1 Approved For Release 2000 05 22 OCI 2156 59 PRL Guide No 164 'I Copy N' PERIODIC REQUlftE ENTS LIST PRL USSR 1 MAY-31 AUQUST 1959 ·· OFFICE OF CURRENt INTELLIGENCE CENTRAL INTELLIG NCE AGENCY NOT RELEASABLE O F Approved For Release 2000 05 T 2-u • J 200200006-7 204 C L 8 ft I S Approved For Release 2000 05 Z2 CIA-ROP62-00328A000200200006-7 OCI CIA PRL Guide No 164 USSR May - August 1959 FOREWORD 1 CIA-Periodic Requirements Lists PRL's which are prepared by the Office of Cµrrent Intelligence in CIA are designed to point up the information required fQr current intelligence coverage of significant developments during the 4-month period covered by each PRL 2 Coordination with the Department of State was initiated in 1958 and now includes the PRL'• for all the world areas a the USSR b European Satellites and Yugoslavia p We1'tern Europe d Near East Africa e ar East and f Latin America This coordination on all the world areas has strengthened the value of the PRL's since they now include current intelligence requirements from the Intelligence and Regional Burea1 1s of the State Department as well as those from the CIA Offices of Current Intelligence Research and Reports a d Scientific Intelligence In addition the PRL'• include major intelligence deficiencies noted in t le Post-Mortems of appropriate National lntelligenc Estimates NIE's approved by the US Intelligence Board USlB --the principal governing body for US intelligence agencies under the chairmanship of the Director of Central Intelligence Agency 3 The PRL's are disseminated to the collection components of all USIB agencies It is recognized that the Lists may in total present requirements beyond the mission and capabilities of any single collection facility Howevrel to the extent that the collector bas a capability it is hoped tha t these PRL'• will provide effective guidance for current intelligence reporting For those collectors who may not have access t-0 background information explanatory paragraphs have been submi tte l wi'th many of the requirements 1 4 To facilitiate and po• sibly expand the use of the PRL aJLl items contained he ein have been classified separately and bear one of the follovdng c lrassifications SECRET S SECRET NOFORN S NOFORN CONFIDENTIAL C CON 'IDENTIAL NOFORN C NOFORN OFFICIAL USE ONLY OUO and UNCLASSIFIED U o 5 or Comment• on the PRL' are encouraged and should be directed to a Chief Requirements Branch OCI CIA Room 2019 Que Building Cope 163 Extension 2181 b Chief Division of Intelligence Collection and Distribution ICD Department of Sta e 25X1A9a Chief Requirements Branch» Approved For Release 2000 05 22 CIA 'iQ P62-00328A000200200006-7 I MI R B F Approved For Release 2000 05 22 CIA-RDP62-00328A000200200006-7 PRL Guide No 164 ussR· May - August 1959 TABLE or CONTENTS PAGE Forewc rd i i Table Qf Cont-nts ii USSR I I II INTERNAL 1 FOREIGN POLICY 11 lJtI ECONOMIC 21 lCV MILITARY 3'i SCIENTIFIC 45 - i i V SOVIE'Jr BLOC I POLITICAL 5 9 · 1 1 ECONOMIC 6 5 III MILITARY 73 t -iii I 8 R I I i Approved For Release 2000 05 22 CIA-RDP62-00328A000200200006-7 · • Approved For Release 2000 05 22S Ql'A OPEi2-01'328A000200200006-7 PRL Guide No 164 May - August 1959 USSR Continued A Policy i Planning and Theory 1 1 Soviet General Economic Policy The best available indicator of Soviet general economic policy is contained in the Seven Year Plan for Economic development 1959-1965 adopted in February 1959 The plan 9 reportedly filling 28 volumes 9 has been made available to the West only in the summary version published in 8 pages of Pravda Furthermore as late as mid March 1959p an annual plan for 1959 has not yet bee published U a Any additonal information about economic goals for 1965 about the annual phasing of the Seven Year Plan objectives or about the progress of plan fulfillment in the early stages of the plan will be helpful in filling out present knowledge of Soviet economic policy U 2 National Economic Planning a Any information on the actual working in terms of the Seven Year Plan of the new procedures for the planning of investment whereby detailed investment plans are to be made up locally to comply with control figures for production passed down from the center U b Information relative to problems arising in connection with the census of fixed capital now scheduled for as of 1 January 1960 U Co Current changes in categorizations of investment in connection with the 1959 budgets 9 either USSR or republic U d New changes in economic administrative regional· boundaries their consolidation 9 or creation of echelons between the sovnarkhozy and RSFSR Council of Ministers should be reported U e Any information about the supply sales -snab-sbyt-system and especially any changes introduced as a result of the reorganization of industrial managemento U -21Approved For Release 2000 05 22 I Mt-Ffufltifoo's28A000200200006-7 Approved For Release 2000 0l 2i 1• 2-00328A000200200006-7 PRL Guide No 164 May - August 1959 USSR Continued III A ' §QQNOMIC Continued Policy Planning and Theory 3 Continued conomic 'l'heory The _proposed formation of an Academy of Economics suggests t b at the role of economists in economic planning ancl decision making 1may be enhanced U a Information regarding current discuss ll ons on problems st1 1ch as criteria of investment