MATERIALS DIVSION MONTHLY REPORT BRANCH: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1958

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00346A000100150073-1
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: September 1, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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Materials Division Monthly Report
BRANCH: Food and Agriculture Report for September 1958
I. Accomplishments
A. Scheduled Reports and Contributions
None
B. Support Projects
1. Transmittal of proposed Part III article to CSS entitled "Soviet
Agriculture Since the Death of Stalin."
2. Forwarded branche's contribution to Project 10.2425, "Revision
of OCI Handbook, Albania."
3. Transmittal of branch contribution to Project 00.2416, "Gaps in
Information Statement on Czechoslovakian Agriculture."
C. Other Support Activities
Several memos sent to These memos
covered several agricultural matters and arrangements for an October
meeting.
Requirements for Rumania, and requirements
pertaining to European ate a grain trade submitted to ST/I.
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Transmitted requirements to ST/I for Prof
agronomist who recently spent t
4. Requirements for information on Bulgarian crop and weather conditions
submitted to ST/I.
5. Branch contributions for use in up-dating Satellite IPC requirements
lists forwarded to ST/I for Albania and Bulgaria.
II.
Program
III.
No change
Administration
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A. submitted her resignation, effective 12 September 1958.
B. Personnel in the European Satellites Section concerned with the southern
Satellites moved to Room 2029 in M building.
C. JJJJJJJJJ~ began language (Russian) training with the Agency.
completed full time language (German) training at
e Foreign Service Institute and returned to the branch to prepare for
an overseas assignment.
began off-hour language (German) training with the Agency.
started training in the Intelligence Orientation Course.
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G. Members of M/AG attended briefings by Air Weather Service personnel
on current weather conditions in bloc countries.
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departed for several weeks on a foreign assignment.
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IV. Comments
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the possibility of agro-climatic studies and the development of yield
analogs for Communist China.
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