ORR DIARY, 5 JANUARY 1952

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000400290123-0
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 123
• Publication Date: January 5, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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SECURITY INFOI ATION
ORRRR Di , .5 Jam 1952 (AD/RR information unless otherwise stated)
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NOTICE OF STAFF MEETING *
*
A staff meeting to continue the review of ORR
* projects will be held at 2:30 p.m., on Monday, 7 January
* 1952 in the D/Z Conference Room. Projects of D/A will *
* be considered first, and those of D/Z will be taken up *
* if time permits. *
OADRR:' Messrs. MET WITH the BOARD of
NATIONAL ESTIMATES and the IAC representatives TO DISCUSS
TEF1. S OF REFERENCE and ALLOCATION of PRODUCTION RESPONSIBILITY
FOR SIEb3, "RMBARGO AND BLOCKADE AGAINST COMMUNIST CHINA."
(2-1/2 hrs) (4 Jan)
CONSULTED CONCERNING the
NATIONAL INCOME AND MILITARY EXPENDITURES OF TTIE USSR, US,
AND UK FOR the years 1945@51. Estimates for 1949?51 were
mRiAbled- and furnished o 5 Ainformal basis. (4 hrs) (4 Jan)
INTERROGATED A Soviet D MCTOR
with regard to Soviet national income and financial accounts.
23AiV` hre) (4 Jan) 25X1A
CONSULTED Messrs. of OCD
CONCERNING the possible ADOPTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL REGISTER
PRODUCT CODE AS the standard INDUSTRIAL AND COMMODITY CLASSIFIA
S4WN FOR ORR. (1 hr) (.4 Jan)
ATTENDED MEETING OF the R PROCEDURE SURC01 ITTEE
AND PRESENTED ITTTFLLIGENCE CONCERNING alleged SOVIET PEPTETRA-
TIOTI OF the VIENNA TECIITTISCIIPPN HOCHSCHULE, for which license
export applications are pending; approval was deferred Pend-
ing dispatch of a'State cable to,Vienna requesting odnfirma-
tion of such allegations, The CIA REPRESENTATIVE ABSTAINED
25X6 FROM taking a POSITIOPT OPT EXPORT QUOTAS for 1952 FOR AUSTRIA
ON COPPER REFINERY SHAPES AND SCRAP, AND ARTIFICIAL GRAP
25X6 ELECTRODES.
ending since October, 1950, were approved
upon presentation of 'evidence that future activities of this
firm would be carefully scrutinized by FEDREP and HICOG
authorities. (2 hre) (4 Jan)
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ATTENDED the' DEBRIEFING at the State Department
(OIR) OF Mr. Edward Wilkinson,; ECONOMIC OFFICFR A;TD ATTACHE
AT THE US EMBASSY IN C-,'T: r'IIAGEN. THE DISCUS yION DEALT ':ITH.
the FCO?TOMIC SITUATION OF DFr1kRK ITT GENERAL AND WITH the
following questions of. special interest to A/E: DET7.11ARK'S
continuing NEGOTIATIONS FOR POLISH COAL in the face of Poland's'
unrelenting insistence on bartering her coal against Danish
deliveries of American-made automobile parts; DA*'ISTI ESORT
CONTROLS$ the DANISH ATTITUDE IF COCOM meetings; DANISHHLACK
PFX~K'THUSIASM FOR TT DEF?'rlSE EFFORT. (1-1/2 hrs) (4 Jan)
ATTENDED the DEBRIEFING at the State Department
OF 111r. Edward J. Thrasher, AMERICAN VICE CONSUL IF BEEN,
SWITZERLAND. The discussion provided a good picture of a
number of economic and political problems of Switzerland but
yielded very little new information on the question of export
2cr 1tola. (1-1/2 hrs) (4 Jan
ATTENDEDa MEETING OF a working group of the
