FDD MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT - - JUNE 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000300010018-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: July 9, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Assis twat Director for Operations f July 1956
Chief, Foreign Documents Division
FDD Monthly Progress Report June 1956
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1. The total personnel on duty as of 30 June was
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u r'-ntarctic program given y
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1i. Two further conferences were held during the month with
Personnel valuation Division representatives on the reorganization
of Publications Section, Reports Branch. FED stated that only
0S-4 grades would be allowed for the proofreading positions. A
Lie orandum was sent through channels to the Director of Personnel
uutlinin YDD's reasons for objecting to the FED recommendation.
5. During the Laonth, of Language and
:external `raining School, 0Th, conferred with
are assisting J R in drawing up examinations to be used in the
Foreign Language Development program.
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conducted by
6-ix persons completed a part-time Russian Reading Class
begun in May 1955.
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Arrangements were made during the month for the loud of
to Staff D to handle special project material. The
loan period will be sporadic but will average one day per month.
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- returned to
to perfect his Russian.
is on loan to F1/DDjP for one month.
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l0. Discuasious were held with of O U,, and
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briefed by on the operation of the Document
,xaioitation Index.
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1. The 72nd, 73rd., a 74th meetings of the Subcoa itteae
on E ploitation of sign Language Publications were held
1, 15, and 29 June. The review of the Free World program was
completed, thus concluding the current program survey. The first
draft of the report to the Advisory Committee on Foreign Lame
Publicatimis was discussed. The t meeting will be held on
27 July. The degree of interest of Subcommittee members in the
2. Reference to the CS Ind" prevented 15h duplications
hg 5,557 pages. This represents an estimated saving of
27,000.
The FM scheduled Su=mry "S thly Information Report
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on Latin .i erica" was discontinued with issue No. 35 dated 5 June.
The scheduled Su nary " thly Information Report on
Africa" was discontinued with the June issue (No. 20) and will be
replaced by separate mthly reports: "Information on North Africa"
and "Information on Africa South of the Sahara."
on FDD support of a -project, "The
the Soviet Officer."
was appointed to prepare a staff study
.e relative operations of FDD
. -Thee National Economy of the h - A Statistical Compila-
tion" was received in the Division on 12 June. Jithin five days
the 262-page book was translated and and prepared for publication.
Printink and dissemination was completed by 29 June. The bo..fk was
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6. S Ales of Russian articles and their English tr -
l.ati,o were prepared for Special sesistant
to the DDJ I, for tre ttaj to Rome.sir Force Depot for use in
testing a medical translator.
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Intelligence Collection in newspaper articles
on World War II espionage were transmitted during the month.
25X 1 N. Far ~Ast lynch initiated a weekly randum to the
on po on C t China' for the purpose of
rectucir duplication of effort.
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From Special Assistant to the DD/I (Planning) for the
sched.led FDD Summry series "Scientific Information R=Yport."
10. Liaison activities (other than CIA)
Dep rt at of State
With Division of Research for aR and Eastern Europe,
Mr. Stephen Peters, to discuss FUI} support of XIS chapters on
Albania and Rtmania.
Also with DRS, Mr. Max Rorlick, to discuss FDD support
of MIS chapters on orbit propaganda in the Free World.
Deprtm wt of the ArsUr
With ACSI, Mrs. J. Van Zandt, to discuss program guidance
on reporting of Rumanian and Albanian military information.
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; /P -?- For 1 /0SS furnished within 24 hours translations
of Togliatti's interview, Benni's editorial, and the Communist
?arty Politburo statement in L' nite as part of the Division's
crash coverage of world press reaction to the Krushchev speech at
the 20th Congress.
1 for FkWQtti performed eight pages of reverse
ion, English to Spanish.
W -- Performed reverse translation of nine pages, English
to German.
-- For Graphics
of Russian films.
Department of Air Force -- For AF IN translated on first
priority basis 168-page Air Force documents.
25X1 A Department of Labor -- Supplied background information for
a Labor official who was to receive a visit by an
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12. 6ignificant Reports:
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F D D 6ummary No. 944 -- Weekly Information Report on
C; st Chi (101) (information on Chinese Communist military
organization; cited in OCI "Current Intelligence Digest" of
4 June)
FDD Sumiary No. 941 -- Information on the Decree of
21 Aug 1954 on "The Role and Tusks of Goabank USSR," and Changes
in the viet Banking and Financial System (traces recent changes
in Soviet banking system and outlines present role and functions
of C bank)
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7Db S y No. 949 - Deve1upt Dt of CRSU and Commmist
Parties of Union Republics, 1952-1956 (traces trends in Co=mzniat
Party membership, c ition of delegations at party congresses
and conferences, and development of pricy party orrarxi.zationsa).
J. J. BAGEL
142cl osures: 2
1. Statistical Report on
FM Operations
2. Details of Personnel Actions
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