I/SH MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1959

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 1998
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: November 2, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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office Memorandum ?' UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Acting Chief, Industrial Division, ORB
FROM : Chief, Shipbuilding Branch, ORE
suBJECr: I/SH Monthly Report for October 1:;59
I. The status of Branch Projects is as follows:
a.. Project 35.1933.
USSR Shipbuilding Industry in Economic Region III.
Responsible Analysts:
Due Date to St/PR: 1 April 1960.
No work has been done on this project in recent months.
b. Project 35.2090.
Methodology for Capability Estimates.
Responsible Analysts:
Due Date to St/PR: 1 October 1959.
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Work on this project is nearing completion. It is expected
that a draft of the rort will be ready for submission by
15 December. `
Project 35.239+.
Ruble Cost Estimate of USSR "W" Class Submarine.
Responsible Analyst:
Due Date to St/PR: 1 January 1960.
Being reviewed by the editorial staff preparatory to
publication.z
Project 35.2499.
Submarine Construction at Komsomol'sk.
Responsible Analyst:
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SUBJECT: I/SH Monthly Report for October 1959
Due Date to St/PR: 1 January 1960.
Due to the changing picture at 199, consideration should
be given to setting back the due date on this project.
e. Project 35.2827.
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Trends ia the Construction and Import of New Maritime Ships
in the Sino-Soviet Bloc 1956-60.
Responsible Analyst:
Due Date to St/PR: 2 November 1959.
Preliminary draft submitted. cam
Project 35.2750.
Estimates of Ship Construction in the USSR for 1958, 59
and 60.
25X1A9a Responsible Analyst: Coordinated by
Due Date to St/PR: 30 June 1960.
No work has been done on this project to date.
Project 35.2751.
Material for the ABC Shipbuilding Conference.
Responsible Analysts:
Due Date: 2 November 1959?
All required material was forwarded t
2. The status of Support Projects worked on during the month is
as follows:
a. Project 30.2232.
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SUBJECT: I/SH Monthly Report for October 1959
Responsible Analyst: imm
Due Date: 30 September 1959.
Draft was received during October and comments have been
submitted to the 0IR coordinator.
3. Changes in Estimates.
Recent developments in intelligence on Bloc shipbuilding have
not changed present estimates significantly.
1.. Relationships with Other Components.
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5. Future Plans.
Nothing to report.
6. Other Problems and Recommendations.
None.
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