PRESENT FDD PROGRAM FOR NEAR EAST, SOUTH ASIA AND AFRICA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03130A000100030083-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 83
• Publication Date: July 13, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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25' April 1955
3UB(~9Mi~ITTEE d?~J EX~LOTTATYOR OF FbREIC3N I.AEC3UIIA~3E PvBI,I
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The tollc~ing is a description of the, _ oua~ent FIND program for
the exp3.c~itation at to~ceign language dots on Near East, 3auth
As3.a, and Atricao Thi.a .progratit is de~v3.a~id to memt flee needs of the
IAC agencies as g+ra~sioualy exprassed by theia~ s~presentativea on
the ttae tor. the Exploitation of Foreign Langoage Publications
a~n.~dga8 mDdi~fied through subsequent operatio~l liaison mith IAC
iiidiML,gata b
The eoua~es oar~ered by the program ~netude central esd pr+oririoia7.
aeirspapex~a of the respective crnmtries of the 'Fear East, South Asia, .
and Africa; so].eoted periodicals dealing ~-ith the snb~eats indicated;
and selea~ed n~onographao
~~r~m33~=~tr~~ ~d~~t ea, -- ravel and contaata and East-
ReauZ.ta cif the exploitation program ~ published in the
foll~ing sah~duled reports: l~io Information R rt an Arab
States ~ Pion Informs n R on recce Tur a and.
~r~~~C~ ~ on epo on ~ _ - ,and A`~ a~n;
The tour mor.~th~.y reports are "tdRCLASSIA"I1" and marked "F+QR
OFP'ICIAIa 'USE QI4LY".
International Press.
West trade saes resorted in the meekly 5eleated Efriefs frame the
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`~ CON~'SDENfiTAI,
l o ~?'~..Iaf ~nmtion Retort an the Arab ~tatas
This r?~*t ~csnr3~es eu~?rsnt ir~f'orm~tion ?a the falloari~g
sub~est eateg,~ies is the form of extrasitsa abstraotsa 8~
summaries oa the Arab Siestas by eonatries~
(a) Military imform~tion far~a ~'~ya air faarse}
(b) Papul~r raaotioa taxed interagl and external affairs (e.~o ICE
Defense; Arab M~tts~l Saaurity Paot; Arab Lea~o treatment
~' minaaritias; ACC actieiti~es; oil agreemeats a attitudes
toward tho Soviet bSos, mmmber nations of the W~tsra blo?a
axed neutralism)
~s) ~~or le~isletive shangee
~d} Qrganised labor asti83tioa is the Arab States
fie} Ae~tieities of politiosla religiousa anti minoa~ity groups, is
the Arab : tatsn ~e og o e ccac ohur?hes a A~slem ~otberh A
Paamislamica Conferensaa Committees of Arab Laegue)
~f) Population strwature aatd problama (to support NLR
Sastioa No ~.)
Constitutioaa]. system
oP NZ~S Bastion loo b~,
(ta support N7.S Bastion No ~1)
Transportation telesoxaamtnisationa
I~ustry sad agr3sulture (inoluding toreiga pw~tieipation
in ixrduatrial ooaatrustiona petroleum itadustrya and ?upport
Goographis iafo~tion ~surveys~ a~ouats of tra~e38 in
little known erase} .
(k} Biographies (based on gpa?ifiex regr~sts)
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2. rZo~ Tnfar~mtian an 4reece ?T aZyd zran
This reporrt provides current information on the follcreing subject
categoxdes in the Sorm o! e~ctraats, abstract, and swmoetriea oa t~reeae,
Tui~aeyi axed IraA by countrfss:
(a) Na,tiaonl. and prvtinaiAl political dsvelcypa~meirEs (inaludin~
activities of secret acrd army officers groaps) .
