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REPORTS of war-time scientific and industrial activities in Germany have been available to interested parties for some time. These reports were prepared by B.I.O.S. (British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee), its American counterpart, F.I.A.T. (Field Information Agency, Technical), and the combined Anglo-American Agency, C.I.O.S. (Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee) which preceded them. Actual investigations in Germany ceased at the end of June 1947. To date, 2,720 reports have been issued. It is stated that more than one million copies have been sold or distributed to the universities, learned societies, trade and research associations and principal public libraries of Britain. The Board of Trade has now arranged for experts in each of the major fields to prepare critical summaries suitable for publication. These reports will be known as "B.I.O.S. Overall Reports"and there will be fifty of them, all of which are expected to be printed by the end of June. The first, on the petroleum and synthetic oil industry of Germany, has been published ; the next six reports will be on shipbuilding and marine engineering, the German timber industry, the glass industry, the German road system, agriculture, and the rubber industry. All inquiries about these reports should be addressed directly to the Board of Trade, T.I.D.U., Research Section, 40 Cadogan Square, London, S.W.I.
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Reports on German War-time Industry and Science. Nature 161, 388–389 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161388d0
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