REQUEST FOR IPC TARGETS ON EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000100060025-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: October 3, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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/I Off ce Notice .No. 130
3 October 1957
N at4ORA1 DUM FOR: Chief, Analysis Division, ORE
Chief, Industrial Division, ORE
Chief, Materials Division, ORE
Chief, Services Division, ORR
Chief, Greor.?raphy Division, ORR
SUBJECT
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Chief, Intelligence Information Staff; ORE
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Request form Targets on East Germany
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collection targets deemed to have a priority status in ter w, o.-X
the over-all interest of the U.S Government", has asked the CIA to 7r?e~ya- e
a current listing of its priority targets in East Germany.
2. It is requested that your Division prepare a listing of its most
critical targets for East Germany, including, however, only those tewgeta
which meet criteria shown in the underlined portions of the above paragraph.
These targets should-be jet to St/I/R -> Attention: w. not later 25X1A9a
than Wednesd?~y, October 23, to al .ow sufficient time for the=.t office to meet
the DD/P deadlne of l_,, ember.
3 To help relate your targets to the over-all interests. of thy U.S,
Government, each target should reference the appropriate paragraph of the
""Priority National Intelligence Objectives" as expressed in 1) 1D )4/6. 30
October 1956.
It., The presentation of your targets should include: (a) the ;itation
of the specific Objective of DOID 4/6 giving justification for the t:1 ?get s;
(b) concise yet informative "Background" statements serving to brief the
IPC on the subject matter to which the targets relate; (c) "Basic Guidance"
statements summarizing the information needed under each heading; and (d)
listings of the targets. The targets should be numbered, and the location
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SUWECTo. Request foi Targets on East Germany
of each target should contain all details possible, including geographic
coordinates and conventional place name spellirZs. Descriptive informa-
tion, pointing up the significance of individual targets, may also be
provided. The desired format is the one used early this summer in drawing
up IPC targets for the other Eastern European Satellites.
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5. Any qu regarding the preparation of these targets should be
directed to Mr. IN extension 521. 25X1 A9a
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Attachment: Example of= Target on Poland
cc: Chief, Economic Research
Chief, Geographic Research
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Attachment to memorandum, "Request for- Targets on East Germany", dated
J October 1957.
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Example of = Target
Objective II do
"The strengths and weaknesses of the Soviet (including Satellite) economy,
with partie% ar reference to its ability to support a major war; the
motivation, character, and magnitude of current economic development pro-
grams, their implementation and their effect upon the economic, political,
and military strength of the Soviet Bloc; the capabilities and vu.lne:t-abil
ities of the Soviet and Satellite internal communications systems."
(The above quotation is Objective II d. of DCID 1/6, dated 20 Octobe:' 1956.
It is probable that most ORR= Targets for purposes of this request will 25X1A8a
be justified under Objective II d., but it is conceivable that other Ob-
jectives cited in DOID 1+/6 may also be used.)
Chemical Indus, im
Back rou d
The Polish chemical industry ranks third in importance among the, Bloc
countries, being outranked by the USSR and East Germanys Growing faster
than other major industries in Poland, the chemical industry is now 'second
only to the coal industry In value of output. The value of chemical output
in 1955 was 9.5 times the prewar level (1938), and more than three times the
value of output in 191+9. The products of the Polish chemical industry are
raw materials for almost all other industries, and the production of these
products affects the entire national economy and the standard of living. In
wartime, many military requirements for chemicals can be met rapidly by
reallocating basic chemicals and other products of the industry from the
civil economy to the military. The most signigicant consideration o:t' a
chemical plant, therefore, is the degree to which its products are conver-
tible from peacetime to wartime uses.
Pinpoint location and physical description of key plants; identification
of products; rate of output; size of labor force; shifts per day, and days
per week of operation; current development activities; security measa:tres;
sources of raw or semi-finished materials; destination of products; -`.rans-
portation facilitfes; description of any collateral activities; adsp?:.ability
for conversion to war paroduction.
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Attachment to memorandum, "Request for- Targets on East Germany'", dated
3 October 1957.
No? Tames Location
1 Kedzien~phemical Combine.-Poland's Kedzierzyn (formerly :deydebrek,I
largest producer of synthetic ammonia N 50-21, E 18-12
and nitric acid, basic raw materials
for the production of conventional
explosives, and propellants for
guided missiles.
2. Dwory Chemical Conibine-Dvory All Dwory (N 50-02, E 19-1.7)
be Poland's largest chemical combine. near Oswiecim
A synthetic rubber and polyvinyl
chlorine (plastic) plant are under
construction; they will utilize the
calcium carbide (acetylene) and
chlorine now being produced. Metha-
nol, phenol, formaldehyde, chloro-
benzol, and other chemicals produced
at Dwory are useful in the manufacture
of munitions
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