MINUTES OF THE GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AREA STAFF MEETING, 15 SEPTEMBER 1959

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• Document Release Date: February 18, 1998
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• Publication Date: September 15, 1959
• Content Type: MIN

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MINUTES OF THE GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AREA STAFF MEETING, 15 SEPTEMBER 1959
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1. New Work
Requests for work were discussed by each of the Division Chiefs, as
follows:
a. D/GG
(1) The Black Sea study for SAC was placed in context of a
larger requirement for SAC for the study of areas around the border
of the Sino-Soviet Bloc for a depth of fifty miles. This larger
study will be discussed to determine whether or not our capabilities
should be devoted to this kind of research and cartographic activity.
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to directed operational support; to work on this.
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(3) Boundary Inventory Study is now under way; prototypes have
been received from It is planned to complete these studies
in about 12 years.
b. D/GC
In addition to the usual requests for cartographic support, there
have been recent requests for maps for the project on Guided Missile
capabilities of the USSR, a series of charts for the bi-annual budget
presentation, and maps for the NIE on strategic bombing capabilities
of the USSR.
c. D /GL
No new projects have been undertaken, but emphasis continues to be
given to the program supporting efforts to procure Sino-Soviet topographic
maps.
2. Travel Plans
a. iwall= D/GC
Will be leaving for Zurich in early October to attend International
Cartography Course. In addition, will visit a minimum number of
cartographic installations in Europe.
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C. D GG
Will be leaving in January to attend the Arctic Geology
Symposium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Will be leaving in January for an area familiarization trip
of Africa.
3. 2 ei 'cant Conversations and Contacts
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a. has met with several Branch Chiefs on requirements.
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b. reported on a meeting he and held with the
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c. has contributed a paragraph to IRC/State on procurement
for the Hull Committee report.
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d. eported on conversations with and the
progress o- the Task Force on standardization of ORR reports. A staff
study will soon be completed on this, recommending that GRA and llA reports
be brought into one ORR report system.
e. reported on a meeting. with in which he
agreed with "the position that Army should continue to have responsibility
for the aerial photographic contribution to the NIS.
4. Problems
a. D/GC - OBI Coordination
In connection with the problem stated in one of the Branch Monthly
25X1A9a Reports relative to coordination with OBI, stated he plans
to hold a meeting in the near future on D GC - OBI coordination and
procedures.
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Exceptions to the regular GM format were discussed and various
possible solutions suggested. agreed to 25X1A9a
look into this further prior to the issuance of the GM on Laos.
indicated a need for establishing working parameters for
the format of GM's-
c. Issuance of Mission and Functions Statements
indicated that the early issuance of a curr
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and Functions statement for ORR components would be extremely helpful.
will look into this again.
d. Request from Library of Congress for Declassified Maps
Q brought up for discussion a request from the Library of
Congress for copies of maps which have recently been downgraded to
UNCLASSIFIED. LC learned of these maps through a "Regrading Bulletin"
issued b the Aizenc . This was discussed and it was decided that
would talk with about the request.
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5. Policy Matters
Filling of Area Vacancies -- The question of approaching individuals
directly in connection with vacancies within the Area was discussed. It
was decided that the current practice employed -- where announcements are
made by Division Chiefs explaining the vacancy to their people -- has been
a satisfactory means of both advertising and encouraging consideration of
vacancies. It was further decided that direct contact would not be made for
the purpose of encouraging specific consideration of an existing vacancy or
for the purpose of indicating a component's interest in an individual.
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7? Vital Materials
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from directed to "ORR Branch & Staff Chiefs" on the usefulness
of certain bibliographic indexes currently held at the Relocation Center.
The memorandum requests a reply by COB, 25 September.
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8. IGU Meetings
reported that the memorandum of reply to the Deputy
Director of Security(PPS) has been prepared and signed off on by the
AD/RR today. The memorandum on cover for personnel attending the meetings
is being prepared by Chief, St/A, and should be sent out within the next
day or two.
The possibility of financing IGU-sponsored excursions for personnel
going to the meetings on their own was discussed. will 25X1A9a
discuss the question with those people who are planning to go to the meetings
on their own. The aim will be to have those excursions covered which are
not already included on the itineraries of the Agency-sponsored participants.
9. Intelligence Collection Guides
iiwilm reported that the format for Intelligence Collection
Guides has been pretty well developed. He cautioned that we should be
especially careful in classifying these guides, so that those releasable
to other governments are really "clean", insofar as inclusion of "NOFORN" 25X1A9a
and sensitive material is concerned.
to look further into the numbering system set up for the reports
prepared by D/GL and which will be integrated into the D/GG report numbering
system.
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