MEETING OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SOVIET ACTIVITY AND WORLD TRADE, DEPT OF COMMERCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00545A000100090050-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: May 6, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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`= Activity & Wor's r
e . Dept. of Comer.'(te
Soviet: Economic netted an,
issues of cold war 'anu t
Soviet challenge toda r, as in .fit, braces
subversive arenas as veil
d para-military force, and threat farce,
s e. oft
der sc at
by Soviets in post'
tellites and repress
holds
Berlin and -,ea were all
1i1itary action or threat of such action, was relied on to
z atio a , our response to military threats has 7. ys
raid. To Soviet 8uccei'
Pr
SPUtnike and Beal stir
ceiving top pr
c must aalws be watchful of Soviet es pbasi& on .l.i
of science and technology. We mus,
{e a breaa through ' ich vould change
.iitary Po we.
However, as I see it, USSR does not now intend to twe
military power in such a way as to riek del r
a he .test' respect gay our retaliatory capability.
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t in emmic and subversive . .
Present emplasis on increased t
to a rdevelopr d area puts peaceful fate on Rusolau bear
tit stn s by Soviet leaders o peaceful c -titian with the
West, particularly the Unite States probably wine,
i .part.
extent of own military Fort hidden behind
pictu ri , United tat"
k, "To the sloMn
countries bra tb re
biU ty of early acceptance of Conmaunist doctrine -
e is true in Syr
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i.00 Lam, 3
piers . AtEi nis
of inve anent in disorder by
nt aid. Already mw incidents in
St
t. No budge
c aid program and
0 d1i
a. Can move quickly u^ben
e Act is battle aZ&
term loans, generally for 12 'e; 2 per cent. interest : .es;
and room for ' ' in , , on
for technicians sent abroad.
O r r a,
reseed tm- e, not 1y in
u de e iop countries, but in Veetern Zur .
70 per cent
ncr ae in non-Bloc trade in 1957 was vith i 4 tria1
'Pe .
by 1,960
ement bet e G r ny
a doubling of trade
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oviet capabilities to export petroleum and metal .,.. uIxni
ter -a s -- is izae ing. - The USE
of many
rig-rua pet 1
tt pla- e, Khr c:. ev's
point the possibilities of such a devei nt .
d bring the all
?Ve .. basin
Soviets have
that these M
es, by
es, or by c
a t at ec c i1 table of the great irAuatr:
eeo a base, upon
rt Bwope.
ecomic
Penetration p1- - ra, in growing
..
cent or f pt
70 per cenLr .oi ? a 'Ate
tot oviei. output ,,y expected to beU-13.
or growth about vi e+ that of tabs`
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Probably eti will i
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qtr. le "em of cur country .
T,bi in not a task for govei t &Ime. It is by our
pr, pro.
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