TWO MAPS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01049A000300090001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 11, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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Project: ?IPP217 CENTR! L IN`1ELLIGENTCE AGENCY
OFF ICE OF RESEARCH A.I4D REPORTS
Project Initiation '-'"emorandum
Date: I2 June 1951
To : I)/G
From: D/R
Subject: `i'pso maps of South and Central America
Statement a f.' Project
Origin: OPC (General Services Dirisi on)
Problem: To constrruc t 2 maps of South and Central America as follows:
a. Bas.- rg for genera. operational, planning both at
... -Headqu .rters and in field, to.include :.7o:.ii,eo., Central
, South America, the Bahama
America, the ties t Indies
Islands,, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
b. Situation map, highly detailed, approximately 81 vertical,
for s . ua ion postings, area coverage same as a but to
include in addition that portion of Antarctica subtended
by South American continent. Suggest existent plates be
utilized in map construction so that completion date may
be as soon as possible.
c. Content for both maps (see attached).
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Form: .1aps
Draft due in D/R:
Dissemination deadline
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Content: Emphasis to be on the follavring for both maps:
Place naves and locations
Population centers and relative density
Principal sea and air lanes
Industrial complexes
Selected transportation nettrrork
Plow, of strategic materials to the US including the
following:
Mexico : Antimonry, fluorspar, lead, zinc
Cuba : ::an;anese, molasses, sugar
Haiti : Sisal
JaIrlalca. : Bauxite
Colombia : Coffee
Venezuela: Petroleum, iron ore
Surinam : Bauxite
Ecuador : Balsa
Pera Vanadium
Bolivia : Antimony, tin, tungsten, -asbestos
Brazil : Baddelcyite, beryl, coffee., omatino, mica,
manganese, moa ,ite, quartz, tapioca
Paraguay : Quebracho
Argentina: Quebracho
Chile : Copper, iod ni e, nitrate
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2 June 1951
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Reports Division, Office of Research and Reports
ATTENTION: Chief, Geographic Division, Office of Research and
Reports
SUBJECT: Request for construction of two maps of South and
Central America
1. It is requested that the construction of the following
two (2) maps be undertaken by the Geographic Division to fulfill
operational planning requirements of this office.
a. Base map intended for genefial operational planning
both at Headquarters and in the field. Area coverage to include
Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, South America, the
Bahama Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
b. Situation map: To be highly detailed, approximately
81 vertical, to be.utilized for situation postings. Area
coverage to be the same as a. above but to include in addition
that portion of Antarctica subtended by the South American
continent. It is suggested that existent plates be utilized
in map construction so that completion date may be as soon
as possible.
c. Content: Emphasis to be on the following for both maps:
Place names and locations
Population centers and relative density
Principal sea and air lanes
Industrial complexes
Selected transportation network
Flow of strategic materials to the U. S. including the
following:
Mexico : antimony, fluourspar, lead, zinc:
Cuba : manganese, molasses, sugar
Haiti : sisal
Jamaica : bauxite
Colombia coffee
Venezuela : petroleum, iron ore
Surinam : bauxite
Ecuador : balsa
Peru : vanadium
Bolivia:
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Bolivia : antimony, tin, tungsten, asbestos
Brazil : baddeleyite, beryl, coffee, emetine, mica,
manganese, monazite, quartz, tapioca
Paraguay : quebracho
Argentina : quebracho
Chile : copper, iodine, nitrate
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truction and reproduction be discussed with (ext. 3071).
3. Completion date for both maps: As soon as possible.
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