IMPORT OF CARS AND OTHER COMMODITIES BY METALIMPORT AND TECHNOIMPORT

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CIA-RDP82-00457R008800310012-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 15, 2016
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November 29, 2000
Sequence Number: 
12
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Publication Date: 
October 26, 1951
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REPORT
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4 DP82-00457RO 1"0012- Approved For Rel WT - 25X1A CLASSIFICATION tt. T/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY f lECURITY INFORMATION CENTRAL TELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY DATE DISTI.1 26 October 951 SUBJECT Import of Cars and Other Commodities by Metalimport and Technoimport NO. OF PAGES 1 25X1A PLACE ACQUIRED NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) 1, Metalimport is, officially in charge of all car imports for Rumania, but in'fact it imports cars from Czechoslovakia only. Imports from the USSR are handled by Technoimport (see below) and American cars are bought with secret funds, without the partidipation,of any import company. In May 1951 a trade mission was $Lnt to Czechoslovakia to arrange for the purchase of Skoda 1101 cars for the use of'the Rumanian Army, 2. Technoimport originated from the former German firm Motorex, which was at first taken over by the Soviets and later released by them, and handed over to the Rumanians, It is located in Bucharest on Boulevard N. Balcescu No. 22 in the building of the former Sun Company, Its General Manager is a Russian by the name of Degen. Car imports from the USSR are handled by Technoimport, which was for some time a Soviet. firm and has the nece s sary connections there, Automobile spare parts Telephone exchanges Surgical instruments Microscopes Binoculars .Cameras Typewriters Calculating machines Duplicating mathines 'Navigation instruments Slide rules, compasses Instruments for testing the hardness of steel, covering quality of paint, resistance of leather. Chemical and pharmaceutical products Russian penicillin Prismatic lathes. 3.,. In addition to Soviet cars the following articles are imported by Technoimport: Tulorn cnt 11,q - ------ l ------------ ~ii Date: 25X1A