DEUTSCHE WAREN-VERTRIEBS-GESELLSCHAFT-M.B.H (DWV)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400660004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 16, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL }NTELL1GUM AID REPORT NO.
INFO i XCVMT CD No.
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Deutsche Warsn-Vsrtriebs.4enllaccbatt
m.b.A (DWV)
WE DOPR. 16 July 1954
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NO. Of PASO 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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of the DIA
a DI;;'s were directlysubordin?te to the
,efltic Trade. The T"*.V is an independent,
organization. It is independent of the DIA
purchase contracts inde.rendently of eny other ,East Germ n office or
ministry, does its -n -xporting, and conducts a considerable export
bo,ines_ ,ith the floviet Vneshtorg firms, such ?~c Tekhnopromir.port,
which was ff~r.^rly handled through the fI&'s.
D'V handled all orders placed by the Soviets for im ort
t R of bu iness machines roduced by the plants under VhB
p62sp Then chines were ordered by TTekhnopromrr.^.rort. During the
lr,st 12 months, very f-r: such orders have been received by the supplier
pl,nts, indic:;tin~- i tapering off of Soviet requirement'.
V is b-sdly h ndica,pped fun ityy-^^`8aisineso dealings with both zu plier
nd customer firms by the lrcI: o%.``echnicelly qualified personnel on its
sts,ff. ibis is harticularly not(tteable in the Polygraph Department,
needed by N_u11e~t is cognizant of his own lac,c of
technical knowledge and harms fined to employ exprrienced technical ~eo,le
because he knows that he wot~ild suffer badly by comp'rison. From the time
:.hen the D'V :ran Pkftb found@d until about 1952, repented offers, we e
.ads, to suecialiats in the business wind industri?:1 aechine fields to
accept employment with this office, but e;ualified n&rsonnel consistently
r4 N be a o flit iM Da Menus sf the bat' npatatisa it lad
alrsaty gataad is ifa adapt ftMlte
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e. Referent for Export to Satellites in the Polygraph Departments Schneider
fnu) 25X1
./ in the Polygraph Department: Btm1YlBertik (fnu)
g. Sachbearbeiter for Export to the Near East in the Polyg~aph`Departaent:
Graul fnu . 25X1
h. Sachbearbeiter for Export to English-Speaking Countries in the Polygraph
Department: Grauser (fnu).
6. An affiliate of the D7:V is the Meletex Corporation, which fronts for the
D',V. The Meletex firm seems to have dropped into oblivion durine, the past
several months, and it is beli-ved that it may have been disbanded, 25X1
7. There is also aOcompensation Trade Department in the DWV, but source could
give no furtrer information on this department.
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