ELEKTROCHEMISCHES KOMBINAT, BITTERFELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY East Germany REPORT
SUBJECT Elektrochemisches Kombinat? Bitterfeld DATE DISTR. 14 May 1953
NO. OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1, Purest Calcium
The production of purest calcium is to be resumed- j and ;at the present moment
the old calcium distillation plant is being overhauled to see how much re-
placement is required and when production ban be expected to begin.
2. Ma gne s ium
The plan to produce magnesium metal has been dropped.
3a Sodium
The EKB was recently visited by its former chief director, Fyodorov1 who-asked
for a complete report on the sodium metal electrolysis plant and process,
(production of sodium by the EKB was recently stopped). It was roported
that he said the report was required because production using the same process
was being currently undertaken in the UOSOSORR. He also said that this infop
mation had been asked for by the head of the research section of UQS0I,G.,
fnu) Kononov.
4. Chlorination kiln
This research task, which is also the last directly Russian-inspired one
remaining with the works, is now in its last stages.` Difficulties were,
initially experienced with the heating arrangements and then with the feed
mechanism for the reaction mixture, (a mixture of fine powdered material
and small briquettes, )j,but these hive now been solved. The kiln goes into
its final test during the course of the next two weeks (sic).
5. Fertilizer plant
The Nitrophos fertilizer plant plan2 has been re--adopted? It is hoped that
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the plant will be built and in operation by the end of 1953 and it is intended
that East Germany will get about 100 metric tons per year of cerium oxide from one of
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6o Zirconium oxide
The EKB recently received a request fr?on; Werk fuer Fernmeldewesen HF
(OSW) for information on the productiosuc of titanium - free zirconium
oxide, which it intended to process itself. It was stated that the
presence of even traces of Ti would interfere with the work being done.
7o The EKB succeeded in fulfilling its years' planned production 'target
by 1 December 1952,
9. Personnel
a, Directorate of Labor (. rbeitsdira )'
This directorate has now been formally set up. It is divided into
four departments;
1. Department for organizational preplanning and norm setting (Abteilung fuer
or
anisat
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V
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g
or
ec
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orplanu ig and Arbeivsnormierung),.
Pay branch (Abteilung Lohn)
3, Department for social and cultural que,,tions (Abteilung fuer soziale
U. ku.ltu.relle Fragen),
4 De?artment for trade training (Abteilung Berufs-Ausbildung),
The Officers responsible area
to Diroctora Baerwinkel, Oswald
2, Organization and Planninga Linhart, Hans
3, Pay. Pybak? Roman (temporary)
4, So:;ia]. and Culturalo Maehill, Guenther (temporary)
5, Trade traininga Diehlmann, JakobChem, Ingo
Go It is stated that none of these officers are qualified for the posts
they hold, Even in the case of Diehlmann, the title Chem. Ing, has
been adopted without academic authority,
Other personnel changes
1, Dr a. Wehfies' has been appointed successor to Dr- Schulze as inorganic
research group leader,
20 Dr, Bauer has been appointed manager for light metal production,
3, Dr, Ostermann has been appointed manager for light metal working,
40 Dr, Seipold4 (at present in Berlin) is the new director of research,
5, Dr, Ehlers is to take Dr. Seipcldes old position,
6, Dr, nJieck will become departmental manager of laboratory scale research,
7, Dr, Rennig5 will become departmental manager of pilot-plant scale
re c e arc h,
S. Di,,pl,Chem, Dombois will succeed Dr. Bornhak as works manager of Chlor
III, Dr, Bornhak will become a, group leader,
9. Werner Schulz, formerly of Irdrierwerk, Rodleben1 will become the new
manager of the personnel department,
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10, Gold on SED party badge.
The S.E.D. party badge is mainly composed of red enamel,' This red enamel
is produced by the enamels department of M. .It .is;"then supplied to a'
small private firm which snakes the badge. The red. -enamel used consists of
a "Gold-Rubin", which is ,- glass colored red by small quantities of
dollv3dal
ld
Th
go
.
e gold needed was supplied to EKB by this sn
The whole transaction was carried out iii l he~i-.~ioSt a
r ,;... _ _
o
it
souroe of gold, other than black market gold available to'the.firms in"question.
The badges have been produced and so far no questions have been asked.
Comment i
0 or` loft EKB and was reported to be at ` But awerkar :..
chkopau. however, reports that Fedorov
in the s ri (Fyodorov) was transferred
p ng of 1952 to the Leuna works as general director,
from a-atite.w sroduction
.
o rop ossann rtifioial fertilizer made a
s unaer,
oonstruction}(June-July 1952).
iteported it had been decided not to oorxatruct the new fertilizer works.
ICommenta The personnel department was renamed the Abteilung
COMM,entI Dr, Cxtto Sienold m?
ti
d
n
one
Las chief chemist of EKB.
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Comment' l~r. Bruneiig r?po rted~~ : Y
as a re ii, nee from the USSR who was appointed head of research
and development in organic chemistry at EKB,'
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
East Germany
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SECURITY INFORMATION
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 704, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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DATE DISTR.
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Russian, Vrder for Pure Selenio and
Telluric-Acids at Elektrochemisches
Kombinat, Bitterfeld,
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
the L ~, : 2FYI
the production of very pure selenio and tellurio acids was cancelled without
any explanation and oanoelled by telegram from SAO hoa,dquarters at Weiesensee.
More regent information indicates that the telegram referred to the production
of selenium for rectifiers. The selenio and tellurio acids were produced and
shipped.
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(Notes Washington Distribution Indicated by "X" I Field Distribution By
AEC
ORR Ev
14 May 1953
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