NEW TEXTILE MILLS; PRODUCTION OF CORD FOR TIRES AT JILAVA; SHIPMENTS OF SOVIET COTTON TO RUMANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004900610004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - u.sa orbjlC aL 0,,,T,
Approved For R~ O ~(9tU~ ~#f ~0457R00d ~fa~OA~-1
COUNTRY Rumania
I F ATI REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT New Textile 'T.Sills; Production of Cord for Tires
at Jilava; Shipments of Soviet Cotton to Rumania
PLACE.
25X1 A ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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DATE DISTR. 61 P! 50
NO. OF PAGES 1
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The new textile plant, Textil Moldovan, at Taxi, has just been completed
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2. A new textile plant of 102000 spindles will be opened at Botosani. The
equipment for this p7 ant vas furnished by the USSR. Another "textile
mill of 102000 spindles, the equipment for which was furnished by the
USSR, will shortly go into production at Lugcj.
3. The textile mill at Jilava has raised its daily production of cord for
tires from 600 to 1,300 kilograms. An effort is being made to raise
production to 1,500 - 2,000 kilograms daily. At the present time the.
management of this plant is attempting to substitute artificial silk
(viscose) for cotton in the manufacture of cord, on the ground that the
silk is more heat resistant than cotton.
Large quantities of cotton have recently been shipped to Rumanian t'tile
mills from the USSR. The quality of cotton in these recent shipments has
improved; fifty percent is of good quality and fifty percent mediocre.
This document Is hereby regraded t+,
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 1G Octo::.cr 1973 from trio
Director of Central Intelligence to t ,:,
Archivist of situ, United States.
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