SOVIET UNION MILITARY - ECONOMIC REPORT

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SOVIET UNION MILITARY-ECONOMIC REPORT
Translated from the German Report 6/5
Dated: 30 May 1943
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During the Second World War the German Signal Intelligence Control
Center of the Staff of the Chief of Army Signal Service (HNW,LNA)
issued a series of reports to show the USSR militar y-economic
situation as reflected in Russian internal plain language traffic.
These reports appeared at short, irregular intervals usually six
er month, for the period October 1942-March 1943. ~ ~ three
~IRtIDe reports have been translated and issued by
It is planned to issue a complete set of translations of the re-
ports beginning with the most recent ~.Q~Al~~kin ,backward, but
omitting those already translated by The number-
ing of the items was added by the trans nce the Germans did
this only in the last eighteen reports, inclusive.
Since the original material was in Russian, an effort has been
made when translating the German to determine the original Russian
term wherever possible, This ,is facilitated by the Russian fond-
ness for abbreviations, In these translations into English the
probable meaning of the abbreviation will be given i.n parenthesis
the first time it occurs in each report.
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30 May 1943
Military Economic Report 6/5
GENERAL
(1) The personnel situation continues unfavorable. All measures under-
taken to combat this situation have not had any effective result. The pool of
women will be strengthened for the future. Recently convicts were used as
workers in industry. Despite the lack of personnel, draft exemptions in various
oblasti are being increased in greater number.
(2) As already mentioned several times, the fish catch has been sharply
increased in: importance and expansion. The established .plans for catching
could be partially realized. The already reported shortage of salt, which
probably is connected with the increased sale of fish, has not yet been corrected.
(3) The difficulties in the procurement of seed corn are to be regarded
with a few exceptions as solved.
(4}. Because of the shortage of deliveries of explosives, coal mining in
Tkvibuli and Tkvarcheli has fallen into difficulties. First of all, the insufficient
delivery of explosives can be partly compensated by falling back on the existing
supplies. In May, however, the coal shipment was considerably reduced.
(5) The Transcaucasian coal mines lack mine timber. The shortage has
been partly corrected up to the present time.
(6j To advance production and encourage zeal for work, the syste~rn of
rewards and bonuses will be built up still more. After the introduction of dis-
ciplinary regulations for the NK for the River Fleet, in which a complete section
is devoted to bonuses and prizes, bonuses are also now to be introduced for the
fulfillment of armaments orders. (Separately listed under "Production") In
general, it is suggested that the Russians are making the greatest efforts to
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increase armaments production .and .everything which contributes to the in-
crease of the armaments potential. It must be done with extreme care and
energy in the oblasti which were recaptured not long ago (Caucasus) and in
the cities which lie close behind the front (Rostov/Don).
(7) The transport situation on the railroads is strained as before. The
demands for cars considerably exceed--especially for the Metal Industry--the
load capacity of the lines.
1.) .Personnel Situation
(8) In the River Fleet women are now being used as ship captains and
ship mechanics .
(9) 4n 20 May in Batumi harbor 89 transport workers were employed, of
which 18 were women. An additional 90 transport workers are still required.
(10) The Central Committee of the Armenian SSR has requisitioned 400
convicts for construction work at the metal plant in Chelyabinsk. Because of
the lack of cars, the convicts can not yet be transported to Chelyabinsk..
(11) In .the local industry in Rostov/Don, draft exemptions have been with-
drawn from all workers up to the age of 40.
(12) In Georgia 1625 persons were conscripted (mobilized); of which were
assigned:
To the NK for the Textile Industry 498 persons
including:
Tiflis
Carded wool mill
164 persons
Silk mill
142
Cotton wool plant
20
Paper mill
10
Silk combine
90
Cloth mill
50
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Tsulukidze
Silk mill 22 persons
498
Shipyard #2 185
Batum (?) Oil Base 43
.Doti
Plant 201
Timber floating work
including:
River work in Georgia 345
For local industry in Georgia 100
For other work 29?
752 total
1625 persons
(13) In Batum 118 persons were mobilized.
(14) The Repair Base in Rostov/Don received 328 men from the Military
Commissariat in Stavropol. 'The demand is not yet covered. Stalingrad is
receiving 150 laborers for reconstruction work.
(15) The training of youth in technical work for the industry of the River
Fleet is being given the greatest attention as before.
