ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1959

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00231A000100220020-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 1999
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: February 6, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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T3: Assistant Director for E esesrch and Reports
FROM: Chief, E conazaic Research Area
SUBJECT: Activity Report for the Pionth of January 1959
Current end Other u l ~ ort A c s t i v i t t -
1.. in January, current support for CCI Lnvoiv'ed articles on the
usua.l yes: d ?~~ ,s r it .c statements pifo ist:.aed "ay the USSR and the several
Rux""A earn atellit .s . Background ;; a ~ y on th Soviet
reorganization and ej oi, reporting was required on -th 21st Party
Coil ret . then ublished in r9 W :' ; -. alt vvith the bloc a raw
trade, S rv-viet ecoszceac pressure on Free World na, io' ,+s,, and Ekiviet missile
devela, -. enI;s . -u 'or?t to the USIB Watch : ?,ar , _t tt.; `` cont.ix aed on a ;Level
formerly con'iv derod hi =nhich w;i.:L1 app. rx ana .y prevail. so load; as the
Berlin, `s aiw?an,. and Mid 'Le Eastern 8itue tios s rain unresolved. Support
for the OV7' an?.d. D : continued to reflect interest in deuveiopr enkL
of Ch IK-' l K 9 :':'? iar,, ~3 .
EE''yya G.!? C;.,:;5}.~.-Wvnn. / n $$ae~3.~.~E: isai yes o ev~ /JG~.s.r ~ aeries ' q~ s~n,temwt ou alp/(s
(tec:.?.~..,hV`j on (er~+~.4: .'R.t~4)aaa?~ of ~7~((.~KPWi. fj[ ..u tttOVbifL'fie6L
pa: oduo ti,:n o: p. Ja' s were , : ep :'ed f, the
Ctreal. X eL9akest was rece:Ived :": ie: 1. 'st ). of 1,5_R for a series of
detailed Of SQ1C:S'~
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4+'' v;, t r :5.~ E `~is ,.1 ..~.'?~a~'~. in t.L~.
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USSR,
'ihcb 7"PE;,4 lxs saci.rsa filled jointly t:;Y" 10,PR z.ct OSio With-AM ORR,
hn "~?' c;_t.. e dy been m}2 ade for ?.~a a der& !..? sup
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,%.~>P fi i.. ?.?Tf re ?1,1';'s "' ? ?` l"`l S.: -fro ?.on -for ~'' R
days ,tt s oru 5: ; @entatlrj,
to Core eas fill Cc vn.,, i.st, C:'op Bielda with Yields iii,
the 4..S and .J@,,r.'nn, an On effects of the fa.).Le",z d !~',;zps ing of r.# 4?.4.7.ntra by
t?e USSR,
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a i19'ieF l...ag t. the P.tl~f `I and. all iya A..tgy S.ry } ? ~~(,
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t;?che ons cd., OR:,k Ov, -'e:?41 2Y ?35: ?t Ilft ?T!J_. t, ` s ; ^ s a ts. i
b 1 `~t.. w J'!ly Nor .~e iiila. +mLb t.I Rp~iw b
by the Br ::mch sA.anc::c '? to e'a?:;pla-' Insioni yC .? : o . afr a a`'" ~a`t l t of this briefing,,
a Systematic revia~r of he mission and ` ~:t',: ons, u?l~.UI41it.i.es, and perso `l
resources of t e: i'rancha has been initiated by D/Ch/ .
