MINUTES OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 28, 1956
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16I UTES OF THE SEVEBTY-SIXTH 14EETING OF THE SUBCO144IT E
ON EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS
28 September 1956
Present
Members., Royal Wald,, State
Richard Bauer, Army
Maj. Howard G. Neumann. Asir Force
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1. The 76th meeting of the Exploitation Subco uni vtee convened
at 1+04 hours. The minutes of the 75th meeting were approved without
amendment.
2. The Chairman suggested that the Subcommittee consider first
several matters of unftn:iiahodl business on which informal agreement had
previously been reached, but on which there was no record of formal
concurrence.
He referred specifically to the reports of working groups on
standardized transliteration, and on Chinese terminology? and said he
would appreciate a formal response from those memberu Who had not yet
registered their opinions.
With regard to the German World War II records of the occuFa-
tion of the Netherlands, obtainable by Department of the Army from the
Dutch on a quid pro quo basis,, the Chairman noted that memoranda had
been received from State and Navy expressing no interest. He asked
whether the other members of the Subcommittee could report the reaction
of their components. In a brief discussion which followed the opinion
prevailed that the age and nature of the documents precluded any current
interest in them.
3. Maj. Neumann stated that an abstracting service in Soviet and
East European scientific and technical journals has been started by
Air Force as a continuing operation,. He referred to the recent visit
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of Zr. George Pugh, tiID, to the 7050th Air Wing in Germany, for the
purpose of resolving duplication of exploitation efforts which had
become apparent among several Air Force components and FDD. The result
of Mr. Pugh's liaison, he explained, was a division of labor, whereby
AID will confine its effort to the exploitation of monographs because
of its advantageous location in the Library of Congress, while the 7050th
will concern itself with translations of soviet and Satellite press and
periodicals, utilizing foreign nationals because of the lower coat of
translation. Maj. Neumann said that a plan to expand Air Force exploi-
tation activity in Chinese publications was under development at this
time. To the question as to whether and in what form the products of
the Air Force exploitation effort might be available, he replied that the
information would be issued in the form of reference cards and given the
widest dissemination possible, consistent with budgetary considerations.
Maj. Neumann concluded by suggesting that Mr. Pugh might be
invited to explain to the subcommittee in more detail the Air Force pro-
gram and how it is expected to operate.
The Chairman responded that the Subcommittee would very much
appreciate a briefing by Mr. Pugh.
4. The Chairman reported that a staff study had gone forward to the
Advisory Committee, presenting several alternatives by which FDD could
undertake to provide the intelligence information required by the Intelli-
gence community, but not now being met. FDD has recommended one alternative
which would entail external contractual arrangements with specialists with
linguistic competence. This system would permit a great deal of flexi-
bility in adjusting FDD capabilities to meet changing emphases on areas
and subjects. Moreover, the work of the field offices could be closely
monitored by FDD staff officers, and made quite responsive to consumers'
requirements through close liaison between FDD and consumers.
The Advisory Committee will, however, inform FDD in due course
which of the alternatives it believes should be adopted.
5. The Chairman then requested the Subcommittee to consider matters
which should constitute the agenda of forthcoming meetings. He proposed
that it was again appropriate to begin a review of the FDD programs and
suggested that the USSR, etonscientific program be taken up at the next
Subcommittee meeting, October 12th.
The Committee agreed that the schedule of program reviews would
1. USSR Nonscientific
2. East European Satellites
3. Communist Far East
4. Scientific and Technical
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5. Southeast Asia
6. Near East - Africa
7. Western Europe - Latin merica
the CIA representative, queried whether it would
not be better to postpone a program review until the reaction of the
Advisory Committee to the forementioned staff study was apparent, since
the decision of the Advisory Committee could result in a substantial
change in CIA requirements.
The Chairman considered it unlikely that the results of the
Advisory Committee's decision could result in production before spring,
even if favorable authorization could be obtained quickly.
Mr. Wald of State Department asked whether the review should
be conducted with Appendix A as a base point.
The Chairman replied that, while that was literally the case,
the most practical approach would be to ask the State analysts whether
the USSR program was now meeting their needs to the greatest degree possible
with the manpower available in FDD.
6. Maj. Neumann informed the Subcommittee that the Air Force has
two linguists conducting a final screening of Japanese records and files
located at Franconia. These are the Secret and Top Secret documents of
the Army and Navy ministries which have been previously exploited. However,,
this final screening has uncovered some materials, mainly graphic, of
interest to the target and map analysts. The information is being entered
on 5r9 reference cards, and copies are provided to army Map Service.
Copies should also be available through CIA Map Library.
7. Copies of the FDD Summary Information on Africa South of the
Sahara (1) were distributed to the members.
8. The meeting adjourned at 1515. The next meeting will be held on
12 October 1956 at 1400 hours in Room 1121-M Building, when the agenda
will be a review of the FDD program on the USSR, nonscientific.
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