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publications to the list of those now abstracted. In the field of medicine, biology, and re-
lated sciences, Class III, the number of periodicals covered would be almost double the
prewar figure, and four rather important journals would be recovered.
With respect to applied research and industrial technology, Part II of Appendix 5,
the over-all figures of 92 percent recovery of the number of journals abstracted in 1941
and 73 percent of the number of abstracts in 1941 were these journals available, are quite
misleading. Comparison of Part II, Appendixes 5 and 2 will show why. Both lists contain
many periodicals which are organs of industries, and which, judging from their titles,
cover the business of particular industries. In Appendix 2 there are 25 such periodi-
cals, whereas in Appendix 5 there are only 5. Consequently, even if all of the periodicals
in this field known to be published at present were acquired they would account for only
20 percent of such journals existing in the prewar period. Moreover, numerous important
and key industries would not be covered.
There is reason to believe that the number of journals listed in Appendix 5 is a
minimum of those published in Russia that may be expected to contain articles of a chem-
ical interest and that would normally be abstracted by Chemical Abstracts under their
editorial policy. This list of journals is based upon official lists of Chemical Abstracts in
1936 and 1946 of the journals which they scan for abstracting. Examination of the jour -
nals actually abstracted in 1936 shows that 10 percent of these did not appear on either of
the above lists, and in 1941 this figure had risen to 23 percent. Considering the unsettled
conditions associated with the war, it is unlikely that Chemical Abstracts has been able to
keep track of the journals published in Russia any better than it did in the prewar years.
The analysis just presented should be a challenge to the Intelligence Agencies to
increase their efforts in the collection of foreign journals. Not only would the intelligence
value of the overt literature in the field of chemistry and related sciences be increased
accordingly, but if journals collected be made available to Chemical Abstracts, the scien-
tists, engineers, and designers in this country would benefit, particularly those in the
Service agencies responsible for keeping abreast of the scientific and technical develop-
ments within the USSR.
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