ACTIVITIES OF HUNGARIAN TRADE MISSION IN EAST BERLIN RE: PROCUREMENT BY HUNGARY OF (GLASS, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FERTILIZER) FROM E. GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A035600260001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 5, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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Activities of Hungarian Trade
Mission in East Berlin
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ase syn e c rubber and other- products.
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COUNTRYs Hungary
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Hungary's Trade Mission Activities
in East Berlin
in 1952 to 27 November 1956)
no o~'~?i~.s or uno cis a son existed between C.N.I.E.C and
the Hungarian Trade Mission with the exception of negotiations
which took place in April 1956. In the trade agreement concluded
with the DDR for 1956, Hungary had been granted 2,200 tone of
synthetic rubber from the Buna Wo~~ks (Chemische Werke Buna,
Schkopau}. This amount did not fill the requirements, and the
Trade Mission was instructed to purchase 2,000 additional tons
of buns. The application was re,~ected and the Trade Mission was
told that 1,000 tons possibly could be bought from. China where it
was delivered in 1955 and stored since the Chinese were not yet in
a position to process the material. A few meetings were then
arranged at the Chinese Trade Mission in Berlin_ H(~WRVPra PPlcina
turnPrl dnwn the Ni~nonrinn ?nnuca4-
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he Hungarian Trade Mission wa ronik ak
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Budapest9 ordering
e c represen a ons o pure ase as much building niaterial
(cement, glass, bricks) and fuels (diesel oil, briquettes) as
the
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Kronenstrasse 33, East Berlin, specialized in the procurement of
Western products, probably including items on the China Embargo
listo Payments were in hard currency and the prices were very
high. The Hungarian Trade Mission never transacted any business
with DEI3OTRANS.
The name of the DEBO , who
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oss b A ps, fertilizers sugar and o-her it
were requested.
pr or y e very of chloride of lime ( or s n ec-ion o wa er ,
X-ray films, and sodium carbonate. By 25 November 200,000 square
meters of window glass were prepared for delivery by the East
German Government. This transaetio
terms of h 6 ement.
Also, 5, ens o n rogen
er zers were ma a ava able by the East German Government
as well as textiles and crackers. In mid-November, a State
grant of four million seat marks was announced.
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The Trade Mission was pre-
pay ng a commercial negotiations which normally started in
Novembero The trend was to import lase machinery and equipment
to Hungary because it was assumed that the rate of industrializa-
tion would slow down.
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