RUMORED INCREASE IN URANIUM DEVELOPMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000901340001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CIA-RDP83-00423R00b02 'p(Qj -3
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COT IAL
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COUNTRY Union of South Africa/Australia
SUBJECT Rumored Increase in Uranium Development DATE 31
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PLACE ACQUIRED
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DATE ACQUIRED Aug 53
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DATE (OF INFO) Aug 53
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has been a supplier of stainless steel materials to the Pretoria
Holdings, Ltd. located in the Union of South Africa. The Pretoria Holdings
company has been engaged in the past in processing uranium ore with such
work centered principally in the vicinity of Johannesburg. For the past
month or two I have heard rumors that the Pretoria Holdings company is plan-
ning to double their uranium output. I do not know how accurate these rumors
are but I believe them to be well founded inasmuch as orders from it for
stainless steel products have increased considerably during the past few
weeks.
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