Annual Review of Activities and Accomplishments (FY 1960)

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• Publication Date: July 20, 1960
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20 July 3.0
MEMORANDU. i FOR; EIC Seee.retar .f;t
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THROUGH: Cbi f Eoo 3 ?r.;ie Research ORB
?.HROUC1 , chief, Indust rt. al tai vi s for y ORR
Chairma,l., EIC Subcox aittee on =:r:ct: stri.eI Machir~r r
and Equiipr ft
Annual Revieff of A i 1v .t f s and IisYh?nent (Fy 196k))
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During FY nn Txdlastxisrt ._ klachi fi : ,7" and.
EgUi 1L flt was i..esv actl-Irlb in rnvi r-w t_n the i t , .gen^ IOdur t iri iis field
of coiipeetence than in the past Oui? Subco ,t P Trite d :,~ c~v sp is
reseaV' h deficienci,es~ devote increased at enti r9 ?` o t i ox parai`;iot oz
prior research 1teficiencies;; and to revs. seyrai slxb.3tent. ve research
pap&rs However., this proSrem has been hahdi^s.pptid. by f r -cluen t p.-rpnr-rrei..
changes within, the S-abooi mute=~ tbe Peet vs ar f ,.xx of P_~ six
agency represents,`.+,v'es on the Siftcor it e--q attended -~t 1?4'Di ttt Seet3.r..g for
the first time. 0 ay the g,~b oxs a .t e memiber pr' eaaz.i s the of a i ?~~ c,f the
Secretary of Defense and the CIA Chaair. a have served rio- he S boo t'~
~ ,v c m t. e wi.l
more then 12 monthe:. It is hoped that the membership p- f
soon br,wome stabiiixe ejo that memb ors can develop the b-:,r'k- Tc?and which is
prerequisite for effective o),peration of t-.Ie or,=LL-t: yep:,
esesrHh 5nd Collection. Deficiencies
a. Research Defiiiefcle
reseerch pr os; r 3s and revis.ic.Yr c'f
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,as a resu
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, ,(-,he Priority uati,ual Econ'~: .c Int,e:t,igr''h^e Ob,je:ttivves r : 7!,asn~ of Si r fictrit,
research and col1ention defica,encie is outdated gird n!ei e er rem e,#?'Yai,
The Su ,committee wiU di.sruss the r'visioin of ; - s gaps i inteJLlig r~oo an
early meeting.
b. Collect-ion '..0-2f
A number of Priority ficiericy St;~tements prelexzd by CPR
are presently being yre :tewe by the -t-her a. ; u -i,es ree~pre entedyyon. the sub..
co iAe-?tee in order ego, com5ft ne 1Ld7~SS?:;, ctl 'Cb tion df f .e-..ene1e 3 for the entire
intelligence eargu; i.ty .
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3a Review of Spibsta; tive_Pape
No research reports were revieved during the past year,
Review of Proposals for External. Resear^h
No pa posal.s for external research were considered,
5. Ma tenara.ce of Agreed Basic Statistics
As pointed met- i= cur annual report of last year the a ea bulk of
the community's resear^h on th machinery industries of the S? .;co-Scar?iet Bloc
is bei.rg done by ORR at::.t as a restf,,t there has been much less empp7a .si.s thar!.
fora r-Ly on air.?ed basic stati.st-.cs., Thy emphasis i.n this Seal cc-wnitte- has
been on attempting to ree-,onei2_e disagreement re niiting from different
opinions &a to the level of to thno"cc,ogy in the Situ4b iet Bloc 3
6. Projects Undertaken apt the Reqjwst of the EIC or Pre paced to the
EIC
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brai lees
7 Intelligence Researeb. Teas
During the past year a. numb,-r of Subr o Lttee c .eetassi.ons. have
centered on the Soviet machine tco.?.L industry. Va-- Subc ii,tt e Intends to
devote a fmeeting In the near futuz to this subject to discuss the
avail ..abi-itv of sources, 'tab interpretation or Soviet statistics., and other
methodological pr?ob,lems a
8n Special.. Coordination Fur?c;tion.s of the Slib-~I,r ittee
During this last year) as in pr*~viO.is yeas B, a ubstantisl portion.
of the Subcommittee's work was i.n support of the US 3 Ccar~mi.tte -.n Exebaaageaa
Soviet proposals for ex--bang-as of dnlegat ons in. the fialds of a machine tool
catatw=mrybi S e, oil field machinery., and electric trans.;'ormmr produettor. yr r?e
assessed by the Subcom lttee for probable nAt :hate ,igenee gain to the US
and detailed itinerarl.es vere prepared for the us+ of the US del ~gsti.ons
9, Evaluation of the }~ .a rf the St7bacx niz tec
The St oco= ttee nontinues to beii ve that in 17 :ite of th majo
role played by RR In research on the x achiy.:ry i ndastries of the Bloc,
inter-Agency discussion can still perform a useful function for the inte igefCE'
corm unity by r v e ri? r yompletpd ;Antf-I igecce resea,.tichi L--cognizing di:ff renKies
in interpretPatlon and -ttexnpting t?T recoA cl'.e a ach d& ffe:trr3'nnes. As as result of
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Ai- add ion of +he Depe;rtrent of Commerce to the S ^c it tee; the
Subco mitt ee sbi u)s% be to en mpxroved position to evaluate and -c pare trends
in techno1 gic growth in the inelustrialized. West and the Sino-Soviet Boo
B. Future Pro r aza of the Subc; -mmibbee
The Subcommittee intends to continue the work presently under ay in
supporting industrial exwhang:s o.r,.d preparing priority research deficiencies.