(16) At present there are being trained in the newly opened trade school
of the "Zhdanov" Plant in Gorkij
110 boiler-makers
60 locksmiths
30 ca.r.penters a.nd
30 welders
160 boiler-makers
30 ships carpenters a.nd
30 welders
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(1?'~ It is also very noteworthy that in Staly.ngrad 127 skilled workers for
the River Fleet have already been trained, including:
in the technical school 46 men
in the Stakhanov-school 17 "
(18) JTsh Gur'ev at present large military-sport exercises are being carried
out, to which great military significance is attributed. Military contests have
been taking place since 12 May. The result is to be considered a s poor,
since only 122 of 1000 candidates passed.
(19) Along with every effort to overcome the difficulties and exertions, in
extracting the highest performance from each worker, the social care of workers
is not overlooked. Above all comfortable community quarters will be? provided.
The NKRF offices in L3ralsk City Rajon are :~_n first place in this regard.
2.) ..Food Situation
(20) ~. connection with the irbcreased plan for fish catch, which amounts to
320 tons for. the first half -year, Rostov/Don reports a fish catch in excess of
326 tons as of 20 May. Tn the same period the Georgian Fish Trust in Tiflis
had a catch of 2, 332 tons, with a half-year plan of 2, 150 tons.
(21) In Kujbyshev the fish stock will be sold without a card, since salt for
its pre servatior~. is lacking.
(22) .The field cultivation in the reoccupied oblasti is being eagerly carried
on. In Kantemirovka two tank cars are standing ready with petroleum which is
destined for the motox and tractor stations in Kazovsk and Belyansk.
(23) On the other hand, Astrakhan NKRF reports that "Volgatanker" has no
seed-potatoes. Also the NKRF offices in Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Ulan Ude
and Blagoveshcher~ k have not fulfilled their seed plans.
(24) The millet gratin plan for yield for 1943 for the Georgian ~ SR was
established at 0. 6 ton per hectare.
(25) Jn Georgia and Armenia a great "children's strengthening action" is
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in progress. Er~.van requires for traxisport by air from Moscow in .May for the
3.28 tors cocoa
b. 42 " chocolate
1.66 " potato flour
(26) The Trade Departmen* in Tiflis is to deliver for the program an addi-
tional 944 boxes of eggs, which are to be distributed during the months of June,
July, and August.
(27) The authors.zatio:*~.sl requiremerLts and deli.veri.es, as well as turnovers
and balances by the military offices and civilian sectors of neeessit ies and
luxuries appear from the follow:;;.ng compilation:
1. Authorizations
a) The following quar~.tities and goods have been .authorized for military
Consignee
Quantity
Type
Consignor
Remarks
(28) Tra~yscaucasian
1000 tons
Sifted flour
Gra.ir4 Procure-
For June
Front
50d
Assorted
flour
Groats anal
rice
meat in Tiflis
20
Manna groats
(29) Transcaucas iaru
Fr. orr,t
100
Citrus
coracer_trates
Cannery in
Kutais
For June
(30) Tra.nscaucasi.an
Front
50
Citrus
concentrates
Cannery in
Batumi
For June
(31) Black Sea Fleet
50
Citrus
concentrates
Cannery in
Batumi
For June
(32) Stavropol,
0. 14
Black tea
Tea Factory in
Additional to
Pioneer Camp
Avchala
June plan
(33) North Osetia,
Pioneer Camp
0.05
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(34) Georgia,
Pioneer Camp
0.91
19
(35) Armenia,
Pioneer Camp
0. 59
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Consignee Quantity Type Consignor Remarks
(36) Military Depot 26 tons `Vegetable CD for Vegetable For June
#34 I`~KVD ixi oil Fats and Oils,
Navtlug 'Tiflis
b) The followix~.g authorizations a.re ixx effect for the civilian sector:
(37) Georgian Food 100 to_~as Assorted Gra,i.n Procurement, For June, for
Industry, Tiflis flour ~'iflis bakery goods
(38) Industry Supply 15 Flour
and Sales, Tiflis
(39) Cauca.s:~an C.Tran 1500 Wheat Stavropol For June
Procurement,
Ordzhonikidze
(40) " 1000 Barley " Alcohol
-production
(41) " 1000 '? Krasnodar For June
(42) '' 1000 le/la.ize 1? ~~
(43) Grain Procure 800 Wheat Stavropol ??
