REPORT ON 'ORIENTERINGSBOKA', PUBLISHED 1946 BY JACOB DYBWAD'S FORIAG, OSLO, NORWAY.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP54-00338A000100020025-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: July 27, 1950
• Content Type: MEMO

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JULY 27th 1950.
TO: IT 401, A. INNES-TAYLOR,
CHIEF SURVIVAL TRAINING.
FOIAb3b BY: ,
SUBJECT: REPORT ON "ORIENTERINGSBOKA" , PUBLISHED 1946 BY
JACOB DYBWADtS FORIAG, 05LO, NORWAY.
"ORIENTERINGSBOKA" IS A HANDBOOK FOR COMF1iJ.'EING
INDIVIDUALS AND CLUBS IN THE RECENTLY DEVELOPED SPORT OF
"ORIENTATION TOURING" AND " ORIENTATION RACING", ON THE
USE OF MAY, COMPASS AND OTHQ NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.
TIE 130OK IS EXCELLENTLY WRITTEN, AND PROFUSELY
ILLUSTRATED. USED AS A MANUAL CF INSTRUCTIONS, IT WOULD BE EASY
TO COMPREHEND AND FOLLOW, EVEN FOR THE TENDEREST OF BUDDING
GROUND IAVIGAT ORS .
TEE TEXT COULD BE TRANSLATED FROM THE MODERN NORWEGIAN
IN WHICH IT IS WRITTEN, TO PRESENT DAY ETvGLISH, WITHOUT MUCH
DIFFICULTY. HOWEVER, A SELLING MARKET FOR THIS BOOK, CAN NOT
BE EXPECTED, SIMPLY BECAUSE NO 001 P .TITIOIS BY INDIVIDUALS OR
CLUBS IN THE ART OF TOURING- OR RACING ORIENTATION, EXCIST
IN THIS COUNTRY.
QWAILS :
1. ALL UNITS OF MEASURE DESCRIBE) AND USED AS EXAMPLES
OR EXCERCISES ARE IN THE METRIC SYSTEM.
2, ALL REF 'iANCES TO MAP SY! OIB ARE THE CONVENTIONAL
NORWEGIAN SYMBOLS, AS USED BY THE NORSK GBOGRAFISK OPAAALINGS'
KON'T OR .
6. OF THE 15 TYPES OF COMPASSES, DESCRIBED, NEARLY ALL
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DEALS WITH THE USE OF 3 DIFFERENT COMPASS GRADATIONS :
A. COMPASS ROSE OF 360*?, CONVE'NT'IONAL.
B, C01,1PAS6 ROSE OF 400*, AS YET NOW IN USE IN THIS COUNTRY,
BUT HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSID14RAT'ION FOR OVER A DECADE.
C, COMPASS ROSE OF 63UU "1S.nes" , WHICH IS NOT THE SAP, AS THE
AI:',ERICAN SYSTEM JMF 64UU IM.ILIS.
EXACT PIN-POINT GROUND NAVIG. 'ION OVER LONG DISTANCES XX IS
POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN USING THIS TYPE OF COMPASS.
IN ADDITION, THE MANUAL GIVES GOOD ADV AND
RULES FOR SAFETY ON A HOST OF RELATED SUBJECTS.
IT DEALS BRIEFLY WITH SUCH ITEMS AS :
DESIRABLE CLOTHING,
DESIRABLE TOUR-FOOD,
CROSS-COUNTRY TRAVEL IN ALL SEASONS,
TRAINING AND DES-TRAINING ,
BODY EXCERCISE PREPARATORY TO COMPETITIONS,
PERSONAL HYGIENE.
ONE SPECIAL CHAPTER DEALS WITH MILITARY ORIENTATION PROBLEP,MS,
BUT IT DOES NOT ADD ANY NEN INFCRTvATION
NOT BEING USED AT THIS SCHOOL.
REC OM:ANDAT I O N
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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS TYPE OF TRAINING, AS SUGGESTED IN
THIS BOOK,BE ADOPTED, SHOULD THERE BE USE OF A FAST CUURIER SERVICE
BETWEEN FRIE'N'DLY FRONT-LINE GROUPS, OR SURVIVAL GROUPS BEHIND
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