TEXTILE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HUNGARY AND THE SOVIET UNION

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R000500040001-5
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 16, 2016
Document Release Date: 
January 31, 2005
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
April 7, 1947
Content Type: 
IR
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP82-00457R000500040001-5.pdf170.3 KB
Body: 
ai ' Approved For Release 6005/02/15 : CIA-RDP82-0 452NDb5000400 tAL C.z NTRAL I TEL ._U . E G P 14- INTELLIGENCE RESORT CCUNTRY flun ;aary SI:.JEUECT Textile Agree ent t et re xa .. ga 7 and tho Soviet Union C1 1GIN 25X1 25X1 DISTRIBUTINN ni RV T ___WARNAver jeST,CE _R & E J_ C & D 1 1 25X1 I- of avsian cotton 1st ge`? ity, minim u- length of fibers 30MM tf if ft it si 2nd " it ff it 2. It 8hou3.d be noted that at the end of 19b$. Hungary signeed a e racial treaty with the Soviet Union for cotton thread and fabric. The USSR promise to deliver 30 million kilos of raw cotton to Hungary. Before the scar the Iungarir:.n cotton industry req~zyxed 30 .li ion kilos of raw cotton annually in the following quantities: 14: tons 15Y o Er 7, 2,500 1 " fE j tonF, o m m m s: - O 0 v CJ Gi 64 c: r] c!) ci ? Ts 6 ii . 0 4. A Soviet econo ,c r..o ,, .anion in Budapest at the end of Dsczaabsr 1$)46 expressed a hope to sign a second work contract with the Hungarian textile industry. A Hungarian dolega.tion will leave soon for Moscow. The conditions offered by the Soviet Union Ord the tee of the fungari< . authorities ara not known. 3rd EE 14th 25X1 ' DATE: WIFC, D!ST. lp~v 251 25X1 7 April 1947 PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT It ft ff Egyptian let and 2rd gaalit H nga- ? delivery. The first deliveries were -wads in October 1945. sc~?ri = 3 ';r .he r re F nt, Hungary has pr., eed t deliver 3,U2 ton,.; of thread G; ; to tiers c lath of th 3 following t; : 2,112 tons of thread a 34 meter 700 " E2 fE (1 n ! 7 " f n Ef t65 19 E1 Ei at fY 3. ,,7f0, meters of cloth dyed for woex clothes 3., Qs-os of bleached cloth for sheets other No. 1:.,9003pow 6E of printed r at:eri&I. NO CHANGE in 3,f 03 000 It Hann ?l 3 X 2, , 8 260 000 11 fabric for wo n's `dresses 77' r. tem Auth : The thread and the faba : c were to have behn del i ve3re tai, ~Q1 ~Yrszr?i rsxt Xrov-m rwsa#rs~ss;Lei i +A i :#C5 Sena NOTICE: THIS p1STR1EUTION 11~t1} 1~U3T W A R N Q N G -BE 25X1 a tvtecto aFFORE PUBLIC RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMEN . Approved For Release 2005/02/15 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000500040001-5 Approved For Release 2005/02/15 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000500040001-525X1 25X1 25X1 CE~1'rnAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP %v , kda; ,k- ; Fabric T hread 2nd quarter 1946 7:930,000 Meters N one 3rd quarter 1916 8.,000, 000 " 3 00 Tons 4th quarter 1946 11,000,000 it 14 00 Tons 1st quarter 19117 14.,420s,000 " 7 00 Torts 2nd quarter 1947 14,500j,000 " 1P7 12 Tons ,3 is 33,112 To By the end of October Hungary had delivered about 19 million meters of fabric. The waste or loss reverts to the manufacturers. 5. The Hungarian Supreme Economic Council has fixed the quality of the raw cotton at 86 per cent. Up to 31 July 1946, the cotton manufacturers received 1.163 kilograms of raw material and .185 kilograms of another grade for a total of 1.348 kilograms which yielded one kilo of No. 28 quality English. thread. Since 1 August, 1.163 kilograms of raw cotton and .400 kilograms of another quality aottc for a total of 1.563 kilograms yielded one kilo of No. 28 quality English thread. 6. The weaving and finishing conditions np to 31 July were as follows : Weaving: 70 grams raw cotton per running deter for 'mss first 7j million meters 50 grams raw cotton for the balance. Finishing: 130 grams raw cotton per running meter for printed merchandise 80 grams raw cotton per running meter for merchandise woven of dyed thread 37 grams raw cotton per running meter for unbleached merchandise. 7. New conditions for weaving and finishing for deliveries made after 1 August 1946 have not yet been established. 8. The Nenetkozi Textilipar e's Textilkereskede]lmi Incorporated has been established to fulfill the contract with the Soviet Union. The directorate of the company is comprised of members of the Hungarian textile industry and representatives of the Ministries of Industry, Finattw, and Foreign Trade. The Soviet union is represented in these transactions by the Society Exportlen of Moscow. in 1911 there were 342,750 spindles available for spinning cotton; as a result of war die and exports of machinery to Russia, this number dropped to 205,800. As of 3 October 19156, there were 231,000 spindles reported to be in Hungary. 25X1 25X1 I Approved For Release 2005/02/15 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000500040001-5