CHEMICALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000200180016-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: November 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CHF.PICAIS
Eti lxencyof kleeti t 2 during last 12 months (one of them informal)
Sc Members
lua o ? Valuable?
AFOIN Yes
G?3 Yeas
QIR Not as pre.
sent operea
ting
or Yea
Continua? FutureT Faults?
Yes - but infre- As in past "Not enough interest";
quent meetings strengthened membershi
Yes - infrequent Continue None
meetings as
needed
Don't knar as To gathet't analyze Don't know as have
have not attended and report on in. not attended meetings
meetings formation relative
to the assistance,
logisticsx and
requireme4ts of
certain cliemicals
within the USSR
and satellite
countries, It is
up to the CIA to
determine In what
way the subcom-
mittee can assist
them in obtaining
and/or analyzing
information on the
various problems.
If can be
oriented to
economic problems
Too much preoccupied
with technical details
Yes Close liaison but
few formal rbeetingB
Need for greater recog.m
nition of "iraportsnce
of chemiccls to soon.
vain and dependence of
Armed Servf(Js on
chemical industry for
military end Products"
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L.r F'.-' . l November 1955
CBC
a ace 3.t?Les ? s Lotion of Itself ( See Entire Annual Re rt -of SC) z
The atte-,din , members talked over the divergence of basic interest, and the
v a r y i n g a pro - , to chemical intelligence in the area, It narrowed dawn to
the fact t s?:, the Chemicals Branch, 0, carried its activities to a much greater
depth than do the Service Agencies, and that AKIN was the only one of the Ser-
vice Agen :ie. attempting to build up continuing active information on chemicals
and chemi gal production. It was brought out by the G.?2 representative that the
.i ilitary Age:nvd es .would continue to make the reports on strictly aili tary
chemical prod=:acts,, such as explosives and all items of interest to the Chemical
Corps, They--would continue to depend upon CIA for the availability of raw
materials to oxvduce these military end item. The G-2 representatives stated
that he would use his best efforts to obtain from the Military Servic*.s an estip
mate of the ?:ount of explosives and propellants by types from which the basic
chemicals ne(-_ssary for the production of the finished military items may be
calculated,,
"Tae Chem. oa).~5? Branch, RE6 and Chemicals Section, AFOIN, have worked closo1
together throughout the year in a most harmonious manner? The Chemicals Bra!. h,
RR, as the g: pup having the broadest interest in chemical intelligence in the
era , has su = ttted its estimates on certain chemicals in the various countries and
has requectec, comments from &he Services, The A..2 group have set up a project
to check the rw'. figures. however, we know that the range between the estimates
of these W o i atereated groups is, on the whole, close."
~ s of the Chair-rnn of the Subcommittee:
Tire G..2 rep: Fraentative has emphasized that the .Uv is on v interested in
r.i,:.i tar~r and "oducts for which they have the responsibi liity an no interested
old i-g -Me Mc chemicals entering into the production of these products4
A.P., because of their responsibility for targets and the necessity for evaluating
Va impccctancc of individual plants, have made studies on the major producing
plants. Glut Is interested in the over-all economic basis and states that they
can make stud;- a on individual commodities if and when requested, but do not
keep current In such analyses. Therefore, CIA is the only agency undertaking
continuous nr,,A current analytical studies,
Tice f dpi= v4, xc~ies of agency interest in Sino,.Soviet chemicals is increasing,
The current e' a p asis of CIA/ORR on "costing" production from the military econ mid
viewpoint aj)Lze- s likely to further increase '-.his divergency in interests,
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Secretariat's Evaluation of Subcommittee Activities:
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This has been one of our least active subcommi tteesa OR has undertaken most
of the rea arch analysis, in depth, on the basic chemical industry of the USSR,
Wi' Force also has made several technically competent analysts available for
] ,*:C.= activi die 3; and last year 0.2 also made available a chemicals expert able
to particiaat(: actively in technical discussions of ch c erir o As a
reSult, the subcommittee appears a ou re loose a log am between
military aad pec Soviet mical duction. (Specifically
an as os of v
4
e
G
5MI
o S military require-
eiss lT a e
~
mants to prov.de a basis for ORR estimates of Soviet production capabilities
for basic dahalacals for military purposes?) Recently, however, both the senior
A:r Force and the 0.2 representatives have been transferred and the new
representAiives have been largely preoccupied with taking over their basic agency
re3ponsibiiitiee ? so the arrangements referred to have not yet been carried outo
A further difficulty has been to bring together in this subcommittee specialists
In Chemical Engineering with general economists and liaison officers not accustomed
to speaking tae detailed jargon of the chemical technicians, It is reported
that ONI discontinued its participation in this subcommittee in part because it
felt that State Department's interest in an '"economist's analysis" of Soviet
chemical prodiiotion resulted in a great deal of the time of meetings being
wasted in 'eta king at cross purpoveso" Three non-IAC agencies,., Agriculture,
Cormnerce, and 00, have designated representatives to the Chemicals Subcom.
m tteeo Although these individuals would seldom, if ever, be called on to
participate in full meetings with the military agencies, the EIC channel is
a great convenience in obtaining the views of these individuals on specific
products (such as rubber) for which they have special competencee
r,onmondsd BIC Action:
L Urge the Subcommittee to proceed with the implementation of tentative
arrangements made last year between ORR, 0..2, and AFOIN (see Subcommittee's
Annual irt) o
2? Express general satisfaction with the Suocommittee's practice of meeting
only on call"; but urge that such occasional meetings be so planned in
advance tn.at State and ONI can be brought more effectively into the total
cvr~nr .U: r picture,
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