PURCHASES MADE BY YUGOSLAV PURCHASING COMMISSION IN VIENNA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT Purchases Made by Yu?osla v A;:rchasi.ng
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Conmission in Vienna
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1. Du ing the past two tjeeks, the Yugoslav Trade Ministry sent nunerouc Maas' ,s
to the Purchasing Cor~imission in Vienna for the inzno'3iato purchase of roiled
iron, rolled plate, other rolled products, and industrial raw steel. Source
believes that the accelerated Yugoslav pmrchasing in Austria is a result of
the breaking off of Yugoslav commercial relations with Poland and rvsechoeloi ah=,i
2. The following parehaa^es are now being arranged by the Yugoslav PLx.rchhlasing Corte
mission in Vienna. (all purchases are in schillings, even There the dollar
equivalents are given). ~f a total of 35x)0 tons of rolled products requestad
by Belgrade, the Corrission is arranging for the rurchase of 1900 tons from
Alpine I-1ontan" durin,, the next three months at a cost of $300,000. During
the next five months, 1500 togas of industrial steel are to be purchased froz
Alpine-Montan Boehler* Schoeller-T3lechnnn A. G. *, and nteyr-T3a3 :nler-?i1oh*
at a cost of $1,500,004' The Commission is negotiating with 3ahnbadarf A.C,,
and Sirmtering-Graz-.Pauker A. G. for the ?urcha.se of a large quantity of rail-
road car axles, bumpers, and connecting links. The estimated cost is 6,O0 00ct
schillings. The firm Alexander Friedmann-Kom edit-Ce el? .c':hraft is to se 31 36
heating units for rail iy coaches at a cost of 1l,58O per unit. The Co; ._. ooior
is now negotiating with Vienna commercial agents for the purchase of 'x311_ b ai -
ings, t-tanufaetured by the SU and the Steyruerke", at an estimated cost of
1,000,000 schillings. The source notes that this is the first re1?iest for '-a73
bearings which has been made in two months.
3. Gebus Lokomotiven u. Vertrie'bsgeseiischaft has promised to deliver t` ee 760 r ..
gauge locomotives at 4;30,000 each. The first locomotive is to be delivered Ir.
five months, the remaining two, six weeks later,, Pay-ent is to be rxade in
schillings at the legal rate. About 6 July 194.9, the Commission teas re?3t13at :ec
to make a priority purchase of 2,000 tons of uncoated iron plate to be del.?rex c.
to Yugoslavia by the end of September. The estimated cost is l C),0C>O,
4. The source reports a change in Yugoslav policy regardwn~- payment of purchases In
Austria. The current procedure is to export dollars to Vienna, Nacre they sre
sold on the black market for schillin;s, which are used co pay for Rtxs friar: r t .t
chases. In June, fl1O0,O00 tags imported from Switzerland, sold for schill irxf-s
and used to pay Haselgruber.I' " An additional X130,000 is to be sent- f'ro
grade and Switzerland to tray for the uncoated iron plate mentionwf. in
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The source interprets the sale of dollars for schillings as an indication that
the Yugoslav Government anticipates a dollar loan from the U.S. in the near
future.
25X1 A Comment: The full names of these firms are as fo]3ows:
Oesterreichisch - Alpine Montangeselischaft
BBhler Gebr. & Co. Aktiengesellschaft
Schoeller-Bleckmann Stahlmerke A. G.
Steyr-Daimler-Poch A. G.
25X1 A #* Coroment: The Steyr-Daimler-Puch G.m.b.H. is probably meant.
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