Northern (N): Czechoslovakia (NC). Commercial Relations: Commonwealth

A file of correspondence and reports on trade relations between Czechoslovakia and India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Cyprus. Subjects covered in the file include the planned construction of a metallurgical engineering factory at Ranchi in India; and a trade and payments agreement between Czechoslovakia and Pakistan in which cotton will be provided against the supply of a cement plant. An extension to the agreement with Pakistan outlines the provision for the trade of goods including power plants, rolling mills, engines, pumps, electrical motors, mining equipment, cranes, industrial equipment, agricultural equipment, motor vehicles, textiles, consumer goods, cotton, and animal products. The file also includes details of a trade and payments agreement for 1958 between Sri Lanka and Czechoslovakia which include exports of consumer goods, textiles, paper products, glass, cars, tractors, rubber, graphite, and coconut products; and attempts by Cyprus to interest Czechoslovakia in a supply of raisins.