MATERIALS DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT PETROLEUM BRANCH REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 1957

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00346A000100150167-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 167
• Publication Date: July 1, 1957
• Content Type: PERRPT

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MATERIALS DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT
Petroleum Branch
Report for Month of July 1957
I. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
A. Research
1. For the 4 weeks ending 26 July 1957, a total of 882 hours was
spent on research on 17 numbered projects. This was 42% of the total time
in M/P.
2: Supplemental contribution on NIT 10.1506, Soviet Capabilities
and Probable Courses of Action Through 1962, COMPLETED.
3. Branch Project 25.1577, Intra-Bloc Trade in Petroleum, l952-56. COMPLETED.
4. Unscheduled FY 1958 Branch Project 25.1973, Soviet Experiments with
Collapsed Steel Pipe, COMPLETED.
5. M/P contribution to ERA FY 1958 scheduled Project 40.1810., Egypt
COMPLETED.
6. M/P contribution to EDAFY 1958 Project 48.1871, Multilateral
Security Control Program, COMPLETED.
7. Research has been initiated on the following FY 1958 scheduled
projects:
10.1510 NIE, Chinese Communist Capabilities and Probable Courses
of Action Through 1962.
20.1768, Regional Civil Consumption of Petroleum in the USSR.
20.1776, The Role of the Soviet Raw Material and Energy Base in
Soviet Economic Growth
20.1831, NIS 39A, China, Section 62, Fuels and Power.
25.1775, The Gas Industry in the USSR.
25.1917, Petroleum Resources in the Soviet Far East.
B. Other
1. Contributed normal support to other CIA components and to the
petroleum intelligence community.
2. Prepared M/P review of FY 1957.
II. PLANS
Aid in planning for space requirements under proposed reorganization.
III. ADMINISTRATIVE
A.
Total personnel on board 30 July 1957.
16*
3.
C.
Authorized T/0
Distribution of personnel
15
T/O
Professional**
Clerical
14 13
2 2
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IV. PRQ LEMS
Absolutely none.
V. RECOMMENDATIONS
None
VI. OTHER
None
25X1A9a
Includes IAC representation (,Army)
Includes Intelligence Assistant
IECRET
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