an~"ize iprQvec+etse [ O'[?022}U2?=
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SiLcr~+riefings, UebreCix>a eeches, and Liaison Activities
and Taiwan. He furnished some new and valuable information on Chinese
nitrogen fertilizer plants, and it is anticipated that his knowledge and
experience will be very useful to A/CH in the continuing analysis of
developments under the "Leap-Forward" program,
of experience in the design and construction of chemical plants'in China
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brief pn cr on tno SJ?;nth.etic Rubber Ind atry of the USSR" was prepared
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A/U, presented briefings to the 25X1A9a
the US intelligence c unity. Subjects of these
1r e.: ina za were n Soviet Industrial Reorganization" and "The Soviet Budget e "
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9- Chief, D/S, spoke on 20 January to the Foreign service
Institute on the subject, "Soviet Trade and Aid P 'ogra is." Earlier in the
moat i he debriefed Governor Harold E. Stassen on the latter$ s conversation
with A. N -,T 7koy an
1Ce F .n9~?5X1I-e- atio have been sa.de for the ORR Participation, in the
forthco al ni;; Conference on Guided P ss: le Intelli
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gence
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delega ;?, o :., A. 6,-; toiled, annotated outline of the US paper on Soviet ssilc
production 1h:1 c:h CRi has been asked to present at the Conference 25X1 X
as been n pas?e.za. and coordinated, Chief, I/Gi , will ? lso present the US
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h r eta ce ~v?, m ~I OJ a r: ug the Conrer~enice, will proceed. to 25X 9a
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a_i , d g s a e 1/f . pr-rt? c.cpated, in the
:Ir+tellig? nce Coa 'e: nr.,e on Soviet -Bloc ?:..ec.trozxics 3.2-I d in during
l2 23 4 r 39590 sera. SAM presented
fog, c p,? pea ?s. on Bloc tel.ecras~eusxxa cations ::eci..- ties a tt the Conference.
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USIB Committee Activities
25X1 A9a i . i? , . (I/GJ) has been appointed CIA member of
a newly=fox? zed C RUC Ad. Hoc Working Group on lssile Launching Sites.
25X1 A9ssrs. presented ORR? s findings on Soviet missile
deployment to the group. These findings formed -the basis of the Working
Group ? s -report to MIC.
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15. Support was provided by . {I/COY) to 4SI and
~C in the case of the 7.-class subm,r noes. After prolonged consideration
by GMIC e.tending through four meetings on the subject, the controversy
be c? aeen the Navy and the remainder of the Com o ity over whether the
modified ZZclass submarines were "probably" or "possibly" equiped with
ballistic missiles was left unresolved by a t IC statement to USIB that
this was as "distinct possibility", along or th a Wavy footnote that it was
"the most, plausible explanation".
16 -,valuations have been prepared for the USIB ad hoc Committee on
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17. The J E ;C coucmic Working C roi; a he:l_d a meeting to prepare a
draft economic section for .i 11'2-59> la aj diti.on Chief, 1)/14 and Chief,
M/10P, attended meetings of JAEIC and conunited ?:?rl th members of /SI on
various other parts of the draft estimate, in;. Luc ing 'the . sections on U='235
and plutonium production.
Problems
18. E.'R ro iea:e rs continue to ? fun.. intro w deficiencies in soervice
contributions to IIIS Section 64, l`` : la :. ~ ~c t craggy+.ec conf`erences with. C0I
to di.. cuss corrections in the O'NYI draft on So riot Shipbuilding. The
contribution on Soviet missiles, which under IS a13.bcations, has been
prepared by the Aacj, is to be coordin WUe. t ?rough G1'IC.. Review of the
-contribution from Ordnance Technlca Agency (OTIA) deviling
with East Cerm m military es ,alosives production bas been protracted by
differences between CYYTIA J. M/C and viii require further consultation.
These reviews conti.m a to be 'time consuming, pax titularly since the Agency
coordinators are changed with the responsibility, but not the authority,
to produce coordinated contributions.
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of Moscow Embassy economic reporting within the past few months and is
preps i ng a z grand to substantiate its vies.
19. The USSR Branch has noticed some deterioration in the quality
Ytace11 eous
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criti que on ^
submitted a
index of Soviet industrial. production to the
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23. Dui.th Jan uzuv five more ERA recruits filed applications and one
was put in :.wocers. To date eighteen candidates recratted i fel3. bwe
been pi,;Ot' ix). proces:ws, but two have cancelled to sccept other positions and
two ha,~-e bfee?n rejected.
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Branch
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(6 Feb 59)
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2O. The campaign sponsored by Mrs. (I/t)) to
divert fu s from the excharie of Christmas cards among ORR colleagues to
something more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas, such as a special
, resulted in the collection of $66.52 from members of
donation to CPM,
OR R. The donation was made anonymously to CARE.
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