PROGRESS REPORT ON STALIN WORKS IN HUNGARY; STALIN WORKS REPORTEDLY TURNING OUT WAR MATERIEL

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• Publication Date: August 14, 1952
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SUBJECT Economic - Heavy industry, metallurgy INFORMATION 1951, 1952
CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTED
CENTRAL INTTEELLIGENCEAGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Hungary DATE OF
HOW
PUBLISHED Irregular newspapers, DIST. 1952
papers, monthly periodical ?7
WHERE-
PUBLISHED Budapest, Berlin; Innsbruck NO. OF PAGES
3
DATE
PUBLISHED Sep 1951 - 20 May 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
PROGRESS REPORT ON STALIN WORKS IN HUNGARY;
STALIN WORKS REPO1tTLDLY TURNING OUT AR MATERIEL
3.5 BILLION FORINTS APPROPRIATED FOR B
Sep 51 TA IN WORKS -- Budapest, Magyar Technika,
When the first section of the Sztalin Muvek (Stalin Works) in Sztalinvaros
is completed in 1954, it will produce more steel than the entire 1949 output of
Hungary's steel industry. Planned as a vertical combine, it will include blast
furnaces, steel mills, rolling mills, coke burners, and a power plant which will
serve the combine and also transmit current to the national network. Gee derived
from coking will be utilized in the plant itself and in 7ztalinvaros. A chemical
plant will process the by-products of coking for tar, amr;onia, and benzol; lime-
kiln tnd facilities for making firebricks are to for' part of the combine.
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A total of 3.5 billion forin.s has already been appropriated for the ccub'ne,
which will have a private harbor and railroad terminal.
Before the foundations of the plant could be laid, the loess soil along t'e
Danube had to be packed. In accordance with Soviet procedure, a series of 6- to
8-a.ter deep, 6-centimeter-wide holes drilled in a checkerboard pattern. Explo-
sive appended to wire was inserted in the bottom of the holes, which were then
plugged up.80 centimeters below the surface; the remaining 80 centimeters?berO'.
filled with water. The charges, simultaneously set off in all the openings, ex=-
panded the holes to a 35-40 centimeter diameter. This expansion packed the
ground firmly and created an excellent drainage system after the resulting pits
were filled with gravel.
In the specially built harbor, the banks of the Danv,e were shored up by
prefabricated, gravel-filled units which were similar in shape to reinforced-
concrete barges.
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The size of the project involves difficult construction problems, while
prceureient of building materials and equipment seriously taxes the national
ebonc.r. It will take 120 million bricks, 200,000 tons of cement, 100,000
cubie'meters of lumber, 20,000 tons of lime, 170,000 tons of crushed rock,
70,000 tons of firebrick, 10,000 tons of rail, etc., to bring the plant to
half its ultimate capacity. Internal equipment will include 55,000 tons of
machine installations, 110 electric cranes, 65 kilometer of rails, and 30
kilometers of road. There will also be three railroaa trrsinals within the
combine.
Obviously, re^ruitment of rkilled labor for an undertaking of this magni-
tude is the greatest stumbling block. Industrial expansion has abs bed man-
power to the cities, while small-scale, ihiependent farming ties down manpower
that would otherwise be available from rural areas. Nevertheless, peasant
youths comprise a large and troublesome portion of the over 14,000 workers en-
gaged on the construction. Because these peasant youths are not yet thoroughly
indoctrinated, they quickly fall prey to the influence of subversive elements
whenever supervision is relaxed,
A special investment commissioner has been appointed as the supreme author-
ity on all matters relating to construction of the combine. Under his guidance,
the Nehezipari Beruhazasi VaLialat (Hesvy 'Industry Investment Enterprise) directs
and inspects the work or the organizations in charge of planning and execution,
and is responsible for obtaining supplies and credit.--Matyas Hanko
DISUNITY IMPAIRS M OGRESS AT STALIN WORKS - - Budapest, Magyar Technik, Sep 51
Due to lack of cooperation between the enterprises in charge of planning
and building Sztalinvaros, work progresses jerkily and is frequently unsatis-
factory. The planning enterprise draws up its plans without studying the ter-
ritory and the problems involved; the building enterprise b.gins operations
before discussing the work thoroughly with the planning enterprise. Then, when
the work is already in an advanced state, the plan is found to be unfeasible.
