GIFTS TO ACADEMICIANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01153A000100050027-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 1999
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: August 18, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Basic Intelligence
FROM: Chief, Geography Division
SUBJECT: Gifts to Academicians
18 August 1966
1. Two publications of the Geography Division had selected distri-
bution beyond Government circles. Both were atlases that made available,
mainly to scholars, unclassified information that was not otherwise
generally available. They are described in the attached reviews that
appeared in the July 1961 publication of the Association of College and
Research Libraries (attachments 1 and 2).
2. The China: Provisional Atlas of Communist Administrative Units
25X1X1 was distributed, to 44 universities and 11 societies (attach-
ment 3). In addition, 50 copies were offered for public sale and sold
through the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services.
25X1X7
3. The Atlas of Soviet Administrative Maps was distributed to 45
universities, The American Geographical Society, New York Public Library, 25X1A
The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, Time, Inc., Rand
McNally, Inc., and Denoyer-Geppert 25X1C
Copies of this atlas were
not sold through the Department of Commerce outlet. The atlas was also
available to scholars at the National Academy of Sciences and the Library
of Congress.
4. There are no plans at present to revise these atlases or to issue
other publications that might be made available to non-governmental insti-
tutions. 25X1A9a
Attachments:
As stated above.
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