meat, ~alch~?k
(44)
{45)
7?~0 Ba.rley
(46) Kujbyshev, Ei000
NKRF
Izncluding 500
tons for alcohol
production
In May
(4'7) Kostroma, I?iKRF 1000
(48) Goxkij, ~?KRF 1000
{49) Kineshma, ~TKRF 1000
Kirov, ~KRF
(50) Ust Ussa, 1VKRF
(51) Goxkij, N~KRF
13
50
Feed grain:
Cxra.xa Procure-
merLt Office,
Syktyvar
Additional to
(52) Canning `rust
30
FY.sla
lvleat and Dairy
second quarter
allocation
In Iv1ay
in Ordzhox?~k-idze
Sales, Pyatigorsk
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Consignee
Quantity
Type
Consignor
Remarks
(53):Canning Trust
2 tons
Fat
IVleat and Dairy
Ire May
in Ordzhonikidze
Sales, Pyatigorsk
{54j Armenian NK for
10
Fish
Fish Supply,
Special allot-
Trade, Erivan
products
Erivan
ment for June,
July, August
(55) Meat Combine ,
50
Beans
Grain Procure -
For canning
Leninaka.n
ment, Erivan
2. Requirements
(56) Council of NK,
24
Rice
Baku
For sowing
North Osetia
purposes
(57) Grain Procure-
8000
Grain
Armenia
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3. Identified deliveries, turnovers and stocks:
(58j.Camp of the NK 1 car
for Land Defense
(59) 1
(60) CD for Vegetable 130 tons
Fats and Olls ,
Tiflis
(61) Fermenting Plant 500
"IdzhevaL~xsk" :ix~
Erivan
(62) Baku 76 units
(63) 500
(64) Akstafa 2 cars
Powdered Georgian Meat Delivered in
eggs and Dairy Sales, May
Tiflis
Canned
goods
Tobacco
leave s
Imported
Received in
May
Gorkij Delivered 25
April
Shipped 24
April
(65) The canning factory in Kafana shipped 16 tons of canned honey on 4 May.
Balance 600 tons.
(66) 'The canning factory in Kutais reports on 19 May the amount of produced
concentrates at 35 tons and the following balance:
55 tons rice
43 millet
12 tons manna groats
188 groats
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(67) In the 43 rajons of Erivan 2, 188 tons of flour were consumed in April
and 2, 447 tons were distributed in May.
3.) Metal Supply
(68) The delivery of scrap iron is insufficient for the following 10 NKRF
offices :
Gorkij Chkalovsk
Ufa Molotov
Z ve nigovo C his topol
Bor Raznezhe
Gorodets Borovaya
They are even yet partially in arrears with the delivery plan for the first
quarter. The arrears for the second quarter are to be corrected in the course
of May and June. The arrears in delivery are in part to be attributed to trans-
port difficulties. As already established in .earlier reports, the scrap collection
is frequently greater than the delivery. This is particularly the case in places
which lie some distance from the railroad.
(69) The Non-ferrous Metallurgy Industry in Ordzhonikidze produced in
the first 20 days of May 516 tons of nonferrous scrap; 430 tons of this are captured
material. -500 tons were shipped.
(70) The CD for Metal Sales in Tiflis is to deliver 2 tons of roofing tin in
the second quarter to the Construction Department of the Economic Division of
the NKYD in Tiflis .
(71) The CD for Metal Sales in Erivan is to deliver 5 tons of pickled sheet
iron to the motor repair plant in Erivan.
(72) Plant "Kirov" in Tiflis is to receive from Pervouralsk, New Pipe Mill,
257 tons of pipe.
(73) The NKRF Plant "Teplokhod" in Gorkij is to receive 17. 75 tons of coal-
electrodes and the Copper Combine in Ka.fan is to receive 15 tons of electrodes.
The latter plant is to deliver 5 tons of blocks to the "Mulitov" Plant.
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t74) The NK for the Meat and Dairy Industry in Erivan received 3 tons of
roofing tin and 2 tons of tin-plate .
(75) The NK for Nonferrous Metallurgy in Tiflis had .the following balance
as of 1 May:
Copper sheet
6. 66 tons
Pipes of non-saleable measurements
5.27
Aluminum hoops
3. 1
Sheet aluminum
1. 5
4.) Oi1.Supply
(?6) The manifold identification that the Soviet supply difficulties are
primarily atransport problem and .not a materials problem is confirmed by the
following me s sage :
In compliance with a decree of the NK's for 'T'ransportation and the Oil Sales
in Masco_w,- 1, 000 tons of petroleum are to be shipped daily from Makhachkala
to Gro$nyj. Accordingly, 140 tank-cars must be provided for Armavir for
filling. Getting the many -empty tank ears on the Voroshilov Railroad to the
filling points depends mainly upon the condition of the road.
