CZECH-YUGOSLAV TRADE VIA SWITZERLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800100008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1~ :Au 2 Icebru# 1950 the Berlin representativo o Kovoa Bnglwer. It hak, approached
the film of Keutmann and Fritsch in. i3erliu +ahlem with a proposal for delivering
certain Czech machine tools and other industrial equipment, including wooch-iorking
mac#rinery';, to Yu oslavia via 3 itzerland0
20 Rehak explained that Yugoslavia had previously ordered large quantities of in2due--
triaa cquij?rnent in Czechoslovakia, of tirhich only about half had been delivev-,d
when trade betueen the two countries came to a standptil.l,o Thus, in February
of 1950 there remained in Czechoslovakia goods which had been destined for Yugo-
slavia to a value of 100,000,000 kcs., and titaich it was npossible 2o' the Czechs
to sell el;:erriiere. These good., included:
a0 Ni;;e trrln-tender pit locomotives, type 760/PS 90 valued at 13,000 dollars.
b, 13c) lathes., TOS model C 45/3,a 00 and 2000., and I.'AS model SI12200/1000 and 1500.
co 25 radial boring machines, NAS model VR 2N
ci, ioo&rcr1thig nachinei7 va'-_ued at 4oO,o00 dollars.
The Kovo representative stated that all these goods could be delivered by June
1950 against an irrecovablo credit 'c'rith the Zivnoctens1ca ,3en'.k in Prague. Payment
would be made in dollars or convertible pounds.
Since Kcutauann and ritsch vero unable to handle such a large scale proposition
by themselves, they approached lcrenia Import and Lxport in "crl n-
Cha.rlotaten urg on the matter and an ag'ee: nt was made by which time two i irrls
should participate on equal basis. Keiitaaanii and 1tritsch ten contacted the
Yugcsl~,:v Trade Cca'ami.ssion in Frankfrt am Main, which was ery interested in
the proposal, particularly in the prospect of obtaining the woociworldng machinery.
Dy the middle of March 1950, after protracted negotiations, a contract had been
concluded concerning the netaia'roricng machinery, negotiations wore still conti.nu-
:in.g concerning other items valued at 500,000 dolls. rs and no argsecncnt had yet
been made concerning the uoccIrrorlcing machinery and machine tools, because of a
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