(UNTITLED)ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EIC SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FISCAL 1964

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000200050008-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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A1d1+TUAI. REPt3p.T 4F THE EIC STJHCQIwiMITTEE
+~?N LNQLTuTRS~I,: MACFiLI~IERY A~TI~ EOUIPy~EIti~'I'
FISCAL YEAR i 964
A. Activities of the Subcammitt~ee Dozing Fiscal Year ! ~4
The Industris.l Nachi>ery and Equipment Subcoxn~mittee held no for
awl meetings during Fisce.l Year 1964. Changes in con~znittee memtaes -~
ship, ixzcluding Chas ratirer~ex~t of I+rr. Jokuz '~i~.liams, Office cif the
Soczotary of I?ef$n~so, tended to disrupt the continuity of the ~ubaoxrmittes? a
pragrasn.
B. Eviluatian of the Rule of the Subcommittee
Cigar the pears the CIA has done an increasing mire of the eccroxY:ic
iat~elligance research c~ the civilian xraachinery industries o:~ the Ccxxi~
tnunist ccntntries. 'i`hi? has reduced the need far SubcoxnxrYitee ac:tiorz d-n
tovttin+~ matters such as a-,~reed bas is atat:i+atica, and the review of suh~tar~~
Rive pipers. Sara reccatly, haavcver, research cm the rnachinexy sector
his became inca~singly concerned with the reiati.on of maehinery~ ontp=~t
Rat other sectors of the sCCSny and the over-akl econox~xiG arssi even poii~
tica3 isnplicitians of thus czutput. It is balisved that then a are a nuxz~bex
~ areas in which the Intl~r~tyr4sl tv3schfnery Subccamxnittee aa:sd support
this research. 1t is eacpeetsd, ~arefoxe, that the Subc~.rnmittee will bw
active in the fortheomia.g mvaths, f~zst, to investigate its pol:cttr~tiaGl foe
increased of#ect~tveaes~a la 2~rtdling probierr:ffi of carr~msar~ csaern and,
second, to in~prova its ca.gabtlity for xssponding to any ,sper.ific prtablean
+eallin$ for interagency +co~srdination.
C. Future Program tti the Subcommittee
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early data the Suhcoxrirraittee will m+~at to permit ~censrnittee
members to beeosa~e pers~sllp faxxxilaa~r with other mez~bera, anti to be
briefed on the extent of the interest of rash agency in ir,eiust~ciat ma~
+~hinery, especially thaf i~~tersst whfch Lasers can the Gaxa~zxaunia~t countres.
Aa in flutc4xr3e nf. these rn~:eti~s it is eacpgcterl that the Subcc~mrnattee mill
be able to pick several areas that appear to have the patential fvr a fr~itfu.i.
+~cchange csf views. Di.ecussicxzs within the caxnmzttee u-ilI undoubtedly
sugges# other areas of cca!~rtrrfoxz interest, ha~vever, posr~ibil:~ti+sa inc:~ude~
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A x4viaw of extex=aal research projects in its field of
sesponsibi~.ity that are preeent2y being sponsoxed by
various go~reunrr~ent agencies.
(2} The technological gain that the USSR is acquiring from the
purchase of Western industrial technology, a subject in which
C~tmrnerce participation would be eepecially helgful.
(3} The imgorta~acc of Soviet exports of machinery to the undexa
developed cau~atxies, a subject which would be of special
interest t? the State l~aps.rtment.
(4} The preparation of are authoritative interagency position sm tha
capabilities of Lt=.e Soviet machine tool induetx;r based upon
information res:~lting frame the prap~-sed US-USSR machine
tool escchaxxge.
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A xeview of our outstanding gaps in intelligenca sad a-n updating
01 these ~ap~a.
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