CLEARANCE OF (Classified) DATE OF INFORMATION 4 FEBRUARY 1954.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00084A000200060076-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: February 15, 1954
• Content Type: MF

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Control Noo 447529
15 February 1954
MEMO& NND ! FOR: IWG Members
Mr, Spencer M, Beresford, FQA-/MD C
25X1A2g Mr, Douglas Coster, State/EDS
SUBJECT : Clearance of
date of information 4 February 1954,
1, Enclosed herewith is a copy of the text of the subject communication,
Permission has been granted to disseminate further this communication as
follows:
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To FOA/Mi.C/Washington and USRO/Paris FOk ItiFOi TIGN
ONLY, classified SECRET/US OFFICIaIS ONLY; to posts at
Hamburg, Bonn, London and Santiago FOR ACTION, classified
SECRET, Neither the source of the information nor the
source agency may be revealed, 25X1A2g
2, probably refers to the shipment reported in
(see Ind ssemination memorandum, Control Number 447235, of 26 January
1954).
It is not clear, as yet, who owns the copper referred to in
25X1 A2g I -J Under terms of the contract signed in 1953 between NORDDEUTSCHE
AFF'INEHIE and Caja de Credito y Fomento Minero, if the two parties can
agree upon price the refined copper becomes NDA property; if price
agreement is not reached Caja de Credito retains title to the copper,
paying NDA its refining charges (see Hamburg D'298, 3 February 1954)
If Caja retains title to the copper it is believed that diversion
may be a possibility, particularly in view of the information contained
in
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a, Query AmConGen hamburg as to the possibility of securing
on a current basis from 1VDA information on all copper refined
on a custom basis,, including mount, origin and identity of
owner, as well as proposed disposition if that information
is available to NDA.
b, In view of the strong possibility of diversion of the
copper on the Bolivia, request AmConGen Hamburg to determine
its ownership and final disposition,
State Dept. declassification & release instructions on file
4, Suggestions for the development of further intelligence are as
follows:
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5. It is requested that this Agency be advised of further use of the
foregoing information by the addressees of this memorandumo
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Executive ease
Intelligence Working Group
Enclosure (1)
25X1A2g
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date of information 4 1'ebruury 1954
25X1 A2g bwedish vessel, Bolivia, owned by Johson Line, transited
Panama Canal on 4 February 1954 en route to Hamburg, Germany,
carrying 860,000 kilos copper in bulk, consigned to.horddeutsche
&ffinerie, Hamburg 36, by Ca Ja De Credito Hinero, Chile. -.
Shipment was loaded at Coquimbo, Chile, for dischargo.at Hamburg,
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