FUTURE OF SKODAWORKS, INCORPORATED IN INDIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900260006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 4, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
An i.n:7.pee}.or 'rom Czechoslovakia hrs arrived in Bombay with plrxis to
eua.'lit the hooks of Skodaworks in Cale-otta and close t; ,-t of,"ice,*
(omrient. This is nrobrbly the result, of the inpossibi.lity
of obtaining competent nerr onr,ei; and the inspector may PISO
liquidate the 3ombay o-5f ice for the some reason. If Skodaworks in
India is eJ.ased, the new Czech--India Trodo Agreement will orobably
be handled directly between buyer and supplier; This arrangement
is not apt to work well a owing to the fact that Skoda factor --nl
office paronnel In Czechoslovakia often make :,!i.s'rkes, either be-
4L--use these personnel are (a) selected for political ren ons rather
then ccorr.trrrr to thr-,ir cur'2_V'ications, (b) forced into the vork
whether they litre it or not 'by the Comnnsts, or (e) andotas to
disrupt thc, work,
This document Is hereby regraded to
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CLASSIFICATION ue)IRIPIM0
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Approved For Release 2003/08/11: CIA- DP82-
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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