EXPORT OF CRANES TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009700230007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUIVTR!" Austria/Czechoslovakia/USSR
SUBJECT Export of Cranes to C:echoslovakia
and the USSR
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
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DO NOT CIRCULATE
OCD
17 Dec. 1951
REPORT NO. 25X1 X
I. During the wok of 18 November 1951, the USIA--controlled firm Waagner-L'iro
started production on two super-cranes for a Czech factoxy, location un?alown,
w11ich is probably manufacturing armor plate. The cranes will have a lifting
capacity of 30 tons and magnetic lifting tackle. The scheduled completion
date for the cranes is February 1952 and it is possible that a u1aagner-Dim
erection crew will install the equipment in Czechoslovakia.
2e Several smaller cranes with a lifting capacity of 10 tons each are now under
construction for the USS .* The crams rare ordered by the Soviet Purchas -ng
Commission in Vienna which is pressing for an early delivery.
3. The USIA-controlled Siemens--Schuckert plant is supplying all electrical equip-
ment for these cranes.
ainent: Although the original report does not say so specifically,
the inference is that these cranes are also produced by taagner Biro.
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