ATLAS TASK FORCE MEETING, 12 SEPTEMBER 1973

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 13, 1973
• Content Type: MFR

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13 September 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Atlas Task Force Meeting, 12 September 1973
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Atlas Task Force presented a summary of findings
of the Task Force. After discussion, the following decisions were
made:
1. To proceed at full speed on production of an
atlas on Soviet agriculture with target date for publication
of April/May 1974. The preliminary prospectus tabled at
the meeting was accepted as a starting point for production
planning with the addition of (a) a discussion of Soviet agri-
culture in the world context, including import and export data;
and (b) a discussion of agriculture in the context of the Soviet
economy.
2. The group was instructed to give additional thought to
an Indian Ocean Atlas and a Caribbean Atlas. By Wednesday,
the 19th, further reports should be prepared for me on the
readiness to produce such atlases, along with a more refined
prospectus and a more precise estimate of the time each would
take.
3. With regard to Bruce Clarke's interest in an atlas
directed at MBFR problems, it was agreed that an inventory
of possibly appropriate maps would be assembled for a meeting
with appropriate representatives from OSR Friday afternoon,
14 September, to consider what, if anything, we could do within
the next 8 to 10 weeks on the subject. I called Bruce Clarke
and he agreed to alert one of his staff to come to the Friday
.meeting prepared with a rough table of contents or outline of
the kinds of topics that would be useful to include.
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4. In the course of the discussion with Clarke, he
indicated a very specific interest in a map of Europe from
Moscow west and from Rome north, highlighting national
boundaries, general terrain features, major highway and
railway nets, waterways, and major cities. All of the detail
clutter that obstructs these main features should be dropped
from the map. believed that such a map could be
produced in short order and agreed to report back to me on
the possibility.
5. Clarke also suggested a "Year of Europe Issues"
Atlas as a joint OBGI-OSR-OER-OCI project. He agreed that
publication b next June would still find an eager audience.
I advised of this proposal and indicated my interest
in seeing it further developed as a possible alternate to either
the Indian Ocean or the Caribbean Atlas.
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