SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS CURRENT FDD PROGRAM ON THE FREE WORLD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03130A000100030041-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: December 2, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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C O N F I D E N T I A L
2 December 1955
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS
Current FDD Program on the Free World
The following survey relates the program to DCID 4/5
"Priority National Intelligence Objectives" (approved 18 October
1955) and includes numbers of manpower assigned within FDD.
Related to FDD Manpower
DCID Assigned
Para IIz; 8
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Selected Briefs from the
International Press, published
weekly, covering i) Communist
Movements (comprising items
on non-Orbit Communist Party
and Communist-front activities);
(2) International Conferences
and Fairs; (3) East-West
Travels and Contacts; (4+) Intra-
Orbit Travel and Contacts;
(5) East-West Trade; (6) Intra-
Orbit Trade; (7) East-West
Cargo Shipments; (8) Smuggling
and Arms Traffic; and (9) Orbit
Trade Advertisements in Non-Orbit
Countries.
B, WAR EAST Para lls;
III 1
1. Semimonthly Information
R ort on Arab States and
covering military
information; data on Arab
League and intraArab affairs;
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activities of political,
religious, and minority groups,
and separatist, movements;
organized labor activities;
economic information, and
population structure and problems
of 0 selective coverage
of parliamentary debates in
Arab States.
2. Monthly Information Report on Para IIId 2
Afnistan covering Soviet III 1
bloc activities; military
activities; information on
governmental structure; religion,
education, and public information;
economic and industrial data.
C. AFRICA Para IIu;
Monthly Information Report on
Africa, with special emphasis on
North Africa, Madagascar, Reunion,
French.Cameroons, French Equatorial
Africa, and Somalia, covering
activities of political parties and
organization; organized labor activities;
social exchanges between Europeans
and natives; biographic data on
high and low-level political and
economic personalities; military
information including French OB;
economic information including
penetration.
D, WESTERN EUROPE
1. Index of
pu se weekly,
dealing with events of national
and international importance
grouped under the major categories:
political; domestic; foreign
affairs; and economic, military,
scientific, and sociological.
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Para IIt; 1/2
IIAf
2. Index of ublished Para Ilt, u; 1/2
weekly, dealing with events of III f.
national and international
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importance grouped under the major
categories foreign affairs, political,
military and economic.
3. Trade Union Activities in Finland,
published bimonthly, covering
information on policies; political
action, strikes, petitions,
educational program, strength,
leadership, and finances of Finnish trade
unions.
1/2
it. Cooyeration between Communist, Para llx i/4
Socialist and Catholic Labor Unions
in France and Italy, published
bimonthly, including cooperation
pertaining to collective agreements,
joint trade union policies, and
significant shop steward. elections.
25X6
5, yevelopment of Political Attitudes in
mon y, list summaries of major
articles on international and domestic
politics published in professional
and lay periodicals.
E LATIN AMERICA
Semimonthly Information Report
on Latin America covering comments
on major UN and OAS issues and on US
policies; evidence of nationalist
tendencies inimical to US interests
and anti-government activities;
significant political trends;
organized labor activities; government
organization and political parties;
economic data as specified; military
information on Bolivia, Paraguay,
and the Dominican Republic.
FAD reports, when possible, on
National-level economic
statistics, biographies.
Para IIt,
1/2
Para IIIj,
2
k, 1
Para IIla,l 1
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FDA reports monthly on Communist
and Socialist theories, policies,
and factionalism; operations and
structure of the government;
political parties; articles by
intellectuals, and biographic
information.
FDD issues two reports on Indonesia,
one the Monthly Indonesian Press
Surve covers the daily Indonesian,
Dutch, and Chinese press for
political, economic, and sociological
activities; the second report is
the Confidential NOFORN Background
Information Report on Indonesia
which reports basic political and
economic information from government
and other classified sources.
FDD issues biweekly a Confidential
NOFORN Information from
covering ncipally foreign
Para Ilq,r;
Para III 1
Para IIq; 1
Para III 1
and domestic issues expressing or
reflecting attitudes towards the
West, especially the US.
J. INDOCHIM (Ron-Communist) THAILAND, BURMA Para IIq;,r; 2
Para III 1
FDD issues the Monthly Report on
Continental Southeast Asia covering
South Vietnam, Chinese, Thai, and
French press and periodicals for
Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnam, and
Thailand. Basic political, economic
and sociological information is
covered for these areas, as well as
dissident activities for Laos and Cambodia;
military and naval biographic information
for Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam;
and security, and police activities
information for Thailand. F) at
present has no operation on Burma.
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