REPORT OF 1960(Classified) CONFERENCE ON THE ELECTRONICS CAPABILITIES OF THE SINO-SOVIET BLOC

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• Publication Date: September 12, 1960
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FROM: Ckalwww., SUbcommeeittee an Electronics
and Telecamrmeranications
S Rerport of 1960
Conference on the Electronics Capabilities
of the Sino-Soviet Bloc
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The 1960 Conference on the Electronics
capabilities of the Sine-Soviet Bloc net fron 6 to 3.7 J'ene 1960, at
the Naval Security Station, Wsshington, D.C. The parrposa of the con-
ference. ras to review recent developneents in electronics in the Bloc.
Papers presented covered developmeeats In basic research, cceeonent
.and equi nt design, eoj ipmment mnnnfactur'e, and tkdept opeaent or
use-patterns of Bloc electronic and c cation system. Mw W
Intiellige er BOO;* w.es the amelax kmti, with Aneft's dimes
awns d j T betwen the Oubcon tt +es of is SIC end EtC
"MMWLMM ible for electronics and telecam~ cations. 25X1A9a
25X1A9a of the SIC Electronics S*beca?dttee as
Conference Chalzma. The Chairman and tive Secretary of the HIC
Sanadttee ou Electronics and T? atiaeaa assisted in prwpara.-
'tIons end plan." for. the conferernce. 25X1X7
and Ece Inte11e cis
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participated in the Conference. All USIB C Members
accept zees Depet of State, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the
Office of the 3ertary' of Defense, participated in the conference.
Of a total of 31 papers presented, 6 arere prepared by EIC caeepanents,
immr by the econoooic intelligence representative of the
25X1 C The rms4eaing papers, althea prdaarily directed
e t s ties of EIC papers
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Electronics Capabilities of the Sine-Soviet Bloc
tavard the scientific compawnts at the conference, were of interest
and velae to the economic intelligence casgponents. The Conference
Chairman in his concladii g resaerhs to the conference, drew attention
to the pagers vich he considered to be high3i*ts of the proceedings.
These incite three SIC papers, ane of which vas worthy of .saep-
tional cwt became of the ssgnitade of effort ibich vent into it
and the discussion it elicited. This paper, SIC SR-k, vas prepared
Jointly by CIA, BSL, and Army nud r the auspices of the MC. -
2. Econc c Intelligence N10334046 of the Conference
The camplAte smites and reports of the Conference viii be
available to webers of the ETC through their representatives on the
Subcca UIttee an Electronics and Telecass?taations. Following is a
samaag of the econadc intie~ hi,~al2ghts.
a) Sabstantiae Intelligence Developesats
In the review of ante' 14gsnce InformtIon, received
since 1958, the conference + ned seweral developing trends
which are of partivolar imortance- to econraic { ~l l i ge e.
The asst genera]. of these trends is the increasing, but
still not v idespr o d, use of acre bd mb, -Lni aturized elec-
tro is components In standard Soviet .goipsent. This is
believed to be the result of heavy pressnres to r ae the
size, VOi&t, and power cons+sWtion of electronic eaVaters,
alitorae electrostc systms, and tactics], field camoice-
tiors a t? Up to the present t1we Soviet rates of
growth In the aeas facture of sec for devices and sub-
sUdstare passive electronic ca is has been steady
bet unspectacular. Bette 1960 and 1965 this steady growth
will continue, and an increasing aoWAW of different types
of electronic eqa pant incorporating these devices vill be
prodaaed.
A second damlajeent of lsgortanee is the nay
eleetroaic a nt t which has been noted in Soviet transport
aircraft. T is is a strong indication of a xwjor re-egnipwnt
and retrofit progrsm for the Soviet Air Force slsdlar to that
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vMch occurred between 3,95E ,and. 3.959 in electronic egnip-
saent for the Soviet Gfsd Forces.
A Bloc-vide caaeasmaia~aetioa~s integration pro ca,
consisting of standardized national. cable and Mcrovave
netvorks vas extensively discussed. TMs progiva Is
currently still lagging behind plains, darn largely to
swermt difficelties in the =nufactore and. installation
of egrtipaasut an the scale envisaged by the present plans.
