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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.
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Approved for Release: 2019/07/19 C05210421 Appendix A ' Soviet Gross National Product, 1950-80 This appendix presents the main statistical results of this report. All data included here utilize the 1970 factor-cost weights. A similar set of data could be calculated using the 1970 established-price weights. The indexes for each sector (except military personnel) and their growth rates are the same in both types of prices. The ruble values, percentage shares of GNP, and the aggregate indexes are different in factor-cost prices than in established prices. Tables A-1 through A-5 contain data on Soviet GNP by sector of origin. Table A-l shows the value added in each sector as measured in 1970 factor-cost rubles. These data are obtained by multiplying the base-year (1970) ruble values for each sector by its correspond- ing index. Total GNP and the subtotals for industry, services, and government administrative services are obtained by addition. Tables A-2 and A-3 show average annual growth rates for five-year periods and annual growth rates for each component. All of the growth rates are derived from the ruble data in table A-1. The percentage distribution of GNP by sector of origin is shown in table A-4. The percentage values are derived by dividing the ruble value for each component by the ruble value for total GNP. The sectoral indexes used to compute the ruble data are shown in table A-5. The indexes for total GNP and the subtotals are derived from the ruble data in table A-1. 51 Data on Soviet GNP by end use are shown in tables A-6 through A-12. The ruble values, average annual growth rates for five-year periods, and annual growth rates are shown in tables A-6 through A-8 and are derived in the same manner as the sector-of-origin data. The data for total GNP are taken directly from the sector-of-origin tables and the ruble values for outlays n.e.c. are obtained as the residual of total GNP less the sum of the other end-use components. The percentage distribution of GNP by end use and the sectoral indexes are shown in tables A-ll and A-l2. Tables A-9 and A-10 contain data on per capita consumption, per capita GNP, and the population size. Table A-9 presents these data in rubles (the population data are in millions of people) and table A-10 has average annual growth rates for five-year periods. Approved for Release: 2019/07/19 C05210421
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