(b) Activities of adaaarrity' cad religious groups
(a) Laba~r dsvelopmerr~s
(da Pagrul~-r raaation towrd iaternal aad e~zternal aiiairs
(iualuding cotap~-ints about cast of 1lving, smuggling
activities, acrd iare3$n eaanamta activities, esaegt U~
ga~srn~nt groups; cif agreements)
(e) Public wel.!'sdPe intor~astioa an 4rseae tto auppazt NIS
Seatiosa No ' ")
cf) Tssnspartatiaa and telecommturicatiotxs
Cg)~ Industrg and Agriculture (including foreign participation
in iudvatsaSB]. ao~r~stswatian)
(h) Lleo~*phda infatmatioe~ (aur+re~s, accounts o~ trarrels is
Lttle 1caa~n are$s, especia173r in Tnrlo~r)
(i) Air farms and Hate]. iniarxao-tian
(~) 8lographia (bsaed on speattia regneats)
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3. Monthly Report a~ India. Pakistan, and Afg~ *+i_atan
rr.ws.~.~iGrri~r~r.~
This report prov#.des current iafarmatian an the following subject
.categories in the form of extracts, abstracts, and suma~aries on India,
Pakistan, and Afghan.4.stau., by countries
(a) Data on Soviet economic penetration in Afghanistan
(b) Comment on exl:erna7. affairs (from the provincial press only)
(c) Developments J.n and Indians relation xith Kashmir, Nepal,
Sikkim, k~huta~.~, Assam, and Tibet (from the lacal?language
press on~r)
(d) Political. activities and developments in Pakistan (i . e.
Asad Kashmir; the North West Frontier province, tribal
areas, and Mates; Baluchistan province and states; and
East Bengal
(e) Characterisi:ic of the people in ma~ar regions of Pakistan
(i.e. Benga"3, Baluchi, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto, Fahari
regism of A+sad Ifashmir and Pakistan-occupied 4ilgit and
Western Ladakh as support far NIS Section No l~2)
(f) F~eligion, Eckucatian, and Public Information in Afghanistan
(ta supparf NIS Section Na 1r.3)
(g) Comments on Aindu~+ioslem relations
(!s) Organised :labor activities
(i) Military information an Afghanistan
(~) Transpartatian and telecommm~,catians (including graph3.c
information on airfields)
(k~) Industry and Agriculture
(1) Qeagraphic informattion (surveys, accounts of travels in
little knotan areas)
(~) Information on governmental stt?t~ttctore, both central and local,
far Afghanistan)
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~p Mdn~hly r~~o...~...nmt,~on~,~A~'r ~
This report porov3dea current infozmation on the follaaring
subject categories in the tom of axctraatts, abatr~-ats, and
summu-ries on Africa by countries:
(8) Aativitisa orF political part3ea and argeaisations
(espeolallY native, settler pressure, anti European 8='oul~
ix- Tangier, Ft~enoh and Spanish Nartb Africa, Belgian
Congo, Union of South Africa, and Portuguese Africa;
North ~rg~ tio~os of French political parties in French
(b} Folitical ?gitstion and tribal u>erx'est {includ't~ag detailed
dNartb Africa) n p~aoxsa-].ities, end b~ti~,dixiga involved in
(c) Information and coxt?ants on internal and eatern~al eftairs
(3.ncluding political and social raf'oa~x~; spread cf' Ialem
axed Christianity in Belgian Goxago, French West sad
Equatorial Africa; federation of Eritrea with Ethiopia;
Somalia es pa~eparat3An f ~ ~epehclenas by 1960 }
(d) Sociological developments affecting growth ~ nationalism
(e} Qrganisod labor activities (iraaluding affil3~e-tion, at~rexxgtbs
personalities, and el~+ctiona}
(f) i~litary for Africa south of Sabers (local military axed
ssc~arity Parcae ix~luding personalities; bibliographic
referexscds to military snot eaanomin pnb~].icatiom)
(8) ~anspbrtation east telecoammxnications (ix~luding logistic
ptcoblems )
(h) Indust-y and Agriculture (snslxxaing mS.ning}
(i} t~ograPbiffi (surveys, accounts of travels is little knaWa
areas)
(j~ Siograp,~,c (infen~tion on leadiag economic l~rsonalities
ana third-strata officials}
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5, The ~ollQ~ing reparta bass been prroduced under the FDD Eaploitati~on
