NEW SOVIET PROPOSALS FOR LONG TERM EXCHANGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00346A000100050047-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: September 16, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office memorandum - UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
TO Chief,.Materials Division
Acting Chiefp Chemical$ Branch
DATE: 16 September 1957
SUBJECT: New Soviet Proposals for Long Term Exchanges
1. In the opinion of M/Chj, promotion of a long-term exchange
of chemical delegations with the USSR in principle should be encouraged
since a great deal of useful the Soviet Chemical Industry 25X1X1
could conceivably be secured by this method. For example, there could
be a net gain to the US from an exchange in the fields of 25X1 X1
nitrogen compounds, fluorine compounds, plastics, the electrothermal and
electrolytic chemical industries and perhaps others. To insure that the
net gain would be in favor of the US, however, in some cases (notably
plastics) certain technology would have to be safeguarded. In addition,
the question of net gain to the US would depend in almost all cases on
what installations the US delegates would be permitted to see in the
USSR.
2. On the other hand, exchanges in other areas of the chemical
industry such as petrochemicals and synthetic fibers would probably
result in a net gain to the USSR.
3. In short, it is felt that by considering each proposed
chemical exchange separately and by employing adequate safeguards of
technology wherever necessary, a net gain could accrue
to the US from exchanges of chemical a ega ons within the USSR.
4* Conceivably there might be some difficulty in arranging for
the US delegates to absent themselves from their normal duties for
periods of up to six months. Since in many cases the US would stand to
gain little in the way of technology, US companies on the whole probably
would have to be persuaded to allow their employees to remain in the
USSR for even 60 or 90 days. Again, in order to insure a net gain to
the US, each exchange in the chemical field probably would have to be
negotiated on an individual basis with regard to the duration of the
exchange visit.
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