OPERATING COMMITTEE WHICH DISCUSSED proposals for (a) RESTATE-
MENT OF US EXPORT POLICY TOV-ARD FRIENDLY COUNTRIES, and (b) a
REVISION OF THE US SECURITY EXPORT CONTROL LISTS to reflect the-
US policy and licensing practices. (3 bra) (4 Jan)
Messrs. (MIS) ATTENDED A T,9EETINTG of
the Solid Fuels Subgroup of the Working Group ONNIE?566
IT LAS THE CONSENSUS THAT COAL NEED NOT BE INCLUDED ITT THE
STUDY. (1 hr) (4 Jan)
2 1ALewis A. Jeff Jr. TARGET RESEARCH, AFOIN, CALLED ON
W) IN REGARD TO COPPER S'.IELTERS AND REFINERIES
IN WESTERN GFRIANY. (1 hr) (4 Jan)
25X1A
(We). VISITED Mr. George Stek, ONI, TO GET DATA
25X1ARUSSIAN MERCHANT SRIPMENTS. - (1..l/2 hrs) (3 Jan)
(M/P) DISCUSSED the condition of the SYNTHETIC
REFINERIES IN WESTERN. GEP ANY WITIT Mr. John Tannhaueer,
Petroleurm Division, MUTUAL SECURITY ADIRINISTRATION. (2 hrs)
(4 Jan)
(S/TR) ATTENDED a DEBRIEFING OF Major Ross Mitchell
'ho has recently returned from &tour of duty as. AIR ATTACHE
IN ANKARA. Valuable INFORPNATION WAS OBTAINED ON BOTH CIVIL
AND MILITARY AVIATION' IN TURKEY ARID BULGARIA. (4 hrs) (2 Jan)
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D /S Continued
(S/TR) AT the REQUEST of Cmdr. Daniel Harrington
,
SUPPLIED ONI WITH SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE PORT CLEARANCE
CAPACITIES OF DAIREN AND VLADIVOSTOK. (1/4 hr) (3 Jan)
(S/TR) PROVIDED Mr. Moehler of OPC ITII DATA RE-
2WAING SOVIET FAR FASTER RAILROAD P.'IAP95X1c1/4 Imo) (3 Jan)
of ONE OBTAINED FROTA Messrs
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(S/TR) INFOR.TATIOITT ON the CAPACITY AND TRAFFIC OF TH , PORTS
OF -DAIREN AND PORT ARTHUR and DATA ON TIIC CLEARANCE CAPACITY
25'1JHE RAILROAD FROM DAIREN, (25 min) (3 Jan)
(S/TR) SECURED INFOR'.1ATION ON I17DIAN CIVIL AVIATION
POLICY AND OPERATIONS FROM Mr. Edward Bolster, Chief, Foreign
Air Division, ;Bureau of Air Operations, CIVIL AEROITAIJTICS
LARD. Mr. Bolster has just returned from a conference with
Indian officials at which a bilateral air transport agreement
1 nforrrdally discussed. (2-1/2 hrs) (3 Jan)
(S/TR) MET WITH the Y,ORKING PARTY OF the ETC SUB-
COMMITTEE on TRANSPORTATION to continue CONSIDERATION OF
(1) COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF MERCHANT SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
CONCERNING THE SOVIET BLOC, and (2) the IMPACT OF SHIPPING
CONTROLS ON 1 ESTFRN EUROPE AND TIIE SOVIET BLOC. Considerable
2 ''P/.reas was made. (2-1/4 hrs) 4
T~n)
(S/0) CONSULTED WITH OCI, IN REGARD
TO CHINESE COMMUNIST ECONOMIC PROGRAMS AID the ROLE OF SOVIET
TECHNICIANS AND SINO-SOVIET COMPANIES IN COflMtHTIST CIIINA.
(1/4 hr) (3 Jan) 25X1A
Dir.Leigh, OPC, CALLED OF Messrs. (S/TF)
FOR INFORMATION ON the CURRENCY, EXCHANGE RATES, AND PRICE
LEVELS OF SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST. (1 hr) (3 Jan)
(S/TF) CALLED ON Mr. Siegel, Depart ant of COMJMERCE,
TO DETERMINE Ti1E EXTENT OF THEIR UORK T?ITTI COCOM TRADE
STATISTICS. Comerce will soon be able to supply all COCOM
statistics, which will be in tabular form generally useful
to S/TF and D/A. (1 hr) (3 Jan)
Balance of ORR - Nothing to report
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