CZECHOSLOVAK IMPORTS, EXPORTS, AND SHIPPING

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03005192
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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-01373
• Publication Date: April 9, 1952

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CENTRAL INTgLLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
COUNTRY Czeohoslovakia/Poland/Germany (Western Zones)/
East Asia/Sweden
SUBJECT Czechoslovak Imports, Exports, and Shipping
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1. In payment for Czechoslovak war materiel, Chinese iron ore is being shipped
from Hamburg on the Elbe to Czechoslovakia. The ore is powdery, of poor
quality, and turns muddy during the ocean trip, causing difficulty in trans-
loading to Czech river barges.
2. Czechoslovak exports to Communist China are being shipped through Gdynia or
� Danzig (Gdansk) by sea and also through the USSR by train.
The former Polish, now Czechoslovak 5,000 ton ship which has been renamed the
REPUBLIKA 'and three other ships newly purchased by Czechoslovakia are destined
� for use in the Czech trade with Communist China. The REPUBLIKA' is still in.
the Gdynia harbor. The Czechs are having difficulty in recruiting a politically
reliable crew.
4. Czechoslovakia is receiving orean tungiten-,through Polish ports.
5. On 15 February 1952, a ship flying the Japanese flag unloaded 5,000 tons of
Indian iron ore into warehouse 41 of the Czechoslovak Elbe Navigation Company
(cm)* for later barge shipment to Czechoslovakia.
6. Because the Czechs anticipated a low winter water level on the Elbe, the Czecho-
slovak transport plan disregarded utilization of barges for the 14nter. Although
the Elbe actually remained open, the inelastic plan necessitated rail transport
from Hamburg through West Germany during the winter of 1951-52.
7. Since the middle of 1951, Swedish iron ore for Czechoslovakia has no longer
been shipped through Hamburg, but has been shipped through Polish ports.
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COUNTRY Italy/ Tran
SUBJECT Mioe11aneol5s Informatio
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OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
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8 Decembar 19519 tha Iranian %brassy in Rome sent a lett r to the Rome
office of the Societ Anotima Tecno-industriale (SATI) f Trieste,
located at 1 Via XX Settembre, advising that the Provisional Administr
tive Council of the Iranian National. 013 Company would send four tech-
nicians to that coma2v it order to h ve them spec1alie in the ins 1-
tion nd per tion of machimry for the production of 14bricating .110
Tint Emba sy further . ked tor assistance in the fulfillment of its plan
nd. wished to 4- advised if SAT1 would incur any expenses as a result
of this collaborati no
2. i, Claudio Breed., a resident of 64 Vials del Vignola, Rome, owneo of a
firm for the importing and exporting of machinery, sent a. letter to Prime
Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, and Italian
Minister of F reign Trade Ugo La Malfa� reqnesting a satisfactory settle-
ment for the furnishing of 60 million tons of crude oil to the Permoli
nd Anonima Petroii Italiani (API) of Milan which he represents. Thi
would be in accordance to Italo-Iranian agreements under consideration
by the Italian commercial mission in Tehran, Dr. Bracci also stated that
the Itali n shipping magnate, Achille Daum, of Naples would be prepared
t transport the
3, Ii 31 January' 19529 the Prodotti Petroliferi Chimici (PPC) firm, 78
zza Capranica, Rome, sent a .letter to the iran16 National Oil Company
in t arramshahr, Iran, distussing the financial agreements for an
unspecified .peration involeng the transport of oil from Iran to Italy,
4, On 11 February 19529 the Iranian Embassy in Rome granted an entry visa t
Eugenio Norman, naval engineer residing at 56/2 Via Gabriele &Annunzio,
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technician assigned to the refinery in Abadan9
50 On the same date, the Irtnian Embassy in Rome also granted visas for
Iran to Count Camillo dells Z-inca, administrator of the Compagnia
Ausiliare Petroli (CAP) firm located at 44 Via Cicerone, Rome; to 3. W.
Prager, Swiss citizen livin4 at 26 Via del Forte Trionfale, Rome; and
to Eugenio Ortolani. These individuals were to purchase oil in Iran on
behalf of CAP.
E) The Iranian Embassy in Reme granted an entry visa to Engineer Luigi
Amendunis, President of tte Soaeta Scambi Italo.Scandansvi and of the
LAREN (Luigi Amenduni Rappresentanze Estero Nazionali) with headquarters
at 52 Via della Mercede,-Rome_ Amenduni left for Tehran on 24 February
and, plans to negotiate with the new Iranian National Oil Company for the
purchase of oil.
7. Attilio De Oicco left Rome for Iran on 17 February 1952 with service
passport No. 2530/51. HO plans to establish relations with the new
Iranian National Oil Company ror the purchase of oil on behalf of Count
Giovanni Maria Ticca, President of the Societe_ Costruzioni Alta Italia
nd various other industrial companies 1 cated at 125 Via del Tritone,
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