Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-25

PRESIDENT, Joseph M. DOQge,
Gabriel Hauge. presidential adj
ministrative assistant. The last
two were authorities on economic
matters.
For a full hour the group
talked over the Russian trade
and economic aid offers thai
were being made in sensitive
areas of the world in an effort
apparently. to outbid this coun-
try in its programs.
I'VE can't afford to get into
a bidding match with the shills
in the auction ROOM Mr.. Dodge
said. talking on this point.
What asked the President
is a shill?"
Mr. Dodge explained amid
laughter that a Shill is a person
hired to make fake bids in order
TO run up the price of things
being sold. The meeting went on
to shape the scope of the study
which was to be made, and Mr.
Dodge was chosen by the PreSi-
dent to head up the project.
Gets BiweekIy Report
As a result of that meeting
every two weeks a secretary now
puts on the Presidents desk a
top : secret document running
anywhere from IS to IS pages
entitled, "Sino-Soviet Bi-weekly
Report"
This is Mr.. Dodge's digest OF
an enormous body of informa-
ton streaming into his office
from all parts of the world. Part
OF 1t comes from intelligence re-
ports different branches of the
Government. These are co-ordi-
mated for Mr.. Dodge by an eco
nomic subcommittee of the In
telligence Advisory Committee
which Sits all Government in
tellieence. Some of it is distilled
out of individual studies coins
on under Mr. Dodge's guidance
within guidance department.
such as the State Department
These are studies to evaluatt
the nature and effects of Rus.
sian activities in the economic
and political fields, and to de
termine what changes of policN
and countermeasures should bt
made.
Soviet Russia had embarked
in the latter part of 1855 on
series of new adventures in the
economic and political sphere.
IN several areas of the world
The new moves had been dra.
matized in some countries-Bur.
ma and India, for example-by
much publicized personal APP.
pearanceS of two smiling visitor.
from the Kremlin, Marshal Bull.
ganin and Nikita S. Khrushchev
New Policy Indicated
BY the beginning of 1856 i
was clear to President Eisen.
hover that the new Soviet &C.
tivity now required the closes
analysis, for it seemed to sugges
that Russia might be shifting t
a new policy of economic anc
political penetration on a scale
never before attempted by Mos.
COW The administration fel
such a move could pose DANCE
FOR this country.
In terms of money the deal
were not large-up to now
Russia had negotiated some
where between $500 million anC
$500 million worth of transac,
tionS. But all this trade activit,
outside the Communist bloc wa,
new for Russia and it was offer,
ing deals that would total up t
81 billion if consummated.
Typical of the Soviet maneu,
vers were these. In India, Rus
STA concluded an agreement L
build a e-million-ton 500!
million steel mill at Bhilai, TO-
which Russia would extend
sos million credit financed a
2i2 per cent. 1t would involv
substantial exchange of person,
mel and technicians between
Russia and India. In the de-
velopment of oil resources, Sovie
technicians also would be sen
TO India and Indian oil tech,
nicianS would be brought Il
Russia for training.
In addition, Czechoslovakia ar
ranged to build a power plant ii
India. and trade agreements wer