(Sanitized)DAHA IMPORTS OF METAL FROM WESTERN EUROPE(Sanitized)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R010500040006-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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German Democratic Republic
i~E.AL-IMPORT DIF:~ICULTI~S OF DANA
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tans of AstraTa import requirement ? ors er 1S2 ?ut of
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are for cold-rolled strip steel an item whichwis mostcdiff cult te~srocutre1p~ ~~.port needs
are cue o~na a present titse very ached es ? wo gears
ry; such deliveries arw unnnne.,+ni,l ,. a_ Her..
. slovakie, are be` - ~-----r""'"''`~ "" L~x? rurana,slCig possibil].ties irl CZ?eho-
explored right Howe The chances for obtaining defies ?f c?ld-rolled
strip steel from the USSR and the other Peoplets Democracies are very PA?r6
best source for that item. The American steel embargo of $ February 1950 reduced these ~psrt$e
tp a mere trickle, The new previsional agreement of 23 February 1951 did not ease the situation
significantly. 8`ven i].1ega1 deliveries were alffiost stopped through American "maahirati?ns.s
As there has not been any agreement between West Germany grid the GDR since 2 July 1951, it can
be expected that even the few plants which had promised deliveries under the provisional agree-
~ent will Hat d?liver nmwe
Re ardi
g ng purchases of strip steal, drawn wire, sects?ns, and other products, the absence
of a DANA representation in West Germany beaornes a noti
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e obstacle. The i
in the requiremerata of their customers and it would be necessary t? visit all plantssiriporderiZe
to see what can be doneq Some West German p~anta approached DANA with proposals for possible
deliveries; DANA is constantly making use of the offers, ~
~ con recta for DIA was r~ninded that
3, ana ?f co w ra were not delivered. The GDR steel and roll~ag
mi~~.s cannot fit the quantity into their production
tie electrodes because that would ut the GDR electrodes plaints outs?fnworklution t? im
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN Y REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT co -vo.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFE CTIMG THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES IYITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. 5. C.. 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REY ELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS 1N ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO?
HI KITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF TNIS FORM 15 PROHIBITED.
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