LETTER TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM PROXMIRE, CHAIRMAN FROM RICHARD HELMS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 9, 1971
• Content Type: LETTER

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20505
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
9 November 1971
The Honorable William Proxmire, Chairman
Joint Economic Committee
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
My dear Mr. Chairman:
With regard to your 14 November letter
requesting our assistance in assessing the
economy of the Peoples Republic of China, let
me assure you we will be most pleased to pro-
vide whatever help we can. Dr. Maurice Ernst,
Director of the Office of Economic Research, will
contact Dr. Hardt regarding our contribution.
Sincerely,
Richard Helms
Director
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 WILLIAM PROXMIRE, WIS., cI ppvoved For Release 2007/03/06: CIA-RDP73B00296R00020011yNff=iFAN, TEX., vice CHAIRMAw
JOHN SPARKMAN, ALA. RICHARD BOLLING, MO.
J. W. FUR'.RkIGHt. ARK.
ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, CONN.
HUBERT U. HUMPHREY. MINN.
LLOYD M. BENTSEN, JR.. TEX.
JACOB K. JAVITS, N.Y.
JACK MILLER, IOWA
CHARLES H. PERCY. ILL.
JAMES B. PEARSON, KANS.
JOHN R. STARK.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
(CREATED PURSUANT TO SEC. E(.) OF PUBLIC LAW WI, 71TN CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
November 4, 1971
Mr. Richard Helms
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Langley, Virginia
HENRY S. REUSS, WIS.
MARTHA W. GRIPFITHS, MICH.
WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD. PA.
WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, N.J.
BARBER B. CONABLE, JR., N.Y.
CLARENCE J. BROWN, OHIO
BEN B. BLACKBURN, GA.
JAMES W. KNOWLES.
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Your agency made a major contribution to a comprehensive
two-volume study released by the Joint Economic Committee in
1967, "An Economic Profile of Mainland China." You can no
doubt appreciate our desire to provide the Congress with a more
current assessment of the economy of the Peoples Republic of
China. Since our last publication, the "Cultural Revolution"
has apparently run its course, and Chinese industry and agri-
culture are once more growing at an impressive rate. The
opportunity for trade with the Chinese mainland offers interesting,
albeit perhaps exaggerated prospects. We know your staff can make
a vital contribution.
I understand that in the case of your agency a specific
request is desirable in order to undertake this study. Would
you please regard this as an official request. For technical
questions your staff may wish to communicate with our Committee
staff or Dr. John P. Hardt who is coordinating the study. Dr.
Hardt is a senior specialist in Soviet economics at the Library
of Congress. We are hopeful of having all inputs in by around
March 1, 1972 in order to respond to the need:'for a timely study.
Sincepely
QCongremi of the 1nfteb'tate
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