LETTER TO FREDERICK H. MUELLER FROM C. P. CABELL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00321R000300290021-5
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2014
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: February 7, 1958
• Content Type: LETTER

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The honorable Frederick H. M ueLler
The Assistant 5ecretary of Commerce
%4ashisigton Z5, D. C.
Oear Mr. Mueller;
Mr. John Green. lrector, Office of Technical Services
31 your nepartrnent has requested us to clarify our position in
regard to translation of Putman scientific works, especially in
view ei Press comment about the wore Ana intentions in this field
of the Central intelligence Agency.
This Agency mast translate F.sessian publications for intel-
ligence purposes, but in tloing so we have always recognized the
potential value of this material to private researchers, universities,
and business. Therefore, over the years we have consistently
channeled copies of Lien translations, without attribution to the
Agency, to repositories such as the Library of Congress or the
:mar Library where they would be availeble to the public.
As to the recent Ansociated Press dispatch of 30 January
1958, dateline Philadelphia, stating that the Central Intelligence
Agency would like to get rid of the job of translating and abstrat-
ins I'.ussian literature and turn it over to someone else, ' the state-
ment has no founriation. Much more useful material is available ia
Soviet publications than can be translated by existing and known
planned facilities. The translation workload of the ::.,entral intel-
ligence Agency will not be lessened in say way by the augmentation
planned by your 1->epartment. 'The result will be, however, that
more of this valuable field would be :made available to U. V.
science and Industry.
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We shall lie pleased to cooperate with year Department la
this proposed eadsavor by providing cop!** et tranislatioas which
IVII undertake from Russian acieatitie *ad technical publications.
FDD/00/J3134w (5 Feb 58)
OGC/LC:ISWanke (6 Feb 58)
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