EAST GERMAN PLANS TO MANUFACTURE SPARE PARTS FOR WESTERN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES IN EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100680007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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+. ,, According o Sep?la_imser (fnuj, head of a department in the East Geruiz~:l
T Mate Secretari~.t f~~x? V"eraic~xlar '.~'raffio a.nd Hi.ghrxays, about ~-0 pPr~-'
cent; oi' tYic~ ts?~ic:ks ir:~. .uast :se.^tnaaly of o~vez tuts terns iri rapacs:~.ty %~re
out of ooeratic a e~swia:;e o-i 1i3G1L of repa.x- parts. tso~$ of i;liess
t:r~ac:~cs rare =~f `r~~~=~ ;Fxuiar~ me,n7z~aoture? ax~.d parts fox them c~tirinot be
cshtainea i~ncause or tY?e sYioriag?e of Jves~t German cnzrrenvy or ~~ec:ause
tae Nest Ge.rmsn r; g_a-a.~,s refuse delivex,y o#' the parts a
*'~ The situata.can tcc~~~ma ss~ acute that the matter wa3 discussed :in a
- meeting of the} ;~~a.st trermtaxt Jo~;xz~cil of ~diiid s~:ers 25X1
~+. suggeatiuri by c tame} 5ecx~etary Utto (fnu} shat >.aanuf~c ure }:r
these pax?ts iri ? r. t trc:rmr~ra.y be inii:iated r_.ar a,pproved~ anal 1si~
East Ger~ari ~:i.r.~..tx?y :'or 1.?rransportatian area! Agri~~ulf.ural R~$c~:slrte
Construction ws.~c des~_gna~:ed as res~~orz.sib.~.e 'ns? carrying out Chia prc~gram~
- a mc~eli.n;~ ~sE.s ~~~.,i :in tha9.East Caerrnart I~~nistr?~~
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f~~r? Ts?s;~nport~:.~bcn ..^~1ci .~;~ricultural b'`achine Construction, an~i the
nutter wa.s 4,adcES~i ~.x~; . `!'he leputy 1'ainister,; daaas dke3.n~ ~=hobez', cla3,m~~. teat
there was see? i~e~~rc~ f`or ?i~~x'iriai. trade re~.aticsns with i'~eaet Germa.:ay untix
a.f ter s.9~~4,~ in ~:cc:t t~ze c~~cpected that the t7ituation r1s gar a~a ~uto~a~~ `:ve
g~zrt.x?is ~e~z?e .csorzc-e:~~~ed xoud become ~.ncreaszn{;ly worse .and that there`-ors
~~. 71.ant d~vc3tec. u;olel:y~ to the construction o#? automotive. spa:^e parts
~~; ~~,ci.l ~. ~~ave to i. N set -~.~i izi vast Germtkn~. Before -the end of 195t~ ~. A