CHINA ATLAS COMMENDATION

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• Publication Date: April 27, 1972
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NEW YORK TIMES
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A G.I.A. Atlas of China
Goes on Sale for $5.25
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI)
-For $5.25, any citizen can
have his own Central Intelli-
gence Agency document.
The Government Printing
Office is offering for sale
30,000 copies of the C.I.A.'s
new 82-page, multicolored at-
las of the People's Republic
of China.
Officials at the printing of-
fice said that except for an.
annual four-volume series
listing the broadcasting sta-
tions of the world, the atlas
was the only C.I.A. document
they had produced for sale
to the public.
In addition to detailed maps.
of modern China, the atlas,
which has the C.I.A; s seal
on the cover, also contains
historical maps, a number of,
charts depicting the growth
of the Chinese economy, and
a narrative accompanying the
maps and charts. . ,
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2 7 APR 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Printing Services Division
THROUGH : Director of Logistics
SUBJECT
China Atlas Commendation
REFERENCE : Memo dtd 24 Apr 72 to C/FSD fin
D/BGI, same subject
The effort expended by you
merits high praise. Please
staff certainly
and convey a richly deserved well-done to the Printing
employees responsible for such quality work.
s Division
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Printing
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rvices Division, ? ffice of Logistics
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT: China Atlas Commendation
THROUGH:
THROUGH:
1. Last November 0BG1 published with the expert assistance
of PSD a comprehensive atlas of the People's Republic of China
for government use in planning President Nixon's historic trip.
Few Agency publications have enjoyed the enthusiastic reception
that marked the appearance of this work. More than 2, 000
copies were distributed through the government and another 2, 000
copies have been sent out to non-governnt institutions and
libraries concerned with China. At the moment of this writing.
Agency stock Is nearly exhausted and with your encouragement
the Government Printing Office has agreed to reprint the atlas
in bulk for public sale.
It got out on time, it set widely acknowledged high standards of
professionalism and effectiveness, and it brought great credit
to the Agency. I am extremely grateful to you and your organisation
for the skill, imagination, and hard work that PSD contributed
to this enterprise. Please convey my appreciation to all those
who were involved.
2. 1 feel the atlas is an outstanding Agency accon-Ap
STA
61 JOHN KERR Y -KING
Director
Basic and Geographic Intelligence
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Attached is a suggested Etter to The
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signature relative to thei_: printing
and sale of our China Atlas.
John King, D/BGI, concuss.
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Chief, Printing Services Division,
says the edition will be identical to PSD's
except the cover will be of a different texture.
In other words, the Agency gets full credit.
Request your signature.
Robert S. Wattles
(DATE)
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DD/S 72-1074: Ltr dtd 21 MAR 19/ to The Acting Public Printer
0 fr the Executive Director confirming arrangement whereby GPO will print
and offer for public sale copies of Agency publication "People's Republic of
China Atlas".
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We ready appreciate your cooperation in this der as the publics-
has received a great deal of public attention. We feel that it should be
it.
Sincerelyt
confirm the arrangement recently ci
Mr. Robert ?ling, Superintendent of Documents, and
Office will print and offer for public sale copies of our publication "People's
Republic of China Atlas." It is wullIerstood that this will be accomplished at
no cost to this Agency.
Chief of our Printing Services Division, whereby the err ent Printh
available for a wider distribution than our mission visualizes and our facili-
appear eatable as public documents, we will contact the Superitttenont
Documents In order to ascertain your interest.
In the event we produce unclassified publications In the future which
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John W. Coffey
Deputy Director
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will confirm the arrangement recently concluded between Mr. Robert
intendent of Documents, and Chief of our Printing
ision, whereby the Government Printing Office will print and offer for
opies of our publication "People's Republic of China Atlas." It is
at this will be accomplished at no cost to this Agency.
early appreciate your cooperation in this matter as the publication
a great deal of public attention. \lWe feel that it should be available
istribution than our mission visua4izes and our facilities permit.
event we produce unclassified publihations in the future which appear
blic documents, we will contact the Superintendent of Documents in
ertain your interest.
W. E. Colby `_,,
Executive Director.
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Remarks:
Attached for concurrence and the Director's
signature is a reply to Mr. Andrew McNally III.
printing is desired.
is also stating that attribution to CIA in the GPO
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the Superintendent of Documents the arrangement
stated in the second paragraph of the attached. He
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the Superintendent of Docume is the arrangement
stated in the second paragraph of the attached. He
is also stating that attribution t~ CIA in the GPO
printing is desired.
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CP1 iCE OF THE DIRECTOR
10 MAR 1972
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Mr. Andrew McNally III
President
Rand McNally & Company
P.O. Box 7600
Chicago, Illinois 60680
Dear Mr. McNally:
I certainly appreciate your 7 March letter
complimenting this Agency on the China Atlas. This
Atlas was prepared by our Office of Basic and Geo-
graphic Intelligence and as you undoubtedly realize,
required a great deal of time and effort. It is
indeed gratifying to hear words of praise from pro-
fessionals like yourself.
