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USSR THE ECONOMY
ANNEX A
CATEGORY I.
Significant developments in the following areas:
a.
Plans for, and progress with, economic reform including positions of both Central and Republican leaderships).
b. Economic plans and performance (especially with regard to the budget, investment, financial system, agriculture, food processing and supply, energy and machine building sectors, contribution of defence industries to the civil economy, impact of defence cuts).
c.
a.
Defence Expenditure.
External trade and finance (especially the USSR's hard currency position) including policy on CMEA and Western/ International economic and financial organisations and institutions.
CATEGORY II. (In all cases guidance on details needed is to
be given by customer departments.)
General developments in the above and in addition those aspects listed below:
a.
(1) Economic aspects of environmental issues.
(2) Chemical industry.
(3) Metals industries.
(4) Economic aspects of transport sector.
(5) Acquisition and assimilation of Western technology.
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