TO APPROVE CONTINUATION OF CIA SUPPORT DURING FY 1954 TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04915A000400010113-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2001
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ER 4-226
Approved For Release 2001/08/31 : CIA-RDP78-04915A00040 19193A54
PROBLEM VI)T
To approve continuation of CIA support during FY 1954 to the Library of Congres
for the indexing by subject and area of open Slavic literature containing informationV' Dvw_
FACTS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM
The support involved originally was approved 16 November 1951. The work produced
by the Library consists of a monthly list of Russian accessions and a Cyrillic Union
subject catalog. The amount budgeted for FY 1954 was $117,615 but approval of an
additional $178,344 for a total of $295,959 is sought to correct deficiencies. That
is, while consumers in the intelligence community accord the work high praise (prior
to this project there was no English language tool by which researchers could gain
access to available Slavic publications), it was found that certain aspects of the
two activities were not being covered (an author-institute index is not being
prepared for the MIRA, and provision is not made for post-1952 cataloging of the
CUSC). Until the Agencyts FY 1954 budget is approved, it is not known whether the
increase sought can be absorbed in the regular OCD budget or whether a release from
the contingency reserve would have to be requested. A total of $314,698 was
authorized for this work during FY 1953?
ACTION
At its meeting on 10 June 1953 the Project Review Committee approved the amount
of $295,959 to continue support of the Library of Congress during FY 1954 on the
monthly list of Russian accessions and on the Cyrillic Union subject catalog. In
giving its approval, the Committee noted that the work done by the Library is a
service of common to the IAC and that support by CIA does not constitute supplementa25Xi
Lion of the budget of another Government agency. The Committee requested that a check
be made with the Office of Operations and with the Chief of Requirements/FI and
RECOMMENDATION
That the Director approve CIA support to the Library of Congress to continue and
expand the work of furnishing information of intelligence value from overt Slavic
sources, and the amount of $295,959 to effect it, on the understanding that, of that
total, the amount of_$178,344 which represents the cost of the planned expanded
services will be reduced if the FY 1954 CIA budget which is approved so requires.
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