ACTIVITIES OF THE SOVIET COMMERCIAL MISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200120008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 15, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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a. Theodor M,alakhov, co-director of the mission with M. Spars
who remains in Cairo. Upon Malakhov's arrival: he was
officially described as a cotton experts and prior to 1932
he was the assistant director of the Soviet Textilimport
pup in Alexandria. Source states that Malakhov is a
"peasant type," with little culture or education.
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era of commercial affairs in the Middle East.)
He has been a Communist for many years and has reportedly
attained his present position as a result of his devotion
to the Party. According to sources his primary role is that
of "watch-dog" of the activities of the Bulgarian, Yugoslav:
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L The Soviet Commercial Mission was established in Al ndria, Egypt,
in January 1948 for the purpose of supervising the exchange of
ESyptian cotton for Russian wheat, In f~:LfLl.lment of the terms of
the Egyptian-Russian trade pact. Unofficially, the mission offices
at Nos 19 Place Saad Zaghlnl, Alexandria, function as a Soviet cons-
latep and the mission' handles all details in connection with the
arrival of Soviet ships. Since the expiration of the Egyptian-Russian
trade pact in August 1948, the activities of the mission have been
confined mainly to contact with various satellite missions, The
merdbers of the Soviet Commercial Mission have had close personal and
professional relations with the members of the Yugoslav Commercial
Mission, whom they visit almost daily. More recently, a close
relationship has developed between the Soviets and the Bulgarian
comercial representatives, Nicolas Gavrilov and Stoyan Stoyandov,
2. The Soviet Commercial Mission in Alexandria has a staff of four
persons, as followst
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N. Lidemainn, assistant to Malakhov. Lideinanns who speaks only
Russian, is ostensibly oonoerned with Soviet shipping. He
and his wife live at 21 rue Bolbitine, Cant, de Cesar, Alexandria.
c. Abraham Dworkin, who is a member of the mission, but does not
carry a diplomatic passports He is a Palestinian Jew whose
family is in Tel Aviv; he is related to the Egyptian robbis
Dvorkin. He lives at No. 19 Place Saad Zaghlul, ia
d. Stefan Sbpak (Cbpak), a meiber of the mission who has been
ordered to assist tialakhov temporarily, although, according
to his passport, he is an employee of the Soviet delegation
in India. He carries special passport No.'31079, issued on
9 December 19117 in Moscow, with special transit visa No. 23,
issued in Moscow on 15 March 1947. Shpak visits the Alexandria
cotton marts daily, source states.
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