(77) E~ivan, "Armenian State Plan", requires for the third quarter 1943:
750 tons gasoline
10 tons viscosine
2 "
aviation gasoline
15 "
600 "
petroleum
30 "
4, 300 "
oil
15 "
150 "
ligroin
10 "
4, 500 "
mazut
10 "
100 "
machine oil
10 "
60 "
avtol
30 "
15 "
solidol
5 "
10 "
nigrosin
100 "
cylinder oil
transformer oil
compressor oil
turbine oil
spindle oil
other oils
gas oil
technical baseline
soap naphtha
(78) A refreshening of oils is not being undertaken in the Armenian SSR.
(79) Molotov NKRF received 0. 6 ton of gasoline in May from Sverdlovsk.
The requirements and authorizations of oil are as follows:
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Gasoline
(80) Tiflis, Perfume 3 tons
Industry
(81) Erivan, "Armenian 750
State Plan"
(82) Kutais, Caiuiing 12
Indus tr y
(83) Saratov, NKRF 0. 5
600
(84) Tiflis, Shoe
Indus tr y
Fuel (Mazut?)
(85) Angara, Georgian
Sugar Mill
Consignee Quantity
(86) Tiflis, Loco- 6 tons
motive Repair
Plant of the NK
for Transportation
{87} Cannery 11
"Oktembe r"
(88} Kujbyshev, 1. 3
NKRF
(89) Semipalatinsk, 0.2
Office of the
Military Guard
(90) Tiflis, Loco- 6
mc>t ive-.Repair
Plant of the NK
for Transportation
(91) Erivan, CD for 1
Building Materials
Type
Supplementary for
May from the CD for
Pe rfurne in .Moscow
For transport for the
third quarte r
For June, for truck
transport
For July
Monthly from June
to November inclusive
In May
For May, supplementary
delivery from Erivan Oil
Sale s
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Quantity
Type
Remarks
(92} Blagoveshchensk,
NKRF
(93) Kabardino-
0.4 tons
2.4
Avtol
Avtol
For second quarter
Balkar ASSR
0. 6
Machine oil
~r
Alcohol Industry
0. 6
Motor oil
0. 6
Cylinder oil
0.05
Solidol
(94) Astrakhan,
3000
Mazut
From Saratov for use
NKRF
as ships' fuel
(95) Saratov, NKRF
2000
(96) Kujbys:hev,
628
NKRF
(97) Kineshma
150
Diesel fuel
For May
5. } Coal Supply
(98} The transport conditions are beginning to become aggravated in their
effect on production. As long as reserves could still be found, industry could
partially compensate for insufficient deliveries. As has been reported earlier,
the coalmines i.n Tkvibuli and Tkvorcheli can compensate for the shortage in
deliveries--of explosives by falling back on reserves. Since these were consumed
in Tkvibuli, coal shipments in May declined further there. According to plan
9, 774 tons -were to be shipped in the first ten-day period of May. Actually,.
4, 425 tons ~ 43?Jo were shipped.. 4, 869 tons . 49% were delivered.
(99) According to a decree of the Committee for Defense, Tkvibuli is to
deliver 13, 700 tons. to the following places in Tiflis in May:
NK for Construction Materials
4000 tons
NK for Rubber Industry
5400
NK for Transportation
800 "
NK for Ferrous Metallurgy
2000 "
NK for Nonferrous Metallurgy
500 "
NK for Aviation Industry
1000
This includes 9000 tons of Mark "GK" and Mark !'GO" to be delivered.
However, production reached only 2000 tons in May.
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(100) The explosives shipped from "Plant 98" for Tkvibuli had not arrived
as of 22 May, since the railroad cars on the Orenburg line have come to a halt.
The Armed .Forces are to make 10 trucks available to its own establishments.
Because of these circumstances, explosives have been lacking since 11 April.
The transport of mine timber was also insufficient because of transportation
difficulties. Accordingly, the fulfillment of the May plan does not seem possible.
(101) ? The chemical plant in Kirovakan received in April from the Tran-
Caucasus CD for Coal Supply instead of 1, 400 tons only 674 tons of coal_ 48?x, of
the plan. Occasionally the industrial plants can prevent a coal shortage by
falling back on "iron reserves." The chemical plant in Kirovakan requests
permission to resort to it. On the other hand, the Shoe Factory "Beriya" in
Batum is to receive 100 tons of Tkvibuli coal from the May allocation as "iron
reserve. ~! It is questionable, however, if an immediate reserve fund can be
built up.
