--- Begin Forwarded Message --- >Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:39:35 MST7MDT >From: BARBARA COX <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Moscow city map by CIA Short, interesting article found while looking for something else. http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/97unclas/balawski.html "The best map of Moscow"/ Joseph A. Baclawski . Studies in Intelligence, 1997. U.S. Embassy personnel serving in Moscow in the 1950s found that, like tourists and local inhabitants, they were hindered by the lack of an accurate, detailed street map of the city. This article tells how the CIA compiled, updated and issued what was for many years one of the few publicly available maps of the Russian capital. BTW, now that Russian maps are being sold we can see that the USSR mapped many western cities in detail during the Cold War. Why did they bother?-- they could have easily bought equivalent maps in many of these cities or on a binge at Edward Stanfords in London. Did they need to have Cyrillic transliterations and legends? To save hard currency? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Barbara Cox [log in to unmask] Earth sciences / Map librarian Science and Engineering Division mailing address: University of Utah Marriott Library 444 295 S 1500 E RM DOCK Salt Lake City UT 84112-0860 (801)581-7533 fax (801)585-3464 --- End Forwarded Message ---