STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT OF THE INTERAGENCY MAP PROCUREMENT PROGRAM (IMPP)

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• Publication Date: May 2, 1977
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA . Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM . Paul V. Walsh
Acting Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT . State Department Support of the Interagency Map
Procurement Program (IMPP)
1. Action Requested: That you mention informally in your
next meeting with Secretary of State Vance our concern over the
Department's reduced level of support to the U.S. Government's
foreign map procurement program. This coordinated program con-
ducted by the intelligence and mapping communities depends on the
use of State Department Geographic Specialists for its effectiveness.
Admiral Murphy, as the Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community,
last May recommended that the State Department increase the number of
its Geographic Specialists from three to five. The response by then
Deputy Under Secretary for Management Eagleburger was essentially
negative. I believe Secretary Vance should be asked to review the
matter.
2. Background:
a. The Interagency Map Procurement Program (IMPP) is
an overt collection activity conducted in the Department
of State with the support of 10 participating organizations
of the intelligence and mapping communities. The program
provides the major source of the foreign-produced maps and
map-related materials used in the II_S_ A nitrnmoni- Rof'lorfinn
b. The work of map procurement abroad is carried out
principally by State Department Geographic Specialists who
are professional geographers or cartographers. They are
supported in their efforts by personnel of OGCR who coordi-
nate requirements, plan the 6-week procurement missions,
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maintain mapping exchange agreements negotiated by the
specialists, and distribute materials received to the
appropriate agencies according to their indicated needs.
All participating agencies contribute funds.
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f. The change of Administrations affords the intelligence
community an oppor-tunity to raise this problem with State once
more. I feel that an informal chat by you with Secretary Vance,
inviting him to review it with his staff, would be more suitable
than new correspondence. At the same time, it would be more
effective than a renewed exchange of communications between the
IC Staff and State.
Staff Positions: The Intelligence Community Staff]
4. Recommendation: That you ask Secretary Vance informally that
he review the State Department position regarding Geographic Specialist
staffing in the context of Admiral Murphy's letter of 15 May
Paul V. Walsh
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As stated in Par. 2.e.
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INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF
STAFF STUDY
RE-EVALUATION OF THE
INTERAGENCY MAP PROCUREMENT PROGRAM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Problem
II. Background
III. Previous Assessments of the Value of
the IMPP
IV. Current Assessment of Value of the IMPP
A. Value of the IMPP to the USG for Uses
Other Than Map Production
B. Value of IMPP Map Materials to USG Producers
of Maps of Foreign. Areas
C. Costs V. Findings
VI. Recommendations
1. Current Value of the Interagency Map Procurement Program
to the U. S. Government.
2. Description of the Interagency Map Procurement Program.
3. Documentation for Authority and Development of the IMPP.
4. IMPAC Requirements for Maps and Related Material.
5. Map Procurement Missions and Countries Visited on
Each Mission, FY 1975.
6. IC Staff Questionnaire for Evaluation of the IPIPP.
7. Specific Examples of Recent Successful Use of Foreign-
Produced Maps and of Problems Resulting from the Lack of
Specific Foreign-Produced Maps.
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RE-EVALUATION OF THE
INTERAGENCY MAP PROCUREMENT PROGRAM
The Interagency Map Procurement Program (IMPP) is a small
scale but valuable and effective U.S. Government program for the
overt collection of foreign-produced maps and map materials which
has functioned since World War II. It is managed within the Depart-
ment of State and is implemented abroad primarily by Geographic
Attaches (GAs) who are professional geographers and cartographers.
This program, which provides a major part of the
foreign-produced maps and map-related materials (called map
materials hereafter) used in the USG, has been reviewed
favorably a number of times in recent years. However, budget
considerations and the policy of reducing the U. S. official
presence abroad have resulted in a significant reduction in. the
number of GAs in the last seven years. Because of recent
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the Deputy Director for Intelligence requested this re-evaluation
of the IMPP.
1. THE PROBLEM
To reassess the value of the Interagency Map Procurement
Program (IMPP) to the U. S. Government.
II. 137_CKGROUND .
The IMPP was established -under the Department .of --State. by
executive order in 1945. This program is a very small part of
the Department's overt collection responsibilities for political,
sociological, economic, scientific, and technical information,
conducted as a service of common concern to the USG. Documenta-
tion on the authority and development of the program is shown in
Attachment 3.
The goal of the IMPP is to maintain USG holdings of foreign-
produced map materials as current as possible, in advance of need.
Collection of these materials abroad, primarily in non-
Communist countries, is carried out by Geographic Attaches (GAs)
and other USG officials sent on procurement missions. A descrip-
tion of the IMPP, its staffing and operation, is given in
Attachment 2. The procurement and dissemination of map materials
is based on coordinated USG-wide requirements which show the
number and type of materials required by each USG agency. These
requirements, which are updated semi-annually, are shown in
Attachment 4. i
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