Approved For Release 2005/11/22 : C1A-RDP80-00810A004300740007-6 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT Seed vararcncrnanam ems SECRET] 25X1 COUNTRY, ‘Rumania REPORT NO, 28Xx1 T The Circulation of Counterfeit DATE DISTR. 16 June 195k oon Dollar Bills in Rumania a NO. OF PAGES DATE OF NFO. REQUIEAENT NO. 25xX1 ACE Acquieo| rerenences, 25X1 Le The appearance of large quintities of excellently counterfeited United States dollar bile on the very aotive Sucharest black narcet ves con- fimod early in Novenber 1953. Large mmbera of the bills had elready been sold to higherenking Rumanian offioiala before the fraud wes con~ fimed, In epite of official prosecutions these officials always display ‘the greatest interest in foreign exchany counterfeit bills aifter fron the genuine bille only in the somewhat heavier inpresston of the lower rowot munbere in conparison to the upper rove Tt ie reported that the bills were produced by a goverment currency printing shop for use in wectern countries but that they were throw on the black rarket by a maber of higher ranking defense dopartnent offioiale for the purpose of personal 2, After the faletfiontion we detected Ja weld known Bucharest black market dealer, mmo arrested. Upon of snfiuential 25X1 Soviet of tls in Bucharest he wae released after a few days imprisonnent. 26X1 niet supplier of contraceptives for the wives of Soviet. offi~ ‘the beat of contacts with the highest-ranking Soviet officials, suceet| 25X1 sa [e ew x [eo JT ee ee I (aim Wot Bios ads Wy Fad Diao Wy “ET Approved For Release 2005/11/22 : C1A-ROP80-00810A004300740007-6