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MEMORANDUl FOR: The Project Review Committoe

: Deputy Director/Intelligence

Assistant Lirector,Scientific Intelligence

t External Research Project to Provide Supporting Research for Intelligence on Biological Warfare.

1. PROBLEM

To contimue the existing rescarch project with the Department of Agriculture which was instituted to provide supporting reseorch for intelligence on Soviet Bloc Biological ivarfare by the exploitation of Soviet, Satellite and German open'literature available in the USDA Library.

2. DLSCUSSION

a. The original project ras established with the USDA in l950 to cover the Agronony aspects (anti-crops) of Biological warfore. The scope of the project was expanded in 1952 to provide for the Veterinary Modicine aspects (anti-animal)of Biological liarfare. The expanded project, redesignated ,was contimued by PRC action during FY 1953.

b. By agreement witha copy of each translation and each abstract produced will be made available to that Division as a check against duplication,facilities ere used to supplement those of the project for translating certain material disclosed by the project, It has beon agreed thatand O/st will review the projoct in six months to deternine the acivisibility ofrgassuming the work at the end of this contract period.

c. In the plant science and Veterinary Hodicine fields, this project is the most important source of useful intelligence on Commnist Bloc iv activity and constitutes an integral part of 0/SI's present overall progran in this field. Extensive use of the material is made in contributions  NIE's and in other intelligence production\_as shorn in Annex l. At Annex 2is aletter. from the megarding certain finished intelligence based on this project.

d. The project operated during FY 1953 on \$50,700. It is proposed to continuc this project during FY 1954 at about the same level, \$50,000 as requested in 0/SI'54 Budget. A detailed breakdown of the estimated costs is ahowm in Annex 3.

3. ACTION RECOMENDED

That extension of Project into FY 1954 be approved and that \$50,000 be made available for this purpose.

A/B, 1, 20/5

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1。 Contributions of Project in FY 1953
2。 Letter
3. Estimated Funds Required for FY 195h

CONCURRENCES: A Date 17 Juren 153 G Aiplty Assistant/ irector sit Anme y 0

A Date 18153 Intelligeace Coordination U

A Date Dull 3 1953 Deputy Director/intelligenge

ACTION BY APPROVING AUTHORITY:

Approved, exceptions, if any. app 15guly's

Dato jily 23 1953

A 0SI/ (12 Jun 53)

Signature / DCI

Distrihution: Orig& l1/- Addressee 1 - Comptroller 1-AD/IC 1-AD/SI 1 - Admin 1 - tiedicine/SI 1 -Jiology/SI 1 - I&S 3 - 0ps 2-AD/0

ANNEXES:

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CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROJECT IN FY 1953

1. To O/SI Biology Division.

a. To date 3212 new Bibliographic entries have been made and 558 abstracts produced. About 115 translations of 5-10 pagos each have been performed by the project and about 800 pages of translations have been contracted out through

b. The output of this project has contributed heavily to the following projects which complied with the Research and Development Board request (RDR 123/2, 24 Nay 51) for support of the US BV program being, carried out at

l. CIA/SI (Sugar Beets)

2. CIA/SI(TS version of above)

3. CIA/SI  (Herbicides)

h.Soviet Oats, Rye, and Barley (In process)

e. The project also supplied basic material for the following projects:

1.  Soviet Bacterial Fertilizors

Soviot Agronomic Institutions

3. Leningrad Institute of Flant Frotection

4. Corn diseases and Corn research in the USSR

5. Extensive Cataloging and analysis of plant pathology in the USSR

6. Bibliographies on Soviet' cotton, tobacco, flax, sunflowora.

2. To 0/SI Hedicine Division

a. To date 7l,l21 title cards have been screened, coded and filed by author, subject and institution. Of this number, 197 selected articles have been translated. This work provided about 80 percent of the basic material for the following intelligence production:

B-3 l. Hog Cholera in the USSR (for (Published in FY 1952)

ANNEX 1

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Rinderpeat in the USSR (for Camp Detrick)

Soviet Veterinary Institutions and Personnel

Soviet Veterinary Administration and Organization

3,. Material obtained from this project was used by Agronomy Branch, BiologyDivision, and Veterinarytiedicine Branch, Medicine ivision, in the preparation of contributions to:

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1. Personnel

a. Assigned jointly to both phases:

Screening Pussian Accessions rian Year (GS-7) 32,500
Screening accessions from denied
. areas other than USSR 1 Man Year (GS-7) 5,300
Survey, selection, and accession of serial holding from denied areas 1 Nan Year (GS-9) 5,400
Clerk Typista i Man Year (GS-2) 2,750 1 Man Year (GS-3) 2,950

b. Assigned to plant science phase above: Bibliographer 1 Man Year (GS-7) 4,580 Translator 1 Man Year (GS-7) 4,330

c. Assigned to the veterinary medicine phase above: assigned to the veterinary medicine phase above:

Bibliographer 1 Nan Year (GS-7) 4,580 1 Man Year (GS-7) 4,330
Translator 1 lian Year (GS-7) 4,330

d. New Clerk Typist 1 Man Year (GS-2) 2,750

2. Publications (iicrofilm from European libraries to fill gaps in serial holdings 1,500

3. Overhead (Supplies, equipment, supervision) 4,700

Total Cost \$50,000

4. The natural shift in emphasis from collcction of titles to manipulation and exploitation thereof as the project becomes longer established will necessitate the addition of the third clerk-typist (GS-2) listed above and the elevation of the nore experienced clerk-typist now with the project to semi-bibliographic work. In-grade raises have increased the total of salaries required. The only promotions now expected are from GS-3 to GS-4 and from GS-2 to GS-3. A Bibliographer GS-7 soon to be promoted to GS-9 will be rotated out of the project and replaced by another GS-7.

ANNEX 3

FSTIHATED FUNDS RFQUIRED FOR FY 1954

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Concurrence of theis besed on:

a。 The agreements as set forth in paragraph 2b of thls project.

b. The further understanding that

(1) Tha" G

will receive a copy of each translation and of each abstraot, not only as a check against duplication but aleo for the purpose of makiog such translationg and abstracta available to all membors of the intelligence commnity as a service of common concern.

(2) The raviaw of the project at the end of six months by OSI and  will be to G dotermino the advisability of assuming allsC or any part of, the work at the and of the contract period.

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