Tuamotu
Archipelago has been dropped but such coverage is still needed for
the Paracel Islands and Pratas Island.
6. Annotated Air Target Charts, 1:200,000, depicting information
vital to the Intelligence Community are in constant demand for monitoring
developments in the USSR and its satellite European neighbors as well
as the military situation in Laos, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam.
Coverage of Korea, the Middle East, and Cuba is also desired. Many of
the ATC 1:200,000 charts were printed in the late 50's and early 60's
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7. Requirements remain valid for completion of the 1:500,000
Pilotage Charts of mainland China, Mongolia, Korea, Southeast Asia,
and South Asia. In addition there is a continuing need for such
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charts of North Central and Eastern USSR, and the Mediterranean
Coastal Region -- especially Algeria, the UAR, Israel, Jordan,
Saudi Arabia, and adjacent areas. (See Index)
8. There is a continuing need for complete, current, worldwide
coverage by 1:1,000,000 topographic maps and aeronautical charts.
Much of the available coverage is in critical need of revision.
Because of the broad, general scope of this intelligence need, no
index is being forwarded.
9. Changes in requirements for nautical and coastal charts
are shown in Appendix I. Requirements for coverage are greatest
in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Far East. The need for
large-scale coastal charts of Chagos Archipelago, Seychelles
Islands, Maldive Islands, Laccadive Islands, and Socotra is
reiterated.
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il. A careful review of our requirements for nautical charts
and town plans confirms that those previously listed as priority
II D and III C were true requirements which are still valid.
Consequently they have now been placed in priority II and should
not be deleted. The automatic priority changes caused by DIAMC
adjustment of I to I A, II A to I B, etc., are not itemized.
12. In response to your query on this point, it is difficult
to specify the suitability of photomaps or other graphics as
substitutes for city maps and large-scale topographic maps without
consideration of the specific intelligence situation involved.
Photomaps would satisfy a large variety of our intelligence
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photo interpretation requirements. In some instances, use of a
photo base product may require security controls that will reduce
the utility of the graphic. In numerous cases, accurate contours
are critical to our needs. We will be glad to consider proposals
for substituting photomaps for other maps on a case by case basis.
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13. The previously stated requirement on geodetic data is
still valid.
Attachments:
1. Appendix I, Nautical Charts
2. Appendix II,
3. Index Maps
a. Index for Far East 1:50,000 Program
b. Index for Far East 1:250,000 Program
c. Index for USSR 1:250,000 Program
d. Index for Africa and Near East 1:250,000 Program
e. Index for Latin America 1:250,000 Program
f. Index for ATC 1:200,000 Program
g. Index for Pilotage Charts 1:500,000 Program
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