FDD MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT - - AUGUST 1956

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000300010016-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 10, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Assistant Director for Operations
Chief, Foreign Documents Division
FDD Monthly Progress Report -- August 1956
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2. Chief, FDD, Chief, Far East Branch; and Chief, Screening
Section attended 0, Library briefing by former
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14 ;j e-1, 1421efed CIA. Librarian and Chief,
:r ro;;:, f-UP 4eeds in connection with their planned.
Division in the C4;nsoidated Charities Campaign.
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returned from three months TET in RI/FT/
compietea two months TM in FE-2/DD/P.
1.t.c3 persons completed the aivision's Intensive Polish
Reailing Couree
StX-MOJAh 1:kurmese Lanuage Course
i.bt'AVigSiCJL personnel participated, for an average of
one day each, in the production of XR trainin8 films.
the professional personnel of Scientific and
Technical Branch in ,7rades 5, 1, 9 and 11 received scientific pay
adjustments.
9. The reclassification in USSR Branch of a Ga-i Foreign
Documents Officer position to a GO--( Intelligence Assistant position
has been surveyed by Position Evaluation Division, OP.
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ERATICOS
1. At the invitation of Services Division, ORR, the chiefs of
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Rumania Sections have attended
weekly Services Division panels for discussion of mutual problems
relating to FDD capabilities and Services Division requirements.
2. On 14 August, of Far
East Branch mat withNavy, end Air
Force to discuss community need for information from captured
Japanese documents. It was agreed that Air Force and Army would
screen the material.
3. Reference to the
tion totaling 1,341 pages.
53 cases of duplica-
4. The first issue of the scheduled monthly Summary "Informa-
tion on Africa South of the Sahara" was published during the month.
The scheduled biweekly 00-W, "Information From the Manila
TagAlog Daily 'gong Buhay,'" was discontinued as of 1 August.
5. By arrangement with OBI, the Linguist Service in Barton
Hall will screen all OBI requirements of 25 pages or more before
transmittal to FDD.
6. Sixty-six FDD reports are listed in the "1955 Annual Report
of Internal and ftternal Research Projects on the Sino-Soviet Bloc"
issued by the Economic Intelligence Committee.
His
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During the month four contributions were transmitted to the
al Intelligence Collection in the form of Greek newspaper
on World War II espionage.
8. Commendations:
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From Deputy Director of Security (Investigation and Support),
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nast few veers. Particular mention is made of the cooperation of
From Chief, INAM/OIS, for excellent evaluation of the
Singapore newspaper Nang-pao.
From the Navy member of the Subcommittee on Exploitation of
Foreign Language Publications in behalf of ONI for the FDD series of
scheduled summaries "Soviet Military Information From 11(rasnaya
Ivezda' and Other Publications"
and members of his section. Chatham, added a
commendation of the Advisory Committee on Foreign Language Publica-
tions for the excellent reception of this report.
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Ftom Electric Power Branch, CRR, for the collated report
on "Electric Power Installations in East Germany" prepared by
9. Liaison activities (other than CIA):
?ertt of State
With Division of Research for Far East, Mt. Alfred E.
Harding, to discuss progrme guidance matters affecting exploita-
tion of Chinese Communist theoretical journals and coverage of
Outer Mongolia.
the Az
With Mt. Richard Bauer, ACM, to discuss program guidance
on reporting of Satellite military information. ACSI suggested
that such coverage on East Germsny be discontinued in favor of
concentration on the other Eastern Europe Satellites.
With Engineering Strategic Intelligence Division, Mk. Guy
McIntosh, to discuss FDD support for the NIS chapter on Israel,
Section 24 (Topography).
10. Special services rendered:
DDJP swims, reverse translation of 20 pages,
English to ; reverse translation of a 51-page paper, "United
Front Tactics -- Lenin to grvelichey," English to German; and reverse
translation, English to Russian, of four pages of questions to be
used in the interrogation of a returnee.
Also for Rqpiois, tested an applicant in epoken French
and provided a Japanese examination so that a Japanese applicant
could be tested in the field.
Office of Research and Reports -- For Geographic Division,
reverse translation of a one-page letter of introduction, English
to French.
Office For Medicine Division,
special rush translation ta on Soviet mumps and
measles vaccines being tested U.S. to avert loss of vaccines and
test animals.
For Fundamental Services Division, evaluated the eight
series of Reerativnyy Zhurnal (Abstract journal) for 1955, and
translated sample abstracts.
Office of Communica cos -- Reverse translation of a 21-page
instruction tooklet into Czech and Polish.
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Office of Current Intelligence -- Compiled comparative
statistics from the Italian press on local elections of May 1956
in over 700 Italian communities.
Atomic Ensrr Commission -- Translated five articles
concerning oontro11e nu ear reaction trmn the Soviet journal
"Atoaic Merge No. 3, 1956.
11. Significant reports:
FDD Translation No. 578 -- Northeast !Encyclopedia:
Resources and Industry in Northeast China (another in the series
of basic reference studies on this area)
FDD Translation No. 581 -- Peiping Telephone Directory,
1955 (furnishes organisational and personnel information on Chinese
Communist institutions)
FDD Summary No. 1026 -- Weekly Information Report on
Communist China (112) - (funnan Province Five-Tear Plan, pp 80-120)
FDD Summary No. 102 -- Wnth1.y Information Report on
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J. J. BAGNALL
Enclosures: 2
1. Statistical Report on
FDD Operations
2. Details of Personnel Actions
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