PROGRESS REPORT OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, ORR MONTH OF DECEMBER 1958 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00680R000100020127-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 127
• Publication Date: December 1, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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C?ia~'C.. n~ . 5 4RArH c RE as ci
A. lac e c 1 +.s in~sesndi,za ari Covrdin .ti.on Activities
I. Px,.A.uaction in %ka , Geographic Research Area declined seasonally
dh. 'ing yr~ e Maps and reports completed were principally . in support
of 't S .;_` : ti# s?t;isae opereti ons, and staff planning on Antarctica.
Si :i. 3. can-t- work in pro re e Includes a provisional atlas of Chinese
C i aruz s_n t r-v_ sm,inistratty e ni,. tss , region a 1, analyses of Northeast Thailand
and.hs 3cs'4rlei; Art i c, 53 -1,?,yp ` st.TTxdie's on the Middle East, and various
MIS sec%t ona . New pro;;=-cots on Finn i.:and, R'nian agricu'llWre, -the
T'nor',be-ss territories" of Poland, and various codeword. s atr jects are
ea sr:> t to develop during, essax ax'y.
2 ;off Ye 'j' Y Division. compl. teci 89 maps and charts mm 82
for the Agre `cy and 7 for he Department of State. A total of 12
re ues, s wsr, e accented, n.. r,:' Vii- for '."',!A c s nenta.
3. y+. eo9g aphy? r' *M?Q co. pt. eeted two Geo i.A -2'Otelligence
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Reports {, l /.Ns F Code n ... ; and GR-2O 2, Code C f' one Map
.d Char ?t r1?F :: ~ i gar ` c~cT,,gx) :~~ ^znt of the =NXS Chaffer Annual on Sweden;
one 3edntlon 19 of v B f r ao ?;er I ;:n North F:orea; and, four a ,oranda in
thYe G. /I and G, l cant iei
4:. `wha: Ivisp Libra yyy Di_v'i.sion, received I,66! foreign-p l.ished maps
IA; sent to ANS;
during the a:.on b, Of eft,i,oa, 33% were retained in
and to he al,>:,i:~rak y of s R ogre sa . ` he Division sent out l5,~+9 maps
in response to 91.i1 rec ,.ats; in ad iticAn, 407 geographic as carto-
graphic, t ? were di sst ribe. tai. IM ree r use to 120. requests.
Se7::-er?a b n'eetirgs were held between personnel of State, Defense,
and the Map .b any Di.z isio;?n re ending the possible i. rp1enentation of
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by the Dove zient As a result of the snreett.ngs,, a project
proposal be m; been d. f' d and. tr nsm:VI;ted by State to the Embassy in
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/ , g x? ;icipste:d in a discussion of the a cientiric
':,gt?.:Lrei e is ",c be prepared for the formulation of an Antarctic mapping
pvo.ren. The discuss-4;n showed again the serious problems of develop
ing a :ourdi,v:ated pro rwi, and a restate nt of requirements is being
pref. ed by a panel of the Ca i.ttee on Polar Research for the NSF and
B . Also c tc,ing the noath, the OCB revised its Report on Antarctica
to reflect adequately the concern that is felt over the implications
of Soviet ace-0:..viti.ec rebated to the area. Mr. - delivered a paper 25X1 Aga
on Soviet pa" ? activi.ti es before AC personnel in Dayton.
7. Some six months after initiation, the special USSR town plans
project is at the stage of assembly-line production. Three maps have
bor=n c let N. 1, with five in various stages of compilation and drafting.
Baci-up resea,'ch is being, conducted by the Geography Division on three
additional toTrris.
8. D/G1"s foreign map procurement program realized a take of
67,585 raps during 1958, a substantial increase over 1957. Requests
for map reference service ran 5% above those in 1957.
9. The "`;ehelytei IX Subcommittee was unsuccessful in obtaining MS
Committee act:.on on its proposals for adjusting production schedules
to reflect greater work 'J"oads caused by the Annuals. The matter viii
brt reviewed again in the Subccm,ittee.
10- ~ kindly loaned its ba own-lirce mater for use as a base
in `?she pr odum';ion oi~, a city plan of Gdansk.
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