INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000200050020-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: November 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

I-IMITSMIL 'iACHT:IERY X'M E;.-M7 ~3T
Freguenaof Meeotingt lh in FY 1955
SC Members
aal a :L Valuable?
Continue?
Yes - but not,
more than
bimonthly
Yes - has Yes - monthly
produced a
number of
valuable studies'
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Yes - valuable Yes
contacts
Yes - has provided Yes
mechanism for bring-
ing together all
parts of community
having an interest
in ind. macho and
equip. Responsible
analysts have been
brought in touch
with each other.
Prepared. a number
of reports covering
agreed estimates in
machinery area. Has
undertaken thorough
review of substantive
reports prepared by
IAC members conduct.
ing research on
capital equipment.
Future Work? Faults?
Cantact,s informa- Too much emphasis
tion and provide on general education
agreed estimates and on seminar
as needed; research methodso
gaps*
As set forth in None
Annual Report
Reconciliation of
differences too
time consuming.
Difference in
agenciese interests
between "capacity"
and "production"
esti,natese
Completion of No major faults;
review of publish. CVI representation
ad.research; prior- would be desirable;
ity research de- need high level
ficiencies; define representation from
"capacity"; improve an agen cie s E,,
methodology and
research integra-
tion
P y
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SC'' ~Hembers
Era. ua;. o i Valuable? ems Future Work?
Well worth Should be
while - adbrice continued
given has been
readily accepted
and utilized to
maximum extent
possible
Se bcoanta ttee's Evaluation of Itself (From Annual Report) t
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Faults?
Would be helpful if
various agencies
positions and con-
clusions on agenda
items could be cir-
culated ahead of
time.
"There is no question but that the subcommittee has made a useful contribution to
a Netter tlndersta ading?of Sino-Soviet Bloc,capital equipment trends. Moreover,
by providing a forum for discussion , there. is a better 'understanding of the special
problems of economic measurement in this field.. There is, as a result of the sub-
ence Community of
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t th
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cofcunittee's activi.ty, a wider knowledge throughou
the material available and its reliability, Analysts working in the same field
have been brought together to discuss common problems. The subcommittee members
are now much better informed concerning current research activities within the.
IAC agencies than heretofore and this should serve to reduce even further the
duplication of research effort.
"All members of the subcommittee have taken this responsibility seriously.
Attendance at meetings has been uniformly excellent and participants have been well
prepared. While the subcommittee feels that it has a first problem of placing a
large quantity of completed research in proper perspectives it views its function
as a continuing one of coordination and guidance in research planning.
".ta.the work load of the members remains the single most important impediment
to faster progress. This condition, almost certainly, will not be improved."
Secretariat's Evaluation of SC Activities,
to of our newest subcommittees and already one of the very best. The initiative
On
of the Chairman has been particularly important in developing an active program
for reconciliation of interagency differences and review of important papers. The
group is limited,, hotaover, by the fact that only two or three agencies are working
on many segments of this field of analysis9 Among these agencies, methodological
differences have glade agreement of many basic estimates extremely time-consuming
bit as a result of lengthy discussions,, substantial agreement has been arrived
at in a number of areas?
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Reco ended EIC Actic i
To commend the SC for its work to date and its Chairman for his initiative
and skill in "spear-heading" the SC's aetivitieso
2 To recd end to the SC that it explore: further the possibility of
minimizing methodological differences between agencies - particularly in
the critical utilization of Sino-Soviet announced statistics o
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