CLEARANCE FOR(Classified) DATE OF INFORMATION 25 AND 30 MAY 1954

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• Publication Date: June 18, 1954
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Control No. 2035
18 June 1954
MEMORANDUM FOR: IWG Members
Mr. Spencer M. Beresford, FOA/MDAC
Mr. Douglas Coster, State/EDS
SUBJECT o Clearance for date of information
25X1A2g 25 and 30 May
1. Enclosed is a copy of the subject communication. Permission has
been granted to disseminate it further as follows:
To FOA/NDAC/Washington and USRO/Paris FOR INFORMATION
ONLY, classified SECRET/US OFFICIALS ONLY; to posts at
Hamburg, Bonn, Brussels, Antwerp, The Hague, Rotterdam,
Bern, London, Liverpool, Santiago and Lima, FOR ACTION,
classified SECRET.
2. The shipments referred to in paragraphs la, b and c appear to be
earoutine04 shipments, to be included in the periodic report to AmConGen
Hamburg.
3m The shipment described in paragraph ld also appears to be a legiti~-
mate one. SELVE AND CO., Thun, Switzerland is a fairly large manufacturer
of nickel and copper products, reported to maintain a 4000 ton stockpile of
the latter commodity. This office has no derogatory information on the firma
Although shipment to Thun from Chile by way of Antwerp is a reasonable
route, the possibility of diversion in that port always exists. To Order1s
consignments are particularly susceptible.
4. The shipment described in paragraph le appears suspicious. Hamburg
D-13, 7 July 1953 reported a possible diversion of 500 tons of lead sold by
Norddeutsche Affinerie, Hamburg to METALLGESELISCHAFT, Frankfurt, who resold
it to ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT, Brussels, purportedly for an Iranian consignee.
The shipment was sent to Rotterdam, where it was apparently transshipped to
East Germany on the SS MUTUAFID . Hamburg reported the Rotterdam intermedi-
ary to be OUDEERP of 27 Vollenhozensraat, whereas The Hague reported the inter-
mediary to be NEDERLANDS TRANSPORT BUREAU (see The Hague, Tel,- Unnumbered of
29 June 1953)?
Shipment to the free port of Rotterdam, consigned "To Order", with
notification to a forwarding fizz and no indication of the ultimate consignee has
often been a prelude to diversion.
5. The shipment described in paragraph 2 is the third such shipment of
copper scrap by METALOTECNICA, Lima. The firsts of 4.47 tons shipped in
September 1953 and consigned to C. Steinweg, Rotterdam was probably diverted
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(see IAN Case # 76). The second is described in IWG Memorandum of 13 April
1954, Control No. 448498. The outcome of that shipment is not yet known.
The current shipment, "to order" with transshipment in Rotterdam,
presumably for Liverpool, appears susceptible of diversion. The ultimate
consignee is not indicated.
6.
a.
The SS ESSEN arrived in Antwerp on 8 June.
b.
The estimated arrival time in Antwerp of the MV BCTBE
is 16=20 June.
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7.
Suggestions for the development of further intelligence are, in
addition to the routine message to Hamburg:
a. Query to Bern and Antwerp re validity of shipment to
Selve and Co., Thun (paragraph l.d.)
b. Query to Rotterdam as to disposition of copper described
in paragraphs le. and 2.
c. Query to Santiago re identity of ultimate consignee of
copper shipped by Chile Exploration Co. to Rotterdam,
notify Oudkerk.
d. Query to Lima re identity of ultimate consignee for copper
scrap. (Note: CA-6066, 23 April 1954 re the second ship-
ment of scrap does not appear to have been sent to Rotterdam;
also, this office has no evidence of a reply from Lima other
than the general despatch, #606 of 5 May 1954.)
8. It is requested that this agency be advised of use of the foregoing
information by the addressees of this memorandum.
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Intelligence Working Group
Enclosure (1)
As stated above
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APPRAISAL OF CONTENT:
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SUBJECT : SHIPMENTS OF COPPER AND OTHER METALS
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L. ON 25 MAY 1954, GERMAN SHIP SS ESSEN TRANSITED PANAMA CANAL, EN
ROUTE FROM VALPARAISO TO HAMBURG. THE VESSEL CARRIED:
A. 200,000 KILOS COPPER CONCENTRATE, CONSIGNED TO NORDDEUTSCHE
AFFINERIE BY COMPANIA MINERA Y COMMERCIAL SALI HOCHSCHILD, S.A. SHIPMENT
LOADED AT LOS VILOS FOR DISCHARGE HAMBURG;
B. 1,343,410 KILOS GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER CONSIGNED TO NORDDEUTSCHE
AFFINERIE BY CAJA DE CREDITO "I" FOMENTO MINER!). SHIPMENT LOADED AT COQUINDO
FOR DISCHARGE HAMBURG;
C. 708,500 KILOS COPPER BLISTER CAKES CONSIGNED TO NORDDEUTSCHE
AFFINERIE Br FUNDICION 'ACIONAL DE PAIPOTE, LTD., LOADED AT CALDERA FOR
DISCHARGE HAMBURG;
D. 199,958 KILOS COPPER BARS CONSIGNED TO "ORDER", NOTIFY SWISS
METAL WORKS SELVE AND COMPANY, THUN, SWITZERLAND, BY THE CHILE EXPLORATION
COMPANY, ANTOFAGASTA. SHIPMENT LOADED AT ANTOFAGASTA FOR DISCHARGE ANTWERP;
AND
E. 507,935 KILOS COPPER BARS CONSIGNED TO "ORDER", NOTIFY MESSRS S.
OUDKERK, ROTTERDAM, BY CHILE EXPLORATION COMPANY, ANTOFAGASTA. SHIPMENT LOADED
AT ANTOFAGASTA FOR DISCHARGE AT ROTTERDAM.
2. ON 30 MAY 1954 NORWEGIAN MV. BOTHE TRANSITED PANAMA CANAL, EN ROUTE
FROM WEST COAST SOUTH AMERICA TO ANTWERP,; -.534$-. ?,A EREMEN, VIA CRISTOBAL,
CARTAGENA AND CURACAO. VESSEL CARRIED 2",369 KILOS SCRAP COPPER CONSIGNED
TO "ORDER" WITH TRANSSHIPMENT IN ROTTERDAM, FROM METALOTENICA, S.A. SHIPMENT
LOADED AT CALLAO FOR DISCHARGE LIVERPOOL.
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