SHIPBUILDING AND TRADE ON THE DANUBE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001300430003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SWRET/CO RAL - U.B. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY
Hungary/Bulgari a /USSR
Shipbuilding and Trade on the Danube
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 26 Wy 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The K 1ta Ckennel
The Russians have tried-to dredge the Kilia channel to a navigable depth
and had reached a depth. of 1,2.1 '. feet but this has now silted up to 6-7 feet.
2 The traffic in Russian iron ore (pyrites) was stopped during the.summer of
1952 but has been resumed and.has increased in volume, Bulgarian iron ore
is: a1iipped from Somovit and. Sviehti v to Hhtxigarye Hungarian bauxite is
shipped: dowel the river to Izmaii,_ and sane Russian timber up the river to Hungary.
The electric. lamp and tube factory esii.lt Izz.a is now proauei a aratue to
Ballow the flight of shells (radar and television receiversQ at a
lass to explain this as, there is no television transmission in Hungary. 25X1
The Ganz ' Shipyard of Hungary is to deliver the. 37th .and 36th ships of Its
contract sittb the Soviets Work on the passenger vessel for Poland has been
suspended owing to lack of raw ptaterials
Since October 19'52 foreign vessels are not followed by launches between Braila
and Sulina as they isrrmrly ,
Mc(tre t of'_ Hungarian Yeaaels;d
the TI,SZk carried 1,100 t+ of hmgar an sugar froiii
SEED carried' 300 tans of H
returned with a full Barg i bff cotton for Czechoslavakiad.
THe DEBRMEN ;carried 400 tons of scrap iron for lungary.
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The TTSZk was to, continue -tprk. in the Ifear east during the winter
of 1952-19 3 but the Z1WD,, the BAP, ES acid the D :3R EN,
refit in Budapest.. The 11$7A wa,s to refit for three weeks in
during the winger. All ships were to be ready by the end of February 1953.
..Z t (Hungarian'-Soviet Navigation Coo) complained of the dela in
its a n d of the difficult,, of ahi ing scrap iron
the: 1SZA: renamed for two weeks trying to
collect e._ tons that had been contracted, but eventually sailed
with only 350 tons.
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