EAST GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE OFFENSIVE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600800005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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This material contains information affecting the
National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C.
Sees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revel-
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DATE OF INFO.
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DATE ACQUIRED
East Germatl4q
~""East. C,erJilat>< Foreign Trade
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REPORT
DATE 'DISTR. 17 January 1955
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REQUIREMENT NO. Rp 25X1
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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4. Serious.ra~w material shortages especially high-grade steel and rolled plate, ,
have, hew~svler~ hampered the~ex~crt drive. Allegedly, also., a decrease in .
illegal .imports sincse early 19""=54 has had am 3mporteat 25X1.
ePPeot on ePfor'ts to mw~et e~sport goals. .
3. RnQently,::Egat Germar~- has attempted to .initiate trade. with Yugoslavia,
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~~= East Germaa oPfiaals are constantly being r eminded that
expo s to "capitalistic" areas are politically motivated. To insure succ?ss
in the trade offensive the fast German goverrmment grants,genemua subsidies.
Attempts to raise the hard o~urrency i~acome th=~o!u~h exports appears to be of
secondary: importance. 'The p~~ emphasis is difficult to define but ms5~r
concern atteiapts to get official re~gt>tton of the East ~Gerinea .government?
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