COMMENTS,(Classified) WORKING GROUP ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE DOCUMENTS

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP68-00069A000200010001-5

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RIPPUB

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December 9, 2016

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September 12, 2000

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Publication Date:

November 28, 1952

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MEMO

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Approved For Release 2001/08/15: CIA-RDP68-00068A000200010001- 28 November 1952 25X1A9a Comments, Working Group on Foreign Language Documents The final report of the Working Group recommends establishment by CIA, under NSO directive, of an organization to perform certain common biblie- graphic and translation services for TAO agencies; that coordination of TAC activities in the fields of translation and bibliographic service be provided through the establishment " by appropriate authority of "a Foreign Language Board consisting of a representative of each lAC agency,,,,".. a. Bibliographic service: All six of the activities proposed for this Service are being for- formed today in the lAC with varying degrees of effectiveness. Questions of scope and coordination are under continuous discussion and excellent overall p]axia eould'be pulled together. in relatively short order. The attack has been and will remain piecemeal until NSO settles the question of "chosen instrument" among I,AC members or until CIA concludes that-it has sufficient authority to warrant the financing of an operation which will be effective enough to pull the rest of the TAG into its orbit. Two examplear Recommendation (4.) would provide the basis for systematic collection through briefing. What is needed is beefed-up field collection - adequate staff with full language and intelligence training in each major publishing area supported by plenty of vouchered and unvouchered funds. This machinery could not only guarantee immediate response to new intelligence requirements as well as perform proper "scouting" for the IAC but it would, also, produce the accessions lists envisioned in recommendation (1), eliminate the confusion that comes now. from multiple briefing of multiple collettore and assure the union catalogers (recommendation (3) full, coverage of receipts. Recommendations (20 and (6) propose central bibliographic services. CIA Library already provides limited service of this nature to other lAC members. 02 Library would be willing to atop indexing of non- Army documents immediately and to rely on CIA Reference, however, for CIA to accept this traffic (and that of other IAC members subse- quently if this proved effective) a substantial increase in library staff would be essential. b. Translation service: no comment except on the problem of coordination. The logging. of translations and search of the log to prevent duplicaticna would tie in closely with the "bibliographic services". 0. Foreign Language Board: modifications: create an "lAC Documentation & Translation Board" responsibility: planning, implementing and coordination. programs in the fields. of document collection, indexing and translation, Approved For Release 2001/08/15 : CIA-RDP68-00069AO00200010001-5 Approved For Release 290t4WJVI5 : CIA-RDP68-00069AO00200010001-5 functions: Collection develop IAC channels disseminate information of receipts coordinate IAC briefing reproduce scarce materials (microfilming programs at collection or receiving points) Documentation central classification scheme for .subjeet .catalo allocation of record responsibility coordinate bibliographical services provide for union cataloging,, loan and inter-library loan of ~ublioations, enclosure materials Translation Index Schedule now projects (reconcile priorities) Disseminate product Approved For Release 2001/08/15 : CIA-RDP68-00069AO00200010001-5