USIA, ROMANIAN, AND CZECHOSLOVAK PROCUREMENT OF BALL BEARINGS FROM BIZONIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700380001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 22, 1949
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Austria,/Germany/Czechoslovakia
REPORT NO.
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. .4 May 19 ' 5X1A2g
SUBJECT USIA, Romanian, and Czechoslovak Procurement NO. OF PAGES. 1
25X1 A6a of Ball Bearings from Bizonia
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ACQUIRED RETAIN
DATE OF I 25X1 X6
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
Althouzg fragmentary, the following
report is subr :itted for the current.
interest in critical "ateriais mov-
ing East.
1. Frau ^chnied (fra.), a Swiss citizen living at the Hotel Krantz in Vienna,
is reported to be expecting the arrival of 7 tons of ball bearings sizes
30313, 30316, and 30320 fror, Frankfurt arr T-'fain. The bearings are intended
for USIA. Frau 11chnied is reported to have a?onts in Vienna and Salzburg
who are att. pting to develop contacts on the border to help sr?uggle the
bearings into Austria. According to Frau Schiniedr, these contacts are dif-
ficult to establish at present.
2. Engineer "chienecker (fnu) of the firm of Dr. "trqube in Sa1z'mrg, is re-
ported to be mediating a ball bearing transaction for the j".arglov (sic) com-
pany in Vienna, on behalf of the Romanian armament industry. According to
course, 5,000 tons of bearings for the Romanian Governrient are hidden in
Berchtee e a or Bad Reiehenhall, atjaiting a safe means of transportation
to Austria.
3. The Czechoslovak firm Omnipol is also reported to be awaiting a safe method
of bringing ball bearings across the border from Gerr..ariy. The transaction
is bein,,1 handled by T-;eyerhofer (fnu), a representative of the Arbos*(sic)
textile company, Austria.
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This firm is possibly identical with the Arbos Transit com-
pany which is reported to be a cover firm for the Austrian Cormraunist Party.
This d nt is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENT cordance with the
letter of 16 Cctobe from the
Director of Central lnteitigen e
Archivist of the united States.
Next Review Date: 2008
Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002700380001-4