REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000200050014-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: November 12, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT
5. Discussion:
The Executive Secretary of the Subcommittee on Industrial
Machinery and Equipment commented briefly on SC activities in the past
and the program for the future. The SC seems to be serving a useful
function in coordinating interagency intelligence, and in keeping par-
ticipating agencies informed. SC plans for reviewing industrial data
recently released by the USSR were discussed. The desirability of the
SC's maintaining a "watch" on items within its field likely to be
considered in connection with periodic reviews of controlled items in
East-West trade was discussed.
6. Action:
It was noted that this has been a productive SC, and its
members were commended for their efforts. It was agreed that the SC
should continue its work as outlined in its last annual report. In
addition, the following were suggested as proper SC activities for
FY 1958:
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12 November 1957
a. Evaluation of Soviet industrial statistics which have
recently become available.
b. Consideration of the desirability of following selected
controlled items in its field so as to assist the EDAC community
in the periodic reviews of East-West trade controls.
c. Review and updating of the SC Terms of Reference. (See
paragraph 7, below.)
The Navy representative agreed to take up with his agency the question
of.Navy representation on this SC.
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vieii of sss ter extiteaial a?-as aLc1a - 3b
h e subsiltted for SC c cn
&w g ? 1957. C C TA project cc labcw
pro-
ductivity in U t ixaai tr1e3 Baas Prevented
Lnf 1y aud Its f ibil.it< di eusa , but
the project vas never initiated.
c& lwwic s3tatisties 4 The SC did not eu~
in ex as ire ark cai decd eseulmt s as it
has in the past. ges in Air Fie o nim
zatim and ftzn ens, and the setting up of
ammgm; ttsa ' ere he Air Force will make use
of CIA lvodactian esst1 to In Its Air Tmoget
Stridier vere the principal a ..ss s for the
used attention . .
d. Feviev ' Sent StatiLm o ri i y research -
At the end of the year the r tard
YVqVe1-'G bt i in filling identified saps
In re?cb and noted that ssi8uifiet prc%mps
t be; . wAe in fi !s these research gaps.
(See Anne= A to SC Animal report for fl 1957.)
3. ft* gibe ttee evaluates its role as fol.]l o :
"It is felt that the Subc .ttee has eff
rwUzedlts potentia .s the psi year, owlngii
large pert to the active interest, pu?-:ipatlen and
c Uon of the r 6entatl- Ves of all the pas i!.a -
ipating agencies. 1 aua c of the azter of is
currntly in the research effort of the varims ii z
ticig ti agencies.. a high level. of Su ittee
actIvIV vas s essential in F! 1957 as in rwevicas
yeezes
not o adwWalrative problem
" e r e
wenuy x the ttes. Hovever, It in
felt that psujticipetion by ' Det of the v o',
t ss tica to the menZweWp of a rermsentative
of M. vould msteri&Uy a fte S ttee ? s
Ili' ` and usefulness*"
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4. The- ; bc? nittee p nt a its orgmLzatlcm end. to
t at spy s: t: sans to c , the faUmckgr, ps3l.
objectives,. as onJ-Ano-d in its Ammusl. Repwrb:
a. Review significant sobs itive i ULIUmme p o ct
in i' field;
b. R e v i e w p e being mule tow . c1osi Cori''
res r s and Bete t o i t f &flelencies
in collection;
a e ides plms of SQrticipating agmcies for
IrItisti *n oi', and the progress o :V., ea .. reaaarch
in its field of ih~est; and
d!o Mmmlw, t state of bic statics
SW*Aculwl,v In vier ' the a .a t
by the oc co z t .es of laak :w ri it cti0 a
statistics.
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NOTES. AND RECOINDATIONS (For Chairman Only)
The following agencies are represented on this Subcommittee:
CIA 25X1A9a
State John G. Oliver
Army Col. Josiah M. Towne
Air Force Donald L. Zoll
OSD John H. Williams
hairman
.tive Secretary
6. This subcommittee got off to a good start, tackling the problems
identified in their annual report for FY 1955 and following through in FY's
1956 and 1957. A good share of the success of the SC has been the result
25X1A9a of the good work of and later as Sc 25X1A9a
gran, and the fine performance of as Executive Secretary. 25X1A9a
~y~a erformance has been particularly exemplary and his contribution
to the SC is recognized by all its members. The participation of the
representatives of the interested agencies has been quite active.
7. A present problem of the SC is the less obvious need for extensive
interagency coordination in this field due to shifting emphasis in agency
operations. Increasingly CIA is doing the substantive work in this field
while the Air Force, due to reorganizations and shifting emphasis in its
work, to an increasing extent has been going o4 of the business.
8. The subcommittee feels its work would benefit from ONI representation
on the SC. This has been brought up before, but ONI has never designated a
committee representative. During the past year ONI has withdrawn from active
participation in 2 other SC's and may not feel that it can furnish a man for
IM&ES. However, in the case of the Chemicals SC, ONI named an "Observer", and
for Electronics and Telecommunications named a "Consultant". Some such
arrangements might be made for this SC, enabling the SC to draw on Navy support,
if required.
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9. This subcommittee has also been concerned about the review of external
research projects, feeling that it was not enough to look at the proposal, say
OK, and then forget it. The particular external research project considered in
their field was a phased Air Force Planning Study on Soviet Heavy Machine
Building Industry. Phase I of this project was primarily designed to derive
patterns of inputs by process analysis and was to be followed by Phase II, an
analysis of the industries' products utilizing the process inputs developed in
Phase I. The SC questioned the availability of data to insure reasonable
accuracy in the Phase I study, and felt that Phase II should not be undertaken
until a careful look could be given to the results of Phase I. The Phase I
report was not yet finished when the AF had to contract for Phase II.
The SC discussed this project at some length with AF representatives,
and while it has been indicated that there is still considerable flexibility
in the Phase II contract -- so that any suggestions the SC desired to make
could be considered -- there is apparently considerable SC feeling that some
change is needed in the present procedure for coordination of government-
sponsored external research, if maximum benefits and minimum costs to the
government are to be ensured.
This is not a NEW problem as far as external research is concerned --
part of the problem stems from receiving over-all research programs in "bits
and pieces", as they are ready for contracting (such as the several Air Force
projects bearing on the construction of Soviet industry-process-models) with-
out any review of the over-all program or the relationship between the over-all
projects and the "bits and pieces". Part of the problem also appears to be
that when new analytical techniques are being developed and tested, there is
a natural reluctance to approve the new methods, and a general feeling that
known deficiencies in data may introduce unmeasurable bias, or error, in the
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results, so that estimates arrived at by the newer techniques would be
unacceptable to the rest of the community.
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