RELEASE OF MAPS TO UNIVERSITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01153A000100050033-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 1999
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: August 19, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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Memorandum
TO : D/OBI
THRU EA/OBI
,FROM : DCh/CD/BI
SUBJECT: Release of Maps to Universities
DATE: 19 August 1966
1. The Cartography Division's relations with Universities
has always been on a very limited basis and has consisted mainly
in donating selected unclassified maps to a few (less than 10)
University Geography Departments. This activity has been conducted
within the framework of a policy set forth several years ago.
(See Attachment A)
2. Subject maps have been treated in two categories:
a. Finished intelligence, e.g., USSR-Railroads.
b. Samples of technical cartography, e.g., Color pull
of a terrain plate.
3. In all cases, giving maps to Universities has been
considered directly or indirectly beneficial to the Cartography
Division either in the form of special academic training for
Agency employees or evaluations and recommendations of prospective
employees.
4. In addition to those maps given to Universities by former
Chief, CD/RR - reported separately by EA/OBI - only two other
instances have taken place.
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5. Judicious distribution of maps to Universities and other
research institutions on an automatic basis has been the subject
of many staff discussions over the past years. No change in the
present policy is recommended at this time. It should be pointed
out, that any elaborate change, however beneficial, would incur
a significant cost factor and would strain manpower resources in
the Cartography Division. 25X1A9a
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79-011
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