PROGESS REPORT PF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, ORR MONTH OF JULY 1957 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

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• Publication Date: July 1, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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PfiCGR a MUMT OF T GEOGBAP IC AREA, t1
MO CF JW 1957
OFFICE OF THE C1I , GEQGB! P1IIC RESEARCH
biv ss -Oh con inu a -1n support of top priority projects for the
DCIjI :DD/ I, and AD.
and 56 to do stic correspondence.
4. The Photo Intel. en&to Division completed three Photographic
Intell gelnce Memoranda Ste a Area at Shui-kou A.i .eld.;
~~ Soatheast C on; Current Sta us of
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ishment 9 and Coordination Activities
1. July was a routine month in the Geographic Research Area,
although C 3 c and map reference activities ct ntinuc to mate
at near-capacity levels. Research production Vas highlighted by the
dissemination of a new 0eo a .ic Intelligence Review, and the near
cc 1etion of the o 4-format J o,~. Three n U/W studies, done
according to the "feasibility" format, are a1mo t ready for reproduction.
Major attention continued to be given to priority photographic studies,
IGY.Antarctica, and the coordination of city interests in foreign
aerial photography axd mapping su:?veys .
2. The Carto&`apby Division completed. 55 reps and charts, all for
M. Requests for the month numbered 65, 59 for CIA and 6 for the
Department- of State. The Special Support Branch completes. 16 maps and.
Charts and accepted requests for 21; in addition, 5 revisions a 2
reruns were requested and completed.
3. The Map TAbrary Division received. 4,706 maps and. 981 related
publications from foreign sources. Of these, 31% were retained in CIA,
30% sent to AMS, 20 ? to the Library of Congress) 13% to rA, and the
remaining 6% divided among the other IAMPCC agencies. A total of 2l, l.8`
map sheets were disseminated in ier? to 1,225 map requests. Outgoing
cmmadccetions totalled 216, of which 160 related to foreign procurement
5. The Geografyy Division ccieted one Geographic Intelligence
Review (MR-52); three Geographic Intelligence Reports GR-109, Code:
the u ; .GR-156, andoneGEs ox .
GR?l$, Possible Guided -Missile Tests Ranges in
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6. The Chief/G returned to duty following five months' attendance
at the Armed Forces Staff college, Norfolk.
7. The Office of the Chief/G presented a paper on ""Geographic
Intelligence in Wartime" and one on "Geographic Central Support Services
in Wartime" at the DD/2's 1957 Operation Alert a rciso. The secretary
to Chief/G s%M-vised the stenographic team selected for the exercise.
8. The Chief, Map Library Division, participated in a variety of
conferences related to coordination of commmity Interests in foreign
aerial survey and mapping projects.
9. The new D/GG-D/GC map, Railroads in Latin America, was delivered
in 425 copies to the InternationComrereaaceMrn, -went of
State, for use at the Pan American Railway Congress being held in linos
Aires at the ed of August.
10. Ended discussions were initiated with the Soviet Flapping
Intelligence Staff, D/GG, by two groups of scientists (Applied. Physics
Laboratory, Johns Hopkins 'diversity, for the U.S. Navyy Bureau of
Ordnance, and, another group from the Office of Naval Research) who are
undertaking a study at the request of the Chief of Naval Operations.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate (1) available geodetic and
cartographic data on the Soviet Union, and (2) prospects for field
collection of data for which, no map coverage or geodetic data are avail-
able. A paper sizing the discussions is in preparation for Agency
policy levels, to inform them of the eventual demands that might be
placed on, the Agency.
11. A meeting on the NIS was scheduled between the GeognThy
Division and the Special Studies Section, ACIC, just prior to the
Section's transfer to St. Louis. It is anticipated that mazy problems
will arise in effecting Chapter IX coordination with ACIC in St. Lenuis,
particularly since there is to be no direct tie line.
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13. The May Y .brary Division has assembled m atlas of page-size
CIA. maps, by arm, to make it more convenient and efficient. fox- re-
searchers to view and select maps of this size. An atlas of Ma-size
NIS base maps has also been assembled for pier viewing.
A. A variety of mapping and spent research support 'gas pr vid.ed t?
the Special Advisor on Geography, D r t of state.
15. The Chief, D/GG, attended the Cc icatio Send ?r; Sumer
Institute of a cutive Deve1 t for Top Level Feddera1 Ad .stratc ,
at the University of Chicago, frcm 15 to 26 July. He reports that the
s r ? is an excellent one and ree ds it for other Agencyr
administrstc s .
