TRADE BRANCH SERVICES DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1958

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• Publication Date: January 5, 1959
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TRADE BRANCH
SERVICES DIVISION
MONTHLY REPORT FOR
DECEMBER 1958
1. Accomplishments
The following reports were submitted by Trade Branch in December:
Project Number Title
);"00.2444 Effects on East Germany of a separation of
East Berlin
?+2.2256 Study on French-Soviet Bloc Relations
%042.2260 Sino-Soviet Bloc Economic Policy in
Underdeveloped Countries
",42.2274 Biweekly
42.2275 Biweekly
``r,S-399 Recent Trends in Yugoslav-Bloc Trade
S-396
S-400
s-401
Role of Technical Assistance in the Bloc
Economic Penetration of Free World
Underdeveloped Countries
Effect of Blockade on West Berlin and
Potential Effect of West German
Countermeasures
Measures to Counter the Sino-Soviet
Economic Offensive
S-410 Flexibility of Soviet Aid Program
5-411 Exhibits Suggested for Display in USSR
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From 2-11 December members of the Branch chaired and participated
in discussions of selected Bloc trade problems with representatives
from , IRA/State, and several branches of ORR. Because
of ARM ro n e igence implications of these talks and the important
conclusions reached, the proceedings have been drafted and submitted to
the participants for comment, after which they will be published for
general dissemination within the US intelligence
communities.
Trade Branch also prepared a number of miscellaneous contributions.
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reviewed the Soviet Code of Custom's Tariffs, 1954, at Senator one s
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Ed Jones (State) on China's Trade at the meeting of the EIC Subcommittee
on Trade. Various members of the Branch wrote summaries of the "CIA
trade discussions for dissemination to State, and ORR
participants in the talks.
Trade Branch contributed 18 evaluations.
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2. Plans
None.
3? Administration
Mr, attended the AEA Convention in Chicago,
27-29 December. Mr. attended the SAIS c erence on Soviet
Foreign Economic Policy. Mr. gave a lecture to
the OTR Course on Clandestine Scientific and Technical Operations on
the subject "Role of Technical Assistance in the Bloc Economic Penetra-
tion of Free World Underdeveloped Countries." Mrs, met with
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Mr, briefed Mr. _ of DDI on "Senior Research Staff on
Internat on Communism on Soviet Bloc Economic Activities in the Free
World." Miss ttended the briefing of Mr. Edward Crowley, State
Economic Offi , pest.
Mr. _ joined Trade Branch on 5 December 1958.
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1.. Problems
None.
5. Recommendations
None.
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