(102) The Manganese Trust in Chiaturi requires 400 tons of Tkvibuli coal
for the third quarter.
(103) The Armenian Power Supply requires for the heating of service .and
living-quarters for the heating period 1, 000 tons of Tkvibuli coal, including
the delivery of 500 tons each in June and July.
(104) The Georgian Canning Trust in Erivan received for May a coal stuck
of 1, 200 tons.
The following authorizations were noted for individual steamship
lines
Consignee Quantity Consignor Remarks
(105) Ufa-NKRF 1, 100 tons Kuznetsk In May
(106) Ufa, Belays 2, 600 Novosibirsk, CD
Steamship for Coal Supply
Agency
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Consignee Quantity Consignor Remarks
(107) Levshino, 2, 600 tons Novosibirsk, CD In May
Kama Steam- for Coal Supply
ship Agency
(108) Kambarka, Kama 1, 300
Steamship Agency
(109) Volga Canal 1, 300
Steams hip
Agency
(110)_.8ybinsk, Upper 1, 300
Volga Canal
Steamship Agency
(111) Gorkij, Upper 1, 300
Volga Canal
Steamship Agency
(112) Murom, Moscow-1, 300
Oka Steamship
;Agency
(113) Kujbyshev, 1, 300
Middle Volga
Steamship Agency
(114) Balkhash-Ilijsk 300
Steamship Agency
(115) Cherepovets, 1, 300
Sheksna Steam-
ship Agency
(116) Fav-lc~dar, Upper 3, 600
Lrtys-h Steamship
Agency
(117) Semipalatinsk, 3, 600
Upper Lrtysh
Steamship Agency
(118)_Tyumen, Lower 1, 800
Lrtysh Steamship
_ Agency
(119) Kulomzino, Lower
Lrtysh Steamship
Agency
13, 900
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Consignee
Quantity
Consignor
Remarks
(120} Cheremoshki,
600 tons
Novosibirsk, CD
In May
West Siberian
Steamship Agency
for Coal Supply
(121) Novosibirsk,
West Siberian
Steamship Agency
5, 400
(121a)Barnaul, West
3, 500
Siberian Steam-
ship Agency
(122) Erivan, Carbide 249 Coke Chemical Coke
Plant Plant in Kemerovo
(123) The "Ferro-Plant" in Zestaf oni received on 14 May 48 tons of
Tkvibuli coal and 870 tons of Tkvarcheli coal. It had from 22-23 May the
following turn-over:
.Received
Coke
140 tons
198 tons
3,
346 tons
(Jil coke
--
--
193
Tkvibuli coal
?
?
754
Anthra~ci~
- -
9
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(124} There was the following turnover in canneries from 11 to 20 May:
Received Used On Hand
Kutaisi 350 tons 106 tons 320 tons
(125) The Georgian Sovkhoz Plant in Tiflis used 77 tons of coal from 1 to
15 May. The inventory on the fixed date amounted to 367. 76 tons.
6.) Timber Supply
(1Z6) As was reported under "Coal Supply11, the Transcaucasian mines were
short of timber. This deficiency now seems to be partly overcome. Tiflis, Pit
Props.,. delivered 33 carloads of pit props to Tkvarcheli Coal in the first two
ten-day periods of May. In addition, Tkvarcheli Coal procured 200 cubic
meters itself. Tkvibuli Coal received 27 carloads from Tiflis; in addition 1, 000
cubic meters were transported by truck from the mining district.
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(127) There exists a still greater need of pit props in Chiaturi (some 200
carloads) .
(128) The NK for the Meat and Dairy Industry in Erivan has a .timber
requirement of 1, 800 cubic meters for the third quarter, of which 900 cubic
meters are earmarked for the Glue Factory in Erivan.
(1~9) Ural'sk, NKRF, requires 2, 000 cubic meters of firewood.
