REPORT ON JANUARY 26 MEETING OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION SUB-WORKING GROUP

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82S00697R000900010004-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 30, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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_!} MtOR. NDUM January 30, 1973
O. Charles N. :Brower -- Acting Chairman
Interagency '"ask Force on the Law of the E ',ea.
THROUGH = John Norton toore -' L
FROii myron if. t=ordquist L/OA
Chair an, LOS 'Pas}. Forcee, ru.)-V7orking
Group on Research and ;ocut:nent.atiOfl
SUBJECT ; Report on January 2? nc:'.eting of Research
and Docur:`e; nta t ion Suh-'Work inci Grc u)
1. Attached is a list of participants at the r:.eetina
hold in Room 6420, Depart-r~,ont of State.
2 . 1 r. Naordquist explained that the Group had been re-
acti.vated in ordk' to coordinate research efforts in the
La%.w of W,11.0 Cca Force context. It was emphasized
that U Le - uroo..:,e of the group was to insure that the -)cl--
icy r_rakers were aware, of studies underway, that gaps in
e^sential infornaticn were filled and that ap-)ro,:+r.z.ate
re ;ultn w,-ere made availa.tie for d.is:3ermination to the
Ei.ecutive Croun of the Trask Force.
3. For the March z'eetin+ , Dr . T'odciron indicated that the
GeorIra! hen's Lin it in t e Sea publication regarding mari-
ttre claims uoulr< be r.o-d.one. :le also tat' that t.iea.r
publication concerninq theoretical area allocations of
various li%its nropo als, micrht be avaliablc k:,y ?asch.
Dr. Powsoir:e of the fl torical office noted that her
study of the 1958 and 1960 Coxifercrncer; would be done by
March. ?ir. Ylskin i.n .icatefl that at,n?roxim.ately half of
the Country Attitude S't`.ielies would be available by ;larch.
' iWiedemann of the Ca nter for Naval Anal stated
that ':rv .-larch there would he a number of analyses that
would he in useahle form from the corputer r?rograr:+. (it
was agreed that State would discuss this aspect in more
detail with Dr. Friedhei.r;r.)
State Dept. review completed
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4. Mr. Nordreuuist tasked for the names of any other nor-
-son s or office: in the Covesrru ent whose assistance i,ight
be required in uneeartakAng studio^ related to ;arcr?aration
for the Conference.. A r, a result, several other persona
will be asked to -articinate in the group.
5. The next roeti nq o the c;roun wvas sc'-jodujc(-! -for
early Fobb+ruar_7 at which time a tentative li3t of studies
and i :7,sues in noed of c, car,ination would be ed- tributed.
It was stressed. t :at the purpose of the group was to
avoid duplication of work throughout the Government and
to insure t at a 3u atC'i'?at C aF~;aroa^;~