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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00680R000100160006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 10, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2000A-RDP62-0068,,000100160006-5
10 April 1959
Name: Foreign Names Committee, Subcommittee of the Board on
Geographic Names
Terms of Reference: To develop policies concerned with transla-
tion and transliteration methods for the standardized spelling of
geographic names on foreign areas of the world.
Membership: CIA, Chairman*
Navy Library of Congress
Army Department of State
Air Force
*Two-year term by election.
Rank of Members:
Method and Date of Establishment: The Board of Geographic Names
was established by Public Law 2V2 and approved July 25,
Staff Arrangements: Staff support for the Chairman of the FNC is
supplied by an Executive Secretary, normally in the Office of Geography,
Department of Interior. 25X1A9a
Approved For Release 2000/08/23 : CIA-RDP62-0068OR000100160006-5