Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency release is a Scientific Intelligence Study, TCS No. 4425/65. The Scientific Intelligence Committee prepared it with other intelligence community committees and approved it on 3 June 1965. It assesses Communist China's capabilities in science and technology through 1970, with particular attention to military and industrial programs. The study concludes that China will lag far behind advanced nations. The exceptions are a few priority areas such as nuclear weapons, missiles and air defense. It contains no discussion of UFOs.
_ Approved for Release: 2018/01/30 C00659420 TCS 4425/as (W3) (b)(1) » v 276. The Chinese initial efforts may be to pro- duce modest-sized engines capable of operating in the subsonic regime. With some outside aid or further experience in providing and fabricating high-temperature materials, the Chinese could de- velop supersonic engines. _‘ 277. Although the Chinese have a very low capa-’ bility in the field of reciprocating aero-engine design, they are able to build Soviet-designed engines from Chinese-manufactured components. (b)(1) ma)-:*:‘_l’v-< 2—_'- 278. The Chinese have a capability for produc- ing light and medium types of aircraft from de- signs, piston engines, and other components sup- plied by foreign manufacturers, in many instances by the Soviets, but the withdrawal of much of the Soviet support has greatly reduced this production. As yet, China has not produced gas-turbine eZb)(1,,gines. 7 : (b)(1) 2. Aircraft Research and Development . (b)(1) /*/'\ U CT \_.\/ /*/'\ Q 00 \_.\/ ' 52 ‘ Approved for Release: 2018/01/30 C00659420
Not linked to a story yet.
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 95 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.