INTRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00328A000100110016-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 16
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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The Intelligence Community is requested to prepare a paper providing
the necessary background information for an evaluation of the adequacy
of current shipping controls under the prevailing international situ-
ation. The topical outline presented below represents the opinion of the
EDAC agencies regarding the specific information which such a paper
should contain if it is to satisfy the needs of Working Group I for
background information.
I. Introduction (Background - What the paper will do)
II. Composition of Present Sino-Soviet Bloc Merchant Fleet
(Including Naval Auxiliaries) by Type of Vessel, Size,
Speed and Age Group.
Comparison Bloc Fleet with That of Free World
III. Sino-Soviet Bloc Requirements for Merchant Shipping
A. Ocean Going Vessels
1. Sino-Soviet Bloc Shipping in Bloc World Trade as
.Indicated by Voyage Analysis, 1955-1956
b. Dry Cargo Vessels
2. Western Shipping in Bloc World Trade as Indicated
by Voyage Analysis, 1955-1956.
a. Tankers
b. Dry Cargo Vessels
3. Estimated Total Bloc Requirements 1960
a. If all trade moved in Bloc Ships, Allowing for
repairs and Replacement of Bottoms now in Service
b. If Western Shipping Continues Available to the Bloc
(1) At 1955-1956 levels in Actual Tonnage
(2) At 1955-1956 levels as the Percentage of
Total Bloc Shipping Requirements
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B. Coastal Vessels
1. Current Bloc Position
2. Capability to Supply Future Requirements
IV. Bloc Capabilities to Supply Its Merchant Shipping Requirements
A. Given continued availability of 1estern Shipping Under Current
International Agreements
B. On the Assumption that western Shipping Would not be
Available for Sino-Soviet Bloc Trade
V. -Vestern Capabilities to Construct Shipping for Bloc
A. Tonnage Currently Constructed or Repaired
1. During 1955
2. During 1956
3. Under Construction or on Order as of January 1957
B. Prospects for Providing Tonnage in Addition to that Already
Under Construction or on Order as of January 1957
VI. Summary
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