It also plans to tvndertshe durin ; the course of the year additional : vl r of
finished intelligence and discuss1on of intelligence research techniques u
25X1A9a
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CIA 'No. 49L-j88
ii J'u1y 1960
25X1A9a
M MORANDU N FOR: ubcom it' ee Member3
FROM Executive Secretary, W ES
SUBJECT Transmittal of Corr :spothence and Working Group Minutes
1. I em enc7.osing a draft version of the Subcommittee Chairman's
report on the activities and accorTp1 ishments of the Subcarnitttee during
FY 1960. hap, asked, me to invite your comments.
2. 1 Fm also enclosing the miautes of the 17 June 1960 meeting of
the working group rorued at the last meeting of the Subcommittee. You will
possibly ftac :i of the -qorki gro-ap's recos ndations and observations
to be at varie ce vith the po ~ition of the Subcoiemi ,tee, as evidenced at its
last meeting. These differenceti:, however, can be resolved at our next
meeting.
3. During the month one, member of the Subcoi ittee submitted revisions
for the various Priority Deficiency Statements prepared by ORR. It is
hoped. that other members who wish to submit revisions will do so before the
end of the month.
25X1A9a
Executive Secretary
Industrial Machinery and Equipment
Subcommittee of the EIC
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Minutes of the 17 June 1960 meeting of the
I ES working group for discussion of the itinerary
proposed by the Soviets for the Automobile Exchange, 1960-61
Present:
25X1A9a CIA
Warren Eitler, OT
Charles L. Johnson, OTIA
Clyde Turpin, Library of Congress
George Davis, BDSA, Commerce
1. Mr. Davis suggested that the list of US plants to be visited by
the Soviets could be expanded to cover the three car makers not on the list:
American Motors, Studebaker, and Chrysler. The suggested itinerary would
then include the Studebaker plant at South Bend, Ind.; American. Motors Plant
at Kenosha, Wis.; and Chrysler plants at Detroit (the new stamping plant and
the old Dodge plant). According to Mr. Davis, the plants listed by the
Soviets for the visit to the US were the technological leaders 5 or 6 years
ago. Visits to these plants would add considerably to Soviet technological
knowledge, but would not reveal the latest achievements of the US automotive
industry. The Chrysler stamping plant, however, represents a very new
technique.
2. As for the list of Soviet plants, the members felt that at least
three could be striken from the list with no loss: the Minsk Motorcycle
Plant, IIvfMS, and the Krasniy Proleteriy Plant. There was also little
interest expressed in keeping the State Bearings Plant No. 1 (GZP-L) on the
list, except that US engineers might be curious about Soviet production of
bearings. From an intelligence point, of vier, there is little interest in
such a visit, and no interest at all in the three installations mentioned
at the beginning of this paragraph. It was suggested by the members that the
following plants be added to the list of suggested Soviet plants:
a. Urals Motor Vehicle Plant at Miass (Chelyabi:1sk Oblast') a
closed city in a closed area. The plant produces 30,000 medium trucks for
agriculture annually, and is developing a new 6 x 6 truck of 5 to 7 ton load
capacity.
b. Pytishchi Machine Building Plant in Mytishchi, (Moscow Oblast'),
an open city in an open area. This plant makes semi-trailers, dump trucks, and
other vehicles, based on ZIL truck chassis. Prod. 30,000 annually.
c. Ul'yanovsk Motor Vehicle Plant at Ul' yanovsk on the Volga in
an open area. Like the above two pints, this has not been visited by a.
Western observer since the war. The plant produces jeeps, and small cab-
over-engine trucks, and is to be retooled with considerable automated
equipment in 1960-65.
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d. Yaroslavl' Motor Plant in. Yaroslavl' on the upper Volga
River. No visitors to this plant, either. The plant produces diesel engines
for trucks (the only such plant in the USSR) and is producing 3-4,000 heavy
diesel trucks a year.
e. $remenchug Motor Vehicle plant, at Cremenchug in the Ukraine.
This is a new plant which began production in 195 of heavy diesel trucks of
the Yaroslavl' types. By 1965 it will have taken over all production of this
type of truck, leaving the Yaroslavl' plant as an engine plant.
f. Zavolzh'ye Engine Plant at Zavolzh'ye in Gor'kiy Oblast',
closed area. This is a new engine plant, under construction, which is in
partial production. The plant Is to be fully automated with computer
programing of production.
25X1 A9a 3a noted that research components of CIA are particularly
interested in the Urals, Mytishch$, and Gor'kiy Motor Vehicle Plants.
25X1A9a
Acting Chairman of the
Working Group
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MEMORANDUM FOR: EIC Secretariat
THROUGH: Chief, Econoni Research, ORR
THROUGH: Chief, Industrial Di:v1sion, ORR
FROM: Chairman.. EIC Subcommittee on L dustria1. Machinery
and Equipment
SUBJECT: Annual Revieer of Activities and Accomplishments (FY 1960)
1. Review of the Izttrii1%gence Product in the Subcommittee Is Field
of Competence
During FY I; 3() the Subcommittee on Industrial Machinery and
Equipment was less 'ectiv ill reviairiiag the intelligence product in its field
of competence than in the past. Our Subco ttee intended to revise its
research deficiencies, devote increased attention to the preparation of
priority research deficiencies, and to review several substantive research
papers. Howevar, this program has been handicapped by frequent personnel
changes within the Subcommittee.. During the past year four of the six
agency representatives on the Subcommittee attended Subcommittee meetings for
the first time. Only the Subcommittee member representing th