Sanitized Approved For Release 9 42 2 5 6 5 3 6c I I emu 3 6 I SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE m RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 1959 200-58 1 July 1953 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE peg p v 3 s of Sanitized - Approved For Reiease Sanitized - Approved For Refease WARNING This material'contains information a ecting the National inefense or the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws Title 18 Secs 793 and 794 the trans- IIHSsion or revplation of which in any manner to an unauthoxgized person is prohibited by law Sanitized - Approved For Reiease Sanitized - Approved For Release SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 1959 200- 58 Ju1y1958 ENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Scientific Intelligence Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release CIA-RDP61-00391R000100320004-1 OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE - FOREWORD The Office of Scientific Intelligence is responsible for establishing and maintaining on the basis of the national intelligence objectives and other national security requirements the Agency intelligence research and production program in the field of scientific and technical intelligence The approved 081 research and production program for FY 59 is presented herein The divisional sections are prefaced with a discussion of the specific intelligence responsibilities of the division and an indication of those substantive research areas to receive special emphasis during the fiscal year The individual research projects are presented in detail with an indication of manhour expenditure during the fiscal year to show relative office effert Projects are numbered consecutively with a prefixed division indicator Numbers not appearing in the program are of projects that have been completed or cancelled The majority of these research projects are in direct support of the 081 Long Range Intelligence Research Plan derived from the Priority National Intelligence Objectives contained in DCID 1f3 Other work which is scheduled by this Programincludes contributions to NIS's and support of the collection effort All projects are pregrammed to fill current gaps in our intelligence coverage They are established on the basis of intelligence needs and not necessarily on the basis of information available Any project may be reoriented deferred or cancelled when such action is warranted A project may be cancelled for lack of sufficient information only after all feasible avenues of approach have been thoroughly explored The Progress Report is used as a mechanism to insure that at stated intervals varying from three months to one year an assessment will be made of all projects - The Progress Report summarizes the intelligence research accomplished within indication of progress to date or reasons for lack of progress lt-als'O'may be used as a means of preposing changes Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release in the originall terms of reference and for recommending deferment or termination The content of thia Program was reviewed and its adoption recommended at meetings of the OSI Intelligence Board during June 1958 I 25X1A93 1 Juiy 1953 as 3 ant rector Scientific Intelligence Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release Estimated Distribution of Total Manhours by Activity_ I Support Training to 7% Collection 13% Super-'- vision 5% Coordination Research of Activities and ldministration PrOduCti on 38% 4% cave and Holidays 12% Intelligence I Maintenance 1 5% OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE Fiscal Year1959 Chart 1 av Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release I CIA-RDP61-00391 R000100320004-1 INTERNAL USE ONLY Estimated Distribution of Manhoure Pz odu'ctioq by A ct'iv - i Divi'srional Research Projeete i 14% Of ine Rieh ea'r ch Projects 4% -- National Intelligence Estimates - 3% 1 National Intelligence Surveys 5% Current Intelligence Support 3% Briefings 3% Special Periodic Reports by ED and F981 1% 6% Total - 33% OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC