1. EXPORT OF EAST GERMAN RADIO EQUIPMENT 2. RADIO EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED ON VESSELS FOR THE USSR IN 1954

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• Publication Date: July 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT 25X1
Bast Germany/USSR/Egypt
1. Export of East German Radio
Equipment
2. Radio Equipment to be Installed
on Vessels for the USSR in 1954
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defensc 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.
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE.
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1, The Bast German Electrical Engineering Trade Bureau (DIA-Elektrotechnik) hopes
to increase the 1954 exports of radio sets and electrical equipment by 300
percent. In January 1954, negotiations were under way with the USSR,
Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Albania, and Poland. The Netherlands had requested
information on delivery conditions for 3,000 battery radio receivers. Indonesia,
India, and Turkey were also greatly interested in such receivers. Negotiations
with Egypt are said to be nearing completion. The Egyptian trade delegation has
told DIA officials that deliveries by East Germany would be paid for in kind.1
Trade between the two countries could be greatly expanded in 1954 on such a
barter basis. The Egyptian representatives also stated that their country
considered the West German reparations deliveries to Israel as an unfriendly
act toward all Arab states, and that these reparation deliveries would have an
unfavorable effect on trade between West Germany and Egypt.
2. DIA Elektrotechnik officials were aware of the fact that East German plants
were not yet in a position to compete successfully with West German radio
engineering and electric enterprises. They were, therefore, forced to sell
most of their products below cost with a view to obtaining foreign exchange
'and raw materials. Moreover, East German radio sets are priced about three
times higher than similar equipment on the world market. Officials at D1A
believed that East Germany would not be in a position to compete successfully
in the world market before 1955.
3. On 4 December 1953, a conference was held at the Ministerium fuer Maschinen-
bau concerning the delivery of marine radio installations for ships scheduled
to be exported to the USSR in 1954. The conference was presided over by
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Werner (fnu), chief of the Sales Department of the Main Administration for
Radio Engineering Plants, and was attended by representatives of the radio
engineering plants at Koelleda, Koepenick, Zittau, and Dabendorf; the
Fernmeldeanlagenbau at Rostock; HV Schiffabau; the firm of Junghanns &
Kolloache, Leipzig; VEB Gaselan, Berlin; besides representatives of the Main
Administration for Radio Engineering Plants. At this conference, Werner also
stated that a total of 255 ships scheduled to be exported to the USSR in 1954
were to be equipped with radio installations.2
25X1A Comment: As received. Specific commodities were not quoted.
Comment: Attached is a list of 195 ships to be equipped with radio
for the ZUSR in 1954.
Quantity and Type of Ship
65 buggers
28 Seiners
12 Seagoing tugs
6 Tankers
6 Coastal motor ships, 1,000 tons
6 Refrigerator ships
I Seagoing tug
1 Seagoing tug
1 Seagoing tug
1 Refrigerator ship
5 Motor freighters
7 Trawlers
1 Icebreaker (repairs to the KRASSIN)
28 Steel cutters
25 Steel cutters
15 Steel cutters
7 Dredgers
2 Floating docks
9 Floating cranes, 15 tons
Shipyard
Volkswerft Stralsund
Werft Brandenburg
Werft Rothensee
Volkawerft Stralsund
Werft Wolgast
Werft Rosslau
Neptunwerft Rostock
Werft Rosslau
Werft Brandenburg
Werft Wismar
Werft Roe elan
Neptunwerft Rostock
Werft Wismar
Werft Koepenick and Rothensee
Werft Fuerstenberg
Werft Oderberg
Werft Rosslau
Shipyard not yet determined
Bleichert, Leipzig
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Quantity and Tyne of Ship
3 Floating cranes, 50 tons
2 Floating cranes, 150 tons
3 Trawlers
2 Habicht-type vessels
10 Steel Schwalbe-II type vessels
2 Tuemmler-type vessels
7 Freighters
1 Seagoing passenger ship, 4,000 hp
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Werft Wolgast
Werft Poepenick
Werft Koepenick
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Werft Wismar
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