VALIDITY STUDY OF NIE 100-3-56: SINO-SOVIET POLICY AND ITS PROBABLE EFFECTS IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS, PUBLISHED 24 APRIL 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00549R000300020017-3
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 1999
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: April 1, 1957
• Content Type: STUDY

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IAC-D-100/34
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I N T E L L I G E N C E A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E
Validity Study of NIE 100-3-56:
Sino-Soviet Policy and Its Probable Effects in
Underdeveloped Areas,
published 24 April 1956
The attached validity study of NIE 100-3-56, "Sino-Soviet
Policy and Its Probable Effects in Underdeveloped Areas, " published
24 April 1956, was noted by the IAC on 26 March 1957 (IAC-M-282,
item 8 b).
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Secretary
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Validity Study of NIE 100-3-56:
Sino-Soviet Policy and Its Probable Effects in
Underdeveloped Areas,
published 24 April 1956
1. The general conclusions of the estimate appear to be valid.
Bloc credits have expanded rapidly, though Bloc trade not related
to its credit arrangements has increased more slowly than -was im-
plicitly assumed. The strengthening of non-Communist markets
during 1956 has led to a substantially smaller economic dependence
on the Bloc for Burma, and Bloc trade declined significantly with
Argentina and Cuba.
2. The political effects of Bloc policy in the uncommitted
states in the Middle East and Asia appear to have been accurately
estimated. Some of them seem to have become more wary of the
implications of close ties with the Bloc, in part because of events
in Hungary. Nevertheless,. the appeal of Bloc-trade and aid
remains strong in most of the area.
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