I/SH BRANCH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1958.

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 1998
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: October 31, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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Chief, Industrial Division
Chief, Shipbuilding Branch
DATE: 31 Oct.)ber 1958
SUBJECT: I:/SH Branch Report for October 1958.
1. The Status of Branch Projects is as follows:
(a) Projects 35.1559, 35.1933, 35.2090 and 35.2394. No
change in the status of these projects since the ;epternber Branch
3eport.
(b) Project 35.2409
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responsible Analysts:
iue date to St/PR: No formal report is to be rade
-tours to 10/1/58: 331.
ork in pre-,oaration for this conference has been corn-
pleted during the month and gapers forwarded 'Phis 25X1A6a
included the following:
1. Draft of paper titled "USSR: Shipbuilding
T"echniques and Rates of Production Apparent in the Serial Con-
struction of Kazbek-class tankers and Aktyubinsk-class Refrigerator
Vessels". Brief of this paper is to be presented at the Conference
and it has also been circulated to the JIC Subcommittee on Ship-
building for possible issue as a Subcommittee working Paper.
2. Statements for presentation at the Shipbuiliing
Conference on the following:
(.a) USLclt Shipbuilding for the Inland Fleet
(o) USSEZ Shipbuilding for the Fishing Flee
(s,} USEIR Shipbuilding Costs
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SUBJECT: I/SH Branch Report for October 1958.
2. The Status of Suoport Projects is as follows:
(a) Project 00.?117
Tevision. of Briefing Handbook
Due date: 18 October 1958
itesponsi.ble analyst: Estimates by each analyst are
coordinated by
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October revision of estimates completed and submitted
to St/PB/A
(b) Projects 10.1803, 10.2020, 30.1826 and 30.1830. No
change in the status of these projects since the September Branch
Report.
(c) One draft for possible use as a CSN was submitted
during the month. Information in this draft was used in a CI.)
article.
3. Changes in Estimates.
Recent developments in intelligence on Bloc shipbuill.ing
have not changed present estimates significantly.
Zt. Relationships with Other Components.
(a) I/SH representatives have coordinated the patters
prepared for presentation at the Shirbuilding Conference (item
1 b above) with ONI.
5. Future Plans.
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. Other Problems and Recommendations.
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