RUMOR OF SOVIET OFFER TO BARTER ARMS FOR WOLFRAM AND TUNGSTEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005400400005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 4, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. It has recently been rumored in Bangkok that Soviet Russia is offering
fighting planes and tanks to Thailand in return for wolfram and .tungsten.
2. The rumor has been vigorously denied by members of the 1947 coup clique in
the Government, who state that it is a slander devised to create mis-
understandings between Thailand and the "astern nation..
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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