VIEWS OF AN OFFICIAL IN THE YUGOSLAV MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100190006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORM :y TO r REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Views of an official in the Yugoslav
tlinistry of Foreign Trade on Economic
Conditions
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE DISTR. ,6 OCT 50
NO. OF PAGES 1
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
25X1 X a. The Five Year Plan is a complete failure and the economic situation of
Yugoslavia can only be saved by American aid. A large part of the housing
construction in Yugoslavia has stopped after the framework has gone up
because of the lack of copper, steel. or lead for pipes and installations.
For seven months the Yugoslavs have been in constant contact with Western
Germany,, France, and Italy in order to purchase copper, but to date the
Yugoslavs have not been able to purchase any because of no foreign currency
and other difficulties placed before Yugoslavia by the aforementioned
countries. Fifteen days ago it was decided to send 609000 construction
workers to their home cities because there was no work for them. These
workers were employed in. Belgrade, Zagreb. Split, at cetera; that is where
construction was at its height.
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b. Efforts of the Yugoslavs to bring German technicians and engineers to
Yugoslavia have not been successful because the Germans will not accept
the conditions of the Yugoslav;; which for an engineer include 30,000 dinars
a month, a new house, and special rations. A large number of Germans who
came to Yugoslavia two years ago have gone to work in the United States when
their contracts expired.
c. The Yugoslavs this year sent almost the entire crop of grapes, pears, and.
peaches to Germany, as well as pork fats and wines. In return, the Germans
sent 400 Opel and Kapitan automobiles and an unspecified number of machine
tools. Yugoslavia has also purchased 40 million fr