ACTVITIES OF PROFESSORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500480014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Latvia/USSR
SUBJECT Activities of Professors at the University of Latvia
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a) Augaoto il~ P a o~AAi" 00 Tn?r ania Chomigitry aged in rcloaaroh
on malt0 9rira Gold, 50X1-HUM
b) A ins, Profoooor of Afalytiotaa, Chomiotzy, is doing ranesrch on
nn ?? um ooi,t impuritiaa in Aoclilun chloride,
GuAtavA yajig, Frofioooor o R is doing research on
nitro-in on, 50X1-HUM
d) J Biduka, Profi oa?or oZ' 9111aa~o Tmohnology, io doing research on cement.
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o) N Bra aa, Professor of Mineral Oil Toohnology, in 1947 published a paper
OniWi emioa1 exploitation Of peat so11.. He is now doing rosoe-roh on
the distillation produoto of peat tart
') g Shiltmra, Professor of Pharmacy, in working in the field of paraoitoo in
'thy n organiom,
The name of Prof Paula Kalnine, a former Profioaoor of Organio Ohemiotry, to not
mentioned he may have boon liquidated an not being 50X1-HUM
entirely dopon(:oble because he has a Swisd wire and he obtained hie dootor"o
degree In Dwitxorland before he returned to the University of Latvia.
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This is complete nonsense since Latvian is Baltic and not a Slavic language
and the two groups of languages are as different as Chinese is from English.
4+. The Agriculture Department at the University of Latvia is engaged in research
work on the importance of micro-elements in artificial fertilizer and cattle
fodder. The micro-elements include boron, copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese,
and iodine.
CONJPI . ' L/U8 OFb'ICIAL8 ONLX
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