DECLINE OF POLISH COAL EXPORTS TO EAST GERMANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Poland/East Germany
Decline of Polish Coal Exports to East Germany
DATE DISTR. 17 March 1955
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SUPRaEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1
1. 4Se dsa32ae o~ lbRi'gh o! aae2 to E'a~rti !a s w ends
in the opinion of tha Ministry o! Aeavy Industries in the Harks Soviet
aeotor, vas due to increased Polish need for ooal.
2. It hea beoowe ]morn that Poland~a owa requireaenta of ooal~ the ssin oauas of
the gradually ieorea~aing 3apao~t of coal thaw Po].and,~ vas the result of the
eatablishsa~ of netr industrial plasta is Poland ss v~ell as aaasures tabaa
in ooaseotios with the ourrest Polish six'lrear plan. Et the ta11u held as the
supply of opal f row Pbland~ it vas repeatedly isdioated that the n~-lblti],sast
of coal deliveries Craw Poland, vhioh to a certain awtent already oauaed serious
difficulties to the general prodnatie? is East c3ersan,-~ vas due to abland~s owe
increased seeds for coal.
3. ~bereaa the atorewentioned reasons for the decline were discussed at the
general talka~ the decline of ~~""~blish coal exports vas sxplaissd at the
atieetings ass the tultilasat of the prvinetios quota of the opal industry
is Eaa! t3er^at4y. Hoch the IISSR g~overnsent sad the Polish gorsrra~enL recently
Wade represestatioss to the East tisrsan goverawaat oowplaisiog of East t3ee~aaayr a
not sestisg her obligatiena for exports of iadnatrial products which hays
fcroed Poland to withhold her coal deliveries as a cawpensatiea for such
clsliveries.
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t'.x.g~ irult~i.~;s to the gei~era1. ~ roductio~ i?ri'~;asfi Co`rm' ~ 9s
F ~-, ' ad's cztte 'ba Poland ~~,~.r:
~..c~c~-e~sed rseds #`or coal., -, . ?.; ? .
'~heraas t;h~ aforementioned ra~t~dn~ for~~he "cioeliz~L w~ax~ dSeei~ss9~d ~ a-~ ti.e
gencz~ra? t31ks~ t;~e decline c.f'~ Ah?.ieili !QO>alr export: wa?~ :lAined at: thta ~~
r~eet:ia~gg oa 'the fulFil.ment of the ~I:aEoduct3~~ quota of"the"cvefl indestry ,~
yin.^asZ f4c~nq- Bath `~h~s 1~SSf;~ {~veri~2c:.n1~'tinc~CYss'Pol#1~f cr~rc;x~r;-ent re~ce:r~io~g
m-.de r~:ar+~seatr~ti.ona to T.he ~~,as^~ i~~~'.~za.i~ ~ov~~r.1*~cnt; ,:+~~1p1.~.izziti~Y o ~a3~t, Germrir~v':s
z,c?~ ~:~~,~~~ci..-~~ her obliarativns f'cr ~xno~:ts of iz:dl;st,r:i.~i._ pro~:ac-'r: which ~~av~:
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