TOP SECRET [DSI/JTIC (53) 1 (Final) February, 1953] REPORT ON RUSSIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Introductory Note In our Annual Report* of one year ago for the Defence Research Policy Committee, we reviewed comprehensively the state of our knowledge of Russian Research and Development. The present Annual Report; at Annex, is written against the background of the previous one and it includes only items of Intelligence which have led during the past year to revision, expansion, or clarification of our earlier assessment.