LETTER TO MR. WILLIAM COLBY FROM WILLIAM PROXMIRE, U.S.S.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000600180002-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 14, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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April 14, 1975
Mr. William Colby
Director,
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Colby:
For the past year or so I have been assisting two well known professors
in their research dealing with statistical indicators of conflict and
governmental organization.
The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency has been most helpful as well
as the Department of Defense, but several crucial statistics remain unavailable.
Would you be kind enough to determine if any of the following data is available
in your Agency, and if it is open to use by the academic community?
First, economic data for North Vietnam, PRC, and North Korea from
1950-1975 for the following factors:
Total taxes
GNP or GDP
Total exports
Population
Agriculture'share in GNP or GDP
Second, dollar costs of Soviet military programs by intercontinental attack,
investment costs and RDT&E for the period 1945-1965 or any equivalent statistics
comparing the US and USSR over this time period.
Although the researchers are seeking data over a span of years J know
they would be thankful for any information that fits into this series.
I have become particularly interested in their work since it shows promise
of indicating the degree to which nations are reacting to'internal events
rather than the external threat.
Should any of this data be more difficult to obtain or require a longer
period of time, I am sure that what is available now would be-of immediate assis-
tance.
I appreciate your consideration.
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