PROPOSED PROGRAMS FOR NEAR EAST, SOUTH ASIA, AFRICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03130A000100030019-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: July 13, 1998
• Content Type: MEMO

CIA Representative,
Subcomittee on Exploitation of Foreign
Language Publications
Chief, Requirements Branch, 002
Proposed Programs for Near Ott, South Asia, Africa
25 May 1955
1. OCI area anlysts have been rechecked on their needs for
foreign language exploitation on Near East? South Asia, and Africa
as requested at the meeting of 13 May. Our analysts will agree to
the discosti>nnce of reports on India and Pakistan., but definitely
do needd exploitation on the other areas and stress that they would
prefer weekly to monthly reports. Pollowing are the area by area
requirements of OCI:
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a. Afghanistan
l Statments and activities of important Afghans
2 Soviet Bloc activity in Afghanistan, including
egreatents., construction status, activities and
ambers of technicians assigned to each project.
(3) Military activity in Afghanistan
b. Developments in and India's relations to Kashsmir, Nepal,
ikkim, Bhutan, Assam and Tibet (local-language press
may).
a. Greece, Turkey, Iran
e as FT D's proposed program of 29 April except that
items (a), (b) and (i) may be twitted
d. Arab States (None for Libya)
Military information (army, navy, air force, police,
nation l guard and pars-military organizations.)
2) Arab league and inter-Arab affairs
3 Popular reaction toward internal and external affairs
(e.g., Middle East Defense; RCC activities; U.S.
economic and military assistance; attitude toward
Soviet Bloc, Western Bloc and neutralism)
(4) Activities of political, religious, and minority
groups (e.g., ex-Grand Mufti; Russai, Arab refugee
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Population structure and problem
Organized labor activities
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(T) Zen is information (foreign participation in
a. Africa, other than British .Africa, Zgypt, Libya, and
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#l) Activities of political parties and organizations,
iiudiag native and European settler groups
Political agitation and tribal unrest
3 Organise& labor activities, including affiliation,
stre b, Personalities. and election
(4) Social exchanges between Europeans and between
natives, including social visit# between Moslems
and French citizens in french North Africa and
socIal contacts between educated natives and Europeans
In Slack Africa
Biographic (information on both high and low level
political and economic personalities including U.S.
citizens in the area)
(6) Ec c information (industry and German and
netrat ion)
2. OCI c
separately.
Istria construction; seal-awwal and annual
statutes on toriegn trade, particularly with the
Soviet Orbit; foreign invest
lagraphic information (based on specific requests)
Information on the number of ittm ants arriving
and on emigrants of
Western Europe exploitation gill be forwarded
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3. Please refer as> r questions on the above to
ext . 2398.
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