COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND SOVIET SATELLITE NATIONS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001600660008-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 6, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Argentina/Czechoslovakia DVX-ALa
DATE DISTR.
6 July 1948
SUE,JECT Commercial Relations between Argentina and Soviet
Satellite Nations
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1. As a result of Argentina's current shortage of dollars,
the Argentine Government will be forced to purchase or barter with Soviet
satellite nations for her much needed oil-drilling and mining equipment.
Several European petroleum experts and technicians have recently been con-
tracted by the Argentine Government. to assist in the development of the
Tacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (TPF) Many of these experts,, some of
whom are from Czechoslovakia, are bringing their own well-drilling equip-
ment with them, Jozef Skamlets, Hungarian mineral expert who arrived in
Argentina aboard the Yugoslav ship Partizanka and who brought technical
mining equipment with him, has been eoye-ff $y the Argentine Government.
2. Dr. Leopoldo Chmela and Zdenek Blaz,ej, officials of the Czechoslovak National
Bank Who arrived in Buenos Aires 9 June 19148 to discuss provisions for trade
expansion between Czechoslovakia and Argentina, were said to have been well
received by the Argentine officials during, their brief stay in Argentina.
:sident Peron offered his private plane to take the Czech representatives
on a tour of Argentina; the offer was rejected, however, because of the
representatives' lack of time. They departed from Buenos Aires 17 June 19148
to return to Prague. Chmela will return in August to conclude negotiations
on the Argentine-Czech commercial treaty.
While in Buenos Aires, Chmela conferred with Stefan Szumowski, Polish Minis-
ter in Argentina. They agreed that their respective countries should not
enter into competition for Argentine trade, as that would be injurious to
both of their countries,
4. Argentina is considering negotiations with the satellite nations to obtain
military equipment.
Argentine official functions honoring the Soviet and
satellite representatives stationed in Argentina will be considerably in-
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