INFORMATION REVIEW & RELEASE (IRR) NEWS FOR 5-16 SEPTEMBER 2005 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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05578168
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RIPPUB
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U
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2
Document Creation Date: 
March 8, 2023
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April 2, 2019
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F-2010-01471
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September 16, 2005
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it� Approved for Release: 2019/03/27 C05578168 IFNIirJIIVt- (b)(3) Information Review & Release (IRR) News for 5-16 September 2005 Executive Summary Future Planninz Calendar (UHectrU)' 27 September 2005: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Principals' meeting at EEOB in Washington, DC. (UHATT711) 19 October 2005: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Liaisons' meeting at NARA in Washington, DC. (UHAltill) 31 December 2006: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended. Overview of IRR Activities--Last Two Weeks (UllictlIft-FOIA Requests (UP*1410) Interest in Hydrogen-Powered Autos (UHAILJO) A requester seeks records on "Hydrogen powered cars [and] Stanley Myers Hydrogen powered buggy, this man was murdered back in 1985 by the US government. Stanley was conscripted by the Pentagon, ostensibly to power army tanks with water. At a dinner celebrating their success, Stanley hoisted a toast, drank, clutched his throat and said he was poisoned, walked outside and keeled over dead. That's how 'government' power usupers have treated those who've tried to champion your liberty in the past." � The FOIA case manager provided the requester with a previously released document on hydrogen engines, and also explained the foreign intelligence mission of the Agency, referring the requester to the Department of Energy for further assistance. (UHAVITirSeeking Records on UFO Investigator (U974.14Q4 Noted "nuclear physicist-lecturer" Stanton Friedman requests "all documents, memos, consulting contracts, correspondence, and related matters between the CIA and Philip Julian Klass. He lived in the DC area for many years and was most likely a consultant concerning foreign avionics [a blending of aviation and electronics] and unidentified flying objects on both the domestic and foreign fronts." � The FOIA case manager provided the requester 22 pages of previously released material on Mr. Klass. (U//044104 Request for Population Maps (U/hielleT44) A requester asks for "all maps illustrating the distribution of Muslim populations worldwide, historical and projected, for all years such maps were prepared. Please note that specific maps of this nature have been declassified in the past; therefore responsive records are known to exist." � The FOIA case manager informed the requester that the most recent version of "CIA Maps and Publications" is located on the CIA's Internet site. Hardcopy maps can be purchased from the Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service. (UllirW13) CIA Declassification Center (b)(3) (b)(3) (b)(3) ADMINISTRATIVE - IN Approved for Release: 2019/03/27 C05578168 Approved for Release: 2019/03/27 C05578168 ADMINICTIIATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY (UHVI'lle) From the Archives: ( UHAIU0) Living and Social Conditions in the USSR (U//fr/173) A DO Information Report circa July 1952 notes the following: "The workers and employees of both Branch No.1 and Institute 88 committed an extraordinary amount of petty thievery. Everything in the two installations which could be moved had to be nailed down. At Podlipki, for example, it was impossible to fmd a roll of insulating tape in the entire institute. But you could buy all you wanted at a public market 100-meters from the institute, where workers were selling stolen goods." Also, "Soviet workers at Branch No. 1 stole and consumed alcohol (97%), which was used for testing rocket engines. On one occasion, two workers bored a hole in an alcohol tank and promptly started to drink large quantities of the stuff. Their greed proved their downfall, however, because they soon dropped senseless to the ground and were found there by a watchdog." (U//A4+FIFt) The World of the 1980s, as Seen From the 1970s (U/Mrlf.#19) In 1974, the DS&T's Office of Research and Development produced a 24-page study on "Some Likely Key Intelligence Questions for the 1980s," intended to allow for better R&D planning. The study, praised by DCI Colby as an excellent, thought-provoking effort, reached the following conclusions: � Major climate change is on the way. Anticipated Result: Global freezing and drought, devastating world food supplies. � Growing population and critical resource shortages. Result: Worldwide economic struggle, a race for exploitation of the oceans for food and fights for control of the sea beds. � Vulnerability of energy supplies to disruption. Result: Accelerated development of underdeveloped nations, and effective international economic controls. � Multinational corporations will become increasingly important. Result: They will require government intelligence support to maintain their economic position. � Emergence of a worldwide "counterculture." Result: Possible development of a "counterreformation" and reactionary ideological renewal, both in the Communist sphere and the US. � Development of terrorism as an effective political weapon. Result: Industrial systems and free societies threatened, terrorism intelligence becomes a major national security responsibility. � Disillusionment with technology. Result: Major collapses of high-technology systems, future technology gap that favors the USSR. � Increasing nuclear proliferation. Result: Japan, West Germany, Italy, India, Australia, and Sweden get the bomb. � Development of global communications. Result: Unknown, but probably will be suppressed in Communist countries. � Possible surprises: triumph of international government, emergence of international technocracy (with resulting interplanetary flight, man-machine symbioses, etc.). (U//AwSometimes They Are More Than a Nuisance (Ull-Arl) The following is from the 29 May 1957 Current Intelligence Weekly Summary : The atmosphere of tension in Cuba has been sharpened by the extensive sabotage of Havana's electric power system on 28 May and by reports of new fighting with Fidel Castro's rebel force in the eastern part of the island. While Castro's forces are not considered capable of overthrowing the Batista regime, they have become a running sore of considerable nuisance value." � In January 1959, Castro's forces ousted Batista. This is a record CC: (b)(3) (b)(3) (b)(3) (b)(3) ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY Approved for Release: 2019/03/27 C05578168