COMMENTS ON PROJECT 30.2043, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MACHINE BUILDING INDUSTRY IN COMMUNIST CHINA, 1949-62.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00231A000100170006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 24, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Deputy
,, Analysis Division, ORR
t Branch, D/A
roject 30.201+3, The De.velokent of the
Communist na
April 1959
reviewed the sections of P t% ect 30.2013 that describe
nship of the development of the machine builciin ' industry to
econom c deve ao ?nt of Cr unist hina. I hale serious
about the following "theses" of the report:
a. 'wee report takes the point of view that the probiama
"socle.ted with the growth of the machine building industry can readily
be extended by analogy as constituting the problems of the whole
ever, the problems faced in planning production and the
t in the machine building industry are peculiar to that
jor respects; the place of "prestige" and military security
the probiems of creating a skilled labor force `for machine
b. The report concentrates on failures of the machine building
A of, by analogy, the economy as a whole, ? and.,,pays scant
~n+ po
ncicate that
the sucpesses. There is very little, ,,to
ina has made important and rapid progress in building up
d that her leaders have been flexible in devising new economic
the report greatly overstates the degree to which the Soviet
o
planning model is inappropriate to Communist China and tother
"Mrc loped." nations; the report in many instances used. Western
oncepts to judge the performance of a planned economy.
. fteaTles of sections of the report that embody these three
`t cc b.e "theses" are" the Forewgrd; the 3rd., nth, and 5th
psis hs of the Smeary; pp. 5-7; pp 72-75 and pp. 82-43. Attached
some detailed counts on the report.
ndustrial Division, ORR
ies to meet new economic problems.
often do not extend over much of the rest of the economy.
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ti s I believe the 'ort would be str gtheneci
not a sarong an
,e building industry. I belie
et piing model-the ` ve- Zar plans,
414 more relevance to the problem of
the emphasis on widespread teobnicx . educe
rtes than the report concedes, and reccnd that
cue he omitted entirely.
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