DANUBE RIVER SHIPMENTS OF SMV CRUDE OIL AND REFINED PRODUCTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300840001-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
.Austria; Hw ngary
SUBJECT Danube River Shipments of SMV
. Crude Oil and Refine 1 Products
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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.
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1. >] anube river iakiipmr~nts of cru?le oil and refinel. products from tbOr Soviet Oil
Administration OSMV; in. Austria are d.ivi,ie?l among the following companies; the
Soviet Cao~ts a-; amp;'-S h~.: f"ab..rte-C4~seU cha 't (fDSO1), Meszhwa,:rt, Sov:rom Transport,
the Czecah, Stes,rrriskiip C'ompan'y S;1)) and the Soviet Danube Steamship Company (nrP).,
The three compr-l-..i.e? Soviet Sovrom Transport and Mezhart have an agreement
among themselves which specifies the amounts of VV products to 'be carried, by each.
Meszharrt and, Sovrom 1. r?anspdt are then pail, thro?ug ', t':.,e Soviet The CSPP and,
the SDOP have separate co;!::tracte with SMV.1 < he .iu.lgariar. Shipping Company does
not carry SMV s'h,ipments
2. Some of tht.'. Si~ipments to .R?ni, 'i?;'SSR, tea:?t, har?.dled. by Meszhart since the SDGP c:ioes
not have a su.:b:licil-nt s?..ipping capacity and Meszhart seeks to blz:i.ld. up its schilling
reserves by they: shipments.2 'or shipments to Hungary, Meszhart receives "payment
in forints,
3. Crude oil shipped to Hungary is refined. at Almasfuq~itoe, Csepel and Szoeny. A
pipe liri.e which existed. before World Warr. II gon.nects Almasfuezitoe with Csepel.
1o Comment: It is estimated that during .1953 -the CSP.D shipped about
100,000 metric tons of crude oil for the SMV to Bratislava.
25X1 20 comment: Shipment of SM'7 refined products to Reni by Meszhart was
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