CIA • 1947

ADDITIONAL NIRS DESIRED BY ORE

Approved For Release 2006/11/16: CIA-RDP80R01731 R00360006003 21 February 1947 MEI40RANDUM FOR THE CHIEF, ICAPS SUBJECT: Additional NIRs Desired by ORE REFERENCE: Memorandum to Assistant Director for Reports and Estimates from Chief, ICAPS, subject: "NIR - China", dated 13 February. 475022 SECRET In response to paragraph 3 of the reference memorandum, ORE desires ad- ditional NIRs to be developed on the following areas: (a) Eastern Europe (Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Ru- mania, Hungary, Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria) (b) France ) ) ORE's recommendation to be (o) Italy ) completed by 1 April (d) Brazil (e) Argentina (f) In addition, ORE desires the development of scientific NIRs on the following countries: (a) France (b) Sweden (o) Belgium (d) The Netherlands (e) Switzerland In connection with paragraph 2 of the reference memorandum, ORE recom- mends that the NIR on the Middle East cover the following countries: (a) Greece (b) Turkey (c) Syria and Lebanon (d) Palestine I/ DF Page 1 .W SECRET Approved For Release 2006/11/16: CIA-RDP80R01731 8003600060035-3 Approved For Release 2006/11/16: CIA-RDP80R01731 R003600060035-3 SECRET (i) Trans-Jordan Iraq Iran The Arabian Peninsula Egypt Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Assistant Director Reports and Estimates Approved For Release 2006/11/16: CIA-RDP80R01731 8003600060035-3.