RESOLUTION OF THE GDR MINISTERIAL COUNCIL CONCERNING FILLING OF EXPORT CONTRACTS

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• Document Release Date: March 8, 2002
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• Publication Date: January 14, 1953
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German J-'emocratic Republic
German; document undated; date of information: 1952;
date: 2 Jan 53)
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RI :SOLUTION, OF THE GDR MINISTERIAL COUNCIL CONCERNING FILLING OF I PORT CON`rRACTS (3 AX1 C
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This document, a resolution of the GDR Ministerial Council,
undated, deals with the nonfulfillment of GDR export contracts. The reasons for nonfulfill-
ment of the contracts are listed and remedies are suggested to avoid such delays in the futur
The report states that the situation is particularly bad since the contracts were concluded
with "friendly's countries which fulfill their obligations promptly.
Reasons for nonfulfillment:
.~;rders could not be placed; inadequate capacity of plants; commodities still in the
testing. stage; etc. The ministries concerned do not pay suffidient attention to export plans
and contracts. Various other administrative shortcomings are enumerated.
To assure fulfillment of GDR export obligations, the Ministerial Council in its session
of 25 September 1952 outlined concrete stuns which must be taken to overcome existing
conditions.
In the resolution the following agencies are requested to check and report on various
stages of export plan fulfillment and on measures taken to assure prompt delivery of orders:
The Ministry of Machine Building (Ziller), the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Schroede
the Ministry of Light Industry (Feldmann)) and the State secretariat for Chemicals, Stones,
and Earths (van Rickelen).,
some of the remedial measures mentioned:
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The heads of the above-mentioned agencies must maintain card-index files of their
contractual obligations and the status of fulfillment of the contracts.--- No export orders
must be accepted for commodities which have not been properly tested, -- The Ministry
of " achine Building is to be reorganized. -- Brigades are to be formed to overcome the
difficulties existing in the Ministry dLf Machine Building. -- Additional field offices
of. the lIA (Intra-German and Foreign Trade Agency) are to be created?
Other -control measures were instituted, including a monthly report to the Minister
President by the-chairman of the foreign trade commission on the measures taken to assure
prompt fulfillment of export orders.
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