RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE BRUNN GLASS FACTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000100560007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 22, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COWRY Austria
&UBJECT
Russian interference i& the Prods etioa of the
Bru Glass F
This'~document is hereby regrade
ORIGIN
NO CHAGF/ in
of Austriey;. baeaument No. 1 Y
CONFIDENTIAL in accord
letter of 16 O_
DATE:
INFO-iiiiiiim
[MSf. 22 November 1946
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The following is a translation of e. report written by an official of the
Vienna Chamber of Commerce concerning conditions in the Brunn glass
factory (sic):
An official of the French Military Government reports that large quantities
of window glass are being shipped to Russia from the Brumn glass factory.
An enquiry sent to the company brought in the following reply:
Z Early in September the Russians requested that 7 of the production of
the glass factory be surrendered to them,, allegedly not for export to
Russia but for delivery to other Russian-controlled concerns. In return,
the Russians offered to deliver- raw material to Brunn. The Federal
Ministry for Trade and Reconstruction rejected the Offer stating that,
although: with some difficulty, the Brunn factory was able to procure its
raw material itself and that an acceptance of the Russian proposal would
completely disorganize existing delivery schedules,
3 The Russians deliver glass from Bruno direct to their customers without
requiring a ration certif icates a Furthermore, they have 'ordered the.
shipping department of the Brtuan glass factory to sell the glass at retail
prices Instead of wholesale prices. This constitutes a violation of
price controls, The main office in Vienma has. no control over thea?
manipulations and has no way of justifying this procedure with the Ministry,,
or of drawing up invoices without violating existing regulations. In
addition, the main office in Vienna has been instructed to forward all
incoming mail unopened to the Russian control officer in Brunns who opens
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busfuess very seriously, e : The report does not give
the exact name of the factory concerned, nor does it indicate its loca-
tion;, there are several towns by the name of Bruno in the Russian Zone
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