YUGOSLAV ECONOMIC PENETRATION OF TRIESTE FOOD SUPPLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000600200002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 23, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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L, Tugos 1av economic penetration is rapidly proceed-nag in the !''told of food
supplies. An "Aeaociazione Awtono s deli. Aliment azione l'racated Via'
Criapig in the headquarters of SITAC (a similar oxj;anizatio,) was created
about a year ago and it war, supposed to be a unior, 6" food ,tore owners.
Later It became a mans of buying food products from Tugoslar'!a at a price
much lower than the nom market price. The intcnt;ion in to put pro-Slav
food stores owners in a fetiorable position to beat k he Italian Food store
owners. o pro-Italian food store owner has access to the lower .uric .
products which come from Iu;psiavla,
2," A similar organization i , being formed to control thy, market of fresh swat,,
A "Consorzio& for the slt ughtering of cattle is being formed under the ii.-
rection of s.ssin Polaoco, well-known fiAtS (Unions An .i-Fascista Ita.I.o-
3l vena) supporters. This s'Consor?zio" will import c att1t' from Tu oslav :.
at a price lower than the normal market price, :d will .tistrihute the 1)'r
priced meat only to it,3 pro-Slav members.
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The supply of wood and vegetable coal is pract .ca 1 Ly nolol.ized. by Iugov \v
dea ers,, since these products cow from Yugoslavia. Ita llAn prrAucte a nt
placed on the Trieste 'market? As an example adv tagoous , offer made
a wood sales for Southern Italy could not accepted since the local
dealers were not willing to accept the product aLthoaugh it cost loss.
4. The suppler of fish for Trieste comes qtly f tom Zone "B". 7iah is being
sold Yugoslav (over z nt--controll agencies to the local dealers the
m jority of whom are also conictoll the Tugoslavss ? Thus the fish s "
Is completely in Yugoslav hands o
5 In conclusion., it appears that the market of numerous essential commodities?
is controlled by the Yugoslavs and that so far no attem is have been made by
Italians to oppose it,
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