CHICAGO WORLD TRADE CONFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001800300004-5
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Commercial Attache, N Gre&oriev, who mingled and talked rather freely,
quoting extensively from a little black note book filled with quotations
from Lenin, Stalin, and other Soviet commercial experts, the two. 1955
representatives parried most significant questions with the stock reply
that they were "businessmen and not politicians". The Czech representative
was a bit difficult and =pleasant at times, and displayed a supercilious
attitude. The Portuguese participant named above spoke briefly on the
program and managed to drum up some new interest in Portuguese-US trade
relations.
Available in CIA Graphics Register is a photograph of L Dmitri I
Kostyukhin (left), Commercial Counselor and R Georgi V Doronin, First
Secretary to USSR Embassy in us.7
available in CIA Library are copies of the following conference literature:
Program and Attendance Record listing participants.
Text of conference addresses of foreign interest:
"Markets in the Middle East and North Africa" by Francis A Kett,
Senior Partner in FA Kettaneh (Kettaneh Freres), Beyrouth, Lebanon.
A rather comprehensive thumb nail sketch of economic and commercial
aspects current in Iran, Turkey, Iraq (particularly optimistic),
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, and
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Dinitri I Kostyukhin, Commercial Counsellor of USSR Embassy in Washington,
DC; Georgi V Doronin, First Secretary of USSR Embassy in Washington, DC
Jaroslav Mercle, Acting Commercial Attache, Czechoslovak Embassy, Washington,
DC; Antonio Santos Mendonca, Founder'and Secretary of the Comercia dos
Estados Unidos da, America do Norte em Portugal, Rua Rodrigues Sanmpaio,
21-1+, Lisboa, Portugal, Executive Director of Associadao Industrial
Portuguesa, General Meeting Secretary of Associacao Commercial de Lisboa,
Managing Partner of Santos Mendonca, Lda, Agents for Chemical and Metal
Works, Managing Partner of Pinto & Vasconcelos, Lda,. Agents for general
produce, Member of Rotary Club of Lisboa.
2. In sharp contrast with the behavior at the 1954+ conference of USSR
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Mar 55 and Earlier
1. Among the foreign visitors at cago World Trade Confer
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markets to very fierce but intelligent foreign competition" and
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".,etch of Business Conditions in Asia and the Pacific Areas", by
Walter J , Vice President of Muller and Phipps (Asia) Limited,
New York, NY, covers a businessman's impression of local economic
conditions and export market possibilities in Japan, South Korea,
Taiwan., Hong Kong, The Philippines, Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia,
Burma, Ceylon and India, presenting a spotted picture of favorable
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unfavorable factors.
"A Panorama of World Affairs", by Edgar jkwrer.
Foreign News
Analyst. Rather hackneyed and superficial viewpoint, but well
received, indicating agreement.
"Satin America, Coming Up.", by Raymond A Wolff, President of Wolff
International, Inc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Usual exposition of
importance of this market and advocacy and explanation on three-way
trade.
"Our Competitive Allies", by Richard Olson, Executive Vice President
of Sunstrand International Corporation, Rockford, Illinois. Excellent
analysis of competitive situation existing in Europe today, suggesting
advisability of licensing, local manufacturing and investing
techniques in some fields and areas.
"Free Trade or Protection?", by Charles H Percy, President of the
Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, Illinois. An extremely able exposition
of the position of the free trader by the head of the one company of
the 85 members of the National Association of Photographic Manufacturers
which is not "protectionist", developing the theme that is actually
the protectionist who is the "theorist", the free trader the realist.?
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