SINO-SOVIET BLOC SUPPLY OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00328A000100510021-7
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: April 14, 1958
• Content Type: MF

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Phtha~.c anhydride becamre sn important item during Wor3d y~az? II
as a pl~istici~er for sa~okel.eas powder and as a base for inaeet
repe],lantso A principal. use for phtbalic anhydride is in the p~duction
of phthalate estate employed as plaatiai~era or softeners for' rCttsbeY
and plasticsa Alkyd reains~, made tYosn phtha~.ic anl~ydridbn are used.
for -autdoar paints and are of si~ificaace in the stiu~facte coat~g of
naval veasels4, Antbraquittoas vat area for military ~aniforai.9 ue+s
phth~rl$c ar~ydride as a bas9e
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? l~aphttialener the rear matet~ial for phthalic anhydrides, iaa
produced in several Bloc countrieso ~;stimated B'?o~ produatioa o#
nap~hthalc~aa i~a 195? ~ as follartss .
Coon
Me?bcic Toms
Cz~e haslorra~zia
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L~aat Germany
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Poland
33.,~A00
Rimaa~a
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USSR
A20D000 .
Altbc~ugki the abo~re quax~ti~iea of na~thal,ene eould~ffi~upport a
subatantia]. is~arease in t~xe production ~of phthalic anh~i+.._. e~ the
furthe~? praaess~.ng of nap3~thaleno into phthaLtc air~d~ride has uYat~
nor bson ].iyaited by deficiencies in bath tcu=".r~,~al ski~.ls and pal,ant
equipn~ent~ Only ~ pests havs~been identified es producers of
phthalic anhhydride in 'the Bloc Froduct3aR of ph$halic an~dride
in the Bloa in 1957 is est3aaiated as fal~.s~as:
Coanxt~ty
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Hungary
Poland
Rur~nia
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The USa`R anuaunced in July 195 that new technoRogy and .
squipm.~:~t for the o7ddat~,on of nagtztha+~.en? to phthalia anhydric~?
hnvo been de~e~opBd~. An e~cpari.~ental workshop using the new grc~ese
is echedialed ~~ ruct~ ntcsft~aadditioworkshops a othe~ a~Fr;.th
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~ ~~r~~~ari.scrna UPS ~. px^~?+i~~;i~~ ~f rh~.,~~ c ~,r',:rid? in 1$~ was
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chemi~a~. p~~.arats,~ 'fie oorn'~jlrieu ~Rpac~,ty of fib:: %atter two shops ~:a..s
plx~nnsd +~o be ~`~~,:r~~3~ mstr~~~~ urns
Ava:I.~ab~.e data :From tae U,~So Dapartr~nt o~ ner~? on shipts
?f phtF~aa~.ic a~ak.~ydr:~.de from ~-estern coun~r-ies ?~c~ the H~.s~ are ino~-ud~
~.n '1'ab~.e ICY T~~,ese dvtafl i:~~gathar with regorts fob previous years ~,
~~~a~~ ~nci~?~`cs a rising tr~rzd jxn B~cno imports df phtha'~.c aiahy~:~~.da
atad ghtha`~~t~5 frs~a the We4t~ The U5S~ ag~aea~?s to be the largest
img~c?tsr a2fd :~ '~.9~`~ ~Sr~Psab~.y :~.mpcsrtad at lgast ~ thousand tons o If
1nfo~t~.on wex-e a.~.i:~,ab~,e on ?:~hi~`~exats fx~or~ osier Western countries
stt~h a~ Be~ig~,rar?n ths- ~~e'es:r'tds~ S~teden and the 1~Y? a axe ~o~np~ete
pif~~~u're of P'i~ isnpo~-aas ~rou.~d ~-~ c~b~;ai.nede t~ri:1~' shipments o.f ~xht~,a~i~
yei.~iie and ph}.?ha~.atc~s fx=oni r~~.e>~ ~+~aunt,es (~hi.e~y East i;er~~
~.~o tho ~JeR~. bays boat c~bssr?~ed ~.l3 regent yea.~a~, tho B~~~ utldoLlbte~y
has begin a rct i,~rp~rf;:~:r of these ~~hernioa~~r
Somme iritra-:Bls~c :.~ipm~:nnts Yn$~e been obseed, Tl~e ind3~>ati.ons
a~ that these k~~zv~: ~;:~1a3,~i~sd ~.arge~y ~~.n Ea.s~. p~er~ny. anc~ have be?n
desti,rted mainly ,for the USSh,A .