PROXMIRE ASSAILS CIA ON SOVIET ARMS COST
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September 5, 1982
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ARTICLE iPPEIREM
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WASHINGTON STAR (RED LINE)
5 SEPTEMBER 1980
P oxmire-Assails- CIA
0n -SMviet Arms Cost
United Press International'.. ??? =
Faulty analysis by the CIA: mis-
:"represents increases in Soviet de-
fense--. spending-, . resulting: in,
exaggerated pressure to boost U.S.
-military outlays?Sen.-William Prox-_
:.mire, D-Wis:, charged yesteday :. '
:z In a speectt'orr the Senate floor,
Proxmire:criticized:as''a simple-,'
fallacy-'-';the. CIA's'use ofdollar cost
analysis based. on A=merican-type'
;.productivity. The.method does not.-:
consider.-pay' differences-:or:'the
-S'ovietUn_ ion's loweei~ economiceffi
ciency, particulatty'-in.defense;.'
.production,-he said
;'I rtruth;' Proxmiresald""Soviet
defense spending hasbeen rising at
?a'eonstanr3 percent.and,the Soviets
.,&o-not, outspend the United States
f by30 to. 50 percent as so often is re-.
`; ported. in the press."'. :
~
-a,Proxmire;.chairthan.of a'subcom-
mittee dealing wittf Soviet and Chi-
?nese. military spending,.: made his
attackone'day after:the CIA re .
;ported ?; to' Congress-on Soviet
defensespending.
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