TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ( Approved by the EIC, 18 November 1958)

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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
EIC-D-323~e
TERMS OF REFERENCE
FOR THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
(Approved by the EIC, 18 November 1958)
A. Mission of the EIC Subcommittee on Industrial Machinery and
Equipment
The mission of the EIC Subcommittee on Industrial Machinery
and Equipment is to provide an organizational framework for carry-
ing out within its field the basic review and coordination re-
sponsibilities of the EIC and for ensuring that, on intelligence
matters in its field affecting the national security, the
intelligence community is supported by the full economic knowledge
and technical talent available in or to the Government.
B. Membership and Organization
1. Membership of the Subcommittee on Industrial Machinery
and .Equipment consists of representatives of the USIB agencies
as designated by these departments and agencies and approved by
the EIC.
2. Representatives of other govt~rnment departments and
agencies may participate as Associate Members of the Subcommittee
upon approval of the EIC.
3. Active participation by agency representatives
generally is governed by (a) the extent to which each agency
concerned has production responsibilities for economic intelli-
gence in the field of industrial z~1:-~,chinery, (b) the extent to
which an agency has an interest in economic intelligence of
broader scope which involves reference matters within the
scope of the subcommittee; and (c) the availability of qualified
personnel.
~+. The Chairman of the Subcommittee is designated by the
EIC, and the Central Intelligence Agency provides the,~permanent
Secretariat. The Subcommittee may set up ad hoc working groups
as necessary to assist in carrying out any of its assigned
functions. The production of interdepartmental economic intelli-
gence normally is assigned to ad. hoc working groups rather than
to the Subcomm~.ttee proper.
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Co Functions
1. As the standing interagency economic intelligence group
of professional and technical personnel in the field of industrial
machinery, the Subcommittee shall perform the following minimum
functions:
(a) With the guidance of current Priority National
Economic Intelligence Objectives, identify significant research
and collection deficiencies in its field of responsibility and;
(b) Develop and report not less than annually to the
EIC ways in which these recognized .research deficiencies could be,
or are being, corrected and ways in which improvements could be,
or are being, made in economic intelligence collection require-
ments and in the distribution and processing of economic intelli-
gence information.
(c) Facilitate review of proposals for external research
in its field in accordance with the provisions of DCID 3/1 using
the procedures adopted by the EIC and review such projects upon
completion. ~ee EIC-D-112/1, 5 Tune 1958, Procedures for EIC
Review of Proposed US Governmental External Economic Research
Contracts Involving More Than $5,000]
(d) Produce, on its own initiative (with EIC approval),
or when directed by the EIC, interdepartmental economic intelligence
on subjects in its field which transcend-the competence of a single
aepartrne??t cox agency.
(e) Arrange on its own initiative, or when directed by
the EIC, for the coordination and .review of individual agency reports
of interest to the members of the Subcommittee. Arrange for coordi-
nation with other Subcommittees as appropriate.
(f) Mobilize, in support of the intelligence community,
the full economic knowledge and technical talent in its field
.available in or to the Government. Such support will normally
take the form of ad hoc responses to the requests of other USIB
Committees ~.g., the USIB~Ad Hoc Committee on Exchanges
2. In addition to the minimum functions outlined above,
the Subcommittee on .Industrial Machinery, when appropriate, shall .
perform the following functions with respect to its assigned field:
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(a) .Bring to the attention of the .EIC, current problems
and requirements for coordinated research which are recognized
by the members of the Subcommittee.
(b) Provide an opportunity for the review and comparison
of methodologies utilized in research in the field covered by
the Subcommittee.
(c) Assist or advise agencies in the programming of research
in order to minimize duplication .and assure as effective a distri-
bution of research effort as is practical in view of each agency's
responsibilities.
(d) Provide an opportunity, where appropriate and practical,
of obtaining closer agreement on selected basic statistics.:'within
the field of competence of the Subcommittee.
(e) Aid in evaluating and .comparing the trends of Free
World and Sino-Soviet bloc technological growth in the field of
industrial machinery and .equipment and recommend ways of dissemi-
nating such findings where appropriate throughout the US Govern-
ment and industry.
D. Operating Procedures
The Subcommittee shall establish its own operating procedures
subject to the following conditions:
1. It shall meet in formal session at least once each fiscal
year to prepare and approve its Annual Report to the EIC. The
Annual Report will be responsive to the regta.est of the EIC ,Secretariat
and will cover the activities of the Subcommittee in fulfilling its
mission as outlined in C. above. The Subcommittee will schedule
other meetings as required to. fulfill its missions.
20 The Subcommittee Secretariat shall provide all members of
the EIC, the Subcommittee, and the EIC Secretariat with copies of
the Agenda and Minutes of its meetingso
3. Reports and recommendations which have been approved by
the Subcommittee may be transmitted to the EIC without comment,. In
case of dissent, the transmittal must be accompanied by an appropriate
:statement, prepared by the dissenter(s), advising the EIC of the
nature and .sub stance of the dissent.
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