Authorizations
Consignee Quantity
Type
Consignor
Remarks
(130)
Tiflis, 4 carloads
Squared
Sverdlovsk
".Generator"
3 "
timbe r
Veneer
(131)
.Ordzhonikidze 50
(13.2)
Power
Moscow, 1st 1
Sawn
Tiflis
(133)
Motor Vehicle
Repair Plant
Gor'kij, NKRF 100 cbm
T imbe r
Gor'kij,
Timber Supply
(134)
Raznezh'e, 300 cbm
Logs
Plant "Molotov"
(135)
Kostroma, 700 cbm
Shipyard
"Komsomol' -
skaya Pravda"
(136)
Cherdyn, Plant 400 cbm
"Butyakov"
(137) According to plan, the Armenian NK for the Timber Industry in
Erivan -must ship 70 carloads of firewood in May.
(138) According to plan, Arkul, NKRF, must transport 60, 000 cubi e
meters of timber to Timber Distribution Points in .the 2nd quarter.
(139) From the beginning of the shipping period to 18 May, Kujbyshev,
NKRF, has distributed 15, 350 cubic meters of timber to ships. Its timber
supply amounted to 28, 125 cubic meters on 22 May.
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(140) All in all, there seems to have been no essential change in the
timber supply since the last report.
7.) Chemical Supply
(.141) There is nothing essentially new to report with .regard to the
chemical supply.
(142) Long shipping times, which are abundantly confirmed, are
striking; thus a shipment of ammonia to Sukhumi, which was sent on 8 April,
had .not yet arrived on 23 May. Difficulties in supply must likewise result
from this .
(.143) The Georgian Wool Trust in Tiflis urgently needs 20 tons-of
naphthaline.
(144) The Georgian Shoe Industry needs 3 tons of casein-dried adhe-
sive in the second quarter.
4.145) Significant are the numerous warehouses of the NK for the
Defense of the Land, in which chemicals and other raw materials are stored.
In urgent cases plants have received raw materials from these points--as has
been established in the previous report.
Authorizations
Consignee Quantity Type
Consignor
Remarks
(146)
Kineshma, 400 tons Hydrochloric
Gor'kij
In May
Plant 756 acid
(147j
Military
40 "
Carbide
Chemical Plant
Warehouse
404
(148)
Uzbek Sugar
20 "
"
Kirovakan
(149}
Beet Trust,
Pishpek
Station
Kirgiz Sugar
20 "
~'
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Beet Trust,
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(150) NK for 200 tons Carbide Kirovakan
Construction
(151) Saratov 200 "
(152) .Tiflis, 12
Wadding
Factory
(153) Omsk, NKRF 16 1 /4 "
(154) Zestafoni, 150 tons
Foundry 300
"Ferro"
(155) Beriya, 0.5 "
Hospital
Train Ware- 1.2
house
{ 156) Tiflis,
Georgian CD
for Light
..Industry Supply
Caustic Erivan,
soda " Sovpren+'
Solid Tar Baku, Oil
Liquid Tar Sales
Solid house- Erivan,
hold soap Vegetable
Liquid Oils Sale s
household
soap
Technical Tiflis, Meat
fats and Dairy
Sale s
(157) For the 11, 000 liters Raw Pyatigorsk
Southern alcohol Rajon Distillery
Front in Mariinsk
Deliveries
(158) Baku, Oil 20 tons Carbide
Industry 60 "
(159) Groznyj 60 "
Remarks
In .May
In .2nd quarter
In 2nd quarter
In April
In .Feb. and
March
(160) Batumi 500 " Caustic soda Erivan, Plant In May
for Caustic soda
(161) Navtlug 45 " Dichlorethane
(162) .Sukhumi, 16 balloons Ammonia
Wareho-us-e
No. 228 of
the NK far
Defense of the
Land
(163) Warehouse 80 tons Soap
No. 183 of the
NK for Defense
of the Land
Batumi, Iran-
Soviet Transit
Sent on 8 April
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(164) Baku, Supply 20 tons Rubber Erivan, In May
Point for ~ "Sovpren"
Technical Oil
(164a) -- 20 "
8.) .Production
(-165) The new disciplinary order is, as appears from numerous
messages, the subject of a wave of propaganda in .all NKRF offices. All the
employees of the River Fleet are to be thoroughly instructed in the meaning
and purpose of this disciplinary order. The provision of a bonus for good
work performance is placed in the foreground in order to attain thereby
simultaneously a qualitative improvement of work. Under all circumstances
a rise in performance is to be striven for. The leading personnel must take
the mo-at rigorous care that the new disciplinary order is carried out at all
points .
(1.:66) Just as the travelling personnel of the River Fleet receive special
bonuses -for- fulfilling and exceeding the monthly plans, now such bonuses will
also be paid for armaments orders.
