USIA'S CENTRAL COMMERCIAL BUREAU PURCHASING STRATEGIC METALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800040004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 18, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TIM REPORT CO NO.
DATE DISTR. 18 SEF 50
JBJECT USJAls Cenral Commercial Bureau NO. OF PACES 1
Purchasing Strategic Metals
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ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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NO. OF ENCLS.
(UMED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
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1. " lurusherkov, Soviet director of USIA's Central Commercial Bureau, has just
issued a priority order directing the staff of this USIA office to procure
10 tons of 99.9 percent pure electrolytic nickel cathodes 15 tons of 98 to
99 percent pure cobalt and. from 5 to 10 tons of 95 to 99 percent pure bismuth.
Central Commercial Bureau employees have been advised that USIA, is prepared to
pay any price and, if necessary, to spend hard currencies for these metals.
2. Reasons for this purchase are not known, but the metals
are destined for shipment to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, or the Soviet Union.
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
CONFIDENTIAL
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Approved For Release 2000/08/17 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005800040004-4