BRIEFING NOTES ON OBI RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01155A000300010163-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 163
• Publication Date: February 14, 1967
• Content Type: MF

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114 ebruarY 1967
Meititant Dpity Director or Intelligence
ef.0 Notea on 021 Relationahips With the
Department of State
Memorandum from OiDDI Excutiye staff Listed
9 February 19670 Subject es on
DDT Relationships With the )eprent of State
Di sion R hi s
eement of 1947, when the CartograP
Department of State to the Central uteience
bas bad the responsibility of providing cartogra
lications, particularly those generated in the
her. Over the years, a close working arrangemen
Geographer has evolved to the benefit of both
provided the Division with basic guidance in inter
graPhic data necessary im the construction of maps
a. boundary delineations, official spellings, and
ition on delicate international proiblams, as
ve been of the utmost help in the production of
and thenatic maps.
Office
with the Ot
agenc
PretinG
of foreign
the offic
reflected on
accurate bas
2. CartOgraloby Division - Department
as fellows:
re1attonbtps are
lit? The Division maintains frequent mtat with be
Office of the Geographer -- either in response to thoir
requirements ox., more frequently, to resolve problems arising
in the production of maps for Agency use. Relations with
this Office have been harmonious or many roars.
b. All requests for nava from =Temente of the Department
of State are routed through the Office of the Geographer, The
Division bee no direct contact with components of State other
than through this Office.
TOW, rt of the Department of State in Fy 66
wproxtrastedI of Division production nen-boklra and rere-
ited 114 Items out of a total of 6,464 items).
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ef the requests from State ar Lu ?upport of
he Office of the Geographer, i.e., the State
In, Background Notes, International ounary
Administrative Division Studies, an a vartty
rts. Same support in the form of base
to State for 'briefing purpostio.
t of support is provided the Polie7 Panntng
rk for ehich is channelled threugh the Office
25X1A9a
desitatet on Oartograp
e. He in not idwitifi44 suth airectli
Department of State telephone directori.
te
t of State rev
as some of the supp
about fbur copies of t
Coordinator 'fry the produc
Iv the Coordtmitor to the
hie bureau concerned, and, via pcoth, to
late. Field stations are expected to
tor within 6 weeks,
ections
its.
ts are furnished
its. One copy
ate flit
Coordinator preparee and transmits
pal foreign post of tin' SotioloSlca
and General Survey schedule for
the post bring up to date its
gton and prepare itself to comment
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The o
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gni cant retioxb1 between the Map
of State:
ill is wi4ey us4 by
sties:
(rebrunry 1966 - antler/ 190)
MIOD r4$1941fflte
he following s
s)
All of these aervtces are offer
charge.
2' &WM DkOrikti
k9p
It* NapLVbrry, OLI, makes
Service in its requirements for mmps
cstegory is the automatic distribution
off;
ts
ort to au,ort the Foreta
cont r in this
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acquisition
ion, huadreds
C ?ttabes on the nepp
tion, pe2scnne1, methods
ps with various ministries. Current
onduct these activitiee. The product
uteri to the Am.)* Service, the Maps D
ess, the Central intelligence Ageney0 th
0 the Barna Oceanographic Office, the Board
logical Survey, the Coast and. Geodetic
Aeronautical Chart and Information Center.
Bight of the Geographic Attach? are sponeored by the var ous
Bureaus in the Department of State. Two are sponsored, by the Army
Map Service, on a reimbursable basis to the Department of State.
Sbef support for this propos is provided by the Map Library,
OBI This eupport includes the position of Coordinator f Nhps
awl Publications currently occupied by in52 X1 A9a
addition, the PrOcurament Branch of the J.?vides
full support for the activities of the Geo'.h1c AtLaehe5, This
ineludes guidance on requirements of the U.S. mapp
carreVondanCe with GIOSMOhic Attaches on operational ma s?
correspondence with some 200 foreign mapping agencies with which
exChanges are maintained, fulfillment of U.S. commitments on (=-
changes, and distribution to the participating agencies IapD
and reports resulting from the program. This Branch has a 0 of
eleven persons.
00,
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Lt fox bi the rec tent
Central Fund
Attach?o
o s
riewavai Attach pro
aunt efforts
entatives of the Oftice o
mas merged into the lbreign
It has operated as an extremely
new requirements of all segments
L1ence community in the U.S. Government.
tete provides the Geographic AttaCh?, the
to that activity, the Worary of Congress
vide materials needed for exchanges, the
idea the Coordinator for Mnps and PUhli-
en persons in the Procurement Drench of
effort la a cooperative one in oeveral
e highly aatisfactorY.
Ksignedy.
ZWES A. BinNELL
JIM A, NM=
Direct= of Basic Intenigen
Distribution:
Oa -Addressee
1 - Ch/MLD/BI
Ch/CD/BI
'2 - D/OBI
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