AUSTRIAN PURCHASE OF YUGOSLAV SUBLIMATE OF MERCURY FOR PROBABLE SHIPMENT TO HUNGARY

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001500180004-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 22, 2016
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November 3, 2009
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4
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Publication Date: 
June 22, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001500180004-2 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT This Document conta>,ns 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. SMBET/CONTWL; U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION COUNTRY Yugoslavia/Austria/Hungary SUBJECT Austrian Purchase of Yugoslav Sublimate of Mercury for Probable Shipment to Hungary PLACE ACQUIRED REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) It was reported on 11 April 1953 that the lumber firm V. Leitgeb of Ktibnsdorf, Carinthia, Austria, had recently contracted to purchase three metric tons of sublimate of mercury from the Generalna DiroIOc3ja Hemiske Industrije:`f, Srbije (General Directorate of the Chemical Industry of the Popular Republic of Serbia)., Belgrade.. It. is. believed that Leitgeb intends to ship the mercury to Hungary. SECIST /coNTAOL U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY 25X1 22 June 1953 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001500180004-2