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Africa: 1941-1961 a Guide To A Guide to O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports Africa: 1941-1961 A Guide to O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports XIII Africa: 1941-1961 Edited by Paul Kesaris UPA A MICROFILM PROJECT OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICAJNC. 5630 Connecticut Ave. Washington, D.C. 20015 Copyright © 1980 by University Publications of America, Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-89093-294-8 Contents Reel Index 1-19 Africa Reel I Frame 0000 - Reel V Frame 0990 Africa, North Reel V Frame 0000 - Reel VI Frame 0571 Algeria Reel VI Frame 0600 - 1090 Cameroons. British Reel VII Frame 0000 Congo, Belgian Reel VII Frame 0005 - 0507 Dahomey Reel VII Frame 0526 Ethiopia Reel VII Frame 0530 - 0673 Gambia Reel VII Frame 0685 Gold Coast (Ghana) Reel VII Frame 0779 - 1011 Guinea (French) Reel VII Frame 1011 - 1040 Kenya Reel VII Frame 1046 - 1076 Liberia Reel VIII Frame 0000 - 0217 Madagascar Reel VIII Frame 0232 - 0553 Morocco Reel VIII Frame 0582 - Reel IX Frame 0621 v. Mozambique Reel IX Frame 0628 Nigeria Reel IX Frame 0724 - 0913 Nyasaland Reel IX Frame 0960 Rhodesia Reel X Frame 0000 - 0028 Sierra Leone Reel X Frame 0047 - 0051 Somalia Reel X Frame 0087 - 0107 Somaliland, French Reel X Frame 0124 South Africa, Union of Reel X Frame 0199 - 0927 South-West Africa Reel XI Frame 0000 - 0189 Spanish Sahara Reel XI Frame 0218 Sudan Reel XI Frame 0230 - 0408 Tanganyika Reel XI Frame 0411 - 0853 Tunisia Reel XI Frame 0865 - 1087 Upper Volta Reel XI Frame 1098 Subject Index 20-46 REEL INDEX Reel I AFRICA Frame 0000 Africa and the U.S.A. December 11, 1941. 4pp. 0004 Native Manpower and Morale. January 10, 1942. 37pp. 0046 The Economic Resources of West and South-West Africa. January 10, 1942. 31pp. 0077 The Vicious Circle of Economic Breakdown in French West Africa Due to the War. January 12, 1942. 4pp. 0081 Character of the Country in West Africa. January 12, 1942. 23pp. 0105 West African Attitudes toward the War. January 16, 1942. 10pp. 0115 The Climate of West Africa. January 17, 1942. 20pp. 0135 Conditions in West Africa. January 25, 1942. 5pp. 0140 West and Equatorial Africa: Vol. I. January 31, 1942. 264pp. 0407 West and Equatorial Africa: Vol. II. January 31, 1942. 105pp. 0511 Equatorial Africa. February 6, 1942. 5pp. 0517 African Proposals. February 6, 1942. 6pp. 0523 Information on the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia. March 13, 1942. 46pp. 0571 The Railroads of West and Central Africa; The Railroads of the Cameroons, Rio Muni, French Equatorial Africa, and the Belgian Congo. March 26, 1942. 322pp. 0980 The Railroads of Togo, Dahomey, and Nigeria. March 26, 1942. 276pp. Reel II 0000- Nazi Organization of the Germans in British East Africa. April 21, 1942. 31pp. 0018 Vulnerability of the Ferry and Supply Routes Across Africa. May 18, 1942. 22pp. 0041 African Air Routes and Related Matters. May 20, 1942. 9pp. 0050 Data on Installations, Equipment, Climate, and Health for Forty-two Towns on Trans-African Overland Routes. July 2, 1942. 333pp. 0383 Trans-African Overland Routes: Ports, Railroads, Rivers, and Lakes, Roads. July 2, 1942. 336pp. 0830 Climatic Data for Transport Routes in Central Africa. August 11, 1942. 106pp. 0942 Admirals and Generals in Africa. August 15, 1942. 62pp. 1005 Preliminary Statement on Nationalism among British West African Natives. September 9, 1942. 5pp. Reel III 0000 Survey of French West Africa. September 12, 1942. 270pp. 0270 West and Central Africa: Timber, Water Supply, Food, Soils, and Building Stones. September 29, 1942. 129pp. 0401 West and Central Africa: Railroads, Inland Waterways, and Roads. September 29, 1942. 95pp. 0496 Tentative Evaluation of the Food Situation in British West Africa. November 13, 1942. 5pp. 0502 Law and Administration of French Equatorial Africa. December 23, 1942. 26pp. 0528 Manifestations of Anti-American Sentiment in Selected African Areas. January 27, 1944. 15pp. 0543 Indigenous African Political Systems: An Appraisal of Na- tive Aptitudes. June 13, 1944. 32pp. 0575 European Refugees in Africa. July 11, 1944. 17pp. 0593 American Protestant Religious Interests and Difficulties in the Congo Basin. July 19, 1944. 36pp. 0630 Nationalist Trends in British West Africa. August 30, 1944. 35pp. 0665 Trade Policies in the Congo Basin. February 26, 1945. 24pp. 0692 Regulations and Practices Concerning Native Troops in British, French, Spanish, Belgian, Portuguese, and Ex- Italian Africa. February 27, 1945. 22pp. 0714 The U.S. and the African Mandates. April 7, 1945. 13pp. 0726 International Conventions in Relation to Native Welfare in Africa. AprilS, 1945. 17pp. 0743 International Conventions Relating to the Traffic-in-Arms and Ammunition in Africa. April 9, 1945. 51pp. 0794 Official and Unofficial Opinion in the Mandatory Countries as to the Future of the African Mandates. April 10, 1945. 12pp. 0806 International Conventions Relating to the Liquor Traffic in Africa. April 10, 1945. 