WARN U.S. CAN BE INFERIOR TO REDS BY '70

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700390025-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: November 25, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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Tiie arm emphasized that
? the concluaigs in the eco.
~
BE; iiomic study' did Trot have f
either ex.
INFtRIOR army approval; "
;
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It' .
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the conclusions tavlll be vapd
TO REDS BY-!70 by thq army as a "'readily
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Washington, Nov. 25 M
A report prepared for the
army. by a Johns Hopkins
university group said today
'
:mat Russia
s rapid economic
growth threatens to make the
United States an Inferior
power within 10 years.,
The report, c6vering , an
issue that figured prominent.
ly in the recent Presidential
election campaign, said ' the.
American people have a right
to be alarmed about t1le rela-
' tive status of their country
and Russia.. .
It also asserted that United
States policy makers could
reverse the present trend-
and without huge new fed.
eral spez fling. It said " mod-
est changes in. Waited States
growth policies could brag,
substantial progress town* j
matching Russia's cold war
activity."
Itennedy. Charged Lag.
The report; entitled "The
Cold War Economic Gap-A
Threat of Inferiority' of
.United States Power," was
-one of two released by the
army in response to Demo
cratic pressure that started
during the election campaign
of President Elect John F.
Kennedy.
Kennedy had charged that
the United States ? was in i
danger of becoming a second
-rate. power and that Eisen-
hower administration officials
the possibility. He called for
steps to increase United
itAfte,
. `Td tat uIleat had
described - as "tranquilizers'
tho' suclt 'people ..'fiend
_
discourage alarm On o _ n g
United -States - polhy makirli
and_ the ?Un:ted
States peo-
h
suc
' "justified by the data . scud
j,' The report, said Russian
that of the United Stktep,,but
growth may slowdown btt'thei'
next X10 years, Ia . a ,":r ch q
r?warned that teehnologickl:
mp ? irovements Ni
1 g b t well .
growth."
Russia ,already Is spendlnav.,,,'
If present productions 'are''
maintained, It added. Russia.
will be spending.72?'b1Won
d
ll
s b
o
ar
y 1070and theiJpl~
?.,, ,
St
b
eV
ates 46
illion.
' in asserting that t1K.U ited'
TON had it within its powe
States economic ,. rowth? 1
The second report released'
today, titled"Air RaidWarn?'
ing in the Miaalle Era." foipid
that the United States warn,
ing systems against Russian
missiles ar? basiciU'y inade4
quite. Both studies were coma
picted last summer by they
oncratlons re.;earch staff of
.lulins Hopkins university. A proved.For Release 2005/01/27 ; CIA-RDP75-00149R000700390025-9