NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING IRON ORE, TSINGTAO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003000040003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 15, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. ~-~urA
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Negotiations
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1. There are 30,000 tons of iron ore in Tsingtao left from the time of the
Japanese occupation, when plans were made to start a small smelter at
Tsankou. During the Nationalist control of Tsingtao the National Resources
Commission (NRC), after long negotiations, finally sold the ore to S" Ott
and Company, Hong Kong, at US $10 a ton, f.o.b. Tsingtao. The shipment was
never made because the NRC did not have sufficient funds to pay the railway
costs for hauling the cargo from Tsangkou to the Tsingtao wharf aria.
2. Ott recently sent a cable asking if shipment could be made to Japan? At
first the Lining and Industrial Section of the Chinese Communist iilitary
Control Board was enthusiastic, but later stated that the Communists did
not want any trade with Japan because that country was being re--am ed by
the United States for eventual war with Communist China.
The transaction has died completely, although the Communists still could
readily realize US w30O,000 for the ore.
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Concerning Iron Ore, Tsingtao