FDD MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT - MAY 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00500R000200110008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 7, 1954
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office emov'an um UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Assistant Director for Operations
FROM : Chief, Foreign Documents Division
SUBJECT: FDD Monthly Progress Report - May 1954
ADMINISTRATION
DATE: 7 June 1954
1. As of 31 May the total personnel on duty was
on two weeks' active-duty training in CIA, were briefed on FDD
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2. On 6 May, the following G-2 selected Mobilization Designees,
operations -
3. FDD, has been designated notary
public for
4. On request of Personnel Office a survey was made to ascertain
FDD clerical personnel interested in overseas duty; 12 answered
affirmatively.
5. A schedule of "PG" interviews for all FDD personnel not
previously processed in this manner has been started by the Security
Office.
6. A survey of FDD air-conditioning units, made by the Logistics
Office, to the end of "stretching" such equipment throughout the
Agency, resulted in the loss of three units.
7. I I of Personnel Procurement visited FDD
to seek leads for recruitment for FDD needs.
8.1 1 Management Improvement Staff, DD/A,
and Classification and Wage Division, Personnel
Office, visited FDD to survey the requested reorganization plan
submitted by FDD.
OPERATIONS
1. The twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh meetings of the Subcom-
mittee on Exploitation cP Foreign Language Publications met on 14 and
28 May 1954. The twenty-sixth meeting considered exploitation of
satellite scientific and technical publications. At the twenty-seventh
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meeting it was agreed that FDD would on 1 June 19,54 initiat,
regular index digest of the
2. On 7 May, the FDD Linguist Service moved to new quarters
in 1319 M Building. During the month 825 transactions were handled.
3. During the month two new series of re orts were initiated:
News Items on Science in Orbit Countries in re
form, and Selected
Briefs from the International Press in Summary form. It is now
planned to produce the science news items as a Summary.
4. Commendations:
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Deputy Chief, FDD, reiterating satisfaction with
presentation at the Agency Orientation Course on 2 February 1954. 25X1A
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rendered by FDD, while on temnorarv duty wi+h
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From Information Divisi
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abstract of immi r tion and alien real a regulat , ions
prepared by and FDD.
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for FDD Summery No. 140, Second Report on Celebes Political
Economic, and Sociological Activities, prepared by FDD.
From Mr. Huntington W. Sheldon, Assistant Director, OCI, an
appreciation for FDD Research Aid No. 3, Some Aspects of Sino-Soviet
Relations Following Stalin's Death. OCI regards the study as a very
valuable document and proposes to use it as the basis for a special
article in its Current Intelligence Weekly.
5. Liaison activities:
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c pu ca ons. new format for the abstracts
was worked out and a division of the workload among the participants
was agreed upon. FDD will abstract 16 selected periodicals, AID 8,
and ATIC will abstract 30.
Mr. Andrew G. Soorin, ATIC, visited)
FDD, for a survey of Russian-language literature available in CIA
on all branches of electronics and associated fields; found many
items in Foreign Branch, CIA Library, subject to subsequent loan
request by ATIC.
6. Special services rendered:
the DD/P rFDD, was on a four-week loan to
for Econo c Defense Division, ORR.
FDD, spent 10 hours reviewing microfilm
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7. Significant reports:
I - Availability of consumer goods as indicated
by advertisements in the Chinese Communist press
FDD Summary No. l41 -- Specifications of certain products
of Shanghai steel, tool, machinery, wire, and battery plants
- USSR work on organic dielectrics
- Sixth RSFSR conference on antitularemia measures
Statistical Report on FDD Operations
Details on Personnel Actions
Enclosures: 2
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