EIC CONTRIBUTION TO NIE 11-6-56 CAPABILITIES AND TRENDS OF SOVIET SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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• Document Page Count: 23
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1998
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• Publication Date: June 13, 1956
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EIC CONTRIBUTION TO N1E 11-6-56
CAPABILITIES AND TRENDS OF SOVIET SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
EICAP-4
13 June 1956
This material contains information affecting
the National Defense of the United States
within the meaning of the espionage laws,
Title 18, USC, Sacs. 793 and. 794, the trans-
mission or revelation of which in any manner
to an unauthorized person is prohibited by
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This contribution to ME 31-6-56, "Capabilities and Trend::, of
Soviet Science and Technology"9 was prepared at the request of the
Scientific Estimates Committee and the Office of National Estimates
for use by th a SEC in the preparation of its draft of NU 11-6-56.
The contribution is responsive to spL-cif is questions or topics indicated
in the Terms of Reference, dated 3 April 1956 and is not inten,ed.as an
independrznt report.
This contribution was drafted in. CIA/ORR, and informally coordinated
by the EIO. The CIA/ORR draft was distributed to the EIC representatives
of the IAC agencies, with a request for concurrence or suggested changes.
The suggested changes were either taken into account in the present
revision, or noted therein. The limited time available did not, permit
further coordination.
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1) design and -.onstruction of the article and working out of tech-
nological processes of its manufacture
2 designs construction, and working out of technological :)rocess
Of Manufacture of special instruments and special appli maces
3) working out and documentary preparation of norms for la )or,
t:---P nditure of materials and complilation of normative -alculatiolms
testing of naterials;, sr mif abricates, instruments and at)pliances
for the production of new types of articles
) cost of articles used as models (minus proceeds from th,:ir sale
'tr use
6) gating of experimental articles, including expenses fo::? correct..
:rag defects revealed in testing
modifying technical docurientation upon transition into ieries
or mass production
F1 replanning, modification, and adjustment of equipment, :n
t:onnection with organization of production of new types of
apt:?ticles
d.:iffe. ence between actual. and planned cost of production of
":.rst experimental model (or first lot" of this article.
FPhe funds for these activities come from revenue obtained from one or
both of two sources: l) Bud get allocations, and 2) Revenues obtain ~d from
.;ale of outputs It would appear that the bulk of these activitis s are
c ~n -;call yr r .imhurse3. since all inm:rovements and inventions of interest to an
r? ~t;rc?e branch of industry or of national, immrcmorta.nce as well as those for
wzaich t . a cost would have an unrea:-3or,,.,j1ole :Influence on the price of tie
sa :?oeitict are supported by the budget. The allocations for these activities
: R r. part of tthosee for Financing the National Economy.. The Soviets s;ive no
ct i idication as to the size of these expenditures. Within the e. Ltegory,
the National Economy, the size of certain subcategories are announced
amid c-thers can be estimateed, leaving a residual which includes these ?~eroduct
t >zryl.eapr: a costs as wall, as se2eraLl other types of expenditures. Wh:f.le it
Possible to differentiate M Ong the components of the resic.ual, a
s g eat :.a~mx of the m: ,nitud.e of exr !ndjt;ures required for product deve_'opm nt
a _-n be gained from US analogy., The 1957 US .Rudge:t indicates that the
i pat?s mmm t, of i"ensea e~xpenditlr,ea for product development (prototype.. and
i~a?_ rae for to st and evaluation
, facilities for experimental production,
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