EXPLOSION IN POTASSIUM SULPHATE WORKS/USSR ABSORPTION OF POTASH PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500170097-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 97
• Publication Date: August 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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"For th! past six veeka the USSR hay apparently been absorbing moat of the
potash production of Germany (Soviet Zone)
getting deliveri.ee of sulphate of potash and muriate of potash.
"On 7 Jul 53 them vae a severe oxploeion in the,potaoeium sulphate works
caufing gr+:at damage. The writs i located coutheaet or Berlin in the Roviet
zone, approximately fifty !c eict miles from Magdeburg on the Elbe Rifer.
3,006 ton" Of potassium sulphate hetmbeen delayed by thin
exploe 1 on,
"Sucketadt, the Manegirg DJ+ector of DIA,, pro_
US althtaugh hie circumat.ancet; force him to get along with the 8oviete, -
e 2,000 tone of muriate of rotaeh which in proeently aY%i3ab1o'
to circvtrvent the USSR, m t he fears the poeeibility that :dvecov mist' prohibit
shipments in the near future,
Germany (Soviet Zone)
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Explosion in Potassium Sulphate Horke/USSR Absorption
of Potash Production
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DATE DI`TR. /gAug 53
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DATE ACCUIRED
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