THE ALBANIAN TRADE MISSION TO EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005500890017-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 21, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRrT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT The Albanian Trade Mission to East Germany
DATE DISTR. 21 December 1954
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DATE OF
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IS PROHI@TSD BT LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
Of THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IS, SECTIONS 793
AND 7S4. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
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(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO,
1: The Albanian Trade Mission- in- East Germany is- located on Treskow-Allee,
1/ between Dorothea Strasse and Doenhoff Strasse, inBerlin-Kanlshorst. There
are several employees of this office. Bansi (fnu)Xappears to head the -
section in charge of the exportation of Albanian ores and the importat525X1
of steel goods of all types. Most of the other employees of the Trade
Mission had practically no knowledge of Russian and very` little know-
ledge of German. Bansi, on the other hand, speaks very good Russian and
some German, for which reason he may have been appointed to handle contacts
with representatives of DIA-Metall who had business with the Trade Mission.
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3. All business dealings between German representatives of the DIA organizations
and Bansi were conducted in the reception room of the Trade Mission. This
room is furnished in modern style with upholstered sofas and armchairs.
There is a large painting depicting a steel mill hanging on the wall of
this room. 25X1
4. Dia-Metall dealt with the Trade Mission in regard to deliveries of copper
ore (Blisterkupfer) from Albania. Deliveries frequently arrived in Berli, v^`
behind schedule and not in conformity with the delivery terms agreed upon
in the contract. There were also frequent difficulties with the Albanian
Trade Mission concerning the quality of the ore delivered. All correspon-
dence between DIA-Metall and the Albanian Import Corporation, Enterprise''
pour 1TImportation,1Rue. Liponiti 77, Tirana, (Durazz8) was forwarded in25X1
French to the Tirana office; copies of the letters translated into
Russian were forwarded to Bansi at the Berlin Trade Mission office. 25X1
The Russian translations sent to Bansi were done for his convenience,
ince- he" 'knew -Russian better than French or German.
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