RESOURCES POTENTIAL PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64-00658A000100260019-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: April 11, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
WASHINGTON, D. C.
11 April 1916
k"F2,MORANDUIM TO: Acting Chief, Central Planning Staff
SUBJECT: Resources potential Program
R i { ERLLCE: Planning Directive No. 114;
An'iry-Navy Munitions Board Memorandum
1. In compliance with the instructions in paragraphs 2a, b and
c of Planning Directive No. 114, the following is submitted:
a. Copies of Army-Navy Munitions Board memorandum and
enclosure have been supplied to Policy and Review Branch and Information
Branch (5 April 1916).
b. General Sorensen advised the writer (1 April 191.6) that
no action has been taken on the memorandum or enclosure, as it was
decided to await the development of N.I.A. and C.I.G.
c. Reference paragraph 1c (1) of Planning Directive No. 14,
(action to make sure that EEI properly reflect the needs in A-N.MB
memorandum) we could either ask Central Reports Staff to check it
when departmental EEI's come to them for review and coordination, or
we could presumably take informal action to check the EEI's as they
now stand. It seems virtually certain that Army and Navy EEI's
cover the general question of foreign raw materials resources, trans-
portation facilities available for exploitation of such resources, etQ.
On the other hand, it is doubtful that any thorough-going attack on
the question, such as A-NVIB envisage, is being made or planned.
d. Reference paragraph lc (2) of Planning Directive No. 14,
(action to insure-that such information is kept current and checked
for adequacy), this is part of the over-all similar problem for all
classes of intelligence information. Unless there is some reason for
special urgency in this case, it is recommended that this problem be
deferred until it is taken care of in the course of planning for
the over-all program.
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2. It appears that no immediate action will occur unless initiated
or stimulated by C.I.G.
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Intelligence Branch
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