ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 1959

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00231A000100210082-1
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 1998
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: February 3, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Chief, Industrial Division, ORR
FROM : Chief, Military Economics Branch, D/I
SUBJECT: Activity Report for January 1959
1. Status of Branch Projects
DATE: 3 February 1959
25X1 B4d a. 39.2380, Used for the
Allocation of Soviet
Military Expenditures. 25X1A9a
The draft of this project has been completed and
is undergoing Branch review.
b. 39.2381, Soviet Military Manpower 191+7-19 8.
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The work on this project is
progressing on schedule.
c. 39.2382, Soviet Military Personnel Pay.
The draft of this project has been completed and
is being reviewed in the Branch.
d. 39.2383, Soviet Military Prices and Ruble-Dollar Ratios
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The work on this project is progressing on schedule.
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e. 39.2381+, Soviet Military c4ditures 1 47-63.
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f. 39.21+51, Information on Military Cost Set y.
The work on this project is progressing on schedule.
The draft of this project is coplete and will be
forwarded to ACSI, Department of the Army , early in February.
2. Status of Support Projects
a. 30.2201, Soviet Military Expenditures Through 19611..
No terms of reference have been formulated for this
project, due to St/PR on 3 August 1959. Preliminary work is
being initiated.
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b. 40.2238, Sino-Soviet Bloc Forei Economic Activities.
(January 195 estimate) j
Deadline is past due and no terms of reference
have been received. No work is contemplated.
c. 30.2455, Value of Military Materials Exported by the Sino-
Soviet Bloc to Underdeveloped Countries, 1955-1958.
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Work on this project has been initiated.
d. 00.2416, Gaps in Information for Requirements.
A statement on Gaps in Information on East German
Military Finance was submitted at the be nning of January.
A comprehensive Statement on Ga s in Information
on Soviet Military Economics is being pr pared and will be
submitted during February.
e. 30.2044, Guided Missile Target Study.
A study is being prepared and will be submitted to
I/GM during February.
3. Changes in Estimates
Nothing to Report.
4. Relationships with Other Components
25X1 A9a a. with is consulted by
25X1A5a1 Mr. Walsh of the Office o the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) regarding certain aspects of Mr. Zverev's budget
speech for 1959.
b. On 20 Januarv, Messrs. Ebenfield Godaircl and Walter met
25X1A5a1 with to discuss various
aspects o ov e military expenditures an the costing of weapons
systems.
25X1A9a c ? oined the Division Chief in a
25X1A5a1 meeting with to discuss the
problems and opportunities involved in collecting and exchanging
information relevant to the costs of Soviet weapons systems.
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5. Future Plans 25X1 X~j
Members of the branch will meet with
some time in late February or mid March to disc.ss military cost
problems.
6. Other Problems and Recommendations
Nothing to report.
Distribution:
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1 - I/ME
1 - Chron.
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