lOO SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. lO/ 



Kennedy and Stirling reports might be worth pubHshing once they 

 are declassified. The Cross-Cultural Survey files are only on deposit 

 at the Board's office so that the ultimate disposition of this valuable 

 index will be determined by others. However, with the permission 

 of the compilers, the extra copies of the Strategic Bulletins of 

 Oceania should be made available to scholars and libraries through- 

 out the country. 



The booklet "Survival on Land and Sea" is a contribution of last- 

 ing value. It has already served as the basis for other survival books, 

 and, in revised form may well be continued as a standard Navy publi- 

 cation. The manual would also be useful to scientific and lay travelers, 

 particularly if a special edition could be brought out, which eliminated 

 some of the hazards-of-war items, and added further travel informa- 

 tion. Possibly an institution like the Smithsonian or the American 

 Museum of Natural History would be interested in preparing such 

 an edition. 



The Reports on Area Studies in American Universities are a val- 

 uable documentation of the area programs and will serve as a basis 

 for all future discussion of this important subject. Six of these have 

 been mimeographed, and Dr. Fenton's report, previously mentioned, 

 will put the results of the area survey on permanent record. The files 

 of organized notes on programs at 27 universities are also an impor- 

 tant record for the future. 



The War Document Survey is directed at the problem of disposing 

 intelligently of the valuable materials assembled by Government 

 agencies during the war. It should furnish a basis for future legisla- 

 tion on this subject. The Board commissioned an analytical history 

 of its activities in the hope that this would be of use to scholars and 

 administrators in future emergencies, as well as an indication of the 

 steps that must be taken to fill in the lacunae which the experience 

 has revealed. 



Some of the Board's techniques may also be applicable in other 

 situations. For example, the whole procedure of building an area 

 roster could be repeated whenever necessary. The simplicity of the 

 questionnaire and card file was an outstanding feature of the roster, 

 made possible by knowing in advance the kind of information needed. 

 The Board's success in circularizing requests for specific materials 

 or information might be profitable at any time. However, greater 

 care in selecting names would probably be needed if direct Army and 

 Navy support were not possible, since it is still not certain that such 

 a technique would provoke a response without the backing of the 

 Military. 



