FDD PROGRAM FOR THE NEAR EAST AND AFRICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03130A000100030052-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: July 13, 1998
• Content Type: REQ

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F DD PROW i FOR THE NEAR EAST AND MICA
She following reports will consist in general o : summari
of information in newspapers, periodicals, and monographs, This
progran is outlined in broad terms and subject to specific ref ine
rrt through operational liaison. The reports will be unclassified
and m ,rked "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, 11
I.4 Monthly 'ormation R222n-on Afghanistan
This report will be issued in the F]D O0-.W series*
ao Military activities including logistic problems.
Soviet bloc activities including agreements,
construction status, activities and members of
technicians assigned to each project.
co Statements and activities of important Afghans.
do Religion, Education, and Public Information
(to support NIS Section No. 43).
en Information on governmental structure, both
central and local (to support MIS Section 52).
Sraimonthly Information Report on Arab State
This report, which will be issued in the FDD Summary Series,
sill contain information on Egypt, Suomi, Libya, Syria, Ir Lebanon,
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, other Arab Peninsula arm, and
a. Military information (Army, Navy, Air Force, police,
National Guard, para.- litary organization; biographic
data on all officers, including their political
activities; medical facilities).
b. Arab League &nd inter-Arab affairs.
cm Activities of political, religious, and minority groups
except Libya (e.g. errand Mufti, Hussaini, Arab
refugee groups).
d. Organized labor activities except Libya.
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eo Economic information except Libya (transportation,
telecommunications, foreign participation in indus-
trial, construction; semi-annual and annual statistics
on foreign trade),
fo Population structure and problems 0 (including
information on the numbers of F----]immigrants and
emigrants).
3a Monthly Information Report on Africa
This report, which will be issued in the FDD Summary series,
it contain information on Africa, except British Africa, Egypt, Sudan,
end Irbiaao Special emphasis will be given to Reunion, Madagascar,
French Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, and Somalia*
ao Activities of political parties and organizations
(including native, settler pressure, and European
groups in Tangier, French and Spanish Africa, Belgian
Congo, Union of South Africa, and Portuguese Africa;
local organizations of French political parties in
French Africa; activities of North African nationalist
groups in France; inter-territorial cooperation).
bo Political agitation and tribal unrest (quarterly and
semiannual statistics).
co organized labor activities (including affiliation,
strength, personalities, and elections).
d. Social. exchanges between European and natives (including
social visits between Moslems and French citizens in
French North Africa and social contacts between educated
natives and Europeans in Black Africa).
ea Biographic (information of both high and low level
political and economic personalities including US citizens
in the area).
fo Military (local military and security forces, including
personalities for Africa south of Sahara; training
maneuvers for all Africa; bibliographic references to
military and economic publications).
go Economic (industry; penetration;
?+ ench. investments French Africa).
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4. The following subject categories will be reported on an
ad-hoc basis directly to the requestor without being published:
as Popular reaction toward internal and external affairs
in the Arab States, Greece, Turkeys and Iran
(e.g. ME Defense, US economic and military assistance;
attitude toward Soviet bloc, Western blocs and neu-
tralism.- oil agreements).
b. Geographic information on Afghanistan, Arab States,
Israel, Greece, Turkeys Iran and Africa (surveys
accounts of travels in little known areas).
,, politicals and labor developments in
c0 Provincial
Greece, Turkey and Iran.
Activities of minority and religious groups in Greece,
Turkey and Iran.
The following subject categories will be considered as
specific requests and will be issued in the FDD OO-W series*
a$ Public welfare information on Greece (to support
NIS Section No. 16).
b? Sociological information on Iran (health, educations
public welfare, social reforms).
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