FDD PUBLICATION OF THE MONTHLY LIST OF RUSSIAN ACCESSIONS AND OPERATION OF THE CYRILLIC SUBJECT UNION CATALOGUE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000300110010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 4, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITt S: s1 ATES GOVERNMENT
TO Assistant Director for Operations
FROM . Chief, Foreign Documents Division
SUBJECT: FDD Publication of the Monthly List of Russian Accessions
and Operation of the Cyrillic Subject Union Catalogue
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DATE: 4 December_. -9.53
1. I have undertaken to determine the cost of providing
services in FDD covering subject functions now performed by the
Library of Congress
This figure does not include a substantial
amount necessary for the purchase of specialized equipment plus
the undetermined expenses for additional space, heat, lighting,
and supplies.
2. My offhand estimate before studying the problem was very
low because it was not apparent in a casual glance that the project
ccvered more than the Monthly List of Russian Accessions.
3. In spite of some savings, I do not recommend that FDD
undertake the responsibility of assuming these functions for the
following reasons:
a. The service is purely a library function and actually
not within the objectives and mission of FDD.
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b. The readjustment necessary to reorganize and establish
the operation would tend to throw both FDD exploitation and the
new service off balance until the complete change was accomplished.
c. The clearance of available Library of Congress personnel
and recruitment to fill vacancies would be difficult and
expensive.
d. The jeopardy to maintaining cooperation by the contri-
buting universities and libraries now assisting the Library of
Congress by providing full accessions lists.
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1. Memorandum to Chief, FDD, from Chief, Reports Branch and USSR
Branch, same subject as above, dated 27 Nov 1953
2. File on 25X1 A
3. "Monthly List of Russian Accessions," Vol. 6, #3, June 1953
Enclosures: 3
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Chief, Foreign Documents Diirision
Chief, Reports Branch and USSR Branch
27 Novemoer 1)53
FDD Publication of the Monthly List of Russian Accessions
and Operation of the Cyrillic Subject Union Catalogue
HEFii; (a) Memorandum to the Project Review Committee, through the
Deputy Director (Intelligence), from the lcti Assistant
Director OCD. dated 4 June 1''" subject:
(b) Letter from the Acting Librarian of Congress to the AD/CD,
dated 14+ April 1953, same subject
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1. In considering the possibility of the referenced operations
conducted by FDD the following are assumed:
a. That the publication of the would embrace the
complete operation and format of the publication now followed
by the Library oz Congress.
o. That the 1-,;A publication and operation and the Cyrillic
Subject Union Catalogue would be unclassified.
c. That all sources of Russian publications and the reports
from the 57 contributing libraries, now available to the Library
of Congress, would be available to FDD.
d. That the composition, make-up, and printing, and basic
dissemination of the . A would be handled by the Government
Printing, Office as at present.
2. Estimates on the operation required for publication of the
M.I.RA monthly.
Estimates for the language work involved, prepared by the Chief
and Deputy Chief of USSR Branch, FDD, follow:
a. Estimated monographs per month 650
b. Estimated periodicals per month 368 issues (225 periodicals)
c. Subject indexing for both ;,000 entries
Manpower requirements estimated for FDD to handle the above:
a. One translator for monographs
b. Five translators for periodicals
c. Seven indexers
d. One supervisor
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esti tes for pr& ara :io < of the project for publication.
a. Two cecitor
--1 ie t,i'i on a clerk. (t
C. two editorial assistants
3. In the interest of econo::ly, he aupervi`}ory function for
the ublication of the i 1L, i could be carried out c.y the two editors,
acts- as chief all(,' .cputy, for this activity. such editors would
uc raquired oc have a co'isoetency in _-i ssia lan u ? E sufficient
tai "i:Vr.4.t s3uperVi`sio1'i to the ixansiatur r'."1)la 'e5.
C :::1 E i eacy required for the oroc 3a sins of the mono6r aphs
an r> iodical s is co .s is i ec to r quirt a ;, a i ini: u ; the rating of
If the iL:.Cexin;,, o to be handed aa- a separate operation, it,
is U,_C_ OVCU. "t; t} wv t iix6e2 er" employed should have a competency in
u the l4u i i2l CV~)