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CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00400r000300020012-9: POST-MORTEM ON NIE 72-56: CONDITIONS AND TRENDS IN TROPICAL AFRICA, DATED 14 AUGUST 1956

Approved Fo(elease 2004/03/25 J 82-004cW 000300020012-9 IAC-D-57/45 16 August 1956 Post-Mortem on NIE 72-56: Conditions and Trends in Tropical Africa, dated 14 August 1956 1. Findings 1. Lack of detail in our information on opinions, attitudes and political associations of Africans in many territories makes it diffi- cult to estimate the pace of change. The general statements to which we are confined may be valid without being useful in identifying the particular points at which trouble later develops. In evaluating the effects of rapid social change, we are particularly dependent on basic soc…