PROJECT OO-20, PREPARATION OF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CURRENT SOVIET SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERIODICALS BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2002
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• Publication Date: December 26, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Asst. Director for Operations
FROM : Executive for. Administration and 'gt.
SUBJECT: Project 00-20, Preparation of Bibliogrep by of Current Soviet
Scientific and Technical Periodicals by the Library of Congress
1. The action of the Projects Review Committee taken at a meeting on
10 December 1947, and approved by the Director on 23 December 1947 is
quoted below:
"The Projects Review Committee recommends that the Director
of Central Intelligence:
"(1) Approve adoption of the project for a complete biblio-
graphy of current Soviet periodicals to be undertaken by the
Office of Operations upon receipt of a statement of requirements
from Office of Reports and Estimates.
"(2) Direct Office of Operations to report on the implemen-
tation of the project with regard to adequacy of facilities of
the Documents Branch to meet national intelligence requirements
in this field."
2. Report relative to the adequacy of the Documents Branch to meet the
indicated requirements is requested by 15 January 1948.
Executive or
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Administration and Management
Copy to:
Asst Dir for Reports and Estimates
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Minutes of Meeting of
Projects Review Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
held in Rm. 7129
North Interior Building
Washington, D.C.
at 0930, 10 December 1947
I. Members Present:
Brigadier General E. K. Wright, Deputy Director, Chairman
Mr. Theodore Babbitt, Assistant Director, ORE
25X1A Mr. E. R. Saunders, Finance Division, A & M
Chief, Advisory Council, Secretary
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Executive Director
25X1 A Executive for A&M
Office of Operations
Mr. John J. Bagnall, office of operations
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II. Project Under Consideration; Project 00-20, Preparation of Bibliography
of Current Soviet Scientific and Technical Periodicals by the Libeary of
Congress.
III. Scope of Project:
(1) Assistant Director, Reports and Estimates on November 25, 1947 requested
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the preparation on a current basis of a "Bibliography of Cur-
rent Soviet Scientific and Technical Periodicals."
(2) Subsequently, on 3 December 1947, Assistant Director, Reports and
Estimates submitted a further memorandum setting forth the belief of the
Scientific Branch, ORE that in addition to the scientific and technical periodicals
previously mentioned, a large number of periodicals in other fields such as drama,
music, art, education, economics, etc., are available.
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IVY References:
(1) Memorandum to Chairman, Projects Review Committee, dated 25 November
1947, from Assistant Director, Reports and Estimates, subject: "Preparation
of Bibliography of Current Soviet Scientific and Technical Periodicals by the
Library of Congress."
(2) Memorandum to Director, CIA, dated 3 December 1947, from Assistant
Director, Reports and Estimates, subject: "Preparation of Full Bibliography
of Current Soviet Periodicals by the Library of Congress."
V. Discussion:
The Chairman reviewed the two memoranda submitted by the Office of Reports
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and Estimates,
a bibliog
raphy
of current Soviet scientific and technical periodicals; and the second, an expan-
sion of this project to include the entire output of Soviet periodicals and
proposals be considered as a unit.
and suggested that the two
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of the Library of Congress; and, further, that although the periodicals mentioned
in the second memorandum would not have the high intelligence value of the
scientific and technical periodicals, they would contain very useful indications
of current Soviet trends and therefore would prove valuable.
Discussion ensued of the activities of Documents Branch, Office of Operations,
and the possibility of that Branch undertaking the preparation of the proposed
bibliography. Mr. Bagnall stated that this would be feasible; that upon receipt
of a statement of basic requirements from ORE, Documents Branch can follow any
Upon being questioned, dir. Babbitt stated that
desired line in extracting infer tt
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articles if so desired; that CIA has access to all Library of Congress periodicals,
including the backlog, although as yet there has been no desire to exploit the
latter; that ordinarily between
scientific and technical periodicals
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are screened per month in the Documents Branch.
General Wright pointed out that as time goes on there will be an increasing
number of documents and papers placed in Documents Branch which will not be
available to the Library of Congress, and consequently, it might be advisable
for CIA to undertake a general bibliography, which could be made available to
other agencies, with special emphasis on building up the scientific angle.
commented on the probable interest of scientific founda-
tions and universities in such a bibliography, and Mr. Babbitt agreed that it
should not be so classified as to restrict its dissemination to other agencies,
since it would be of extreme value to other scientific and technical organiza-
tions.
Since it appeared the general belief of the Committee that as between
the latter course is preferable, General
Wright completed the discussion by stating that ORE would furnish a statement
of requirements which would be turned over to the Office of Operations for
implementation, with the Office of Collection and Dissemination handling the
dissemination of the finished product.
VI. Action Taken
The Projects Review Committee recommends that the Director of Central
Intelligence:
(1) Approve adoption of the project for a complete bibliography of
current Soviet periodicals to be undertaken by the Office of Operations upon
receipt of a statement of requirements from Office of Reports and Estimates.
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(2) Director Office of Operations to report on the implementation of the
project with regard to adequacy of facilities of the Documents Branch to meet
national intelligence requirements in this field.
E. K. WRIGHT
Brigadier General, USA
Chairman, Projects Review Committee
23 December 1947
R. H. HILLENKOETTER
Rear Admiral, USN
Director of Central Intelligence
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