CONTRACTS FOR LATHES AT THE LEIPZIG FAIR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005500220003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/03/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005500220003-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY . REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO
COUNTRY' East Germany/USSR/Satellites
DATE DISTR. 15 Decem' 25X1V54
SUBJECT`` Contracts for Lathes at the Leipzig Fair NO. OF PAGES
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTI NR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENf*D. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
25X1
During the 1954 Autumn Fair at Leipgig, contracts were concluded for c;.'re export 25X1
of the following vo ;.ica~. lathes. manufactured at, VEB 4}>r+oesdrehmaschinenwerk
117. Oktober'Ak 9&$9fIle" jBerli n-lieissensee (formerly 11iles-
.: erkc
Z.? I2r_,iDL _Countrz.
Rumania
China
Vertical Lathes
T=tee 630 T
400 T-, c 200
10 25 15
1.4
Totalsl
499
The contracts stipul_ ted that the rriachnes wculd be delivered in the course
of t?-.e next year. The :commercial $!MS a, department of the serge' enterprise con-
sicers these contracts to be largely "eye-wash", since they account for rauci more
th tht1
ane acual a:r~n.1.1 capacitor o the enter ri se ~tt epr enLGA
FTe-::i ;n}~iraclc and
Each.n Cor~st~uci r ) 9T 1y _> ,~ -;
the erg for opagan reasone
Ccr_li ent: Actual j~rocuctlon of ese ?ns,c.z ne n tho
f rrst 7';- months of l
i 9,4 as re-no-rted to be as follows:
mertical lathe;, Type 630
4
Vertical lathes Type 400
24
Vertio ]. lath*a Type 200
13
CLASS] FIQATI CNh CONFDE1I`TAI
NAVY NSRB DISTRIBUTION
AIP Jt : ems T2 G_ T7C -
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Approved For Release 2008/03/17: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005500220003-7