19pp. 0825 Analysis of the Proposal to Establish a United "Eweland" in West Africa. January 1947. 22pp. 0847 Proposals for the Disposition of the Italian Colonies in Africa. April 17, 1947.43pp. 0890 Proposals for the Disposition of the Former Italian Colo- nies in Africa: Supplement—Developments from October 1947 to July 1948. July 18, 1948. 78pp. Reel IV 0000 The Problem of Administrative Union in African Trust Ter- ritories. December 21, 1948. 67pp. 0069 The Indian Problem in East Africa. January 31, 1949. 44pp. 0113 International Cooperation in Africa. December 7, 1949. 17pp. 0130 Interterritorial Cooperation in British Africa. January 18, 1950. 44pp. 0174 White Settlement in Selected African Territories: Basic Con- siderations. February 2, 1950. 27pp. 0201 Prospects for African Political Stability in the Event of an Early East-West War. October 19, 1951. 34pp. 0204 Foreign Trade of Most African Territories. November 28, 1951. 150pp. 0355 Postwar Economic Aid to Africa by the U.S., I.B.R.D., and U.N. December 29, 1952. 43pp. 0398 Conditions and Trends in Tropical Africa. August 24, 1953. 34pp. 0432 Economic Development in British Tropical Africa: Prob- lems and Progress. October 30, 1953. 68pp. 0503 Africa: A Special Assessment. January 3, 1956. 51pp. 0555 Reform in French Black Africa: A New Approach to Colo- nialism. June 27, 1957. 39pp. 0597 Sensitivity of Underdeveloped Countries in Africa and Asia to Fluctuations in Agricultural Commodity Trade. January 9, 1958. 36pp. 0634 African Receptivity to Soviet Bloc Influence. January 24, 1958. 12pp. 0646 The Accra Conference: Its Implications for Africa and the West. June 24, 1958. 15pp. 0661 Conditions and Trends in French Tropical Africa. June 27, 1958.31pp. 0692 The Communist International Offensive among the Afro- Asian Labor Movements. August 6, 1958. 30pp. 0722 African Political Movements: An Assessment. September 26, 1958. 31pp. 0753 The Outlook for the Horn of Africa. September 29, 1958. 27pp. 0780 West Africa in Mid-Stream. February 18, 1959. 31pp. 0811 The Monrovia Conference of Independent African States: Issues and Prospects. July 31, 1959. 12pp. 0825 Results of the Monrovia Conference of Independent African States. September 28, 1959. 13pp. 0838 Calendar of African Meetings and Conferences. October 5, 1959. 16pp. 0854 An Assessment of African Reactions to Recent Develop- ments in Algeria. October 16, 1959. 7pp. 0861 Unity and Disunity in African Labor Movements. March 31, 1960. 21pp. 0882 The Second All-African People's Conference at Tunis: A Forum for African Aspirations. May 4, 1960.40pp. 0922 Portuguese Africa: Background and Outlook. AprilS, 1961.20pp. 0942 ' The Second Conference of Independent African States: Results and Implications. April 7, 1961.48pp. 0990 The All-African People's Conference in Cairo: A Sounding Board for African Extremists. May 5, 1961.22pp. Reel V NORTH AFRICA 0000 Shipping Activity in French North-African Ports. 1942. 14pp. 0014 Short Guide to North Africa. April 22, 1942. 18pp. 0032 Algeria and Tunisia. August 26, 1942. 308pp. 0339 Algeria and Tunisia: Transportation. August 26, 1942. 343pp. 0682 Algeria and Tunisia: Economic Resources. August 26, 1942. 308pp. 0995 Algeria and Tunisia: Health Conditions, Telegraph, Tele- phone, and Cable. September 5, 1942. 68pp. Reel VI 0000 The "Brooks Survey" of Opinion in North Africa. September 17, 1942. 8pp. 0008 Information on Northwest Africa. September 29, 1942. !42pp. 0151 What the People of North Africa Are Hearing. November 14, 1942. 14pp. 0167 Telephone, Telegraph, and Cable: Northwest Africa. December 12, 1942. 52pp. 0219 Prewar Imports and Exports of French North Africa. December 19, 1942. 68pp. 0288 Egypt and French North Africa. May 1943. 31pp. 0319 Administrative Relations between the U.S., Great Britian, and French Authorities in Regard to North Africa as of May 16, 1943. June 3, 1943. 12pp. 0331 Proposed Resumption of Private Trade in French North Africa. November 2, 1943. 5pp. 0336 Allied Civilian Agencies in North Africa Selected Opera- tions and Problems. February 7, 1944. 68pp. 0406 Comments on the Grain Situation in North Africa. September 27, 1944. 7pp. 0414 The French Position in French North Africa Since VE Day. 1946. 14pp. 0428 Preliminary Survey of the Import Requirements and Export Potential of French North Africa in 1947. October 3, 1947. 39pp. 0467 Colonial Policies and Programs in North Africa and Their Significance for the U.S.: Land Tenure in French North Africa. May 4, 1948. 35pp. 0501 The Role of Islam in North African Political Development. June 13, 1951. 57pp. 0558 Moderate Leadership on the Defensive in North Africa. August 28. 1958. 13pp. 0571 Economic and Political Significance of North African Oil Discoveries. August 27, 1959. 29pp. ALGERIA 0600 The Railroads of Northwest Africa: The Railroads of Al- geria. February 3, 1942. 328pp. 0928 Moslem Uprising in Algeria, May 1945. May 30, 1945. 9pp. 0937 French Policy and Practices in Algeria. June 1, 1952.
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