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“P' ~! i Sanitized -Approved CIA-RDP62-00328A000100190001-5 EDIC`ID S37 Control. No, 487551 i July 1958 M&NO tA1IDUN FOR: Econoa c Defense Intelligence C iittee l6`fJ FROM : (ainitn FDIC ~, SUBJECT : The Tire Industry in the Sino-Soviet Bloc REFERENCE : FDIC Case No. 291, & CR ;T 1c?he attached intelligence document has been prepared by CIA in r esponeo to the reforoncad ERIC CC o No. 29 initiated by the partment of CoLmercen It is ncr:t ftstribu.' d for review and acceptance by EDIC members. 2e, If no request for consideration of this document in an EDIC meeting is received before the close of bus: ess 25 July 1958 it will be regarded as approved and the ,gage will be oloaedo 25X1A9a Attachment: The Tire Industry in the Sino'Soviet Bloc Distribution: Cat B m (3$ 8, 10) D - (All) E? 1 25X1A9a Deputy Director Coordination) ~'Ltf~G _9Lf as ?s m mu Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP62-00328A000100190001-5 Sanitized - Approved For ..- -RDP6240328A000100190001-5 .E.DIOt`''1O 37 Control Nom 48,652 16 duly 1.958 The uS tht other .d otri al country c e in the Sino=8eviet Bloc p rade .4.3 a l l t y as of a r ' . t - L ag r w ., 6 ng fivn. scootr r si:"s` d motorcycle lises up to :taa:rge tir*s ? s~ , for heavy- uck;a., rind ez hn.over3o l x.3 7,3,5 7 ? total Sine-Soviet Bl,.rw, produc' M1i..',on, I C o1 fag al r a t and ;fsot.,,or@,".',pi c f.o ' : 1"Jepj waa Mar.", '''ta an 20 Milli= 'ix?7.a,i:e an inavea; a of 94 percent over 3.95/0 pz oec a ct z o , In f y P '~e of this e n ther e : t fl a sts a deficit of s,_',..'f .3 g3 . ??A ~ F? the 3.3 d c k u a whole n 1,/1' In R,rdor bo overcome this dof i ciend y9 zla:-c plane cap s?or the first t .a Ana and were a .U report- g: '?a : ~~ a s i~,:c~ a` y ccr t ~.` ?v; ~" oral either Chinese plants w nufactm e a f oz of tire :, :achinex The C resin 2ouc cod in April 1956 that "the u~u t i ac:reas o the i bsr of -types of :Oecbber rye, ~' ' ~.'~~.~~~ ~- at and molds for :xto ob cycle;, and ow?t ',hest, never fearing cc l dt ,, so that after two years w ll ll brasica: y be able to p3rodnce an rubber equips ento It ;,ears to be a good &iaas that the tar goal for salf-.s 'fioie y in ~'rt bum r s ipii ie3 wrer optimistic,, a. that China will oontin to depend en irrcpor ` s or the more complex t rp s of machinery arvailable. There is no on to doubt;, that? given the necessary priority., the U331. heavy agt`i?p?wc nt indasury could produce in.odern,y etc= tea tireking a~ nery The cbso Q a cence of r cdels cwr it1y produced and they problem incurred in the dwiLp of ue z odels is attributable largely to the pwasLmably lost this type of mac., ny:~rry ,in he Soviet ec=axz w:ri?4.h ? G 2~ ti~aa.~r ' :bes itz; re search zmad 3'i"os dr tion of or on the o Ricn of it a..a?.t ry and supporting ind wrieew and delays additic :al : sim-s'??z . ? ;s in lose r t ?:w 1~~ e w~w'`L'mrt, '.d3"ald7 gla-ios as long their s 2w . a;,f=?wings do not with pay iority projee t,s or Unduly rope. '421(m) cevo =r -:~ p?og ?es o of ? , se e Iona y.3 The r. ady availability of Western t?i t 2!zbag egtCx,~pient of the latest design . such as is now wtixel~ro, sas., 1a~~~ng 5 ~ipg by US .M . '~S +.l 1< -9:tJ,gt'uOf~: ~:.~:~ ) :~..* f nc~" .s..~_:,a.. ?$mj a,:~2t '~5~. .'.t~ U~~ - ~ ~'taD a number of the tar&%a t tag di f i culties ? n o-"wA er by 5crv-t,:et tire manufac- turing, ..1r dnst:3: ~.es0 There to zzgple p r:~tL'L~ h1't~ for ase'c.?l :'.1g; ,hay G Russian engineers tdi c sa ~~ ,! cow ,c a nGr rwth lacy and ass = sW!sy :des reas d ' oni h I$ st oznd p a w~.'? 2z) p in t o r' n nts in ' ' :,,e~+5enN quantities [`3 ?e F4''+~~Ving Ir. "i~,..$a`3 ,caxw.,erp Soviet tira-?~Zaldrag Indust y c:PAI be 9m :=`-apl,' ;'gel r me ~...)s e^a^' at a M'',f? a$v i3 of Cost I terms of lebzr and, E:_c"nt:':'i ia? .e , lea ving r ,.5aarehf cilitIes wnd f eee to -”