Fiscal Year 1959 Chart 2 vi INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY Estimated Distribution of Manhoure for Re search and Production by Subject Nuclear Weapons Power and Propulsion 6 3% Guided Missiles Earth 7 7% SatelliteB _ and Space Vehicles Electronics 4 3% Biological Warfare and Chemical Warfare 2 2% Air Naval Weapons 1 0% Medical Sciences 3 5% Fundamental Sciences and Resources 13 0% Total 38 0% OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE Fiscal Year 1959 Chart 3 - - vii CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY TAB LE 0F Page 1 Scheduled Intelligence Research and Production A Office Projects 1 0-4 Soviet Space Research Program - 3 0-5 Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense System 4 0-6 Soviet Nuclear Submarine Guided Missile Weapon 5 0 7 The Soviet Chemical Warfare Program 0-8 The Soviet Biological Warfare Program - Offensive and Defensive 6 0-9' Soviet Cybernetics 7 B Nuclear Energy Division NEDEstimate of the Production of 1 235 1 42 Location and Characteristics of Soviet Nuclear StockpileS'ites 1 43 Associations Between the Soviet Nuclear Weapons and Guided Missiles Programs 11 1-46 Atomic Energy Activities at Krasnoyersk1-49 The USSR Nuclear Power Program 12 l 50 Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions Research 12 - INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY l-Sl Soviet Research on Nuclear Propulsion for 1-56 Chief Directorate for Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy of the Council of Ministers 13 1-58 Lithium Metallurgy in the Soviet Union 13 1-64 Atomic Energy Program in Scandinavia 13' 1- 25X6A010 1-70 i '3 a I l 71 Soviet Japanese and U S Announcements of Soviet Nuclear Tests 15 1-72 Estimate of Soviet Plutonium Production 15 1 75 Uranium Ore and Metal Production in Communist 1 76 Soviet Nuclear Weapons DeveloPrnent Capabilities 15 1-79 Uranium Ore Production Operations in Bulgaria 16' 1-80 Uranium Ore Production Operations in Rumania Bulgaria Poland and Hungary 16 1-81 Characteristics of Soviet Nuclear Test Operations at meya Zem91ya North Island25x1 1 83 Soviet Methoda of Solvent Extraction of Irradiated Nuclear-Fuels 16- 1 84 Nuclear Research of Laboratory 1 85 Soviet Research on Important Non-Fieailo Refactor 1 86 Tabulation of Characteristics of Soviet Reso'airch Sanitized - Sanitized - Approved For Release CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY 1 87 Processing Ores of Nuclear Metals in the USSR 17 1-88 Atomic Energy Program in Belgium 14 1 89 Atomic Energy Programs in the Near East Turkey 1 90 Atomic Energy Program in Japan 14 1 91 Atomic Energy Program in Communist China 14 1-92 Atomic Energy Program in Hungary 14 1-93 An Analysis of't he Atomic Energy 1-394 An Analysis of the-Soviet Bloc Contributions 1-95 Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions Research in the Free World Excluding the U 1 96 Soviet Atomic Energy Activities in the Angersk 1-97 The French Nuclear Weapons Program 19 1-98 Summary of Evidence on Soviet Bloc High Yield 'Underground Explosions 19 1-99 Nuclear Warheeds for Air DefenseOther Scheduled Production 20 C Guided Missiles Division GMD2 2 Kapustin Yer Guided Missile Test Range Activities 25 2 13 Organizations and Installations Involved in the Soviet Guided Missiles Research and Development INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY 2 16 Technical Characteristics of Soviet Guided Missile Launching Sites 25 2-18 Soviet Surface-to Air Guided Missile Systems 25 2-19 Soviet Surface-to Surface Guided Missile Systems 26 2-20 Soviet Air-to-Surface Guided Missile System33 26 2-21 Soviet Air-touAir Guided Missile Systems 26 2-24 I TyuraLTam Missile Test Range Ac'ti-Viitties 2 7 2 26 Kapustin Yar Activity Poe sibly Related to ICBM Operations 27 2-2 Soviet Use of Exotic Fuels in Missiles - 27 1 43 Associations Between the Soviet Nuclear Weapons and Guided Missiles Programs 27 Other Scheduled Production l 28 Electronics Division EDTechnical Services 3 3 Correlation of Soviet Electronics Equipmeth in Current Use with Soviet Research Institutes