BRITISH RESUME OPERATION OF COPPER MINES; LICENSES GRANTED TO MERCHANTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700490006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 9, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
Yugoslavia
DATE DISTR. g V.7 J 1j 2g
SUBJECT
British Resume Operation of Copper Mines;
Licenses Granted to Merchants
NO. OF PAGES
1
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REPORT NO.
1.. An unidentified official of the Yugoslav Economic Mission in Trieste confided
to informant that the Tito goverraneut recently took the f ollcsring actions
as Returned the operation of the copper mines at Borovo and Trepce in Serbia
to a British acmpany?
bs Restored licenses to 80 fox r merchants throughout Yugoslavia permitting
then to reopen private shops, Among five Ljubljana merchants so authorized
is Lesjek (f )9 the former owner of a large elite clothing store. In
view of the high taxes and foods shortage,, some merchants refused the
license.
This documen hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL I cordance with the
letter of 16 Octob 1978 from the
Director of Central int ence to the
Archivist of the United S s.
Next Review Date: 2008
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