SOVIET SCIENTISTS CONCERNING THE DANGERS OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON TESTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000300120009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 14, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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14 May 1959
SOVIET SCIENTISTS,/CONCERNING THE DANGERS OF
NUCLEAR-WEAPON TESTS
Coordinated and Distributed by the:
OFFICE OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
OTS: 59-11,547
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EXCERPT FROM ADO DIARY, Friday, 15 may 1959
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Talked to Mr. Bagnall about his report entitled, "Soviet Scientists/ concerning
the Damps of 1 1~ss-i~sapon Tests" vhjeh is priced at $2.50 per copy by subscription
to OTS, Comerce Depart ent.
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EXCERPT FROM AD/O DIARY, Wednesday, 13 May 1959
We" awes' with Mr. ften l the !m list of piiliestiee. is erter to clarify
in my own mind why certain publications are D lassified, some Otfietal Use Only, and
others Confidential. Mr. Bagnall reminded me of the time that the Director had
asked that we downgrade, to Unclassified, as many J publications as possible in
order to get them disseminated to industries and educational institutions. At that
time Kr. Bagnall had prepared a list which was approved by the DD/i. Subsequently,
OTS declined quite a few of these publications on the basis that they were neither
scientific nor technical. However, they have remained Unclassified. Mr. Bagnall
pointed out that the advantage of maintaining an Official Use Only classification
on most of FM Is publications is that it keeps CIA publications and dissemination
problems within bounds. Kr. Bagnall pointed out that the publications on the
USSR, BE and FB military subjects were classified Confidential at the request of
0-2. Another publication is classified Confidential because of DD/P source
protection*
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C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
LIST OF SCHEDULED REPORTS
Prepared By
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS DIVISION
4 May 1959
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
1. Scientific Information Report
Semimonthly FDD Summary-type -- Published and distributed by
Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce,
UNCLASSIFIED
2. International Geophysical Cooperation Program--Soviet Bloc
Activities
Weekly report -- Published without CIA attribution by Office of
Technical Services, Department of Commerce, UNCLASSIFIED
3. Sino-Soviet Bloc Scientific Information
Sporadic Serial Summary -- CONFIDENTIAL
1. Soviet Military Information Report
Monthly Summary -- CONFIDENTIAL
2. USSR Industrial Equipment
Monthly Summary -- UNCLASSIFIED
3. Report on USSR Ministries
Sporadic Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Report on Labor in the USSR
Quarterly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
5. Annual Report on USSR Republic Budgets
ual Summary--- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
6. Transportation, Communications, and Electric Power in the USSR
Monthly Summary -- UNCLASSIFIED
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7o Activities in the Arctic and Antarctic
Monthly Summary -- UNCLASSIFIED
USSR Materials and Materials Processing Equipment
Mont =y Summary -- UNCLASSIFIED
9. USSR Agriculture and Farm Machinery
Mont Ely Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
10. USSR Electronic and Precision Equipment
Mont =y Summary -- UNCLASSIFIED
11. Survey of the Soviet Press
Weekly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
12. Urban Development in the USSR
Monthly Summary -- FOR ICIAL USE ONLY
13. Information on Soviet Education
Bimonthly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
14. USSR General Industrial Information
Sporadic Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
15, Crime and Legal Developments in the USSR
Quarterly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
16. Consumer Goods and Domestic Trade in the USSR
Semiannual Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
17. Soviet Economic Planning and Administration (Subtitle)
Se Rannual Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
18o Soviet Foreign Economic Relations
Bimonthly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
EASTERN EUROPE
1. Weekly Economic Report on Eastern Europe
Weekly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
2. Eastern Europe Press Survey
Weekly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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EASTERN EUROPE (continued)
3. Military Information Report on Eastern Europe
Monthly Summary -- CONFIDENTIAL
FAR EAST ILLEGIB
1. Weekly Information Report on Communist China
Weekly Summary -- FOR CFFICIAL USE ONLY
2. Military Information Report on Communist China
Monthly Summary -- CONFIDENTIAL
3. Monthly Information Report on Borth Vietnam
Monthly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
4. Monthly Indonesian Press Survey
Monthly Summary -- FOR. OFFICIAL USE ONLY
5. Background Information Report on Indonesia
Sporadic 00-W -- CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN
6. Information on Laos
Sporadic 00-W -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
WESTERN WORLD
1. Information Report on Arab States and Israel
Monthly Summary -- FOR ICIAL USE ONLY
2. Information on North Africa
Monthly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
3. Information on Africa South of the Sahara
Monthly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
1. World Press Summary of International Communist Developments
Weekly Summary -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
2. East-West and Intra-Orbit Travel and Contacts
Wee y 00-W -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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WORLD-WIDE (continued)
3. Foreign Press Reports on International Trade and Shipping
Wee Ely 00-W -- FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
4. Consolidated Translation Survey (CTS)
Monthly -- An UNCLASSIFIED edition and a CONFIDENTIAL edition
are issued. A controlled NOFORN supplement is also issued
monthly.
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