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c l.eted. $ elev a?
eh. c a at. the Naval Photogwanbie s .r re.1
Others are
attending the crcaree 'which began on 22 J a y.
17. Messrs. D/G?, confers with Dr. Dirk Reny L
of the Ballistics Res -ch Lib tory at the Aberdeen Proving Grc d.
25X1 18. I I of the cartogreXhy Di-vision retired after
30 ms's of govert service.
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MONTHLY RFT T FCR THE Iffal!WTIER CONTROL SECTI(E
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PER THE S CF JUT.' ' 195?
Countable intelligence materials recelveds,,wocellsed
and sent to eeapouonts of the aeographie Area ,
Countable intelligence materials, processed and sent
on to other eamponenta of the Agway
Reprodu ttcw* requisition initiated and completed
3obe received
"'urr hale orders initiated and iteas received
Lplast InterAgeW
a tither Garerr rxt Agencies 1 25 1 19
FC Iii FROCt1R t? '
Materials received from foreign sources
Kapar Sent, Primes and Initial Distributicin
MaNr Received thargt D/GG (Nev, Reruns, Revisions)
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PACKAGES
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RT L( REPORT FOR TE CARTOGRAPHY DIMION
Month of July 1957
A. csf ~a~?.. r+hicafutic~recnts
1. During Jat1 r the Cartography Division accepted requests for
65 maps and charts, 59 for CIA and 6 for the Department of Ste.te
Of the total for the Agency., 32 were requested by C=,, 20 for C:[A
contribution to NI S, 1 for 061, 2 for OC1, 2 for ONE, and 2 for DD/t.".
of the 6 requested from the Department of State, 4 were for ES. During
the same period, the Division cou )feted 55 a pe and charts, all for CIA
During the month 60V of the c letions represented work on the MR
and Satellites, 8$, on the Far S sit-Weste Hemisphere, and 201= on
Europe-Africa and the Rear East. At the close of the repo rtir;g pe:ids,,
49 items remained in reproduction.
2. The RIB Val) Coordinator received 25 color proofi jobs
13 f1 ml S maps fx:-om reproduction duri July. Seventeen color -,woofi
Jobs and 89 for final printing remained in reproduction at the close of
the month. The ua a ll r large rsa er^ of final maps in reproductions
continues again this month.
3. T' Special Supt Branch accepted requests for 21 new maps
and charts and dosph:ted 16 during the mouth. In addition 5 zevisien and.
2 reruns were requestd and cd1eted.
R. Administmtive Problems s Other Activities
, the Chief of the Division, depaar't for a 3-week
will be Acting Chief during his absence.
2. entered on duty in D/GC 29 July and is in
training as a Cartographic Dra?.f tsx e
3-I completed training has been assigned to the Far Est-Western Hemisphere Cos pi1ation Branch as of 22 Jul.
14. Appr?oxi ? :ly 95% of the rerjns requested by D/aL in mew
dated 21 Feb mry 19,57 have been completed as of 31 July..
5. I of the Europe-Afri a B ch retired on 26 July.
after completing a total of 30 years of government service.
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6. 'The Mo ae o t City Plaza revision a completed during u .
A Street Index is heing prepmved to. acew~: r this map.
7. T be NIS $3p Coordinator met with OBI, a rd 25X1
several people: from ASS reg rli the p1 .te separation procedures tX
NIS be v, ps for Ch. II use.
8. The fin of the Foreign Service Posts of the World. ;pt for
Dr. Peary. of t State Dep G xt bas been sent to reproducl:ioa.
9. Sixty . cYart8 ware r e v i x i e ~ ` ; d and given oeAitorip.l 0 ,K .
in July by the Cartogrepby Division for distribution by D/GL
32 I, newly appointed. GA, attended a 3-deq orienl'.atio a
P m in the Division enuring July.
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Totes, CIA co 1t
star 2 3% 0
Area
Tnt +i, tom &.A, & G 'a1
Europe , Near ast
USER & SateUltes
Far East & W, Here
Number % of Total
33
New Xapa and
New Maps and
N ber of RwMB
No? of
Charts i ntex'ed
Charts C ale'
Prints C
,leted
Prints
July
65
55
18.9040
37
36,064
j
57
1i2
3.19 W8
19
54,624
MIw
73
43
16Q2t9
29
2L, 272
Ap
61
59
69890
22
12,9701
56
37
12,186
17
18,0'5
February
79
98
24,672
23
16665
Total
391
334
69,65
177
159,361
iU
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% of 110.
Total Comte ?ot.
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