BRIEFING PAPER ON EAST GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE ORGANIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01049A001800230003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 27, 1959
• Content Type: MF

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27 April 1959
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Director for Research and Reports
SUBJECT Briefing Paper on East German Foreign Trade
Organization
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between the East German DIAS, the Ministry for Foreign and
Domestic Trade, factories, and the various independent but
government-controlled trading organizations such as CHEMIPHA,
MELETEX, DEBOTRANS, Polygraph G.m.b.H. and the latest
ULTIMEX G.m.b.N.
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product reaches the foreign customer. We do not desire a
detailed study on this, but rather, would like to have material
suitable for the briefing
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it is requested that your
office prepare a brief summary, with sketches where appropriate,
of the latest information on the East German foreign trade
organizational setup from the point of manufacture until the
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3. In accordance with CIA Regulation 60-110, it has been
determined that release of this information to an official
liaison element will 25X1C
result in a net advantage to the United States.
4. Any questions pertaining to this request should be 25X1A
directed to on extension 8641.
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