REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TRADING COMPANIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000100010169-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 9, 1998
• Sequence Number: 169
• Publication Date: January 17, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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Request for Information on Trading Companies.
17 January 1935
1. Following our telephone conversation, attached in a list of
the trading companies for which we dire information. This list incluods
the known addresses of all branch offices of each company, and the personalities
on which we have abbreviated information.
2. The information desired on each of the companies includes:
a. Anyinter-relationshipe that may exist among them, parti ularly
their relationshipe with Farbwerke Hoescht, A.G., including
financial, purchaeing and selling relationshipe.
b. Their major suppliers.
c. Their major customers.
d. Their bank and insurance reterencae,and the oodes which they
use (except where the notation is made that this information
is already available).
e. Their degree of control over branch offices and the king
relationshipe with branches.
f. Vajor personalities not included on the attached list.
3. The information desired on each of the personalities includes:
a. Specific jab title and approximate length of service.
b. Degree of financial interest in their respective companies.
C. Relationship (if any) with personalities in the other firma.
d. Their political and social affiliations.
4.
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e. Any derogatory information available (auch ea am
evasion of trade controls, personal difficulties c.
It is possible that the information your office has with respect
may not be as inclusive as the above outline, but the request
been made broad to proride you with the full ecope of our
Any information you can furnish directly or through your centacts
greatly appreciated.
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The following information is required about a meeting of the
Council for &onomic Mhtual Aid (CEMA), reportedly scheduled for
?ebruary 1955, and which may scheduled earlier.
1. What are the reasons for changing the date of the mee
2. What topics will be on the meeting agenda?
3. Can source give a list of the participants from all countries
scheduled to go to the meeting? This listing should include the position
of each participant within his national government.
4, If the meeting is held, considerable effort should be made to
ascertain any decisions taken at the meeting.
S. s source know if the meeting will be confined to representatives
of the USSk and the European Satellites?
6. Did the meeting at Karlovy Vary (reported in the same nt)
h ve any connection with CHMA. Information about the econontic and
financial experts at the meetinj, is particularly desirable.
7. iihat does source know about reports that CEMA will assume
responsibility for setting up a unified military command for the European
Satellites?
8. Does source have any information about other CTMA meeting* held
within the nast six menthe?
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