INDIA PURCHASES PHENOL FROM CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001900480001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U. S. C.
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India Purchases Phenol from China
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DATE OF INFORMATION (Date or dates, on or between which,
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SOURCE
1. In February 1955 we were asked by the Roy Amin & Company. Bombay to quote
on phenol. We quoted a price of US$O.1825 per pound CIF Bombay.
2. In April we received a reply that our price was too high and that phenol
of the same specifications was purchased from China at a price of US$0.1538
per pound CIF Bombay.
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