MATERIALS DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT BRANCH: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1958

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00346A000100150119-0
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 119
• Publication Date: February 1, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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Materials Division Monthly Report
BRANCH: Food and Agriculture
Report for February 1958
1. Accomplishments
A. Scheduled Reports and Contributions
1. Contribution to ORR Project 20.1768, "Regional Civil
Consumption of Petroleum in the USSR."
8. Support Projects
1. Revised copy of ORR Project 21.2050, "Major Developments
in Soviet Agriculture in 1957 and Prospects for the Future."
2. Contribution to Project 00.2067, "Briefing Handbook of
Selected Economic Data."
Project 00.1976, "Assessment of the Economic Commission
for Europe (ECE) as an Intelligence Source."
C. Other Support Activities
1. Evaluation of Reports from Hungarian Refugee A-10-97t)-160-
2. Economic requirements for OCI Periodic Requirement List
.for Months, 1 March - 30 June was submitted to
`Intelligence Information Staff.
3. Q,uestio d for transmission to Defector Reception
25X1A6a Center, Mo.
4. Suggestion made to Administrative Staff that the "Mission"
of M/AG be amended.
5. Coordinated a memorandum on MPS reorganization (Current
intelligence Memorandum, OCI No. 0059/58, 25 Jan 58) was
sent to DD/I.
6. Coordinated Part II Article, "KbrUshchev's Proposal for
Agricultural Reorganization."
,. Comments on Geography draft paper, "The Accelerated
Development of Asiatic USSR."
L. Comments on Proposed External Research Project to be
undertaken on 1955 Ruble-Dollar Ratios.
11. Program
Time was spent planning the Ff '59 program
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III. Administration
25X1 A9S . reported to the branch.
B. None
25X1A9a
C. coirrpleted a two week course of
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D. Messrs. and conferred with
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F. Messrs.. - and ~r,met'with Mr. Burmeister,
USDA to discuss US - USSR exchange of agricultural
delegations.
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as nominated for participation
in the Fifth Annual Arctic Indoctrination Course.
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