POLISH BANK OF ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300170009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Argentina
SUBJECT Polish Bank of Argentina
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1. The following data on the, missions and personalities doing business with
the Polish Bank in Buenos Aires have been made available to sources
a. The account of the local Soviet Embassy now shoos a credit balance
of 700, 000 pesos;
b. The Rumanian Legation recently received a 65,000 peso credit from
the Polish Bank which was deposited to its account;
c. The Polish Minister to Argentina, Stefan Szumowski, receives a
salary of $2200 a month, while the Pirat Secretary of the Polish
Legation receives about 20,000 pesos a month. Salaries of other
Legation officials range from 10,000 pesos to 16,000 pesos monthly.
d. The Argentine branch of the Polish Red Cross, which was established
recently, also keeps an account open with the Polish Bank.
2. Byelorussian and Ukrainian Communist organizations in Argentina, both of
which plan to construct their own buildings, have requested loans from the
Polish Bank.
3. Ludmila Schostakovslgr de Cortex, daughter of Union Eslava
Schostakovsky, is in charge of customer files at the bank.
Comment. Sra. de Cortes was previously reported to have to
wid in the Polish Bank9s contacts with the Soviet Legation.
In her present position she is able to check credit data
tinent data on individuals and organizations. Recently Sra.
de Cortex is said to have made personal profits on a transaction involv-
ing the introduction into Argentina of European books by the firm
Distribuidora Rio Platense de Libros Extranjeroso
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