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Western Technology and

Soviet Economic Development

1930 to 1945

Second volume of a three-volume series

ANTONY C. SUTTON

HOOVER INSTITUTION PRESS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA

1971

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TO MY WIFE

Betty Janet

Preface

This is the second volume of an empirical study of the relationship between

Western technology and entrepreneurship and the economic growth of the

Soviet Union.

The continuing transfer of skills and technology to the Soviet Union through

the medium of foreign firms and engineers in the period 1930 to 1945 can

only be characterized as extraordinary. A thorough and systematic search

unearthed only two major items — SK-B synthetic rubber and the Ramzin

'once-through' boiler — and little more than a handful of lesser designs

(several aircraft, a machine gun, and a motorless combine) which could

accurately be called the result of Soviet technology ; the balance was transferred

from the West.

Once again I must express sincere appreciation to those who have helped

me — and absolve them from responsibility for my errors. The Relm Foundation

granted research funds and a fellowship tenable at the Hoover Institution,

Stanford University, In addition the Hoover Institution provided research

assistance from its Special Fund. Among those at Hoover who have given their

personal assistance, particular recognition is due Dr. W. Glenn Campbell,

Director of the Hoover Institution, for his unfailing support; Mr. Alan

Belmont, Associate Director for Administration, for his prompt solutions to

my varied problems; and Miss Carolyn Conrad, for research and secretarial

work well and conscientiously performed. To these and others, thank you;

without your understanding assistance, this study could not have been

completed.

Acknowledgment is also due Congressman John E. Moss (Democrat,

Sacramento) and his staff for assistance in locating some 600 boxes of Lend-

Lease cargo manifests and letter files which had been temporarily mislaid by

the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

Finally, I must express my appreciation to the Douglas Aircraft Company

(now McDonnell-Douglas) of Santa Monica, the Warner & Swasey Company

of Cleveland, and the Kern County Land Company (now a division of

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