Laboratories and Personalities 31 3 41 Soviet Radar Research and Development 31 3-48 Soviet Planning Direction and Control of Important Scientific Research in 31 3 50 Significant Research Activiti 32 25x1 cm xii INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release USE ONLY 3-56 Development and Application of -as a - Multinurpose Electronics System 32 2 Electronics I I a I 1 3-54 Status of Electronics Research and Development 3-57 Soviet Research and Development of Anti-L Electromagnetic Radiation Materials I 33 3-58 Soviet Research and Development Utilizing - Semiconductor Materials in Electron Devices other than Transistors and Diodes 33 3e59 Soviet Electronics Aids to Navigation 34 3 60 Soviet Research and Development of Noanetallic Magnetic Materials for Electronic Components 34 3 61 Soviet Magnetron Research and Development 34 3-62 Electronic Aspects of the Air Defense System 3 _63_ Soviet Developments in Ground Radar 35 3 Telecommunications 3-33 Relative Effect of Jamming and Other Causes of Poor Reception of U S International 13-51 The Sine-Soviet Bloc Radio Jamming System and Its Operational Capabilities3-64 Communications System and Capabilities of the Soviet Satellites 36 3-65 I Soviet Television Research and Development 36 - - Sanitized Approved For Release SECRETXCIA INTERNAL USE ONLY 3-66 Soviet MiCrowave Radio Communioationa 3-67 Broadcast Target Area Analysis 37 3 68 Soviet Very Low Frequency VLF Radio 4 ELINT 3- 6-9 ELINT Analysis Reports 38 5 Other Scheduled ProductionApplied Science Division ASD4 25 Trends in Soviet Research on OrganoPhoapjahorous 46 44' Soviet Bloc Research on Factors Affecting Aerosolized Microbiological Materials 43 4-38 Soviet Research on Foot-and--Mouth Diseaee 43 4-39 Soviet Potential in Bio-engineering for the Production of Bacterial Toxins for 4 41 A Study of Soviet Meteorological Techniques Used in Investigating Atmospheric Conditicina in Industrial and Heavily Populated Areas es 45 4-42 Soviet Research on Aerosols and Aerosol Dissemination of Possible Military 4-55 Footrand-Mouth Disease as a Soviet Antiliveetock Weapom 44 4 56 The BW Capabilities of the Soviet Europeanj Sanitized - Approve SEC R000100320004-1 Sanitized - Approved For Release - R000100320004-1 INTERNAL USE ONLY 4 57 Soviet Arthropod Borne BW Agents 44 4w58 Soviet Research Related to the Development of 46 4 59 The CW Program of the Soviet European 46 2 Weapons 4-350 Sea Keeping Ability and Stability of Ships and 47 4 60 Soviet Flight Test Activities 44-61 Soviet Rocket Propulsion for' Ai fcreftOther Scheduled ProductionMedicineomaionmo 49 5-23 Communist China's Capabilities and Potentialities inMedicalSciencee 51 5 2 4 Satellite Capabilities and Potentialitiee 5 25 Soviet Research on Radiological Safety 51 5-26 Soviet Behavioral Research 52 5 27 Soviet Research in Immunochemietry 52 5 28 Soviet Medical Aid to Non-Communist Countries 53 5 29 Soviet Capabilities and Potentialities in the ModicalSciencea 53 Other Scheduled Production 54 INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized ApproVed For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY G Fundamental Science Division FSDBiology 6-1 Soviet Bloc Research and Development on the Technological Factors Affecting Food 6-3 Soviet Basic Microbiological Research Relating to Microbial Genetics 58 6-14 Soviet Research in Basic Biology I 58 6-15 Soviet Research on Microbial Nutrition anjd MicrobialGrowth 58 6-16 Soviet Radiobiological Research Relating to the Utilization of Radio IsotoPes and Radiation Techniques in Biology and Agriculture 1 59 Other Scheduled Production 60 2 Chemistry 6 2 0 Soviet Research in Vacuum Metallurgy Soviet Research and Development on Special 61 6-35 Significance of Soviet Basic Research in Acetylene Chemistry p 37 Soviet Research on High Temperature Refgistant MetalsandAlloye 61 6 39 Soviet Free Radical Research and 'Its Posgsible Relation to Rocket Propulsion Systems 62 64 01 Soviet Research and Development on Cherpical Engineering Unit Operations Dietillatio 62 xvi- Sanitized Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL use ONLY 6-202 Soviet