ECONOMIC SERVICES DIVISION COMMITTEE ON CHINA RESEARCH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000200010045-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: August 10, 1964
• Content Type: MIN

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Cmittee on China Research
~ Minutes of First Meeting 0900 hours, 10 Aug?st 1954)
Members of the Committee are:
airman, S/Ol
S/TR
S/TF
S/CST
S/COM
S/R
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All members were present except who wait represe;ntc-9c\
CST . Also present were s
Chief, D/S
D /S
Chief. S/TR
Chief, S/'T?
explained that the goneriil purpose of the coi ii ;tee
w,wsjs ",;o enable tone D/_^ analysts working on China to beooms better ar a
&,.vinteda to coordinate their research activities,, and to broaden their
lclow2edge of intelligence targets in. China end of D/$ responsibility
jor problem is to make a more fruitful exploi "cation
.other problem is to increase the resdnrtir,, 1 25X1A9
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in: a ; Support emor?anda5, and he sug .esi;ed that be i:n
T,ted to an early v e ;7.ng to brief us on how we can da a ,eY. fob
ii this area,
i ast gonerLillyn
Loorc"if.uate the di-vision's, activities in China narticul^r - and he Par
stated that it had been decided at division m~ et i.n,gs
t, .at a 'c mittee on China was desirable, since the divisir-1-11 WES or-an
oa a fi otioua'~ :. rather than. an area basis? and some means was rne- ed to
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25X1A9a stated he felt that a review of the research program for
China ~.or max scar, year would be desirable as a means of aog~aainting
the members with the scope of division activities and to point up any
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ma or gaps. said that Ch/E has requested outlines of all
branch.initia a projects by September 10 and that the fulfillment of
this request would be a good subject for Committee discussion for the
accomplishment of the same purpose.
China rosearcht
the fadilure to
in English and other languages which are not receiving regular ayste-.
matic attention as intelligence sources. He suggested that an a arly
project for the committee might be to have bibliographies prepared (by
a number of different agencies) to give a clearer idea of what is a?y; il-
able. He also suggested that the Committee would provide a useful
means of standardizing and coordinating requirements on the one hand
and of pinpointing specific requirements, with indic.ition of aou:rses,,
on the other.
made the following prints s
The effort to improve our production of Current Suppori;
Memoranda is to be encouraged. but he felt that this :should
come about through the normal development of material rather
The committee should
Informal liaison with the Geographic ReseRrch area should
be of mutual benefit.
He recommended close liaison with D/A, FE Branch; any
formal arrangements or commitments should be made at the Di'ri.sio t
level, He felt that in general an effort should be made to iaake
aitj.d there are a number of obvious i
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gence
problems
in the area which may at y time require urgent attention; as examples,
he mentioned Sine-Japanese relations, the Red penetration of Indonesia,
Sinkiang developments, Indo-China and B,oreao
attention is the v
question of Sino-.Soriet relations, particularly
in Sinkiang.
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eked whether the nommittee is expoeted to restrict, Itself 25X1A9a
to th{: Spec. .t c areas of D/ Interestssaid that vhi.i"
voa .a?,w rcaaponsibillttes only in those areas, au A, p1ligence off 1,09-s
35e ;hf.uid be aware of P. wide range of intelligence problems 25X1A9a
tpo :aim I out that :'r ;que?ntly problems, such as those he mentiene~ , ~rs?
Manifest thervselvos specif'i.aally* in activities within D/S,'s responsi:hili-
h:ioi?, et ,, tondo rag-eoc nts, technical assistance programs,, transport-a-.
ti,oz} Fnd co nun1cut:ions. or orgmizational dov?l.al dents,, Thus T)/S is
iea -)n the ground floor on many diverse problems,
25X1A9a
said he felt that they co ittee would be a u$oiu1 4eTI.Ce
f?~rm .enw g such recurring problems as the China Trade and bhippuar,
p ~rf and for anti cipr}ting such problems AS the i>npitcati.ons of the
'bz-ng;t7e Ri r floods, No also urged that the. committee make an effnrt
to keep iTitare ,~f si_aniflean t rese,~rch which is being produced by C^1IS
and other external, ai- enc ies or individual:-
at was decided that the -rmmi.ttee wot1d meet r'egaaletrt.y on T 7.;tsday
aftea oon3 ; next r e t:?Tag? 1 pp m, ~ 19 :41ugust 954 at f"125 '?I,
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