DSU REGULATION OF IMPORT AND EXPORT SHIPMENTS (DEUTSCHE UNSCHLAGSBETRIEBSSENTRALE)

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CIA-RDP80-00810A006400130007-3
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December 21, 2016
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July 31, 2008
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7
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April 26, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/07/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006400130007-3 CENTRAL I ILLIGEIiCE AGEI CI INFORMATION REPORT S-E-C-R-E-T COUNTRY .Fact Germany/Poland M- Regulation of Import and-Export Shipments ( Deutsche Uasohlagsbspriebsssntrale) REPORT 26 April 1955 RD This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of ",,United States within the of the 'siona1e Laws, Tide 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and tM transmission or revel- ation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited by law. DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED REFERENCES DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 1. The DSU2handles 90% of its west-bound experts through the be inland- - waterways to Hamburg. When Bast German cargo arrives in Hamburg, it is handled by the firm Hamburger Transport Kontor. The owner of this firm 1s w. Ertel. The Berlin representative for DSU export shipments is the firm Schiller and Koch. 2. Cargo shipped by the DSU over the Elbe to Magdeburg-Hamburg for the month of January 1955 was approximate1 130,000 tons. The ma or Dort ion of this tonnage was potassium 25X1 25X1 The DSU handles the majority of its imports through Szczecin (Stettin), Poland, and the Oder inland iaterway. There are exceptions to this procedure in the case of East German exports to the USSR. Export shipments to the USSR have all been handled through Szczecin in the past. Thin procedure may vary in the future if the USSR releases its hold on certain port facilities in Szczecin. Rumors in DSU circles indicate that the USSR may turn over the entire upper Szczecin port to the toles 4, The Oder is frozen to a depth of two meters and there are no indica- tions that any large traffic shipments can be expected during. February 1955? On 3 February 1955 one tug and four barges arrived in Berlin with a cargo of coal from Zehdeniok. The DSU doubts that it can keep the route from Zehdenioh to Berlin open. 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/07/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006400130007-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006400130007-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006400130007-3