ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH TIROL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300260007-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 30, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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(CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
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INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY
Italy/Austria
DATE:
INFO. 10 December 1946
SUBJECT
Economic RLiatiana between North
and South Tirol
DIST. 30 January 1947
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economic experts in Innsbruok are today working on plans
for the future eeonomio relations been North and South Tirol, and parti-
cularly on the outlines of the economic agreement of the Paris Accord of
5 September 1946.
Importance is attached In Innsbruck economic circles to two mawre.nda, pre
pared by Dr. Jaconoik, a native of South Tirol and forassr Heimsehr linieter.
Jaconoik proposed thatt
a. The economic relations between North and South Tirol be modelled on
thane existing between the ftiss Canton of Geneva end the neighboring
ench zones of Cox, St. Julien and St, Gingolph;
b. Xnnabruck become the center of the economic exchange between North
and South Europe.
3.. Jaconcikt a ideas are being considered by a special oc asittee not up by Landes-
ha ptma in Weissgatterer, and consisting of Jaccnoik himself,. Graf Trapp and
Dr. Augenthaler,, who is about to replace Ingegnere Leon as head of the
Tirolese Office for Foreign Trade,
center of economic exchange between the north and south.
4. Through TTngeg Leon, Jaconoikt s ideas have been disclosed to certain Treratiner
deputies to the Rem Parliament, who accepted them with enthusiaasm. There is
little doubt therefore that they are known to the Italians.
5, To date the South Tiralese leaders have been given only a brief sumsary of
Jacasnsikts ideas. Their reaction is eat negative. They stress that the
political situation in South Tirol must be clarified before any econcmaio
agreement can bo read ed-, Further, they foresee a certain conflict between
North and South Tirol as to ithether Innsbruck or Bosen should boeosio the
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