I agree with your views that the Atlas should
be made available to the American public in general
and to this end we have turned over the reproducibles
to the Government Printing Office. GPO anticipates
a fairly large run with sales to begin sometime this
summer.
We have received other queries from commercial
painting firms and we are advising them of our GPO
arrangement because this may render it commercially
impractical for these firms.
Again my thanks for your kind words and I will
see they reach the appropriate people on my staff.
CONCUR:
Deputy Director for Intelligence Y1 L2
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(Signed) John W. COff@V
Sincerely,
SiC,T.D~
Richard Helms
Director
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"Our 116th Year"
March 7, 1972
Dear Mr. Helms:
I have just seen the Atlas of China and I hasten to compliment
your organization and especially your cartographic staff on a
superb publication. Its concept, its content, its design and its
cartographic excellence have gained the admiration of all of us
at Rand McNally. Surely this atlas can fill a long-felt void in
maps and atlas materials that has plagued American scholars
of Chinese affairs.
The changing realities of today's world strongly recommend
that such a volume receive widespread circulation among not
only the academic community but also the general public at large.
As suppliers of a wide variety of atlases, Rand McNally would be
most interested in obtaining the reproducibles for the Atlas of China
in order to publish this work in part or in whole for the American
user. We make this request in full awareness of the kinds of
restrictions that normally attend the use of such materials, but
we are so persuaded that this publication merits wide dissemination
that we are taking the liberty of writing to you directly for per-
,i ..ission to proceed in that direction. It would be our intention to
publish an atlas which would reach the general public through our
Trade Division, universities and school students from our
Education Division, and the business and commercial world
through another special marketing division.
Naturally, we would pay the full costs of material and labor, and
we would agree to give due credit if this were desired. While each
element of the atlas is outstanding, we might wish to alter the
contents or format; our principal interest, in any case, focusses
on the regional and thematic maps.
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It is our belief, furthermore, that a commercial version of
this atlas inevitably will appear because it is simply too good to
remain as a limited edition. We sincerely hope, therefore, that
you will favorably consider our request to obtain the appropriate
materials, and we would like to assure you again that we would
abide by any restrictions regarding the identification of the
contents.
We hope we may look forward to hearing from you on this
matter.
S'nnc'erely yours,
J p
Andrew McNally
Richard Helms, Esq.
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C. 20505
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3 MAR 1972
SUBJECT: Inquiry to Reproduce Agency's China Atlas
1. On 1 March Mr. Thuermer raised at the Morning Meeting an
inquiry he had received from the local representative of "Facts on File"
regarding the desire of his company headquarters in Chicago to reproduce
the Agency's China Atlas. Mr. Houston stated that the Government had no
property rights on such printed material and confirmed Mr. Proctor's
statement that the plates would have to be made available under the Freedom
of Information Act if the requestor agreed to pay for them. The Director
seemed disinclined to volunteer but agreed that we should stand aside if the
company decided to proceed.
2. After the meeting I checked with Mr. Blake and learned that there
had been no contact with the O/L front office or with PSD on this matter.
In later talking to Mr. Thuermer I learned that he had nct talked to Mr. Houston
or to Mr. Proctor having decided to raise this matter at this morning's
meeting. He had however mentioned it at lunch on 29 February when DD/I
officers were present and this is likely how the news spread. Mr. Thuermer
recognized that further action necessitated discussion with us and we agreed
that when he again talked with "Facts on File" local representatives Mr. Blake
or hould be present. (He also agreed that we should arrange a
tour of PSD facilities for him before such an additional discussion takes place. )
I passed this to Mr. Blake.
3. Late on 2 March Mr. Blake brought in a paper prepared by
n response to a request from D/OBGI for use in a DD/I meeting
3 March. After some discussion of the precedent which our action seemed
to involve we got together with Mr. Houston. Mr. Houston confirmed that
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the Agency would be required to provide "reproducables" to any publisher
who requested them and was prepared to reimburse. We suggested and
Mr. Houston agreed that it would be preferable to put this problem in the
hands of the Public Printer.
4. Having failed to reach them on 2 March, I spoke separately
with Mr. Thuermer and Mr. Proctor on 3 March to acquaint them with the
problem noted above as well as our proposed solution. Mr. Proctor urged
that we not got to the Public Printer until we were faced with a demand by
"Facts on File" or the publisher for "reproducables. " I chatted with
Messrs. Blake, Houston and Thuermer and all agreed to this adjustment in
our position. Mr. Blake will instruc ccordingly. Subsequently
I informed Mr. Colby of this decision.
Jo offey
Depu Director
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