CZECH METAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR 1955

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000580008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 4, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/03/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006000580008-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the sapionage Laws, "125X1
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by 1L..
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Czechoslovakia
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Czech Metal Import Requirements
for 1955
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT
REFERENCES
* #4H NW 25X1
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.
Approved For Release 2008/03/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006000580008-7