Documents / FOIA release
This Joint Committee Print, dated December 8, 1982, gathers studies that the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Intelligence prepared for the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress. It gives estimates of Soviet gross national product for 1950 to 1980, with indexes of industrial production, agricultural production and consumption, and explains the methods and data behind them. The foreword says official Soviet statistics inflate growth and that the CIA measures offer a more accurate picture. The document contains no UFO material.
Approved for Release: 2019/07/19 C05210421 Table ll SPIOER and Official Industrial Indexes: Comparisons of Secular Growth Patterns 8 1951-55 1956-60 1961-65 1966-70 1971-75 1976-80 Ferrous metals SPIOER Official 86 83 188 175 129 128 122 1116 68 74 19 *- 28 Fuels SPIOER Official 149 153 141 129 100 98 79 86 ‘ 79 89 52 44 Electric power SPIOER Official 142 143 124 130 125 122 86 89 76 70 49 50 Chemicals and petrochemicals SPIOER Official 114 100 130 120 97 102 126 144 93 88 4 1 58 ___ , ,, Wood, pulp, and paper SPIOER Official 211 151 166 142 74 91 83 100 74 95 -3 2v Construction materials SPIOER Official 184 169 196 169 68 88 71 83 68 72 22 24 Machinery SPIOER Official 105 115 99 100 92 94 128 135 105 72 94_ 66 Light industry SPIOER Official 121 108 49 41 136 134 196 192 51 72 49 53 Processed food SPIOER Official 173 159 142 125 115 114 100 94 66 8@ 28 12 Total industry SPIOER Official 97 99 150 151 120 122 93 97 87 86 50 51 *1 Each value is the ratio of the period average to the postwar average. 205 Approved for Release: 2019/07/19 C05210421
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