AMERICAN MILITARY TRUCKS SOLD BY ITALY BY ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700510008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 21, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For F 9M-4AW/b F~G A` P82-00&1 fi 0
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Argentina/Italy CONE T1AL
SUBJECT lmerican Wi11tary Trucks Sold by Italy to
Argentina
PLACE
ACQUIR~C
DATE OF!
25X1A6a
CD NO.
25X1 A2g
DATE DISTR.
13
MAY 1949
NO. OF PAGES
2X1 A2g
NO. OF ENCLS.
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
25X1X6
Next Reviow Date: 2008
ocument is hereby regraded to
CON":7" IAL in accordance with the
lciter of 1 %tober 1978 from the
Director of Cien telligence to the
Archivist of the Unite tes.
CONIAL
14 United States military trucks which had been made available to the Italian
government were recently sold to Argentina after being reconditionedo The.
trucks, which were loaded in Venice and exported by the firm onova, arrived
in Buenos Aires aboard the Italian ship I'AZARIO SAURO, They were consigned
to Ernesto Segal a Hijos, currently known as Segal & Lube], at 1164 Vieytes
Street, Buenos Aires.
2 Although it was originally believed that these trucks were being sold to
Argentina for possible transshipment to the Soviet Union, such action would
now appear unlikely inasmuch as thy; trucks are being sold on. the open
market in Argentina4
34 Segal & Lubel is closely connected with the supply section of the Art'entine
Ministry of VVar and has been currently attempting to sell that F"inistry ten
trucks, or possibly more if agreement is reached on the price.
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CLASSIFICATION T
Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002700510008-2