A foortk area of developing Soviet caymbilItY
lies in the digital. caatpater field. Tint USSR has failed
tans tsr to match Western devoloparaesats is either gaaUty
or qna ntity of factn e, and vhi]ae this is still an
area of deficiency, in 1958 the USSR l nc]ted an astbitions
plan for digital caaapater production vlich viii steadily
augrent their data processing capabilities.
The Most significant Bloc develaiment in elsc-
tr sits outside of the USSR has been taking place in
Coma nist China. This point alas docnsaented in a coargrre-
Csia+e Scientific Intelligence Paper. InfaTattion an the
scale of ecoasaatic activity in the Chinese electronics
industry shags a parallel dsvaela xnt v'lei ch viii soon place
CT.4 in the role of a major vorld producer of electronic
egcdt.
b) late Methods
TM cofer a did not address Itself specifically
to qnestions of inter l'~ Bence satethods, other than now of
the vioas technical proble as of Processing of raw isafaa tiara.
This vo d, however, seen to be a fruitful field for ftbare
confer a consideration. Recent Conferences 25X1X7
have each contributed to a fuller realization of the nauc-
roving of the technological and econc garp betvreea the
USSR end the West in the field of electronics. Sans areas
do still exist hers Soviet accomiDlehwexnts we only
nediocre, but there is leek of general agreement In the
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tz mics Caspsurili.ties of -sae Sing-met Bloc
jnity as to the erase in lick this is tree, and the
pro3pr stratc evaluation to place to the fact. As the
ca abilties of the USSR became no" closely c bye
to those of the West the nor* csref al. and pr wise out
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case ted for -ll y an this, and that
there vess a co t need to means to a nw level of in-
teelliSeacee psis to describe adegtsatee1y the current
profile of Soviet electronics t e .lities. 25X1 C8c
felt that ve can not be altogether pleased faith, or take
wwa pride in, an estimate dieh is a si>pC1e statement of
rarer oqmUty betvaen the Bless and the West is the level
of atUtowwat In a given field. Mesa comments veers
addressed prl=4i4 to the SecfenEif'ie Intel: genre probla,
bat they we, Uvad3.y o"ll a M e to eeo cc edc as tetll as
Scientific Inte11 a In this field.
c) sources
The prinu-y co ,deeration of the 1960 conference
vas to evalaertee the late' ].Sdm ittian received s3mee
the ccefereemce of demmary 9,959. Staud*zd sources of in-
foxaation, each as Blanc periodical l iterutwre, v ectors,
attache reports, Setsitions,
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cl aadestlme sepur
other aped source materials cawtimod to comtribate
in vw7lft s to the xab4ects dick re covered by
this conference. In addition, tv* other types of source
maw have provided an 1 orteat body of nev in2forntion
in the field Of electronics. First, the iaforme-tion
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s Report of i. Conference on the
Bleotronics Caps ties of the Stro-Som.et Bloc
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The Cheimn of the Cones , , and the
beads and mudbers of all of the scientific i~tt~e313gencat Lions
afforded the eaoaosadc intelligence its the Best cooperation
from the early VIA=deg stagaoa throw& the final conference sessiam.
The scientific and scoeaide interests 'were merged sac> es is the
formal pis and Wow. die nui s, establishing i pattern which
it is hoped, v M be foUaaeed dxrIM ftvxe confer s.
rp .sale
US responses and cumummult
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have In the past been foxsallatsd by en ad hoc conference. rz m-4-09191
cook of rarprosentatiaes ti"otot W16 -ibm SIC Electronics Sab-
comodtte and the IIIC ttee on Electronics and T el accummicatians.
Isl. coor& t .on of the ii s of sly. the egencies is obt 1,
aA this Snbco ,ttee has no a~e+ea~eaad atians for altering t p oce4*re
for Enters confer es.
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Let of Bcon de Yu o Pere Presented
1. Prodx otio or mectxc i.e cammters in the USSR ( /I/E)
3. Soviet BActx .ee Pro&wtioc (OHIO/l/RE)
5. Soviet Tea a .on Tr waft (HSt)
6. Sim- .et T*uce misdoatiooa assess (c /S/ , 1 4x ArjCr)
7. This Teleco a t t o g C o n t r o l SY*tm of t&* USSR (TISJ3/ )
vary C tim s ors In list Germay: , Plans, Patter ,
*ad sea -- 1957-60 (fit/S/C d)
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