TRANSMITTAL OF TEXT OF CIP PUBLICATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R003300080003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 3, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

INFORMATION REPORT
ENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR-i NO
COUNTRY
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The following i " an article which appeared in the 28 ispi-il 1949 issue
of the CIP* bul 3tin published in Italy; it is transmitted hereunder
for whatever i ormational value it might have for you:
Approved For Release 2001/12/05 CIARDP83-00415R003300080003-3
CLASSIFICATION Wit!,;"'_ ~ia'LL
"It has .en reported that, during the period January-IIarch 194
.Soviet uzssia has carried six shipments of raw j otrolwLUn Z AM Batum t Vlone. As a result of those Soviet shipments, tre i
are pre ~3ntly stored in Vlone very large quanti- ios of So..,~ t
raw pet -)leum, estimated at around 40,000 tons, i.e., the'' ull
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The CIP - "Centro Informazioni Pro-Deo" - is the
above item a p3If.red in the "confidential" bulletin published by CI
"Since t} ore are no important refineries in Albania, and since
..the raw _~etroleur.: cannot be used in its present unrefined state
(the CI article rejected the possibility of having the fuel
refined in Bari or Trieste as being unfeasible), it is a question
as to w t the Soviets and the Albanians intend to do with this
raw petroleum. T.he inference is that a supply of raw petroleum
is being amassed in Vione until such time as the Soviet-Albanian..
are able to take possession of Fiume, where the former Italian
larger 'ineries of the QUO SA are located. Such an inference
is in k pinL, with that school of thought which foresees in
the imm liate ? ture large-scale Soviet operations against
Yugo slav.a."