JIM:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00391R000100060005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 3, 1958
• Content Type: NOTES

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3 July 1958
This strikes me as being another try at making a beauty out of
a withered hag by putting a new gown on her. I'm not surprised that
initial response has been complementary. These collection guides,
however, can get lost in the file drawer by two year's hence just
as easily as the present compendia.
Even so, we should have interest if the scheme fitted our program/.
It does not mainly because we deal in mortar, not bricks. It is possible
that a country guide of this sort could be prepared for Mapping and
Unconventional Warfare. However, we are already embarked in a small
way in producing Requirements Directives for U/W and could use the same
scheme to cover Mapping on a country basis.
I suggest that our response to _ include the following: 25X1A9a
1. We appreciate the value of the scheme for the aims
of ERA, but cannot arrive at a reasonable selection from the myriad
subjects of GRA interest. Whatever selection we made would misrepresent
the actual scope of interest and needs of geographic intelligence.
2. Preparation would be a terrible burden (much of it
necessitated solely by the set format) even if limited to the Bloc
countries. We also can forsee a heavy maintenance load, much of it
non-productive (ie.,only maintains accuracy of guide contents).
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3. The orderly approach represented by the country guides
is of great interest to us. We are now giving thought to programming
Requirement Directives in the fields of U/W and Mapping for each Bloc
and sensitive non-Bloc country.
I have checked this out with 25X1A9a
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