BARTER OF AUSTRIAN STEEL FOR GERMAN COAL AND FERROCHROME

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006700290004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

CONFIpENA
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COUNTRY
TI REPORT D NO
Austria/. astern G^r eny
SUBJECT' Barter of Austrian Steel for
German Coal and Ferroc%rore
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
25X1X
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25X1A
DATE DISTR.
25X1A
23 JA-.,T 51
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO,.
1. It eras r' rorted on 25 Novembsr 1950 that negotiations were in rro,fress bet,reen
Tforc Irsrort-und Exrort GrbH of Vienna and the East G r^mn DAHA orcanization of
Berlin for a barter transaction involving the trading; of 4,400 rzetric tons of
Austrian steel (valued at 11,305,000) for 60,000 metric tons of lignite briquettes
(valued atI M .32,000) and an undisclosed anount of ferrochroris (valued at 1210,010)
from Eastern Ger any. +Zo further details are available on the transaction.
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.
Next Review Date: 2008
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