CZECHOSLOVAK-SOVIET AGREEMENT REGARDING SOVIET URANIUM EXPLOITATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1945

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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- the USSR and Czechc~slova,kia z^e~ard~.n~ the m~n~,n~ Q~
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m-beex~i.n ores and concentrates on Czeckaos~,ovak territory, as
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STRICTLY CQNFID~;NTIAL
AG~RE~~MEIVT
overnment of the USSR and the Government of Czechoslovakia,
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r he ex s.nsion of mining operations within Czechoslovakia for
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rrtrates which canta:fn radium and other radioactive elements,
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as well as concerning their deJ,ivery to the USSR,
government of the USSR and the Government of Czechaslavakia are
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duly agreed that:
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meat of Czechoslovakia sha1.1. organize a National Enterprise
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Bot~l the Government of the
Czechoslovak-Soviet Commission with
shaJ.l establish a ;permanent
stin of four Members, two Pram each side.' ;
headquarters in ,Nrague, consi ~
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