REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MINSK.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: C/SR/CI/RESEARCH
To: OO/CONTACT DIVISION
Document date: 02/17/1964
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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17 February 1964

MIMORANDUM FOR: 0O/Cennet Divialen

ATTENTION

THAU

SUBJECT

Support Branch, Shirley Btetson

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: Roquest for Information on Minel

1. In support of operational research presently being contacted.

indo office would appreciale recelving any OO reports for the period

1959 to present dealing with:

8. The institute of Selentifle, Tochnical Information la

Minak, BSSR..

D. Tho State Committeo for the Coordination of Sclentifie

Research Work (CKKNIR) of the BSSR.

c. Scientifle personnlities, Inturist personalitiee and other

personlitics encountered by travellera to Minak, BSSR.

2. Thank you for any assetance you may be able to provide in

thie priority matter. Any questione which you may have relating to

this request should be addreseed te

I-7735, Headquartere

building. Room 5 € 39.

Document Number

833-380

for FOlA Review on

JUL 1976

Lee H. Wigren

C/SR/CI/Research

Distribution:

Orig. & 1 - Addressee

2 - SR/CI/Research

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of moscen, Do papalation, no of 1959, was 309,000. The Soirloch

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producto Include tractore, Archo and other heavy cutonolive vengent.

machno lochs and precedon instruments, radlet, phenographe and lete-

minton cote, loathes goodo, cotton and linen goode and lember and wood

predete.

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eluding tho Lonn Stato Valveretty of the ISSE, wish come 1, 000 studente.

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