MONTHLY REPORT FOR JANUARY 1958

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00231A000100100134-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 134
• Publication Date: February 4, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO hief, Industrial Division, ORR
FROM : Chief, Medium Machinery TDranch
suBJECr: Monthly Report for January 1956
1. Accomplishments
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DATE: 4 February 1958
13 January - The branch contribution was submitted to project
10.1626, 1955 bible;-Dollar Ratios for Prices of Soviet and J&
fletalcutting Machine Tools.
1 January - The agricultural machinery contribution to
NIS 11.4 Poland, Section 614; project No. 30.1518, was submitted.
31 January - A revised stateraent of the mission and functions
of the Medium Machinery Branch was submitted.
31 January - A list of priority targets in the USSR for
Interagency Clandestine Collection was submitted for I/'v and I/TH.
2. Training
course,
East Asia.
is attending the intermediate Russian reading
^ has completed a course entitled, ,Soar of /
is attending a French and Russian Seminar.
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No trips were made in January.
has started a self-study course in Russian
using the new language lab in '1 building;.
3. Trips
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4. Plans
A staff study, prepared jointly by I/TH and T/IMlNI, reviewing
the organization of research on the non-military machine building !'!
industries of the Sino-Soviet was completed and sent to chief, D/I. ,h(
The study proposes that T/4 and I/TH be combined into a sin-le
branch that would also assume the responsibility for electrical
machinery research presently held by I/EE.
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