STATUS OF UNCLASSIFIED FOLIO OF SUMMARY MAPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01154A000200080001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 25, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 11 5010-107W %F 991 1 W L. 11 ^ 1 T1
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ReleaW2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79-011500200080001-0
Memorandum
TO : Director of Basic and Geographic Intelligence DATE: 25 February 1969
THRU . Deputy Director of Basic and Geographic Intelligence
FROM : Chief, Cartography Division, OBGI
SUBJECT: Status of Unclassified Folio of Summary Maps
1. In November 1967 approval was secured from D/BGI to collect, as
produced, 500 untrimmed copies of each Summary Map and store in Records
Center for the future publication of a series of unclassified map folios
on selected areas of the world.
2. I have reviewed this program with the aim of informing you of
its status. As can be noted from the attached list and map, 33 countries
have been accumulated since January 1968, and, of course, many scheduled
for production in FY 69 are on the way to completion. As you can see on
the attached map these countries are widely distributed and in no area are
sufficient countries complete to put into a folio. Even with the projec-
tion of FY 69 and 70, it is questionable if worthwhile folios could be
assembled.
3. I also want to call your attention to the problem of storing
these maps in the Records Center. As you know there is high-level pres-
sure to reduce storage use by 50%, and in talking with Chief, PD, re-
cently, he commented on the growing accumulation of these maps in Re-
cords Center. As of this date, approximately 16,500 copies are packaged
there awaiting use, and, if we project 30 maps each year for the next 2,
a total of nearly 50,000 sheets will have accumulated.
4+. I have no recommendations for or against this program at this
time. I believe, however, that a review is necessary and that certain
basic questions as to content of the folios and consumer use need to be
answered.
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Attachments:
1. Summary Maps Held for
Unclassified Map Folios
2. Map
3. Original Memo Proposing
Summary Map Regional
Folios, dated 17 Nov. 1967
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