GDR 1951 FOREIGN TRADE

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CIA-RDP83-00415R011200090010-6
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May 29, 1952
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2002/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00415R011200090010-6 SECRET/CONTROL - US OFFICIALS ONLY:. .h, SECURITY INFORMATIONf German Democratic Republic/ SovOrbit Countries/ Western Countries GDR 1951 FOREIGN TRADE ( 5 pp; German%Dutch; Mar 52) 25X1X This document contains the following: 1C 1. This report states that Meletex is engaged in illegal trade. L.S. Toe uccessors, uppe -Langerfeld, engaged in the rubber, woven, and finished goods trade, has continuous dealings with Meletex through a Mr Rosenbaum. The Hamburg firm Thumm and Company, which maintains a branch in Berlin under the name Thunim and Company, Import-Export, Wholesalers in Foodstuffs, also has dealings with Meletex through Richard Dudda of Berlin-Tempelhof. 2, a) An annual report on merchandise movement and incoming and outgoing traffic across the .frontier during the period 1 January - 31 December 1951 (1 typewritten page). The. table is headed as follows: USSR: Import, export, reparations, incoming traffic, and outgoing traffic Poland: Import, export, reparations, incoming traffic, and outgoing traffic China: Import and export Albania: Export England: Import Finland: Import Africa: Import The left margin lists the products concerned, such as foodstuffs, grain, ferrous metals.,, nonferrous metals, chemicals, machinery, textiles, fuel, cattle., locomoti aes, railroad [freighg' cars, etc. b) Annual report on transit traffic ,through the GDR] during the period 1 January-31 Decembea 1951 (1 typwritten page) The table is headed as follows: Foodst ffs, ferrous metals, nonferrous metals, machines, electrical products, chemicals, glass, paper, rubber goods, textiles, raw materials, and cattle. The left margin lists shipping and recipient countries (e.g., Czechoslovakia and Poland). although figures are provided, the unit of measurement is not given,] 3, An organizational chart with explanatory remarks for the DIATEC ( Intra-German and Foreign Trade Aq ? ' r Textiles), 2 photostated pages; dated 1952. 25X1 C The chart shows the organizational setup of DIATEX, its position under the M nistry for Intr -German and Foreign Trade, and its connections with the Ministries of Light industry and Materials Supply. The explanatory remarks list the names of the DIATEX directors qnd department managers. The meanings of code numbers in the chart are explained. foreign language document or microfilm of it (C-7490) is available from CIA Library, E:xt.35O5.7 Ext. 2016 29 May 1952 25X1A Approved For RqjjSMftd? _CM-X1116 11200090010-6 Approved For Release 2002/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00415R011200090010-6 C fORM No. 51.41 SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY MAY 19410 CLASSIFICATION SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. 25X1X PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF ACQUIRED 25X1 C NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. The attached reports on the following subjects are sent to you on loan. Please return them at your convenience. A. Import-Export during 1951 B. Ministry for Import and Export 1115 eeCUME11 HAS Al EICLeSDAE ATIAWEI- 11 111 DETACI 25X1A RETURN TO AfiLf JS fIE ! t IMMEDIATELY AF y JOB App '1 For Release - - - r,-c r 'fv 1y Approve.d For Release 2002/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00415R011200090010-6 ./. t~E~1CtAILS 4Nu I Ili erbi j doe ik u di t rapport toe.iomen. 25X1A rron deelt verder made, dot de ortan`satle vo(r illegale za: on is de '?s~r;1Lk. De firma L.E. 1"L1;!.-La .achf. nUFI;:.riTAL-LniVG1Ji. Hadischerstr. -10, handelend in {iur!lnii-, Web- and c ertigwareri, staat in zaoliJke relatie met Van de firma 1CELl?E is de heer iil?Sr~. i nu;: de cc?1liactpersoon met .._11,I11"lix. De iiamburgso firma TH,'U:N: &t moo. GmlIi, Denner- strasse 44, ia~ i.JHG 1,, die in iuerli. jn een f iliaal be- zit, genaamd TI-IM.., & Co. Gmbli, Imp. - Exp. Groszhdl. in LebensmitLeln. empelhof Ianteuffelstrasse 64 d, tel. 75.30.62, stoat eveneens In verbindinb met de firma Tevens wordt dour !'*,Lrb : & Co. met de ,.J L"r:ThX zaken gedaan door middel van DUDDA Richard, Verl.-Kfm Tentpelhof ?ianteuffelstr. 64 d, tel. 75.35.74. Adis IS AN ENCLOSURE TO LO NOT CETAC4 Approved For Release 2002/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00415R011200090010-6 25X1A Approved For Release 2002/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00415R011200090010-6 MLaioteri:r f. Zan?rdeetoohep v.ApaM idol, larks. zszgnsvngen au= stxuYtu len: C.S.:)FFICIALS I.Direktor: bibher I: u 1 c r n n M. " : j authe III. " : R e i n h o 1a Leiter der Abt. Inspektion: ^ c ': { ~ s (~^,oi~. ;-itz 1 It to to .Planung: to to it .:-k11!7e1n.Ver a1turd: bislier ?ct_ 1 1, , t it{1L-: nn, to _ /Import: x r s u n e jgtport: Enpar1oin, der 1bt.1.IIt: P u 1 1 e r if 11 .' aT'_:ta_zaly3s ? "ail _ it it . =-IIobbal.tunc/ac-no rt : - ^ 1 it It t'inazabt.: i)r. 71 i 3 ^ _. n 'citere Taren fol-en its 'Teri-uf