MONTHLY REPORT, JULY 1958

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: August 1, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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: Chief, Industrial Division, ORR
FROM : Chief, Electronic Equipment Branch, ORR
sUBJECr: Monthly Report, July 1958
DATE: 1 August 1958
1. Accomplishments
a. Branch Projects Submitted
None have been submitted officially. Project 36.2081, "The
Reorganization of the Electronic Industry of the USSR", has been
completed by the analyst and a copy informally given to
for an advance evaluation.
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b. Other Projects Submitted
Project 10.1806, "Soviet Capabilities and Probably Courses of
Action through 1965". Contributions were submitted for the Electronic
Industry and the Electrical Machinery Industry.
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Project 30.1805, "Soviet Military Expenditures through 1963",
Electronic Equipment contribution.
c. Special Research
None.
2. Training 25X1A9a
A request is being submitted for o be enrolled in V
the next Agency course, "Supervision for Research Analysts".
3. Trips
Nothing to report.
4. Administration 25X1A9a
Effective 1 July 1958, was appointed Chairman of the
EIC Subcommittee on Electronics and Telecommunications, vice 25X1A9c
The Branch Secretary, has indicated her intention to
.resign from the Agency of ec ive October 1958. It is recarmended
that consideration be given at this time to a possible replacement.
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Because this job requires a person with a thorough knowledge of ORR
and ERA procedures and a demonstrated competence in all the job
requirements, it is recommended that a replacement be obtained from
within the Economic Research Area, if possible.
5. Plans
A Project Action Memorandum allocating Branch time in support of
25X1 X7 th conomic Sessions,
is being forwarded for approval. The current Branch research program
is to be exploited as the major source for intelligence support. It
is therefore not expected that this project will delay the completion
of currently scheduled research. An allocation of time is necessary
primarily to cover the requirements for Branch coordination of EIC
support, plus the attendance of Branch personnel at the conference.
As a result of completed research on the Soviet Electronic Industry
a number of important research gaps have been indicated which appear to
be sufficiently important to require early attention, and for which no
adequate allowance has been made in research projects currently
scheduled. It is planned, therefore, that a portion of the 1,500
reserve research hours in the Branch FY-59 program will be allocated
to projects designed to fill some of these gaps. Project proposal
memoranda will be submitted.
6. Problems
a. Solution to a Problem Previously Reported
The Branch was notified by FDD that they have now resumed
reporting on the Soviet Electronic Industry and that this reporting
was now to be accomplished through a new and separate FDD Summary
entitled, "The Electronic and Precision Electrical Equipment Industry
of the USSR".
b. Current Research Schedule
As reported in the monthly report for June 1958, the unantici-
pated amount of research time required for support to COCOM negotia-
tions, amounting to two man-months, has made it necessary to request
extensions of due dates for several Branch Projects. These are as
follows:
36.900 "Methodology for Estimating Production, Electronic
Industry." An extension of due date to St/PR to
1 October 1958 is requested.
36.1556 - "The Electron Tube Industry of the Sino-Soviet Bloc".
An extension of due date to St/PR to 1 September 1958
is requested.
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36.1935 - "Trends in the Electronic Industry of the USSR".
An extension of due date to St/PR to 15 September 1958
is requested.
36.2065 - "Trends in the Electronic Industry of Communist China".
An extension of due date to St/PR to 15 October 1958
is requested.
36.2081 - "The Reorganization of the Soviet Electronic Industry".
An extension of due date to St/PR to 15 September 1958
is requested.
7. Recommendations
25X1A9a is under ORR contract to do research in the
area of Soviet electrical equipment, under the control and supervision
of this Branch. In view of the transfer of responsibility for heavy
electrical machinery to the Producers Equipment Branch, and in view of
25X1A9a greater knowledgeability in this field, it has been
25X1A9a WNW e assigned to work under I/PE
guidance and control for the remaining six months of the.contract.
Mr. Mason has agreed and will provide a work program on Soviet turbines
to assist in the collection of information on a current I/PE project.
The ORR Administrative Staff has been consulted and have informed me
that they will notify this Branch of the necessary administrative steps
which should be taken.
8. Other Information
Projects Due in August
30.2243, "Estimated Production of Specific Industries of the Sino-
Soviet Bloc".
20.2041, "Copper Trade of the Sino-Soviet Bloc".
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