MATERIALS DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00346A000100150100-0
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 100
• Publication Date: May 1, 1958
• Content Type: PERRPT

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Materials Division Monthly Report
BRANCH: Food and Agriculture Report for May 1958
I. Accomplishments
A. Scheduled Reports and Contributions
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Transmittal of Project 20.1517, NIS 26, USSR, Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry.
2. Transmittal of contribution to Project ;20.1881, "Electric
L Power Consumption in the USSR."
4. Transmitted NIS 18, Section 61 to M Division for review.
Transmittal of "Preliminary Appraisal'of the Reorganization
of the USSR Timber Industry," a part of the Soviet NIE, Project
#10.1806.
B. Support Projects
V 1. Part II Article on spring seeding the USSR, Project S?'313-
2. Contribution to Project S#306, Preparation of material for
briefing of Secretary Benson.
Memo submitted to Requirements Branch, St/I concerning
"Requirements for Soviet corn specialists to visit Garst in
summer of 1958.
Memo to (for Chief ERA), Evaluation'of CS Reports,
and M/Ag support of DD/P
C. Other Support Activities
Informal review of DDP paper dealing with Sino-Soviet Bloc
agriculture.
M/AG analysts prepared comments on the JPRS Program for Chief,
Documents Branch, St/I.
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Messrs. and 11 conferred with Mr. Chadwe]1, Army
Chemical Corps, concern ng data on the food situation in the USSR.
Submitted to Chief, Documents Branch, St/I concerning publication
of Index of Southern Asia Accessions.
Memo submitted to Liason Division, OCR concerns
the releasing
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Memo submitted to SA/RR for transmission of letter
concerning double cropping in Chinese
/ 8. Memo submitted to St/I concerning "HWA Material and Other
German Language Materials"
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Memo submitted to Chief, Analysis Division concerning
"Recommended changes in the preliminary draft of Section
60, NIS 20. M
10. presented a lecture on Chinese Agriculture at
the Foreign Service Institute.
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"Agricultural Matters".
13. Preparation of an OCI Digest item concerning Khrushchev's
speech at the opening of the Agricultural Exhibition.
Memo submitted to USSR Branch, FDD concerning "Exploitation
of Materials on Soviet Agriculture."
II. Program
A. Submitted to Chief St/A/ORR request for preliminary security
clearance on individual tentatively being considered as possible
candidates for the awarding of an external research contract on
Chinese agriculture.
III. Administration
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A. Memo submitted to Director of Training, OTR requesting withdrawal
of from Basic German language RSW course.
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Members of the Branch met several times with members of the group
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E. attended a meeting of the IAC Ad Hoc Committee on
xc anges, and participates in a discussion of U.S. -Soviet Agricultural
Exchanges.
F. Memo submitted to Director of Training, OTR requesting withdrawal
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G. Members of M/AG attended briefings by Air Weather Service on
Current Weather Conditions in Bloc countries.
H. Transmittal of M/AG Budget for Fiscal years 1959 and 1960.
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