LETTER TO DR. HERBERT FUSFELD FROM(Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 27, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
Dr. Herbert Fusfeld, Director
Center for Science and Technology Policy
Graduate School of Public Administration
New York University
4 Washington Square
New York, New York 10003
Dear Herb,
I believe you might like to have the attached list.
We are very grateful to you for attending and
participating in our dinner. Such a lively discussion
is always welcome.
Sincerely,
Coordinator fo Academic Relations and
External Analytical Support
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
27 October 1978
Dr. Betsy Anker-Johnson
Associate Director of the
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois 60439
Dear Betsy,
I believe you might like to have the attached list.
We are very grateful to you for attending and
participating in our dinner. Such a lively discussion
is always welcome.
Sincerely,
Coordinator f Academic Relations and
External Analytical Support
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SOVIET SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. What factors have been responsible for the following
paradox? The USSR's gigantic investment in S&T has
produced the largest S&T community in the world, yet the
USSR lags behind the US in most S&T areas.
2. How would a drastic US slowdown or cutoff of technology sales
and scientific exchanges impact on Soviet S&T performance and
military capabilities?
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SOVIET SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. What factors (historical/cultural, systemic, organizational)
have affected Soviet S&T performance to date?
2. To what extent have these factors been.. responsible for the
following paradox: USSR's gigantic investment in S&T has
produced the largest S&T community in the world; yet, it
lags behind the US in most S&T areas?
3. Within this paradoxical situation, why is the Soviet military
S&T performance relatively better than the civilian?
4. How does US R&D and production approach differ from that of
the Soviets? What factors account for US S&T success compared
with Soviet results to date?
5. How would a drastic US slowdown or cutoff of technology sales
and scientific exchanges impact on Soviet S&T performance and
military capabilities?
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DISCUSSION/DINNER
with
The Director of Central Intelligence
18 October 1978
"Soviet Science & Technology Lags"
Admiral Stansfield Turner - Director of Central Intelligence
Mr. Robert R. Bowie - Deputy Director of National Foreign Assessment
Mr. Leslie Dirks - Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Deputy Director of Scientific Intelligence
Mr. Hans Heymann - National Intelligence Officer for Political-Economy
National Intelligence Officer for the USSR and
Eastern Europe
Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Special
Studies
- Coordinator for Academic Relations and External
Analytical Support
Dr. Charles M. Huggins
Manager, International Programs
Corporate Research and Development
General Electric Company
Dr. Herbert Fusfeld
Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy
Graduate School of Public Administration
New York University
Dr. Betsy Anker-Johnson
Associate Director of the
Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. H. Guyford Stever, former Science Advisor
to the President
Dr. Robert R. Fossum
Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Department of Defense
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