RECENT SHIPMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY MATERIALS TO THE SOVIET BLOC. 15 JANUARY 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP69-00642R000100190014-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: January 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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9?:{'. tto+ .. repots %.ave been .?~eC.:''i~iTed ro d n thea: s' tt' ne?~'
yci .4:ns , ;some of which a:+stssar to be oZ s cial current interest.
~??1+:;s.:~kx the analysis of th ,se report:?.s has not yet been completed,
tt %aa felt that a brie:: surimir: - b as d on some of the more impar.,
raz,t ono?: should be pa:ei r ;r: at t.aie ^stn, . in view of the time factor
1W mmajaw
rei-?ll the m*urg shipment n.nF provent the on-'movement of
4 a ,: aura 3 of the r3.s?ina . mom;:;.?a; dum merxtioned. than;. the
i. 3a.: ,j-)varn%uent had skcc ;o ir:,c-ure a court order which
es'ur (,zisi:j+. y that it had sent the necs-e'iaary instnsction to Its Bonr
the Belgian govorn ?1ent. , anJ January 1951,,,a merely requee ted
` ho 4; ed.ereal Government to detain t e naterial. until an ac eptable
disc.-siti.un was found,
:;':.r Belgian governmen. i'lthow h ehe Belgian government informed
>< hi rsaan,tss at Ant-verp C hen it bctiame apparent that such ,
'kats not likely to :be ,btai.ned, . t wass suggested by this
:W Mesa: that recall. bo dt a .nd.s d th:_" ongb dipiomatic intorventicr,
{'h.c 3elgi,?ans took no further r t(-n)s and alternative suggestions
a:kia , tYe 3el/;i n go rnm nti or a t32r :a firm (particular!y AUILIAM
h"U"II(:aUE) repurs ha-ee the rfl ,:irial ha.d to come from other
?tsw., 'the Y ema.rtngr= oi' State., t~aerefore, felt that Belgium had
:!ot r s:monsstrated much cot^per'ation much anxiety in finding a Bolax
and on 22 January :._95 - ret rested the US Ambaeeador to intervene
t- Both the sinister o y 'c.roien rat . ei cis a.nd the Minister of Foreign
{5 :+r :ry ce to achieve an i.nmedlate scolution ,
t,rart{: of action, because 5 t was *", iin which hid net lived up to its
ntoinat1onal commitmsratsw:,, the othhc ?iarties involved. in this case,
'howl: ; varying dagreas c::f coo atic . had, not found a solution eith
'-1thnugh the US Agovf,r went va perturbe by Belgium's
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T ded Saobe Al Thorium Trade:
An Indication of increasing activity in thorium trade is high-
lighted by two recent reports.
1) According to information acquired in November 1953, 316
kilograms of thorium, to be supplied by AIR LIQJJIDE S.A.R.L.
of Paris, will be sent to Pry from Prance via the diplo-
matic pouch of the Czech embassy within the 'nett few weeks'.
Although no further information has been received by F/S`1',
shipment may already have taken place.
(42) According to information acquired in October 1953, Ceylon will
be able to supply an estimated 1,500 tons of rare earths in
19516. It is expected to have 100 tons of monazite sand avail-
able by 1 Fay 195k which it intends to sell to any country
interested, Soviet Russia has expressed such interest,
Liaison with the Department of State discloses that appropriate posts
have been informed of the substance of both reports.
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