FDD MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT - - FEBRUARY 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000300010022-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: March 9, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Chief, Foreign Documents Division
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FDD MOnthly Progress Report -,Fewsuary 1956
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1. The total personnel on duty as of 29 February was
2. On 14 February Mr. George G. Carey, AD/O, presented 25X1A
Career Staff Certificates to eligible FDD personnel at a ceremony
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3. Management Staff, visited. FDD on
23 February to survey the types of personnel records kept by the
Division.
4. Mr. George A. Smith of Gkia surveyed the Division relative
to the adeqnacy of caA service and was informed that cooperation
has been satisfactory.
5. Un i February, Deputy Chief, FDD, briefed a class of Contact
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25X1A 6. newly designated CIA representative in
briefed by Chief, FDD, on Division operations.
7. received an award of *150 for her
meritorious suggestion concerning reporting procedures for certain
types of biographic information.
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8. orm, outlined to the Branch Chiefs four
regional survey courses (usaR, Free Europe, Middle East, Africa
South of the Sahara) tentatively scheduled by Language and lActernal
Training Sehool/OIR for spring 1956.
9. six completed the Intensive Russian Reading Class won
26 February'.
On 27 February, four persons began Intensive Russian Reading
Class V.
One analyst completed, and one began, full-time Chinese training
during the month.
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A 24-hour, 6-efeeks'couree in typing for personnel
started on 7 February with 18 participants.
Two analysts, transferred from the India
studying Hindi and Bengeli part time to maintain
Languages.
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11. Fifty percent of the personnel of L
attending a series of 15 two-hour lectures on .ast
by OTR. The serios will continue until 23 Mew.
Section, are
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1. The 64th and 65th meeting* of the SubcoLttee on Exploitation
of Foreign Language Publications were held 3 and 17 February, res-
pectively. The Anaual Report of the Subcommittee was approved and
submitted to the Advisory Committee on Foreign Language Publications.
A review of the Scientific and Technical Program was initiated to be
continued at the next meeting on 2 March.
2. Reference to the CTU Index prevented 78 duplications totaling
4507 pages. This represents a saving of approximately 420,00.0.
3. On 24 February, Chief, FDD, attended a meeting at the Pentagon
with representatives of ACIA, AGO, and BE/OCR to discusa certain
25X1AProblems concerning restitution of captured German documents.
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4. represented FDD at a Reports Conference
held 6 y reorusry to ezpiore problems in and arrive at recommendations
relative to possibletion of CIA reporting methods.
5. The Academy of Science* uaaa textbook "Political Economy" was
pub shed during the month as FDD Translation No. 484.
6. he Division was alerted to be on guard against possible
noaxes which may have been perpetrated in foreign-language source
material because of security leaks concerning intelligence methods and
special techniques. A study was to be prepared by the Division for
submittal to a CIA committee on this subject.
7.111111111016I, consulted with Chief, FDD, relative
othe advisability of the Agency's subscription to all scientific
and technical translationsMIER111111r===== It was
agreed that such translations a procured by 061.
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25X16. Nr. waiter Pforzheimer, bAiDDA, met with Chief FDD;
Deputy CIA Librarian; and
Chief, Foreign Brunch, CIA Library, to discuss support of the
Bistorical Intelligence Collection effort. FDD how taken steps to
screen its past production, and future applicable material, to the
endo supplying material for the project.
9. The scheduled monthly 101) 6ummary report "6e1ected Articles
From ChIncse Communist Periodicals" was discontinued with isaue No. 10
of February.
10. Commendatio :
From Chief wova6, fOr valuable assistance furnished by
In the preparation of a study on i.:oviet economy', 1. .
activities in
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Liaison activities (other than CIA):
Department of 6tate
4ith Division of Aesearch for Iiestern urope, Mr. Thomas Fine,
to discuss program guidance on the weekly index of 4e Monde.
Department of the Army
th =ice of the 1;urgeon General, Dr. h. K. Gordon, to acquaint
!ilia with FDD capabilities and the current program in relation to OGG
needi; for material from ooviet medical ourrl3.
. upecial services rendered:
DL/P For i1/0L, u content analysis of eight rcels of 6panian
t,apela.
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ca lea
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itiso for Aki.i2
a 37-pec ariIh transiation of u DooXie
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ad the research project
conceruing 6oviet economic operations in ustria.
For riL, assisted in u project involving screening
unn translation of Dutcn-iungusge material.
For IS-5,
trans ia tions
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documents.
assisted in the processing of Amharic
OCR -- For Graphics Register, completed the monitoring of
selected portions of 143 Best German films.
13. Significant Reports:
- Indicates newest Soviet cancer research with
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25X1A - Conference of Soviet Bygiene Institutes on
Problem of Ionizing Radiation (bears directly on raritAtion injuries
and hazards).
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FDD Translation No. 520 -- Agricultural Geography of Hungary
(comprehensive and authoritative; many datn extremely valuable as
Cheaki OD future crop figures).
FDD Smarn.gtry No. 817 -- Weekly infOrMatiOn HepOrt on Comuunist
China, No. 85 (ftLrkieng Five-Year Plan, pp 61-80).
FDD Summary No. d09 oviet ministries iiesponsibie for Trans-
portation, Communications, Electric Paver, and Construction (collated
information an the organization, personnel, and functions of indicated
ministries extracted from soviet books, periodicals and newspapers
for the period 1952-55).
x,nclosures: 2
1. Statistical Report on
FDID Operations
2. Details of Personnel Actions
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