MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 1959

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00231A000100210070-4
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 1998
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: March 31, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Chief, Industrial Division, OR
FROM : Acting Chief, Producers' Equipment Brach, ORR
suBJECT: Monthly Report, March 1,059
DATE: 31 March 1959
1. Status of Branch Pro acts
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a. 32.620. Ana vsis of :Motor Vehicle 1: roduction in the
UST, 1946-57, Analyst: Branch r~vicw has been
compl aid the project is being y')ed for put lication as
a Research Aid.
b. 32.2115. Participation of the Soviet Rolling Stock
Industry in the Guided Missile Pro grani, Analyst 25X
On schedule.
c. 32.2119. Recent Developments in the Automotive industry
25X1A9a of the USSR., Analyst: Draft a be ready f or branch
review about 10 April.
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'fork suspended because o Research Aid on serial and mass production.
Due to D/I on 18 July.
Turbines, and droturbines in the Soviet Bloc, Analysts
D /I on 20 June.
e. 32.2361. Production of Large Gas llzrbines, Steam 25X1A9a
d. 32.2363. Soviet Personalities Involved in Atomic Energy
Compressor Work, Analyst: On scredu e. !I-ie to
f. 32.2365. The motor Vehicle Industries of the European
Satellites, Analyst: Research to begin mid-April.
Due to 1 on 214 July.
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. 32.2366. The Construction Equi ent Indust of the USt,
schedule. Due to on 22 ay,
h. 32.2367. Oilfield Equipment in the USSR, Analyst:
Scheduled for EY&O program.
i. 32.2166. Value of Out t of Coal,Mining Machinery
25X1A9a in USSR, Analyst: On sc e . e.
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k. 34.1927. Production of Total Cutting Machine T 1
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Soviet Bloc to Underdeve loped ountrie~s_. Contra cation completed.
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fives and rolling stock are being revised.
Revision of metallurgical equipment contribution is completed.
b. 30.2)461. =, 11-6-59. Soviet Science and Technology.
Branch contribution completed.
c. 30.2455. Value of Military Material Exported b S1 r
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in East Germany, Analysts Recommendsubstitution as
IM on current Bloc supply situation Which is almost completed.
2. Status of Support Projects
a. 30.1826. NIS 26, Section 64. Contribution on metalworking
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d. 0.2251. Effort Control 'Policy.
are to complete revision of fact sheets for
--o-11 w. uuEu?ing i ac& sneets will probably be ' made.
e. Analysis of TJSSR 198 Production of Agricultural
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has completed revision of fact sheets on bearings. Hnutpvnr f?r+.,-,,,25X1A9a
Machinery - , prepared oy as su mitt ed for pu
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provided information regarding their respective fields.
consrmption o,. aluminum in their respective fields.
g. 40.2460. East-:Nest German Trade. Several analysts
C. 20.2445. The Primary Aluminum Ind.u 'try of the .USSR,
Various analysts have corrtri u ed information re3ar ing the
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3. Relations with Other Components
25X1A9a a, provided information to S/'1R for a 0
Current Support _1111'emorandum on the electrification and dieselization
of railroads in the USSR.
25X1A9a b. provided information to S/TR regarding 0
Communist Chinese road transportation.
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4. Support to Non-CRR Components
25X1A9a a. provided information on Bloc metalworking
equipment to the me alworking task group at Commerce Department.
25X1 A9a b. prepared a bibliography
- 1 Rgjne production for William Turpin, Department of
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State, for use by
25X1 A9a. ce provided information to Department of
25X1 B4d the Army, G-2, on locomotive production in the USSR and
diesel locomotives in the USSR.
25X1 A9a 2 A9a d. provided information to
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Department of state, regarding stern aid for a Sovie
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plant.
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e. A group meeting was held with IDD analysts to
discuss mutual problems of exploration and coverage, with particular
attention to the forthcoming Hungarian NIS.
f. prepared a Current Support Memorandum
dealing with Soviet imports of chemical equipment and plant from
the West.
g, discussed problems of the external research
project, Soviet Bloc Electro-Technical Industry,. with the
contractor,
h. Department of Commerce,
discussed the fact sheets on bearings arici Bloc bearing production.
i. E. Ternegrosa,- met with to discuss
missile and tractor production at Dnepropetrovsk.
j. , discussed Comraznist Chinese
production of motor vehic es w
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5. Trips
a, visited the Army Ballistic Missile Agency
25X1A9a at Huntsville, Alabama, and the Lockheed Aircraft Plant at Marietta,
Georgia.
b. A request has beer submitted for a trip to be made by
to visit five US turbine plants sometime in May.
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