MOLAJ AND CHEMOLIMPEX

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009900130002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Hungary/USSR/England DATE DISTR. 23 JAN 52
SUBJECT Molaj and Chemoli_mpex
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
1. Molaj is the centrals o.
ILLEGIB the benzine and oil pr
with Chem olimpex, as C
Chemolimpex de c', des ab
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2. Control of I,Iolaj is half Russian and half HL :arian. - The Russians have reserved
for the
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mse
ves all positions of general directorship, as rrell as env otl,nr
Director of Molaj in Budapes
engineer, married., speaks (b
Hungarian. His secretary is a Hungarian whose name is thought to be Kirsat.
He is
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0 years old and is married.
3. In the absence of Jotschenko the bureau is run by an engineer named Lenart.
Lenart is of German descent, lived for a long time in Russia, now has Hun-
garian citizenship, and speaks broken Hungarian, and perfect Gorman, Russian,
and French. Lenart is a convinced Communist. He is about 32 years old and
is unmarried.
)4. The Holaj bureau has about 25 employees and has its ores nropai-;anda ;- ectinr..
The premises are in the second and t'~i rd tor. ies of th 3 MaTTer
Street. About 6c per cent,cf the c ac t:i,on -n e- to
to the Iiunparia n market or ' , exported t o, '
1 v gi 1~ it C in G, T
important raw mete vials. ^.t~present 17Cj:;0 L ? - ' t . : o s 1 1 1 export-import firms for the purpose of ex?cr t.i_n? c,er1?_cals,
5. I-.:Iolaj in Budapest is connected directly ~:rith the works at Sz6ny by means of
teletype.
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Comment: Another report states: All H
i
un av
an oil is under the
control of this T.4olaj) company, and 51 per cent. of the production is for the
USSR. Actually more than 51 per cent. is received by the Russians.
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