Research in Heat Transfer as Applicable to Obtaining Power from Nuclear Reactors 62 6 203 Soviet Research and Develolament of New ElectricBatteries 63 6 204 Soviet Research on Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Mass Transfer 63 6-206 Soviet Research in Chemical Kinetics 6-207 Soviet Research on Corrosion of Special Alloys 64 6- 208 Soviet Research on Dielectrics with Electra magnetic Properties Applicable to Nuclear and Guided Missile Fields 64 6-209 Soviet Research in High Temperature 0 0 0 9 I 0 6 210 Soviet Research in Hydrogen 65 6-211 Soviet Research in Ion Exchange Resin 6-212 Soviet Research in Isotope Separation 65 6 2l3 Soviet Metallurgical Research on Low Temperature Effects 66 6 214 Soviet Research on Rare Earths - Separation and UtilizationOther Scheduled 67 3 Geophysics 6- 51 Soviet Cloud Physics Research and Weather 6-56 Soviet Upper Atmosphere Researchxvii - INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized - Approved For Release i Sanitized - Approved For Release CIA-RDP61-00391R000100320004-1 INTERNAL USE ONLY 6-58 Soviet Capabilities in Permafrost Science 6 8 6-405 Recent Developments in Soviet Geochemistry 68 6-406 Soviet Bloc Developments in Geomagnetic 6 407 Current Soviet Progress in Arctic GeoPhysical 6-409 Soviet Longwperiod Weather Forecasting 69 6 410 Sino Soviet Bloc Oceanographic Research Ships Their Facilities and Capabilities 69 6 413 Soviet Numerical Weather Predict-tang a a a I a a 6-414 Soviet Astronomical Research Related to 6-415 Soviet Bloc Oceanographiq'Research during the'International Geophysical Year 70 6-416 Soviet Geophysical Exploration by Gravimetric 6-417 Current Soviet Progress in Antarctic Geophysical Other Scheduled ProductionPhysics- Mathematics 6 61 Soviet Research on Acoustic Underwater 6-68 Significance of Nuclear Physics Research at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research 73 6-602 Soviet Research on Elementary Particle Sanitized R000100320004-1 Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY 606 soviet HighuEnergy Particle Accelerators-II 73 6-607 Recent Soviet Research in Quantum Field 74 6-611 Recent Soviet_ Activitiee in the Theory and Technology of High-Speed Digital Computers 74 6 612 Soviet Bloc Infrared Research 6 613 Soviet Research on Plasma Physics 75 6- 614 Soyiet Bloc Research and Development on Infrared Optical Materials 75 6-615 Soviet Research on Switching Theory 75 Other Scheduled Production 76 5 Scientific Resources 4 20 Moscow Higher Technical Institute I a I a I a 6 75 Current Trends in Soviet Higher Education 77 6-85 Utilization of Engineering and Scientific ManpowerintheUSSR6 89 Current Trends in Planning Control and Organization of Soviet Science 77 6 701 Scientific Environment in the USSR 78 6 03 Research in Soviet Higher Educational Institutions Extent Control and 6-703 Strength and Effectiveneeatof the Chinese Communist Academy of Sciences in Organizing Fundamental Research 78 xix- Sanitized - Approved For Release Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY 6 04 Growth of Soviet Scientific Facilities 78 6-1 05' Role of Soviet Scientists in the Formulation of Party and Governmental Policy 79 6- 06 Soviet Education in Chemist er and Chemical 6-70 The Quality of Soviet Graduate Programs-3i in 6- 08 Soviet Progress in Developing Means of Dieseminating Scientific and Technical 6 709 Relocation of Research Facilities Other Scheduled Production 81 6 Special Projects I 6-73 Quality of Scientific Research in the cssri 32 6 92 Current Soviet Scientific Resehrch Indicative of Possible Technological 6-93 Soviet Leadtime from Initial Research to6-97 A Survey of Soviet Research in the Field of Non Linear Mechanics 84 Other Scheduled Production 85 II-xx Sanitized - Sanitized - Approved For Release INTERNAL USE ONLY II Summary of Manhour Allocation B C A Explanatory Notes for Tables 86 Table I Estimated Distribution of Manhoure by Division and Activity 87 Table 11 Estimated Distribution of Manhoure for Research and Production 88 xxi SECRETICIA INTERNAL USE ONLY Sanitized - 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