"EVZEN LOEBL, FORMER VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015300160002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
I~VFaRMA~'~~N REPORT REPORT N0.
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COIJNTRY C~eehoslov~Lkia.
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DATE DISTR. g,2 Deeember 1952
Evzen Loebla Forar~.e~? Vi~emlJlinister of Foreign Tide N0. OF PAGES ~
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REPORT NO.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINSINFORMATION AFFECTING THE NAT LONAL DEFENSE:
OF 1'HE UNITED-STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 1R~ SECTIONS 193
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE-. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE~
CATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
to .meter-the so~.p in 19~8a when .all agencies of the Czechoslovak government were taken
oven 'by the Communi~ts9 there were few changes in personnel in the Ministry of Foreign
Traded Evzen Lmebla a>s Vice AdinisterA was given the responsibility for all trade policy
and Eng Tucek-remaned_head of the foreign exchange and currencies div~siona L'oebl ~uas
s,r,rested 25 Ndvember 19~9~ ~,nd -there followed more changes in the personnel of the ~:..?.
Ministryo` In 1950 there eves a thorough purge of the Min~.stx?y as far as personnel were
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few old timers left e.t the Ministryb it would be even nearer collapsed
25X1 ~? from 1948 to i95q the foreign trade of Czechoslovaki,I~ served
primarily ie purpose, of _enriching a few individuals under the lea.d~rship_,of~['Loebla
Loa`bl planted his own people in ali the state monopolies and the various mi.nistries,tta
well ass abroe~cle these ha~~.d~pi~ked rr~en inoludeda Rudolf Margolius9 Ka~,rel Benda,~Ja~blozlsl~y-,
ante Bittermana, all in the Ministry of Foreign Tradee 'Dr,r Brieger 'anal P1~.eek with the
Bd3:~nist~?y. ~f F'vodg 1'sneka $era.ngg F'redD ~,nd Prmkcspa all v~.th tie state monopoly coit~pa.iay..
Merl~?ia, Qtler foreign trade ~.onopoly compa~nies~ such as Centrokomise9 Centrotexp
Sl~loexpnrta e staffed primari'ly' by persont~.el selected by Loablo ge ways also,
irif'luential in the se7:ectiori of commer~aial atts,ches for -the foreign services During
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conce~?nedg but few paaple in the f?rei~~s exchange and currencies division were affectedo
~~xi~eka however ~~~~ '"kiclkec~ aap~taii~st?`.~-nd pot in charges of- in~peeting exports at the
State Banks Nedved~ ~utrhb~, a1:a;ke.:~u?~ek~,:_,s a Communists replaced Tucek at the Ministry
o~ foreign ~x?adeo After-the ur e in 1951 there ware new em to ees in a].aost ever
~i~?arich_of the Minist:~ya
?the pex?iocl from. 1948 to 19509 Loebl 'e.nd his clique made several hundred million des
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abroad, mostly in -the 'capitalist countries~"o Tkiera was open talk in Prague that
this was with the knowledge of the Corlrnunist Party hierarchy which was given a sizeable
portion for the propagation of Cammunist idaolog~ tliroilgkiout the world,
there must be millions of dollars on deposit in banks throughout the worlds which9 due
to the 3.oyalty which Loebl was accorded by kris groups will be released only on his 25X1
p?rsonal authorizationo Because Czeohoslovakia desperately needs foreign exohange
credit$a Loebl is in m. position to bargain with the government even though
he is in prison, This is borne out by tkia fact that although he has been'in prison since
he Communist Government of C~echoslovakis, is doing everything in its~~ower
-too a3n oontrol of-these ~Bfro~~n.mssets~ without aotually releasing Loebla 0
to Commen~to The statements above were made more than a 25X1
month before he opening of -the ts~ial of Even ,Loebl as a com ? endant of
Rudolf Slansky in November 19520
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