DANUBE SHIPPING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010500100008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
Hungaxy/Czechoslovakia/Rumania
Danube Shipping
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ClASSiFICAT1Ol- SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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REPORT
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
8 Feb. 1952
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The Soviet Hungarian shipping company MESZHART and the Soviet Danube shipping
company SDGF are expected soon to-make an arrangement for a division of the
traffic on the Danube,, MESZHART will take charge of the short runs from
Vienna to Sz8ny and Almasfflzit8; ' its fleet plying the Vienna-Budapest sector
will be increased for this purpose. The SDGF vessels will run from Vienna
to Reni (Rumania) and Izmail (U.S.S.R.).
2. There has recently been a considerable increase in the number of tankers
carrying oil or gasoline from Giurgiu (Rumania) to Bratislava. On one day
in early.January 1952, three tankers belonging to Sovromtransport and five
belonging to the Czechoslovak shipping company were seen at Bratislava, each
unloading about 1,000 tons of gasoline or oil.
Since about October 1951 Bratislava has been receiving increased shipments
of wheat and corn from Hungarian ports and from Izmail, as well as oil and
gasoline from Giurgiu. Shipments of gasoline from Rumania to Bratislava were
begun in August 1951, and were greatly increased late in November. Over a50X1-HUM
period of a few days early in December 1951, ten Sovromtransport and SDGF
tankers unloaded about 1,000 tons of gasoline each in Bratislava.
For these increased deliveries of gasoline, tugs were used
north of Kom om which are not normally assigned to Rumanian shipments; the
transfer of the tugs to this task delayed the movement of SDGP tankers en
route to Vienna.*
Comment: The increase in oil and gasoline shipments to Bratislava 50X1-HUM
may represent an effort to deliver a certain quota before the Danube became
unnavigable. It may be noted that there have been
a serious shortage of railroad tank cars. 50X1-HUM
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