(167) For fulfillment of the monthly plans, leading personnel will receive
a bonus of half a month's salary. Heads of departments and their deputies will
receive 35% of a month?s salary, and foremen and engineers will receive 25% .
If the monthly plans for armaments orders and ship repairs are exceeded, a
bonus of 3% of the monthly income will be paid .for percent by which the plan is
exceeded.
(168.) Although some of the NKRF enterprises could not do justice to
the requirements which were set, the scope of the task is being broadened.
Now according to a governmental decree repair work on military units of
the Volga Flotilla are also to be carried out and spare parts for tractors and
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agricultural machines are to be produced.
(169) It is hoped to be able to guarantee the fulfillment of these-tasks
by a broadened bonus system and a universal 24-hour work day.
(170) Despite all conceivable efforts to raise and .improve production,
the difficulties can not yet be overcome at this time.
E171) Thus deliveries and .loadings of the NKRF plant "Molotov`'`' in
Gor'kij are very unsatisfactory.
(172) At the NKRF in Kujbyshev and at other offices the planned pro-
duction ha$ not been attained by a wide margin. As of 1 May only 37% of the
planned towboats have been built at an NKRF plant in Kujbyshev, and only 5Z%
at the plant "Kujbyshev.
In Kriushi only 55% has been attained, in Alekseevka
31%, in Zolotovskij 60%, in Ulyanovsk 2 7%, and in Saratov only 18%. The
newly-begun organization."Restoration and Reconstruction Directorate" at
"Volga Tanker" in Astrakhan has turned in an .even .worse performance: by 20~
May it could fulfill only 3% of its yearly program. The cause of this failure
is to be traced to a .lack of material on one hand, and to the lack of suitable
labor on -the- other . Only 10% of the necessary labor was available . The
situation in construction is considered actually catastrophic. The fulfillment
of the whole construction program will be doubtful if the lack of transport and
material cannot be overcome. however, there are still no signs of the conquest
of these. difficulties.
(173) Also the NKRF offices in Kalach, Molotov, and Ulan-Ude- report
that they are behind in their orders from a lack of personnel and material. The
fulfillment,-of the monthly plan at the shipyard in Surazhevka is very dubious:
(174.) Even if the conditions for a higher output are provided, there is
still slack-of raw material, as for example in the brandy distillery in Ordzhoni-
kidze. Since 26 April this distillery has been capable of a daily production of
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10,.000 liters, but only since 13 May has enough alcohol been delivered for a
daily production of 2, 000 liters.
(175) The efforts to include the newly conquered oblasti in the pro-
duction process seem to be having more success. Thus the locomotive plant
in Vo roshilovgrad, rebuilt only a short while ago, was able to ship 90 tons of
section iron and 340 tons of pig iron to a plant in Kolomna on 17 May.
(.176) In addition, Voroshilovgrad can report the completion of repair
work on the Donets Waterworks "Melikhovsk". The Donets Waterworks has
been able to deliver up to 100 cubic meters of water per hour to the mines
since 21 .-May. Also the waterworks in Novoshakhtinsk has completed the most
urgent repair work and can provide the city with up to 100 cubic meters per
hour.; as a .result of this, since 22 May the mines are also being supplied .with
(177) In Rostov/Don
coal handling,
mortar production,
the Tank Industry,
the Food Industry, and
the Iron Industry
are to be put in operation again, as appears from a personnel requisition for
5, 000 men.
(178) Besides the utmost efforts imaginable to raise production and to
incorporate the reconstructed oblasti into the process, just as great efforts
are being made in the rear oblasti to carry out new construction projects, as
appears from a message from Tiflis. The Rajon Military Construction Office
is to receive an additional 1, 000 tons of cement in May from the Chief Directo-
rate for Building Material Sales in Tiflis.
(-179) Although a great number of enterprises fail, on the other hand
some attain good outputs again, as for example the chemical factory in Tiflis,
which fulfilled the April plan with the shipment of 563 tons of caustic soda. In
May, however, this factory ran into difficulties through the lack of electrodes,
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so that in the first 19 days only 150 tons of caustic soda could be delivered to
Baku. On 20 May the work was again picked up in full.
(1.80) The NKRF plant in Saratov received a bonus of 30, 000 rubles
for performances in competition.
The following production orders could be noted:
Clffice
Quantity
Remarks
(181j
Gor'kij NKRF
100
Structural Sections,
The order was not
Plant "25
..October"
150
40 tons each
Structural Sections,
completed on time.
