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Alice,
 
We have heard those as well, which is why we took the tedious route of
getting official permission.  Now whether they live up to that official
permission (which is in writing), we will see.
 
Cheers, Russell
 
At 01:54 PM 7/14/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>We have only heard undocumented stories from readers here at NYPL, concerning
>imprisonments and worse, for people caught with detailed topos in the wrong
>country at the wrong time. Extreme caution and good sense is advisable I would
>think...Alice H., NYPL
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>Subject: Re: Syria, Greece, Turkey trip
>Author:  Darius Bartlett <<a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9707%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D84034%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> at ~Internet-Mail
>Date:    7/14/97 9:11 AM
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>At 09:52 08/07/97 -0400, Customer Service wrote:
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>>Omni Resources will be travelling to Syria, Greece, and Turkey at the end of
>>July.  Anyone with map needs for those countries is invited to contact us
>>concerning their needs.
>>
>>We have Greek 1:250,000 topos, 1:50,000 Land Resources, and 1:50,000
>>Forestry Resource maps in transit to us.  We are finalizing purchase of
>>Greek 1:50,000 topos as well.
>
>I have just returned from a workshop on the Greek island of Kos and,
>while there, asked about acquiring a 1:50,000 topo map. I was told that,
>particularly at the moment because of slightly raised Greek-Turkish tensions,
>members of the public - and especially foreigners - are not supposed
>to have access to topo mapping of Greece at this scale. I searched
>diligently, but couldn't find any official topo maps for purchase on the
>island - only horrid 'tourist' maps that most undergraduate students
>could improve the cartographic qualities of.
>
>Also, nobody could tell me whether or not one would actually be inviting
>trouble if they were to bring such a map with them, and be seen to
>be using it openly? I'm going back to Greece in a couple of weeks' time,
>this time on holiday, so would be interested to know this!
>
>Darius
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