USIA DISCONTINUANCE OF TRADE WITH YUGOSLAV PURCHASING COMMISSION IN AUSTRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R003100080005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 13, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/06 :CIA-RDP83-004158003100080005-3
INFORMATION REF~ORT
CLASSIFICATION u..;a:.~,/cc~r~cy ~~ u.c:, or~~ICinlu ca 50X1-HUM
CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
COUNTRY Au-a~tzi~q/It~"I'i,/~u~ae7~avia
SUBJECT tICId Diseoatirnxanae of Trade Stith
Yu;,oelav Purchasing Gc~iaeion in Austria
PEACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF IN
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On 3 3'ime 1949, a ropreEentative of thca Yugoslav Purctansing Cot~:,issios~ axi
4iea~ wu3 infomed by Shevahenko, chief of tho U:'IA Central Co~rcial.
Dureeu, that TiM~omirov, 1J: IA General Diroctor, had ordered all transactions
with ~.:he Yugoslavs to bQ stop~ned iru~df.atsly. Shevchenko statod that the
order uppliod only to tha Y~.igoalav FErrct~.asit~ Cor~si.s^aan; trade with other
forai~n oc~aorc3al ropresontativas was ie Gontaxiue. Tha source antorpro-~
this i3^IA directive ae the ap~al.ication ~+~' econa*.~.c s~~no+~.on^ bar the Cav ef,
authorit3a~ is Austria in Iaao erlth the anti.~ito O oniufora~ polic3rN
2. 1lftor trio weQks' delay, on 3 J~~:ne 1949 Shevchc3ntco provided a transport permit
for the shipt~ent to Yvgoelaviil:- of 500 3toal r~.i].s, whictz here awaiting load
axe; at the Danube dockside. .^?hovcl;enko informed the Yugoa].civ repracontative
that this is thQ laet tran:~port nc3x~it to tx3 issued to theft b-- ~ho "ovlcts~
3o During the first woott of Jame, t~~o Yvgosl.Fiv Purcharir-g tomn~acian recr~ived
100 tons of ~.I~eat iron fron ~ctaiaidhuette j{rer~s. Tho Yu~ror-.2av;; c?,tair~dd a
tranoport ~rnit for t'.~ir3 order in Apra]., and da not expect Rio shipmexxt
of the 150 tang still. ovtst~ending to be stopped by iikhorairavt a arders~
CI..ASSiFiCATION 8~'i'/~~~CL - II.' . OFFICIAI:" GT~LY
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