CLEARANCE FOR(Classified), DATE OF INFORMATION, EARLY FEBRUARY 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00084A000200060049-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: March 10, 1954
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: IWG Members
Mro Spencer Mo Beresford, FOA/Ni c
Mro Douglas G. Coster, State/EDS
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Control Noo 447941
10 March 1951
SUBJECT ; Clearance for date of information, early
1. Enclosed herewith is a copy of the subject communication.
Permission has been granted to disseminate it further, as follows:
To FOA/1 C/Washington and USRO/Paris, FOR INFORMATION
ONLY, classified SECRET/US OFFICIALS ONLY] to State posts
at Basel, and Geneva, Switzerland, Ankara and Belgrade,
FOR ACTION, classified as SECRET. No reference may be
made to the source of the information or the source agency,
20 ad Information on a suspected diversion of Tlxrkish copper which
25X1A2g may be related to the transaction reported in the subject
was reported in (see Memorandum for IWG Members, FOA/MD&C
and State/EDS of March 1954, Control No. 447822)0
bo Information pertaining to WARMEX, 32 Rue do Zurich, Geneva
was given in Memorandum for IWG Members, FOA/MC and State/EDS
of 4 March 1954, Control Noo 447824. This memorandum concerned
25X1A2g which reported WARMER' and ARBITRAGE ET FINANZ, SoA0 of
Geneva to be interested in.a diversion of Chilean copper.
co The firm, INTERTRkDE of Lubi j"e Yugoslavia, is listed in
a Yugoslav directory of trading firms, Export-Import CatalogueA
1953. Its address is given as Dalmatinova 1, POB 2'f9 . o
information on its activities is available*
do ALLTRACO Geneva (see Basel D@53, 2 February 1954 and
IWG Memorandum, t March 1954, Control No. 447822) has been reported
as "connected with BERIM and SORICE of Paris, both of which are
controlled by the Co rum nistnfront BANQUE COMNERCIALE DES PAYS Ill
NORD of Paris", (See Geneva D-171, 8 January 1954)
3, Luf g?stions for the Develo
nt of Further Intelligence
a. Ankara T. 827, 10 February 1954 reports the American Embassy
has suggested to the Turkish Foreign Office the desirability of
consultation prior to the issuance of a copper export permit to any
Geneva firm mentioned in Baser. D-53 (WAItNEX and ALLTRACO). The
Foreign Office promised to notify the Eti Bank and Ministry of
Economy and Commerce.
State Dept. declassification & release instructions on file
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However, Q reports the T\irkish"export license has
already been issued on'the basis of a Yugoslav import license
obtained by INTERTADE0 It is not clear whether this is for the
total of 6000 tons or the first shipment of 2p00 tons,
b, In view of this information it is suggested that=
1) Ankara be asked to check on the issuance of export licenses
for shipments of copper to Yugoslavia, irrespective of the
appearance of names of Geneva firms on the license applications
2) Belgrade be asked to check'on the issuance of an import
license to Intertrade for copper,
4* It is requested that this Agency be advised of use of the fore-
going information by the addressees of this memorandum,
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Executive Secretary
Intelligence Working Group
Enclosure (1)
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