EFFECTS ON COACH INDUSTRY OF EAST-WEST TRADE RESTRICTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300570015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
NF R AT REPORT CD N0.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Effects on Czech Industry of East '-Ioc;t
Trade :',ostrietions
DATE DISTR. 13 August 1951
NO. OF PAGES 1
C 0 NO. OF ENCLS,
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1. The following trends indicate the extent to which Czech indi!.ctry is suffe -,n ,
from recent ra t-.1est trade restrictions m The Czech r over t'3
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efforts to procure non ferrous metals through smuggling and i1?cf;a? barter
deals roflect the failure thus far of trade trusts to procure these itcr:ic in
sufficient quantities to satisfy i2ic Io u! rements of the Czech 1i; ht industry.
Czech rlcancuvcrj in trade negotiations with w:storn :;uropcan countries confirm
the fact that both the light and heavy industries ax,-- hard hit, In recent
discussions with Austr.l.an representatives the Czech negotiators haw tried
to malk irn_cdiate delivery of certain quantities of stec1 pig iron rnd ball
bearings tho sine qua non of the trade ag-reerncnt o The Czec 13 are uti -?J zing;
everj economic iicapon they can muster to force concessions fro: .i other countries
Me threats of non-delivery of vital coal and sugar to Austria is an exauplc
Foreign negotiators believed that Czechoslovakia's reiterated assurances of
her desire to continue and expand trade. vr.Lth the ,Test betrays a [,rave appre-
hension concerning the consequences of possible further ti} htcn!ng of the
trade e :mbargo 0
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