ATTEMPT BY CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO PURCHASE AIRCRAFT ENGINE TESTING TABLES FROM WEST GERMAN FIRM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400200008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 26, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. ^
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
CONFIDENTIAL
COUNTRY
.,cstern 'err icily/C evtiaslova is
DATE DISTR.
26 1Jov. , 1951
SUBJECT
,tttc -q U i.)yr Czcchwslovakia to Purc;i,: cc ..Urcraft
245 ' Testing Tables from .est '#cr i i ?inn
NO. OF PAGES
1
PLACE
NO. OF ENCLS.
la In 'u,-=t or Ce-:~te:.l cr 1921, l.ovo loto (1) in Pra;7ae ti>.a ,.unich firra
i )Jo 7:1,; to 'el atttF X`p 1CT'CZ3iens gesso to ma iG an offer for the
deli-,-cry of '~txo-aircraft engine tc stint; tables. '"anstetter offered these
tables at u 20,000 apiece. Kovorloto uas very intcrer;tcd but stated that
it ccuidnlt malro the deal bccau lc: of a dollar chortage, and spa -, ected that
.?.anstc tte r :tale delivery tirou; Ji the 3l-.o( a ro pre sc utative in : ?u ich, CChris tian
Pachtner, Kocnigins urasse 39(2) v :uu-istett(,,,r was ins eructed to offer Pachtner
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the possibility of paring for the tables from his Tatraplan account 0).
(l) Co icntt T`.1is :-iay Ci1.1ite possibly refer to a't~~ent r! of Itovo
1e cLenrr meat cnnccrned ;rith' i r Fart of aLr craft cgii p= lento 7.)i"- c?e artment
is rcncr.: .ly i::1oi7n as 1. 70tokov, rather t tan Kovte'nouoa
(2) Coincnt: 'Llihe' A-2 der ))out^c'icn ;irtnch ft of 19}d7 lists the firrl
Of L} to 1-'cotter at ..C7C?:"i~'3C;icrstrs so `2 a 11o %t12'7 `7'~ian 'ac?itner 15 7 7 : ~+,'C~ n
(3)
Ca . rent: It is :3clicvc_7 t Tat ti,.-'s indirect riet_-.od of -),o 7-ir.nt ,as
dollar s;inrtare is not clear0 The a:'vauta;?e to a C^ech i;s:-o:tor of ~?rons-
fcrrinr; the itcr.s to anode r fi.rn in .luixiel: is a1 ^0 obscure
cau:c?c_ not by a s'-iort.am of dollars but to insure delivery since I,ovo oto
obviously fears that the 'L?terican cut oritios t'rnuid not por-lit c-,-; ort of
such items to C^ cchaclovalci.aa ryo:irtcnt: The c-:licct:.on bcttrcen
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to W:i;.71 t e con tract beta se of
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she quoted ,]rice in "lc ail.' the 'fa 111
Coiaaent; The production of the 7'miotettcr fir-1 .is Cr"ll '_r .icd Jy
w l~I1C dCr 'at# Ten .:irtochaft. _aastettert a '),m-ilh ithe Jayriec'ic " caatsbanka
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