DECREASE IN POLISH COAL DELIVERIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300870002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/06/05: CIA-RDP80-0081OA005300870002-9
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Decrease. in Polish Coal Deliveries
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional DsfenN of the United States within the mean-
Ing of tM Dlplana a laws. T IS 18. U.S.C. Seen. 793
and 7N, the iaoslnlelbn or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorlaed person Is prohibited
bylaw. 25X1
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO.
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN TONS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
December 1954,
1. Polish coal deliveries L have fallen considerably behind schedule
n June and July 195. e Poles cite technical shipping difficulties in
explaining the drop*
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have been receiving 46,000 - 53,000 25X1
tons o Polish coal per mon ,'o a d d ries of only 20,000 tons in
July, and the Poles have advised authorities that deliveries
will not rise above 23,000 tons in ugus an 25,000 tons in September.
Shipments for private industry, referred to in the trade agreement as Privatsektor
and handled through Polcarbon, have dropped to 70 - 80'percent of the de-
mand,
3. The Poles have also been forced to cut deliveries
advising the latter country to purchase Ruhr coal instead.
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STATE X ARMY NAVY AIR TRI ARC
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