ORGANIZATION OF IMPORT-EXPORT AGENCY FOR LEATHER.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000400110009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Organization of Import-export Agency for Leather
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The following are the important functions of the various offices within the
Polish Import-Export Agency for Leather orimpex')s
(a) Director - Zygmunt Starzensld
I The director has the e4ulvalent e is directly - responsible to the Amster of Yoieign Tradef a D sbro k -aon.
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25X1 His duties are to carry out the wishes and desires of the ' oforeign 2.-4 de.
25X1 He has -always been 'a conscientious Ccmuminist.
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(b) Import Division - directly responsible to the director. Chief of the 3 art D17,rision
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The Import vision employed persons. a pan
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Division was to purchase the best quality leather for the'least amount of money,
above all to make sure that the import plan was fulfilled.
(c) Export Division - Chief Zdzislaw Bach
a strict disciplinarian The greatest exports
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25X1 Exports of tanned leather and gloves tb' the USSR were very lights however,
25X1 exports to the USSR of these same articles were increasing. Goods exported to
25X1 the required special handling as it was most important that they arrive on tin,-.
The Export Division had 15 employees.
(d) Finance Division - (fnu) ,,S~~z.~uu1..c~,~ a pre-World War II lsuny officer, non-Party m~em +ar ~,, meld
the position of chief acco~antart. There were 12 employees to handle all finan 1 1
problems. "Szulc was also president of the League of Soldier's Friends (Liga Prz jaa;iol
Zolnierzy).
(e) Administration Division - Chief (fnu) Pty kk - functioned as supply and mainta wnce
crew.
(f) Personnel Division - Chief was (fmi) Hl man w
to be replaced) The personnel division kept a complete file on each employee* I 'was
also responsible for hiring and screening new employees.
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(g) Organization Division - Chief (fnu) Blicharski and three employees- kept a complete list
of all companies dealing with the I7nio rT--%Fo-rt Agency. Prior to any contract negot atift
the chief of the import or export division. had to receive clearance on the company. If
the name of the company did not appear in the indexes of the organization division, a
report including name and location of the company was submitted *to the Minister who in
turn notified the Commercial Attache in the appropriate country. The comerc:Fal attache
would then obtain the necessary information concerning the reliability of the company in
question. Only after the company received clearance would approval be granted to carry
On noisiness transactions. The division also subscribed to all Trade and Cod . -ce
periodicals, magazines and publications.
(h) Transport Division Chief (fhu) Jedrze kowski.. This division worked closely with Hartw1g
(International Transport Agency)._.. All negotiations being completed, a duplicate of the
entire contract was submitted to the transport c ief. All arrangements for tr;atiportatian
to port of entry and final destination were the chiefas responsibility.
(I) Cooperation with democratic countries. The position of chief was entrusted to a Party
member who worked directly with the director and chiefs from the import and ex6x)rt
division. Its main function was to purchase leather for Satellite countries WrO ch were
unable., for political reasons, to deal with countries in the West. The goods would be
purchased by Poland and then resold to the Satellite country with no profit to Poland.
(j) Planning Division - Chief (fnu) Zngelhardt This
25X1 division employed Communist youths exc usively. When the overall quar ly pi t was received from the 1{ nistry in Warsaw, the planning division was responsible for seeing
that the import-export quota was fulfilled. It also had the responsibility of checking
figures submitted by the import and export divisions to make sure that no mistakes had
been made as far as changing meters to feet, kilograms to pounds and zlotys to US dollars
are concerned.
Enclosure (A): Sketch showing the Organizational breakdown of the wort-Import Agency
for Leather.
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