PROXMIRE ASSAILS CIA ON SOVIET ARMS COST

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CIA-RDP90-00552R000505230015-2
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December 22, 2016
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August 26, 2010
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September 5, 1982
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STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/26: CIA-RDP90-00552R000505230015-2 ARTICLE iPPEIREM ON PAGE 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. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/26: CIA-RDP90-00552R000505230015-2