MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1958

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00346A000100150061-4
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: December 3, 1958
• Content Type: MF

3 December 1958
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Materials Division, ORR
FROM: Chief, Ferrous Metals Branch, D/M/RR
SUBJECT: Monthly Report for November 1958
I Accomplishments
1. Written contributions were prepared in regard to USSR Seven Year
Plan announcements.
2. Ten Evaluations for DD/P and one for 00.
3. Comments were prepared rAk@jjjVng a possible reduction of special
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resigned from the Agency.
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visited New York City for the purpose of (a)
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B. In order to provide continuity of representation of the US steel
industry at meetings of the ECE Steel Committee at Geneva the American Iron
and Steel Institute and the Department of State have tentatively agreed to 25X1A5a1
the M/FM suggestion that the
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C. and F. Since the demands of the NIS program eliminated the
preparation of comprehensive RR's on the iron and steel industries of Bloc
countries it has been observed that little timely information is being
disseminated to the intelligence community regarding significant developments
in these industries. Material in NIS's is twelve or more months old when published
and contains no forecasts, and contributions to the Current Intelligence
Daily or Weekly Review because of space and time limitations, deal only with
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specific aspects of current interest. NIE's as published contain little
industrial information other than production estimates.
To meet the apparent need for basic as well as timely information it is
hoped that provision can be made in future ERA programs for the preparation
of annual summary reviews of the status of the industry and of significant
developments up to a recent date, with such forecasts as can then be made.
These could be written in three sections -- European Satellites, USSR, and
Far East, although the scheduling of NIS contributions might prevent simul-
taneous preparation and publication.
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