LETTER TO THE HONORABLE SINCLAIR WEEKS FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000800010045-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: March 12, 1957
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000800010045-6
is cisir eehs
of Commerce
on, D. C.
Dear SlAclair:
letter of I U;
?.AR 1957
rt of hi. trip through the Soviet
is of any" staff.
ur covet as well as certain of his geasgal
t),.,. a-__
y interested to read r. BIAUI-10116 s...-
ttdmratienx on the s tlati.. of
s you may mow. I have said on several
_ _ a _ ?
*r ors of the Sov et lea ere was
cmhw* ma tt a educatt -
d
an
peopls from actress to the rest tte5 the
the epport*ltY to read this report.
.',:
'"Vey * y appreciation to Mr.
incesttly.
SIGNED
All" W- Dies
Direct
or
Orig
wd
1
"
.
- Addressee
2 DCI
~- - DUCT
2 _ ADS
(12 March 1957)
COICU :
STAT
Acting -i
Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000800010045-6
 Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000800010045-6
ITS ON Mk. k Lp"HA~AjXjrt ?`-,
0010M ssdts +,
"aam.
arts srss at y s artsd s
w of jtr&da& r. it
is not IT** t* 00 SOst USIOU
lid ions
bv* now d& reo s
MY TRIP TfI t U5
Y t~a- toy + errs tbs e
T bosom" a IWOMsM a,
list d k *M WUI P"- _....h.
t"LaUL*g sates arsdarssa s ar i ~t +dt~s
mumselmas 40 ##at* #I
ssduas ON MY r,
its
Its' CM 4 Ith aat 't
Mug 4-,V
Mr. * i a. 1*
x resssd with c a ip &a d
Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000800010045-6
 Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000800010045-6
`as Compared
it seems clear
e .?t4+!? OZA not rspr&mArata,t? -
to t ee Leh he visited, tbo agricatt sa ss f
or
'MY would not be as merest a problem for thae SOv yet
have little Choice in tus
Matter. In the past few
Party s is".
wishes of the State.
1 1 a rt of the a as.s for workers toiv~issiitrest homes -- such as
~,,on the suck des - the. '*itts are expeno3 _ a.LSd th
ri .~~.
e pe
is
l
t
-.,.
re
a
ively high when compared with hii low wegea.
-a e of .. r
s "'Am"md to such rest lsems, is limit
%r * barre bean replaced by
are more Politically rue#yoastve to the
ae caul AW* by ouiy a se""vely sawn
chasm terta.d Soviet soet*ty as one that
eLr to succee4- (page 35). At the pies time.
PSsu -s -eing mar* gy strut fi>ed
Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000800010045-6
 Approved For Release 2003/04/22: CIA-RDP80B0l676R000800010045-
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: Acting Deputy Director /Intelligence
SUBJECT: Comments on Ralph Blaikie's Report,
"My Trip Through Russia"
1. It is suggested that the enclosed letter for your signature
be forwarded to Secretary Weeks. The comments of my staff on
Mr. Ralph Blaikie's report of his trip through the Soviet Union
are attached to the letter to Secretary Weeks.
2. You will see that our comments on Mr. Blaikie's
observations are generally favorable, although certain of his
broad conclusions regarding Soviet agriculture and Soviet in-
dustrial progress are clearly in error.
STAT
OTTO E. G HE
Assistant Di Vector
Research and Reports
Enclosure:
Letter to Secretary Weeks,
with enclosure.
Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP80B01676R000800010045-6