THE SOVIET TRADE DELEGATION: PROCUREMENT PRACTICES AND PERSONNEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT The Soviet Trade Delegation:
Procurement ,'ractices and
Personnel
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April 1;55
Procurement Practices of the 'oviet Trade Delegation
i. Originally located at Brunnenstrasse 19/21 in East Berlin, the Soviet
Trade Delegation moved to its new quarters on Unter den Linden adjacent
to the Soviet Embassy sometime in the summer or early fall of 1953?
No significant changes in personnel in the Trade Dele ation attendant
to this physical move were observed.
the representatives of Tekhnopromimport, for example, appeared to con-
cern themselves primarily with Soviet procurement interests in the field
of equipment for the chemical industry. Promeyrioimport representatives,
on the other hand, concerned themselves mainly with the procurement of
high-pressure tubing from the Leuna :erke, intended for synthetic gaso-
line distillation plants.
2. Certain Soviet orders appeared to have been placed via the Polish trade
organizations. Specifically, ether distillation equipment and nickel-
plated and silver-plated industrial equipment was ordered via ioland1.
3. There appears to be some close tie-in between the Soviet and the r?olish
Trade Delegation personnel and with the personnel of other satellite
trade missions as well. The Soviets draw some of their import require-
ments from East Germany via satellite countries, such as Poland, having
the satellite trade representatives in Berlin place the orders for ship-
ment to theii respective countries, whence they are further dispatched
to the USSR.
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Personnel of the Soviet Trade Delegation
Tale following were personnel of the soviet Trade Delegation during the
periods indicated:
a. Martynov (fnu), Chief of the Trade Delegation, period 1950 to 1955?
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b. Tishchenko (fnu), deputy to ilartynov. -ppears to c:;ercise the ultimate
authority in the Trade Delegation. Be is technically italified and has
been with the Trade Delegation since 1950 and was still there as cf
December 1954.
c. Irina .aramonova, interpreter at the Trade DeleeLtic-in from 1950 or
earlier to mid or late 1952, when she returnc-r 3 Ll.e USSR. She came
from Leningrad and is presumed to have returnc there,
d. Smirnov (fnu), represent4tive of Tekhnopromim ort concerned with
".L:ppa.ratobau and Chemische Industrie". 25X1
e. Galkin (fnu). Known to have been with the Trade-'Delegation during the
period 1951-1952, when he worked closely with Smirnov of Tekhnoprominport.
Galkin reportedly had been sent to Berlin from M:o~:cow for a period of
some six months on an assignment to handle a special order for distillation
columns (Distillation-Kolonnen), delivered by S:G Transmasch, Rudisleben.
f. Tikhomirov (fnu), appears to be some sort of expediter or trcuble-shooter
for the 6oviet Trade Delegation, concerned primarily with the fulfillment
of dolivery commitments.
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