Annual Review of Activities and Accomplishments (FY 1959)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000200050011-9
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 20, 1959
• Content Type: MF

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CZA F+1o. 491.20
~s~*1959
M~ Fa+CIR: RIC Secra~tsritt
d Chisl, Econaaai.c Research, QRA
:' Chief, Industrial Division, QRFt
Chsiraen, EIC 3ubcoasittee on Industrial Machinery and
T~uipessnt
Annum. Rovianr o! Activities and Acctntplishrsnts (I?'! 1959)
A. Activities o! the Subccs*nittse 'Flaring than Fiscal Tear.
~.. Review f!! the inte~ence Product in the Subca?ittee `s Fish. o!
~tence.
CoEatinu~. pxogt9aas eras ~emdc in the pas ~: year in research on the
~chirx+~~?y ine~xastries o! the S3.no-Soviet 81oc a3.tgh the coet~ittsa sscogai,~ss~
that ea;~or gape in our i~tel.,ligs~ca on the rwac~inery industxisa of the R.7.oc
rai~x. threes tionsi~ 1~ste]1i@~ance Surveys, covexing the nianufacturia~g
ir~?s~,aa er! F+~-land, Fit Oermuay and the USSR, uere ces3pleted. These
atuc'Eie~ ces~bin the research proa~uct cg! both C:F~i rand the ~ilitaxy services,
substaax~.ia~.].y ic~prQwes Fcne~rledgs o! the beesi~: r~tructurs and capabilitieaa
o! they ~s~chigae:~y intbastries o! the R3.oc.
CtFaer search, !os the sit pears ORIt initiated, has significantly
cont~ b4zte:d to i~prorring the intellige3nce cossEaaity ? s understanding of the
presaant sts~ngthe~ a~i liaitations o! the aachinery industMes o! the ffioc,
esspec;L.ly the L'~SR. 5ovist or. ients~d a~esesrcb tea locumsed sin the cone-tsuctian
ee+~Lpst, che.ca~l e~eaulpsent, metallurgiea]. e~ui~erat industry, and electric
poor ~;uipnt in&ustries ~- ell recoge~i$edl priArity research deficiencies.
Roth tit srsi stir Artq,- did reaaa~arch on the eaotor rrehicle indivetries e'! the LF`3-~R
aaad the ~ea~'a Satellites . C~nsidexable ppogr.~e~~s has bare~x .wade ge~.ining a
bexttcsr undc~teu~d~.~~g of Soviet coating and price policy as applied to the
ssschi~aex~ ine~ustries. Qther research o! an sggr~gative natuxe has studied
I91.eac tr~:dQ in shivery and equips~ent and 81oe plans for the coordination and,
speci~eli.~~stie~n eaf pa'essiuctie~n Research cux~zntly Fander~y iavolves tbs
cotr,?u~ticgn o! prc~uction indea~es to setae as in+dapendsnt aeeasures o! the gx+o~rth
ttf ao~riet s~chia~ry pro~.~action. In additie~n, mei?~o~r progress bas been scads in
the pa?tst ;year ire iae7prc~wiug ear 3a~o~arleedge and urs2+~rstandltng of the v~chinary and
pss~~t ~.ne~.ut~trie:s o! Gist Chine~.o
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2, ]~eaearclz and Collection Deticienci.es .
a. 1Lssetarc'h Deficiencies .
~? priority ~aearcl~ deficiencitf~ are outdated and need general.
revision, '1?hia is a t~stilt ~ ~'~ the subatanta~te3. research progress that has
~,~ as~e in reac~rmt y+~rs and the revision of p~?"~r~rity national. intelligence
ob,~ectives. i$.iffi gubcaraaittee intense to revise its priority research deficiencies
in the ding fiscaa ~'.
b . Collection Deticiesrcies .
The gubcasaaittee has received oxa ~y on+; Priority Detieiency J
Statnt s~ich ~$.ll be revie~eed early in the ~ ~ tin cal yeear . The gubcaosittee
~g,l, ,~g,ecuee the snitabilitg of the i9Sit initla~.ed Stbetezenta of priority papa
for use by the ints111gence caty?
~ . S~svisrw ~-t 8ubstantige I~pa~r.
So r~searcb x~parts ~a~ez~ r~evie~red durf.ng t ~ past year. It is expected
thtnb ~~~e reps~:a?E,a mentioned aboti-e in '+lph A. 1. aexl nofr neaxing caepletion
aaill. brt rie~et! at am e;+,rly date.
~F . Bervi~ of ~~ for Rxternal ResE,a~h.
px~osala fox' external researeb ~frra cra -sidered.
l~si.rat~aance o! Agreed Basic Statitrtics.
The '~ea"s of the Subeoesait$ee reaogcri~e t'aat in recent years the
st ~,.~ at tgte i.ty's research on the a4actain r . ~t inauE tries cat the
~ino.4SAVi at 'Ble~c ie~ berg done by ~. Aa m result Mare has ~ieen such less
need than ire ~Po~eer yee~ to stress .agreed buic staf letici~ . '.tae Subcos~aeittse
does ~t ~eez thaat the .ntexaance of agreed basis statistics X117, be s priority
undert o! the gu'bccsaaa'B.ttes .
ti, ~?oJects Lind at the Regluerct otl~% o Pry:3 to the SIC
Sow
I~s'te32ince Sasaaarcla Technigates
Scans
~. Sell. Cocrrdia~tisan fictions of the F?aabccx i ~2 tee_
- - ,.a ,
A aubatantial. portion of the Subcry+asi.tt~ ~e' a cork in the past year eras
devoted '>.:~a g~.ving a~~pporG to the LIB Ca?ittea c.e a Facc; ~angea . T'he 3ubeott~rittee
spproved a le~a~e l~eparla~nt proposal for a LS3 -~ Lk3SF1 a~aehine foal exchange
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araa':t ~titld action ?n a8 Air Ford p,~osa7 for a heav~- press exchte pe~n6
n~o~ detailed infoac~stion on respect~.ve itineraries in the U3 and the USSR?
9 . E~7.ustion o! ~e Role of the 8ubco,_ttee
~3ae $ubcosstittee bel~.eeves thot in ague of the aa~or role played ~
~t in research on the s~chinexy industries o! the bloc, inter-Agency discussion
can st3~1. perlox?~ a wse~. ~aiactlew. for the intelligence conrt~ity by reviewin8
ealeted 0 reseaa'ch a~ recognizing signiliaa~nt gaps in intelligeace . '.~$
c ttee !eels that it can p2sgr a loarticu].t~rly e~'eciive role in evaluating
and c the trees ,~ Free ~Iorld and 83rxo-Soviet ~1.oc tecbnol?gical growth
in the Held o! industrial se.chinexy and reca~end vat's o! di,sseminatiag such
findings, Where apprr~priate, t~+roughmxt the ik~ G~overament
$ . Fut+are ol~the _ Subc~it*,.ee o
..
At the: oext meeting the 8ubcos~.ttee wi]1 be briefed on the present
cation o! rene~.rch in Oft oxi the uschinery f,ndustries o! the ~B3.oc
Fol~.s~ing gessiogs ~~ ,~~'~, the related renearch activities o! the other
Taer agencies . tTiaon the completion o! th~ls prssgr~+t the 3ubcossd.ttee intends
to t'~ag?t,~aer disc+~ss the means !or ~p:Le~esnting its role ontl3.ned. in para~ra]Ph
A-9 above.
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