.Last date 1 June
(182)
NKRF Plant
200
120 tons each
Structural Sections,
Especially urgent
(183)
"Teplokhod"
NKRF Plant
70
3 tons each
Structural Sections,
order
Delivery date 1 June
(184)
"Molotov"
Chkalovak
100
20 tons each
Structural Sections,
Delivery date 1 June
(185)
NKRF
Novosibirsk
4
20 tons each
100-ton Towboats
To be delivered in
NKRF
2
50-ton "
May and June
(186)
Raznezh'e
10
Delivery date by 1
Shipyard
June as 2nd contin-
ge nt
(187) The high weight of the individual structural sections is striking.
(188) The following report on the number of employees provides an
approximate reference point on the size of the mine "Tkvibuli Coal":
day. laborers below ground 1, 800 persons
" " above " 1, 600 "
employees 600
pensioned Red Army personnel 300
Total 4, 300 persons
(189) The following plants could be newly noted:
Plant 96
Plant 570 in Baku, produces dinamon (explosive?}
9.) Transport Situation
(190) The railroad transport situation is, as before,
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requisitions for freight cars considerably exceed the capacity of some~railroad:s.
(.191) This is especially noticeable in the metal industry, which- is con-
tinually complaining about unfulfilled freight car deliveries. It even appears
that some enterprises do not receive any rolling stock at all for weeks and
shipment stops completely because of this. Thus, for example, in the port of
Baku the turnover of manganese ore and castings has fallen off considerably.
400 freight cars of manganese ore and 60 cars of castings have collected in the
railroad yards. The plant "Generator" in Tiflis lacks aircraft parts as a result
of transport difficulties. It urgently requires 100 carloads in May.
(192) According to plan, the Tobacco Trust in Erivan was to ship 20
carloads of tobacco in May. Since no cars were available, nothing could be
shipped up to 20 May.
{193) Poti, Ore Center, was to receive 60 freight cars on 12 May for
shipment of manganese ore. Only 45 cars have been made available and loaded
for .
Magnitogorsk 11 cars
Novokuznetsk 34 cars,
Since the beginning of the month 7, 764 tons have been shipped.
(194) In the railroad .repair shops of the Ordzhonikidze Railroad in Tiflis
25 locomotives and 15 tenders were to be overhauled in the first quarter, and 25
locomotives and 20 tenders in the second quarter. These repairs were not car-
ried out. As a re suit, the Ordzhonikidze Railroad finds itself in a difficult
position.
(195) "Georgian Power" in Tiflis requires 39 freight cars for the following
lines in._June ;
from Kaspi to Rion
from Poti to Rion
from Tiflis to Rion
from Tiflis to Kvezany
from Ochemchiri to Sugdidi
from Ochemchiri to Khadaya(? )
1 car for cement
3 cars for sheet iron
1 car for turbine parts
4 cars for misc. freight
15 cars for misc. freight
15 cars for misc. freight
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(196) The dispatch of traffic at the NKRF offices seems to be proceeding
in a relatively frictionless manner, apart from the difficulties which are the
result of the general strained personnel situation in all entexprises. There is
even a rep?rt of a bonus for especially good performances in Chardzhou. There
two steamer crews received a bonus of 5, 000 rubles each for good transport
perforrnancea which exceeded the April plan.
(197) It is especially worthy of mention that Stalingrad NKRF has guaran-
teed .the acceptance of 10, 000 tons of imported goods and 5, 000 of cotton from
the Caspian Sea and the forwarding of this freight up the Volga, and in addition
has carried out the transport of 5, 000 tons of freight to the Caspian Sea for
forwarding to Iranian ports.
(198) During the 1943 shipping period Yakutsk NKRF, among other
things, .moat carry out the transport of 10, 000 horses. -
(199) In May Astrakhan, "Volga Tanker", must ship 1, 065, 000 tons of
freight and unload 940, 000 tons of freight . In the same month Omsk, NKRF,
must transport 4, 000 tons of millet.
(200) Considerable transportation of hay is being carried out by the Kama
Steamship Agency. For this purpose Gor'kij, NKRF, is making 6 towboats with
a total tonnage of 14, 000 tons available to the Kama Steamship Agency.
10.) Miscellaneous
(201) 150 tons of "Sibsyvorotka" (Siberian serum?) were requisitioned
for each .of the Veterinary Directorates in Krasnodar, Rostov, and Stavropol .
According to this, epidemics would seem to be raging in the oblasti named. The
serum is to be sent by plane.
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