EAST GERMAN TRADE PROMOTION PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003500890003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
East Gersisly/Argentinair
East German Trade Fsemotion Plans
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It has been decided rig*-tio 11.?1,(1, 10,41,P14n4sLenl,g,Faij:t inviewol-the
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Around the first part of Novraber 195:3,,stheze ?WMS rinlialt itzia&
he Ministry of Foreign Trad, at xhion,.tnree spereteries of the DIA were
present, as vell s representa.tires of the Chamber o'r Foreign 1Frade
including Dr. Gottr10 Tess thg5 the chairman Frits Lange Chairmen
the 0entre1-CromMilsibh Sate Prade, stItila also presents He severely
17,..ea Formir. mrd Inter-124 Qat -man Tiailei Kurt Cregorc,
sa-Tirg.-; plai-Ai that explortl quotas for J.95:3 14,re
.4144414.11,ifiJajt3i or 1204Pted 1t116 7 14316 t WT.*
rinr oqt o.f ighoranG13,,:le,d paid as much as 4.1.00 a ton more than the current
wort -vice,
It was also made clear a this meeting that tne main eft,ort of the
New Gourse was to be ulieoted toward the field of foreign trade6and
? vas t3 include not only Ess t Uarmany, but also the entire Eastern Bloc,
plan is to underta]se a general attack on Wsetern, espitals
?.o markets during ,1954, This is to be done by sending to the ,
capitalist countries ,exports which are on Western export embargo lists;
t.us flooding the West with thase. materials and seriously undermining
Ito oconcmic poeiioe't.ss alLampie,J;aet qermany is supposed to
ooncentrate on optioal instruments, machine tools, et,o, The
plan states that ?10 percent of total. machine tool
oeoduction will be exported and only 30 percent renerved for trade-
sesth the Eastern .lOCc.
ie,conneotion with this assault on the estern economyt: East Germany is
elfwious to assemble trade delegations as rapidly as pessible,and send
%heM to capitalist countrses to neotlete trade agreements. These
delegations are to consist of a representative of KfA, a representative of the.
Deetsche Notenbank, tTso poople ftom the. particular VIA, and 'sup
technicians cr engineers. East iermany is interested especially in
-Industrially underlevelopee cenntries, such se )irazil? AreentiEn and
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Chile, the Far East, and Africa, notably the Gold Coast. Delegations are
to leave for these countries and others, in January, or at the latest, Feb?
First and foremost, however, two delogations are to leave tn Deeembsrif 9
feasible, for tours of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, England? Belgium and Holland,.
while a third group will visit France, Switzerland and Italy.
Cocoa imports for the period of 153: storm-lied ? 29 rerorit of establish
.totals, and the imports of southern fruits were eso far below
established quotas, so that an acute shortage is anticipated for the
Christmas season. In this respectgast German officials are worried, for
they are fearful lest shortages at th1.6 festive season occasion further
JisturbLnces among the population.
6 East Gerinany lost about 8,000,0GO (D!::E or rubles). (sic) in trade with Thilgaria?'
which supplied ,defective equirrent and then disclaimed any responsibility
for it,
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;7here is .cing to be a shortaze of Christmas trees this year in East
Germany, and it will be necessary to import .large numbers of them. Lat
year East Germany los.t around 4Q0.00C D by importing trees frcm Rumania
The .tr,IJcs were aIl stunted or otherwise not suitable for sale.
U Then the :ocnonio Conference of the U7 meets in Geneva in the sprinr: of
l95, Germany wants to send .C.ele.gz,tions
Lo direct contact with ';:estern representatives.
:.cist Germany is alrd desi-r-ou::1 of es-L.blishinr_:i.irf-ot rapport 7:ith the
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- 9_ 7:ast Germany is very short of hard currencies, as is most of the "astern
7210c. :otably lacking. are dollars, 'olvis francs and Dutch Raiders. is
a result, much trade is betn,?: done strictly on a barter basis, of one
t::pel of --coes for another.
Greece is hecoiu:.7 inerc si ly interestino: to East Cermany,
After the. s,:Arinr Confereace?ast Germany ic'_plasning
r:Ifikea cia offori to inf.'.rm tile Greeks of East orTlan ware.s. )
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