EAST GERMAN EXPORT DEFICIENCIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800980009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 3, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Under the chairnaraship of xieinrich Rau, t?~e '~as-t sermFtri lifnister fOr
Machine Construction, a ses~ior~f the Ministry Birsetorate took x'ace
on 2 Deoember 1954 in .which the tour Deputy Ministers, tM~ .Tfead? ~ all
".fain ~ldminiatrations, and: the !leads of al ~ Central Departments of the biin-
istrv.. partiaipatedo i'ha session doalt with thA statue of exports by all
ente,^prises under the iii.nistrye Rau 'fnfortaed thou pr+ee~lt tat ~I~ oil
1 Deca,lber 1954 the i~:dustry fos' whivfi .he Miry#etry is xie~one3tile 'had ?a
pack? o? valued at about 400 n~17~n T~1'~SE in 1954 export orderso Ae further
e:c,~lr~ined that the ex.>o-~, deficiencies raair:ly existed in the heavy machine
conal.ruction sectox?~ A:aong the export ob2.~igaticr>~e not carried out were
3e~i~eries of rolling x1:1}.1 trains. o t'.ie IIS:~R and:.electrio railr.oada to
Yo_' nr:do ?lie bii: i.st:=r ?~~~ ~.r.tod ozat~~ha.t the situation was aerinua not only
in t?.at ';abt Ger~cany lo.;t considerable a:no~:nts of foreign currency through
i*s ~a lv.re to ful fi'~l i,.s Qatport ob11gr1tion.e, but also in that friendly
.3o~~.iet 31c:c cou-~t;.ries :~~re being brought to take an inimis:-~1 attitude to-
~,vard i:ast C~raany3 end :.'&st Germany N~uld ha?re tc ezpt~ct economic retali-
,:it i.ar: from her frisrdc if' t'~e export co.:,tracts were not properly fulfilled o
''OLt:~ part .era l:$~~i~ thrt:atQr.ed to cincontinua their exports to us as a
iee.su_e c retaliation against our negligence in carrying out our own ex-
~t::rt ob'.iuati.ona", Rau ~r~id~
:' : f? ~~ria decided at ';l~i:~ ~neeting~ of the directorate that a "FiglitinP Staff"
(Kr~ro;~fgtab) shou,c? bo e,tabiished, with the _c,riority assignment of encpe-.
;~ir3.n~_; all export arderf nog; yet carried onto $elmat ;7underlich, Deputy
?';i_~i?ter e.tad fiasd of i.: e Production tArea for Ueavy Machine Construction,
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