IMPORT-EXPORT SHIPPING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2013
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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DATE OF INFO.
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Import-Export Shipping
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This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.(). Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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8 October 19511.
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On page 1, paragraph la(l), Leningrad A11-Union Foreign Transport Economic
Company should read Leningrad Foreign Transport-Forwarding Office (Leningradskaya
vneshryaya transportno-ekspeditorskaya kontora).
On page 1, paragraph la(2), Southern All-Union Foreign Transport Fnnnnmic Company
should read Southern Foreign Transport-Forwarding Compar.(Yuzhnaya vneshnyaya
transportno-ekspeditorskaya lcontora.
On page 3, paragraph 8, Main Administration should read chief directorate.
On page 3, paragraph 12, Export Khleb should mad Eksportkhleb.
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COUNTRY USSR
DATE OF INFORMATION
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1. The All-Union Foreign Transport Organization (SoyuzVneshTrans) was
organized in 1951.by the mere change of the title IranSovTrans to
SoyuzVneshTrans. The history of this organization is as follows;
a. Sometime in the 1930's three transport companies were organized
in the USSR.
(1) Leningrad All-Union Foreign Transport Economic Company
(Vsesoyuznaya transportno ekonomicheskaya kontora-VTEK),
LenVneshTrans, which was responsible for the transporting
of trade goods between the USSR and Western Europe. The
administration of the company was located in Leningrad.
(2) The Southern All-Union Foreign Transport Economic Company
(Vsesoyuznaya transportno ekonoml choskaya kontora-VTEK) ,
YuzhVneshTrans, which was responsible for the transporting
of trade goods to and from the USSR via the Black Sea and
Balkans. The administration of this company was in Odessa.
(3) All-Union Association Iranian Foreign Transport Company
(Vsesoyuznoye ob''edineniye-.V/0)0 IranSovTrans, which was
responsible for transporting goods between the USSR and
Middle Eastern and Far Eastern countries. The administra-
tion of this company was in Moscow.
All three companies were subordinate to the Transportation
Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
2. Sometime after World War II, LenVneshTrans and YuzhVneshTrans were
merged with IranSovTrans which retained its original title.
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YuzhVneehTrahs, and IranSovTrans were widely known abroad, they
Ithe stock of SoyuzVneshTrans was 100,000 rubles.
Each of the three transport companies had a number of field offices
which were referred to as "kontora." Thus VTEK LenVneshTrans had
the following field offices: Leningrad Riga, Klaypeda, Stettin,
Brest ,:Mukaohevo, and F- -1
VTEK?YuzhVneshTrans ha field offices in Odessa. Batumi, and Chop.
V/0 117- Irai~vTranshad offices in Vladivostok, Otpor 5 49-38,
and probably in some other places.
the Brest
xonriora o K LenVneshTrans was responsible for reloading
and redesignation of incoming freight to the USSR. In order to
preserve the secrecy of final destinations of imports, the foreign
freight moving via Brest was consigned merely to "Brest Office,
VTEK LenVneshTrans." Based on information received from various
All-Union Associations which appeared either as purchasers or owners
of ilported goods, the incoming freight was redooumented in Brest
and consigned to the actual recipients. In order to permit this,
it was agreed that prior to the effected shipment, the shipper
would inform the Brest Office and the respective All-Union Associa-
tion of the kind of freight and the number of freight oars into
which the goods were loaded. The All-Union Association, in turn,
would then advise the Brest Office of the actual location and the
name of the recipient in the USSR in open terms, such as "Moscow -
Plant 364."
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o records were maintained, re s er oar numbers and type 50X1 passing freight,
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6. The Brest Office of VTEK LenVneshTrans had a high frequency (VCh)
direct telephone line, Moscow Berlin, manned by MGB personnel.
Every night the Brest Office gave a detailed report to Berlin of
all cargoes which had passed the Brest station going to Germany
during the last 24 hours. Daily detailed dispatcher's reports of
the freight passing through Brest both ways were also given via
conventional telephone lines to Moscow.
7. The organization of the Brest Office of VTEK LenVneshTrans in 1950
was as follows:
Director - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich PANCHENKO;
Deputy Director - name unknown;
Chief Accountant - BABICHEV, an inhabitant of Brest;
Two Accountants - names unknown;
Two Senior Transport Inspectors;.
Two Transport Inspectors;
One Interpreter (Polish, Russian, German);
One Secretary;
One Stenographer.
The Brest Office was located on Komsomol'skaya Ulitsa in Brest where
it occupied a small apartment consisting of three rooms.
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A large number of All-Union Associations (Vsesoyuznoye ob"edineniye)
used the services of the Brest Office for the import and export of
goods. In addition to this, the Brest Office maintained business
relations with the Soviet Trade Mission in Berlin, VTEK LenVnesh-
Trans in Leningrad, V/0 IranSovTrans in Moscow, and with the TEK
Lvov Railway Administration in Brest( , he Main Administration of
this railway was in Baranoviohi.
During the Korean oonfliot all shipments of materials to North Korea
and China were handled by the V/0 IranSovTrans. However,
of freight were never disolosed.
the railway freight transport rates were cons erably higher force
non-declared goods, the shipments to North Korea and China were
quite expensive for this organization.
o.euDp es and
e t to Sov a rme shipment
Vosges in Eastern. Europe.
the Ministry of
ore gn Trade had noth1 o o w these ehipments, Most-probably
the shipments are made via purely military Ohannels. Soviet foreign
trade in military equipment was probably handled by the Foreign
Trade Ministry and shipments were taken care of by V/0 IranSov-
Trans. No details available.
1.1. Except for the fact that the stream of goods to North Korea and
50X1 China, care of V/0 ilr,an3ovTrans, increased tremendously during
the Korean war, there were tional or procedural ohanizes in
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.2. The USSR Foreign Trade Ministry did not handle reparations Oireotly.
50X1 Of course, the V/0 IranSovTrans field agencies were also responsible
for reparation shipments. However, since a large number of All-
Union Associations appearing as recipients of reparations goods were
actually agencies of the Foreign Trade Ministry, the latter indirectly
handled quite a considerable part of such shipments. The All-Union
Associations subordinated to the Foreign Trade Ministry known to
Source are: Export Khleb, SoyuzrrodEksport, EksportLeH, Dal'InTorg,
SoyuzNefteEksport, TekhnoEksport, MashinoImport, PromSyr'elmport,
SovEksportFilm, Mezhdunarodnaya.Kniga, TransMashlmport (heavy
machinery), Eks ortLes, SoyuzVneshTrans, TekhnoImport, and Soyuz
PromEka ort.
p It should be borne in mind that the titles of these
organizations date bao.k to the 1930's for the.most part when they
were organized with the responsibilities indicated by their titles.
Singe that time their responsibilities were often changed or expanded,
but nevertheless the original titles were retained. Therefore,''it
is not at all impossible that many All-Union Associations having
the suffix "Export" conduct some import activities and thug in some
way participate in the shipment of reparations to the USSR.
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