The shortage of trained cadre personnel is evident everywhere, particularly in
the planning enterprise, which should at least have a construction engineer
familiar with the territory's basic potentialities and the limitations of the
staff. Because of its unrealisclc preparation, the Sztalinvaros plan has had
to be revised at least 6-8 times.
Under these circumstances, proper work inspection and supervision are
nearly impossible. Yet the urgent need for work inspection has been repeatedly
demonstrated: the surface of the road leading to Adony resembles a rollercoaster,
on which it is npossible to drive at ?peeds exceeding 60 kilometers an hour;
badly prepared concrete, crooked walls, inaccurate surveying on buildings, ill-
fitting prefabricated parts at the steelworks and in Sztalinva-os ail attest the
importance of work inspection.
The best solution would be to organize inspection units such as are currently
employed in industry. Headed by trained cadres, and equipped with testing devices,
these units would check and supervise the work to make sure that it was of accept-
able quality and that it conformed to specifications.--Istvan Gabor
ORE TO COME FROM USSR -- Berlin, Aussenhandels Nachrichten, 19 Mar 52
The Sztalin Muvek (Stalin Works) is the greatest construction project of
the first Hungarian Five-Year Plan.. For the construction of its first section
which will be built during the current Five-Year Plan, there have been
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appropriated 4 billion forints of the 37.5 billion forints allocated by the
Five-Year Plan for the development of heavy industry as a whole. By 1954, the
combine viii deliver more metal than the entire metallurgical industry of
Hungary before the war.
By the end of the first Five-Year Plan, two blast furnaces will be in
operation. The first furnace will be placed in operation in the fourth quarter
of 1953, and the second will begin to operate in the second quarter of 1954.
During the course of the second Five-Year Plan, two additional furnaces of the
same type and a ferromanganese furnace will be built.
She coke needed for .he blast furnaces will be made from coal mined in the
Komlo-Pecs coal area. This will make possible a saving of several hundred
thousand forinte a year. The first Hungarian chemical coke plant, consisting
of 51 coke ovens, will be placed in operation during the third quarter of 1953
at the latest. During the course of the second Five-Year Plan, two similar
plants are to be built.
The ore, which will be imported from the USSR, will be carried from the
harbor to the ore-preparing works by means of aerial cable railways. The ore-
preparing works are outfitted with the most modern equipment.
In addition to the blast furnaces, a steel mill is being built. The first
Five-Year Plan provides for the construction of four Martin furnaces, which will
be put into operation in 1953 and 1954. During the second Five-Year Plan, four
additional Martin furnaces will be built.
In the rolling mills, two gigantic rolling machines for hot and cold rolling
are now being built. A machine shop, a foundry, an electrical repair shop, a
carpenter shop, and a furnace-repair shop are also being constructed. In addition,
a whole series of auxiliary establishments (such as a lime-burning plant), a cen-
tral laboratory, a factory for the production of fire-resistant bricks, and other
facilities are being built.
The metallurgical combine will consume 300 million kilowatt-hours of elec-
tricity a year. To provide this current, the combine will include a paver plant
whose capacity will exceed that of the Matravidek thermal power plant.
The handling of raw materials for the combine will be assured by threi
railroad yards which are being constructed. The rail line within the grounds
of the combine have a total trackage of 60 kilometers. There are 15 kilometers
of motor roads.
On 7 November 1951, casting p'.ant, a metalworking shop, and an assembly
plant for metal construction parts were placed in operation. A large part of
the mechanical equipment of these plants was received from the JSSR.
START PRODUCTION OF TANK PARTS --Innsbruck, Unio Press Service, 20 May 52
It is reported that the Stalin Works has started production of war materiel.
Armored plate for T-34 tanks and other basic parts for tanks are being manufac-
tured in the completed parts of the combine. The authorities tried to prevent
this information from reaching the public.
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