FOUNDRY MACHINES -- AVAILABILITY, QUALITY/MAINTENANCE OF POLISH-SOVIET BORDER/SOVIET NAPHTHA BASES

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
C
Document Page Count: 
3
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 19, 2011
Sequence Number: 
24
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
April 13, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1.pdf166.45 KB
Body: 
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1 IfVFOR11AATl!ON R~RC)RT CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL~SBCURITY~Q~~p CEPdT~.AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY USSR/Folana SUBJECT Foundry Machines -- Availnbility,Quallty~ N0. OF PAGES ~., iaaintenisnce of Polish-Soviet Border~Soviet Naphtha Bases ACQUIRED BY SOURCE RATE OF IIHFORMATIOId ACQUIREq DATE 1. In our shop ve had no modern foundry machinery. I'hr. reason xae that only foundries manufacturing first-class army products (tanks, artillery, e~munition, and other equipment) were supplied with modern machinery. Small shops such as ours had to buildheir own machinery and to rely on castoff equipment from army controlled foundries. 2. In our shop, we designed and built moulding machines and some foundry equipment .for making teat-iron axle bushings and carriages. We began receiving additional equipment and machinery when the ;:net-iron bushings were found suitable for artillery carriages. 3. I have no idea where plants making moulding machines and sand mirera were located in the LHSR. Such machines were produced as second-class products for army foundries or for first-class is smaller shops, I did notice that the machines were copied from patents stolen from abroa:. They mere maaufact,a?ed very cereleaely and vithont precision. ~uat prior to Norld Har II the only precision machines in our pl1-nt were those imported from Germany and the GIC. All others were very gg~iek to rust sad fai:i apart. Hhen one wanted special fire bricY. for a Foundry such as oar's, it had to ~ obtained oa the black market and the price was about .750 rubles for one-half toe. u. 1 saw very modern foundry equipment facilities in Poland but only at the COP (Central Industrial Area in Silesia), and again the ma,9ority of the machines were imported from the UK and Germany. 5. Before 1939, villages, togas, and other aettle4eats on the Soviet-Polish border were separated fry the border by either a high brick, atone, or vrooden Pence. Soeletimaa ?oarbed-wire vas also oa top of these fences. An area about 200 ft vide vas cleared of trees and brusa and t~san ploughed and smoothed to make visibility clear, (fn rh. c?oiet Bide, border gus.~" -- prababl;, ,~ -- eeec~mpani~ci.? oy watchdogs, per3ormsd guard duty. Some of 'the regions had A ?ten-mile Seep eo-called "no-man's land". All honsea, trees, and other obstacles were removed from thi3 CLASSIFICATION ~~~,/~~ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1 CONP'IArTQTIPJ~SEC~ITY II~L'OR'+~ATION . g ese rep ace- 1 ments caused a great deal of excitement among inhabitants, they were fuL~illed by the Soviet administration without effort. Special brigades, especially trained far this type of task, were used. They_slso had epeciel equipment such as small windowless freight care and large truck vans. 7. Roads in this area were of a soft surface without gravel oz atone topping and were impassable during most of the early spring and fall. - 2 _ 6. .D~zrirg ly^40, the inhabitants of all settlements of $OO people or over-iu the Boviet-polish border area were skipped to central Siberia; and in their place; Soviets from other Polish territories were nettled Althou h th eery strictly. No civilians were allowed in thc~border-zone.- A14~ v~fyyVi1~LL de rtin 1 arriving and pa g persona to and from border. villages were checked, searched, and had their documents examined.. Naturally all houses 1n these settlements were under consts.nt. control of NKVD border guards. 9? Tkere were ao Diesel or fuel oil burning l~:.omotives oa Polish railroads. They did have a Diesel driven motor called "I.uctorpedoea". The only Diesel locomotives used by the Soviets were in oil well areas suck as $aku and Datun. TaiQ vn,_ld indicate that there was definitely a shortage G'. :.squid fuels, lubricants, and ~,reasea for railroading. All oil products such as Diesel oil, gasoline, greases, etc, were under a careful distribution plan. All oil products for automobile and truck use worn distributed under a plan and with permission of the ch1eP director ~f "Naphtha Products Distribution Administration". Of course, poorly made subetitutee were sometime~tsed; but inasmuch ae theg~ were destructive to vehicles, their ueere were accused of sabotage and severely punished. Certain lubricants and greases often found, their way to the black market. Those conducting such a black market, received severe puniuhment vhen caught. 10. In 1940 and 19+1 the Soviets built a so-called naphtha base. This vas located ato-a five miles east Prom the center of the city of Chortkov ~ee aecompanying sketch - Encl (A)~. One aide of the naphtha base wen bordered by the railroad station "Wyhnanka Horishaa". On another aide of the base vas the Chortkov-Kopyczynci high- way, Three concrete underground teaks were built, each of about 400 cubic feet. capacity. This vas only one of many standard-type bases which were built in many placeF -- usually near big cities. For example, I aaw another such Naphtha Pase, "Palahiche?, a railroad station on the Chor~kov-Staaislsy railroad about twenty-five miles from Stanislav. Fatrolenm sad gasoline stored in these naphtha bases were mostly products brought in from ache U7SR; (9aku aaa' Batuin). 11. Railroad gauge used in this area vas 3aviat gauge rsbu~I't from European and U.5 gauge. 12. The only type of field kitchen used by the Soviet Army aad~or Air Force was one large kettle oa a tvo-vhealod cart or trailer. It vas uead mostly .by"the Army Rifle Divieione. Fuel ran wood and coal in as o:~en underneath the large kettle. I did see several small portable or hand-carried field kitchens, bnt only at e distance sad I could not sea erhat type et fuel vas used. 1,3. On the Chortkov-Jagflnica higtsvay, about five miles from Chortkov, the Soviets began building a large airdrome. This was in 1940_41. In July 1941 work was haled on concrete ruaraya when the Carman Army approached. Bunvavs were not comntwtwA and not in use, but i NONI.d gather from the width and thickneee of the completed portion and from t'~e length of the graded dart that. the largest of Soviet airFi.9nes could use this field. - sad - Encl (A): - Sketch of city of Chortkov showYng the Naptha Base d01~'IDENTIAL~SECURIT7 II~ORMATION Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1 Se~z;;:, ~aformatic~., cor~rn~rzar./sECt~=~r ~ox~n~ox SKETCH OF CITY OF CHOR'PKOV SHOWIAK3 THE NAPTHA BASE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040024-1