TRANSMITTAL AND DOCUMENT RECEIPT TO MR. JAMES FELLENBAUM FROM OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2004
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: May 18, 1978
• Content Type: FORM

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TRANSMITTAL AND DOCUMENT RECEIPT
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Mr. James Fellenbaum, Committee on Appro
FROM: Office of Legislative Counsel
United States Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
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Room 7 D 35
Washington, D. C. 20510
Washington, D.C. 20505
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5/16/78
Chart: Comparison of USSR Grain Output with CIA Estimat
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COMPARISON OF USSR GRAIN OUTPUT WITH
CIA ESTIMATES DURING THE CROP YEAR
million metric tons
YEAR
FIRST
FINAL
ANNOUNCED
ESTIMATE ERROR
ESTIMATE
ESTIMATE*
USSR
FIRST ESTI
MATE FINAL ESTIMATE
(month published HARVEST
(percent) percent
1974
190 (Jun)
195 (Oct)
195.7
-3
-0.4
1975
220 (Apr)
152.5 (Nov)**
140.1
+57
+9
1976
195 (Jun)
205 (Oct)
223.8
-13
-8
1977
225 (Jul)
217.5 (Oct)**
195.5
+15
+11
* Estimate closest to the end of the crop year.
** Midpoint of estimate range.
NOTE: Beginning in 1974, the estimates incorporated data derived from satellite imagery
and agronomically based crop models.
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