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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00545A000100090140-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 140
• Publication Date: July 7, 1958
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :
supplemented by inform--
from governmental a1
. North America
000 worth of goods from CaYI=
ado during the first four months
of 1958, fifteen times the pur-
in 1957. Canadian sales of wheat'
to the Soviet Union and Com-
munist Gina are most import-
nt in this trade; wheat sales to.
ommunist China this year will
have a value of $5,000,000.
HAITI-Poland is becoming
Haiti's. chief supplier of cotton
goods. Czechoslovakia tried but
failed to sell structural steel
here.
COSTA RICA-There is neg
ligible trade with the Commu-
nist bloc.
CUBA-The Soviet Union has
continued large-scale purchases
of Cuban sugar this year, buy-
ing 100,000 tons up to the end
of May.. Czechoslovakia is the
chief Communist trading part-
ner of Cuba, supplying signifi-
cant.gtantities of textiles, glass-
ware and china.
MEXICO--Mexico does very
little trade with the Commu-
nists, but Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister V. V. !Kuznetsov visit-
ed Mexico in May, trying to
arouse interest in Soviet ma-
chinery for construction, road
building and the petroleum in-
dustry. There are some signs
that Russia and Czechoslovakia
are trying on a small scale to
undersell the West in machin-
ery.
Central Americ
GUATEMALA - Al
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or buyer of Urugua
Most of the oil will
ne purchasing mis1l&
Communist bloc cif
tries in January and purchase
$27,000,000 worth of goods,
mostly machinery and steel.
Czechoslovakia has sold Argen-
ttna a coal-washing plant for
Rio Turbio deposits. A Soviet
Argentine Chamber of Com-
merce was formed last month
and a recent big Soviet exhibit
at ax Argentine oil industry
fairs impressive.
t'eedinicians was declined.
BRAZIL-The Soviet Union
has aroused interest with an of-
fer to exchange 200,000 tons of
crude oil for cocoa, cotton and
other goods. Poland and Czecho-
slovakia have undersold the
West to get contracts to buildi
ships and sell rails, and they
are accepting Brazilian coin-i
modities in payment. A Ru-
manian mission is negotiating a
trade agreement and offering
oil by-products and oil produc-
tion equipment. The Communist
press has hinted that Moscow
wants to buy much coffee and
cocoa. The Russians have ex-
pressed interest in buying Bra-
zilian manganese ' and Commu-
nist China sharply increased
sugar imports from Brazil early
this year.
Chile's Situation
CHILE-The drop in copper
prices has stimulated Chile's in-
terest in selling metal to Com-
munist countries and last March
Chile sold 1.5,000 tons of copper
wire of under 6 mm. diameter
to the Soviet Union. Communist
China has expressed interest in
buying over the next five years
500,000 tons of low-grade ni-
trate fertilizer, but the form of,
payment is an obstacle.
COLOMBIA-Trade with the
Communist bloc is very small,
but 'Colombia recently bought
$1,000,000 worth of Syrian
wheat from the Soviet Union.
ECUADOR -President Ca-
.ilo Ponce Enriquez said in
lay that Ecuador was besieged
alyith Communist proposals for
match factory. He said Ecuador
ight have to consider these of
?ers unless she got more United
ates aid.
-PARAGUAY - No known
trade with the Communist bloc.
PERU-Very little trade with
the Communists, but Left-wing
.other products to the Iron Cur-
tain lands.
URUGUAY-Uruguay has be
came the South American coun-