REORGANIZATION OF MAIH AND PROPOSED METAL IMPORT SUBTERFUGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008600220003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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he 10,51 trad4 .as ree !eats with the CSI anc.Poland !i a.ve not yet been ratified,.-,
`iTle irp`-,rt plr a for the second quarter of the year has been based largely on
;Lo `? gsu5 < t, on. ti ^t c3 liveries from these two countries could be forthcoming,
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drop in. imports during recent- months, it is considered
3n .~ ko1 that t :et f`i: es for the: first nu~?.er e %p 1951
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e -in view of th`: failure and its adverse effect on industrial production and the
t:'ivt -.tee'-I :^ considerable criticism has been directed against the Ministerium
`" r Ausser.I -.3m; ,)I- and innerde;.tschon Handel (?'.fA tll ar in particular a aain.st
,,i.ni,3 tt-z, Geor,: Hanrlke.
rlc,Otin ., at? Mcied by representatives of the State Planning Col.-; mission, DANA,
1oul,sehe Hand(; szentra_le (DHZ), and IIAIH was held on 28 7?7ay l951? Then Josef
4;,X3 main administrative division for Internal German 'lade?
+ s asked to r',tport on the etivities of his department during the first five'
nnonths of 19.5:. , he read a. list of all iriports received from Western Germany dur-
this pe i.c: He was uni Tale to continue as his si eech was greeted with 1oui
3,rio,, of deri.-:'.on in narticulj;.r from the DAHA reoresentativesa A number of DAIIA
ff`i.cial sf f: d that . the I:nterna.l rG r Trade Division had invariably proved tabs
;tore of a h ~.nr ; ?ance than e. help in its relationship to their own der nrtrrant
nd sheiild be --.bo1?ishod.
Later in the nr-, rdoy, a meeting of DAIIA representatives was called by Secretary
of. f eavj In(3u. r Kurt Gregor, who announced that, as of 1 August 1951, the main
dm?i.nlstrati_ve' dive i.sion for !,~ternal German Trade would be dl:gsolved and its
:I'uetionc, assnvied by the respective divisions of DAIIAL
to f,a.ci1i.-i,at.e -.I_;; transfer of functions under the reorganization, ;nstructions
^vc been rc .c,v d by i)/UTA than, when the new 'nterzoxaal trade agreement is sigzned,
01.I1A will. in-mc -ia,tely become responsible for its suporvi.siono l` ,st icrr?any has
i. ndica.tesd th,ii, it would no longer deliver strategic materials in exchange for
''!ia sernrarer ,. in order to exert pressure on the West German negotiators! orders
.we been give.-: for deliveries of lignite to ti ost Berlin and i o stern Geri-any to
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A 'eeti.nr' of ?)4iLA-Uet ll off icirls, nresided over by Director: Ne r (fnu r
w:ao held on ?' !iay 1251. Newmnn stated that in recent wee:. strict controls
had boor applied at the interzonal erosuing point of Dreilinden-* The r.neric n
of ' Loials there not only do anded bills of freight for all goods , but had also
conf isc-ted r oodz deztincd for the DDit. Since there was no reason to suppose
.,i....t there h~)d been any lealtsrs on the hart of )DR officials, aesnn coed on-1,
conc.lui.s that the .lest Germ n sunpliers had been rn>cin indiscreet Customs
dec1.arations,
It was suggested that rest Gorr .n su pliors be oncoura;red to f"(.Il out bills of
r :ir*,ht in tuner ai terms. For example, deliveries of Autoriatenstahl (1the
steed) sho,Ll? he