COMMERCE BETWEEN SATELLITE COUNTRIES AND COLOMBIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R011500070004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00415R011500070004-2
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FORK NO. 51-4AA
FEB 1952
CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION. REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY Colombia/China/Germany/Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Commerce between Satellite Countries and Colombia NO. OF PAGES
DATE OF
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DATE DISTR. 21 May 1952
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1. During the months of February andMarch 1952 pproximately 211 cases of
pocket flashlights, valued at 136.96117 pesos, were imported by Colombia
from China. The cargo was loaded in Hong Kong and unloadedat U. S.
west coast and the Canal Zone parts, where it was transshipped on vessels sailing for Colombian ports. The shipper in all cases was either
National Carbon (Eastern) Ltd.., or Lieberman Waelchli. The importers
are varied and scattered throughout the Large cities of Colombia.
2. Although no direct shipments from Czechoslovakia to Colombia have been
noted, there is evidence of consistent shipments being made from Hamburg,
Germany, by` a firm known as Czechoslovak Ceramics Ex. During February
f and March 192 this company shipped heavy ceramics., such as bathroom and
toilet fixturs, valued at approimately 87,162 pesos. Most of the
shipments entered throughTiaenaventura9 consigned to various importers
located throughout Colombia.
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