Proem for Nsar Eurt, South aria, and Africa ae of 29 April 195Sa
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NDNTBLY IHFO~MdT30~: REPORTS ON ARAE 3TATSS
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PAO~SED FDD EIP'tOYTATTi~ P.ROaRAM P'~ IQEAR EAST,
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S~A ALSiR ~~ AFFtI(~
The fOl~AM~Ug ~Idd.j' ~.oit~..01~! oi'' t~ib O ;p!'a~,Ta1R 8,3~ Z'eOA
as a xestz7.t of oommsxtt Sroa tPre subatantirre o of the int'a~tion
presented 3n t2s~ sohsdu]~ed rspa~rts rnxtt]~ued aberse. T~a~r mod33Ya~ations
X371 nat affect the current Yaark load agaiwst ~hiah full manpower
available in FDD is applied for work on Neo~r East, Srnxth As3,a, and
l~.friaa, except far a partic~~. reserve in some areas to support specific
requests.
The sutb,~eat categories are listed acaordin~ to priaritye
le It is reoammendod that the infarme.tion an Libya be published in
the Mo
nfarmation
art an the Arab States instead
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of in a !an .~v ~n arms on`~epooc~' on"I':
[X?AiF'IJDENT][AL
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2. Monthly Information Repart on the Arab States)
Sub,~ects:
(a) Militarg information (army, navy,-air force, police,
national guard, pare-military organisation) ~ ~,~,,,~ ~--~:.
(b) Arab League and inter Arab affairs
(c) Popular reaction toward internal and external affairs
(eog, ME Defsnse; RCC activities; US economic and mili-
tart' assistance; attitude toward Soviet bloc, Western
bloc, and neutralism)
(d) Activities of political, religious, and minority groups
(e)
in the Arab States and political activities
Mayor legislation and decrees (including budgets of
individual ministries, and provi.~ncial and municipal
administrations) j
Population structure and prnblems (to support NIS
Section No ~.1)
Organized labor activities
(h) Economic information (transportation, telecommunication,
industry, and agriculture, inclu~i3.ng foreign participation
in industrial construction; semiannual and annual sta-
tistics on foreign, trade ~
(i} Sociological information (health and medical facilities,
(~)
educational and cultural activities, public housing,
wind public informatiomm msd~)
Geographic information (surveys, accounts of travels in
little known areas)
(k) Biographic information (based on specific requests)
NOTE: The category of"Constitutional System in Israeli has been
dropped because of the pae~ci~C,y of inf'ormatioa avaS].abio iat
tlter~al ~ublicatiana.
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Subjeotss
(a) Iran?a relations with ?rags Turkey. Pakistan,
~gbnaaistan, and the Persieaa t}ulf region
fib) ~~ seoo~so No ~)tian on Greece (to support
~o) Netions7. and pa~o?iuesnl dees3.op~ts {inoluasag
aeti~-ities ~' secret a~ ~~ aff~?~~ groups)
(d) 6a~tivities of ~3an~ity aact religious groups
(s) Qrganiaied labor aetivities
~f) Popu3ar reaation tam interns. cad e~cternal affairs
~inolus~ling oomp~inta about coat of lining; s~oo~ggling
sotieitiea; oil sgrsonentsi for?~ eoonomio aotieities
except U5 governmeat groups)
fig) ~monomio inf~crostion (transp~tatione ts~eo~nioations s
industry, and agrioulture? i~luding f~ceig~n partieipation
~ ~imstr3~-1 oonstruction)
~h) gpublia~i~eilfare ~ ooi+~. ref va~aas )n health ~ edwaation,
(i) G,eographio infcrmatian (ey, aasaounts of travels is
little lrno~ra erase )
(~ } Aar foe cad naval infors~tioa
(k) Biographio (based on apooifio regusets)
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Manth~r ? r~ ~ of i~FYtion iiR~~.o`=~ri;~ui ~ riirrw~i~r~ 1 ~.~IPt~
Snb~eatas
(a) ~)nt an external atfaira (tram the provincial press
(b) Develapmants in and Indie, ~ s relst iron with ILaah~.r, Nepal.,
Sikkim, Bhntan, assess, and Tibet (S`rom the local-langaage
press on]y)
(c) Political activities acid deve].opmsnta in Pakistan (i.e?