choice price policy programs and incentives for technologic innovation and the adequacy of existing ·value measures of performance should be re ported because they highlitht current problems and may indicate the probable direction of futu i-e policy o U b Under present circumstances information on the background l cof individual economists is of increasing importance hence biograp hical and career dates should be reported U B• Agriculture 1 Information is desired on total sown acreage in the USSR and the acreage devoted to the various crops in 1959 U 2 What are the crop prospects in the Soviet Union in 1959 especia lly in those areas in which prospects are·· either substantially above o r below average U 3 Are there indications that the administration of Soviet agriculture may be decentralized in the near future and the Ministry of Agriculture abolished U 4 How much gain in efficiency js being real i zed in Soviet agriculture by collective farm ownership and operation of their own machinery as opposed to MTS ownership and operation of the machinery U s What prices are to be paid by the state in purchasing the various agriculture products from collective farms in 1959 U 6 To what extent is the two-stage method of harvesting small grains decreasing harvesting losses U -22- Approved For Release 2000 0S 1 Cc1Jl-1 fi u is2-00328A000200200006-7 Approved For Release 2000 05 22g il Ac Rqf -'½0328A000200200006-7 PRL Guide No 164 May - August 1959 USSR Continued Illa ECONOMIC Bo Continued Agriculture Continued 7 The seven year plan 1959-65 makes reference to a proposal to make better use of highly fertile land in the zone of stable rainfall in the European USSR U a Does this imply the initiation of a pecific program to accomplish this end e go a program similar in scope to the new lands program U b Or is the proposal purposely only in vague general terms with no particular large scale program being planned U So The seven-year plan makes reference to the necessity of achieving increased labor productivity in agriculture U a Do the Soviets expect to reduce the Soviet agricultural labor force substantially in the near future U C Agricultural Machinery Production 1 The'so viet Seven Year Plan stipulates the ever-increasing employment of mechanical means in the harvesting of agricultural crops Yet the production of corn harvesting combines has steadily and inexplicably declined in the face of a quantitatively in adequate park of these machines The USSR produced 19 9 000 and 12 1 400 corn harvesting combines respecti ely 9 in the two six-month periods of 1957 In 1958 only 6 9 100 units were produced at least 6 000 of which were produced in the first ix months The acreage de voted to cornr meanwhile continues to increase The possibility exists that the 'eduction in combine output reflects unsuspected shifts in priority between machines for agriculture and machines for other purposes rather than a temporary cessation of production pending the development of a more satisfactory model ao Information which might provide an explana tion for use in the agricultural M8 ' ' hine building contribution to the forthcoming Soviet NIE is desir do U -23- s E C R E T Approved For Release 2000 05 22 CIA-RDP62-00328A000200200006-7 Approved For Release 2000 05d2 g e1ftaRiP¥-00328A000200200006-7 PRL Guide No 164 May - August 1959_ USSR Cfontinued ECONOMIC Continued III C Agricultural Machinery Production Continued 2 The Soviet Seven Year Plan did not provide quantitative output data for any major type of agricultural machine except grain combines 400 000 units Khrushchev stated in December 1958 that pl11 ns for agricultural machinery production awa itEtd estimates of agric ulture's requirements He did not indicate just when the estimate1 s would be completed U a Do unit production plans now exist for other major tyJpes of agricultural machines such as comines f o r corn sugar beets a nd ensilage crops cotton pickers and tractor--drawn and tractor-111ounted plows drills cultivators and movers U b Seven Year Plan data on these and other agricultural machines is desired as quickly as possible a f ter it becomes availablH U D Chemicals and Chemical Equipment Production 1 A part of the credit for the successful launching of the S viet earth satellites and moon rocket has been given to the developm e nt of synthetic fuels U a What fuels and oxidizers are used in Soviet missiles-••·•-particularly in the Soviet ICBM and satelUL te types U 2 Khrushchev has stated several times ill recent months tha t the USSR has ample supplies of atomic bombs and wo uld stop production of fissionable material for weapons purposes S a Because chemical inputs offer one of the best indicators of output of fissionable material informa tion is desired on produc tion and consumption of the following key materials fluorspar hydrofluoric acid fluorine lithium ores and compounds metallic calcium and calcium chloride S 3 The USSR has started to export fluorspar to Japan C a What grades and amounts are being shipped C Is there any evidence of additi ona l Soviet or other raw materials that may be used in the Soviet atomic energy program such as lithium ore or h igh purity calcium chloride C b trade in· nuorspar -24Approved For Release 2000 05 22 CIA-RDP62-00328A000200200006-7 SECRET