Arad 1~-ahmir; the North Weat Froaatier pravinoe, tribal
areas, and states; Balnchtetan pry and states; and
East Bengal)
(d) Gbaracteriatic of the people in the border regions at
Pakietam alai Afghanistan
(e) Religion, Ednisation, and Pablic Information in Afghanistan
(to support NI3 Section Na t~3)
(f) Gomments on Hindn~-Maslem relations (inclv~ctiag Islam3.a
tendencies and sasooiatiana is Pakistan)
(g) organised labor activities
{b) Military informe,tion on Afghanistan
(i) Economic iaf'orm~.tion (transportation, including graphio
intoramtion an airfields; teleaommun3.cation; i~natry;
sled agriolilt+are)
{~) t~eographia information (smc~s, acoaunta of traTela in
little kcnown ~-s~eaa)
(k) Intormation on grnrernme~nl straatare, bath central and
locsal, for Afghanistan (to support kPI3 3eotion)
NOTE: Informmtion on Sa~v3.?t eaanomia penetratiaa in ~tgha~ert~n is
reported in the meekly Selected Briefs ~m tkae International
Press
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50 ~r"~?~..t~rt on Africa
Sub,~scts:
(a) Activitiem~ of political parties and organisations vrith
apecia,1 emphasis on Preach North Afrioa, Madagascar,
and Somalia (including native, settler pressara, and
g~grapean gi in Tangier, Frea~ch and Spanish Ai'rica,
Be Como, Un3ron of South Africa, and Fbrtugnese
gfrica; local 4rganisationa of French political parties
in Ftench Africa)
(b) Political~agitatioa and tribal unrest (including detailed
data on units, personalities, and buildings involved
in North A#rioa)
(c) Information on fraternal auad external affairs (including
~,ntel'?territorial. Cooperation; political and social
reforms sparead of Islam and Christianity in Belgian.
Congo, b West and Equatorial Africa; federation
of Eritrea frith Sthiopia; SomaliaQS preparation for
indergandence by l9SC;'eciitorisl opinion on Nationalist
party policies ardd politics na uell ae on IIS moves
around t1c~e tarld prtablished iu the Die Btarser, Cape Tom)
(d) Sociological factors aftecting grarth of nationalism
such cue popglatinn gra~eth, uaasmploymexat, poor boos ,
educati~aas arad public cad- ~9.tate mslfars activities
(e) or~mised labor activities (including afi`9,liation9
strengi~h, persoitiea, and elections)
(f) Social. exchanges bet~reen European and natives (inclredir~g
social visits betueen l~slems cad French oitisens in
French North lfkiaa anr3t eooial contacts bet~n educated
natives and European in Black Attica)
(g) Military (local militaag and security forces including
personalities for lfrica south of Sebara; training
maneuvers for all AfS~ica; bibliographic references to
militate and ea ,~ paxblicat3n+ns }
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(h) Et:oa4mia (trapapartat3on, to]maomawnicatioa, induat~ry,
and agricn~].ture; pen~stratioa)
{ i) t3sogxapric (snrrsys, acconnta of ttc~avnla in little
knotna areas )
{~) Biograp'hiey {3nformati+oa opt l~eding economic mi
saient3.fio pea~eonalit3,es inclnrling II9 citisana and
third?atrata ott'ici+~ls)
CC.~1'~`~o~'i'I~.~
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