CONDITIONS AT PLANT 596 AT TEPLYY STAN

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• Publication Date: May 26, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY USSR (Moscow Oblast)
SUBJECT Conditions at Plant 596 at Teplyy Stan
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
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.
DATE DISTR. 26 May 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Plant No, 9 it Teplyy Stan r -
factured Xray apparatus? All visitors were introduced
although names were not mentioned, 'Soviets apparently
status of engineering in the United States
nearing tenninologyo Marry of them. were astonishingly wsU-infoxmed on the
no were excellently info?^med on engineering conditions outside the USSR.
They could usually kpeak German and were familiar with international engi.-
"the purpose of their visits and conversations, Leading Sovie -ec. -
during these conversations,, largely in order to avoid giving
conceal their specialties very well, The Soviets digressed intentionally
or three, All Soviet visitors took part in conversation, but knew how to
s intent on remaining incognito. They always appeared in groups of two
in Leningrad progressed wello"and. the. Leningrad theorists were said to be.
very efficient. The plant there was equipped with a 1,3-mr experimental in-
stallation., including a loop type overhead line. Cold-rolled sheet metal
sense of discernment, was appointed chief of the newly,-estatrlished high-
ten-sion engineering institute-at Moscow, I#e paviously headed the institute at
Leningrad. All Soviets heading offices attempted to staff them with comps-
triots.Q For example, one Georgian would usually try to employ. another Geor-
gian because of their common origin. regardless of qualifications. Because
of this policy,, persons from the same ireaa, managed to occupy the leading
positions in the plant in a short time; this resulted in bitterness on the
part of the other employees,
X-ray tubes supplied to'the plant were of good quality. The manufacture of
high-tebsion~, l0O-kv tubes was still"in the first stages Attempts were made
to copy American tubes for- tensions up to one -mv. The manufacturer of tubes
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2. In 1952, a physicist-by the name of Stepanov (fnQ, a technician with a fine
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to be used-for the construction of transformers, with losses - of 1.1 to
10 watt/kgq at a field intensity, called B, of 10,000 gauss, tea on hand
at Plant No. 596. Some highma1loy sheet metal also was available; how-
ever, the level of development in this 'f ellwad not equal to that achieved
in West bermany. In all construction work,copper,`brass and aluminum were
to be replaced, if possible, by iron. For example, an explanation, citing
technical reasoned, was required for the use of brass screws for apparatus
construction. All work on DO high-tension projects of 3mv and above was secret.
With respect to theory the USSR had made excellent progress in electrical
engineering. In the technological field, however, the USSR,; in 1951,,still;
was not as far advanced ass were the Germans prior to 1945 Therefore, the
USSR bits special emphasis on East German plants and those-bf Czechoslovakia.
and Poland (Elektro Butowo Lodz). During the Hannover Trade,Yair, in April
', notice was given that the Skoda Works had"greatly extended its
and May 1952--
production of current and instrttnentrtransforme:rs and, on the basis of for-
mer agreements, generally manufactured the same models as the Transformatoren
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMAT;ON
East Germ ny .
1-952 Pev!1 orment Program of
High `Tension Units in
East Geriiany
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.
REPORT
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THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. Pro`act No. la "Development of a 100 mva transformer 220/110 kv", at the
VEM Transformatorenvrerk Oberschoeneweide (transformer plant) (TRO) is
a project for redesigning a previously manufactured model. If the flaws
are eliminated, the transformer should deliver full power and sustain full
testing-voltage, Project No. 2, "Development of a 400-ky- transformerpt
will require the combined work of a number of available designers. This
transformer was designed previously, and either drafts of old plans or
foreign construction plans may be used. Project No. 5 calls for the
development of 400?kv instrument transformers as developed in 1942.. If
the old records no longer exist, two 220-ky transformers will probably be
coupled by a cascade connection and equipped with a porcelain jacket.
A 400-1-.v presaura-gas switch, development of. which is called for by
Projecct.No. 2~, was also developed previously. Designers involved in..the
development of the switch still work at the plant.
2. Activities at the Transformatcrenwerk Dresden (Transformer Plant) focus
on.Large testing installations which can be.constructed only at this plant.
In source's opinion, the U.S.S.R. may be especially interested in the
following projects: Project No. 1: Development of a single mesh for
cascade e-omtilutator converters; Project No. 2i Development of a multiple
valve to be.ipstalled at the vacuum pump; Project No. 6: Research and
exploitation of rectifying processes for the' construction of high-tension.
installations; Project No. 10s Development of a 10 mega electron volt
betatron; and Project No. 12: Development of high-tension condensers with
organic insulation materials. The development of the betatron, ordered by
the U.S.S.R.,, was designed and developed, as early as 1946, by Dipl. Ing.
Steyskal (fnu) at SKTB 21 (Sonderkonstruktion'stechnisches Buero) (Office
of Special Technical Design). Project No. 5, "Development of a 1,000-kv
testing transformer", calls for the further development of the 750-kv
testing transformer to be manufactured on a large scale. Because of these
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transformers and the cascades assembled from them, the institutes of the
U.S.S.R. have modern standardized testing installations of great value.
The increase in voltage from 750 to 19000 kv is of no practical importance.
Project No. 3, "200-kv X-ray equipment", at the Roentgenwerk (X-ray
apparatus factory), calls for the further development of an existing
installation used for material-testing purposes. Preparatory work for
this further development was being done at SKTB 21. Project No. 4,
"400mkv X-ray equipment", will be an attempt' presumably at the
instigation of the U,S,S,R., to equal similar American equipment.1
At the Moscow negotiations of September 1951, the East German trade
delegation was assured of a proposed order for six or seven DC high
voltage installations, including one or two installations to generate
a 5 or 7 ntv' voltage and five or six conies of the 3 my installation
sup-plied in 1 49.
the order had not been placed by August 1952. All orders
for installations of, and over., 3 my were allegedly canceled. Consequently,
the construction of the new large high tension shop, scheduled to be
completed by late 1952, was stopped.
~C,Q ent. Annex 1 is a survey on the high priority developing
program drawn up by the SKTB 21 in July 1945; Annex 2 is a list of
persons employed at the SKTB 21 at that time.
omm n . The construction of the large shop to be used for
testing the assembly of DC high voltage installations was necessary
because the shop at Niederwartha, near Dresden, had proved unsatisfactory.
In addition to being excessively damp because of its proximity to the
water, it was situated too far away from the main factory.
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Pir~t Priority Program of the Office for Special Technical- Design 219
Dresden N. Overbeckstrasse (in the'Koch & Sterzel A.G. plant).,
as established in July 1945
1. Portable oil-testing equipment 30/45 kv
2. Mobile oil material testing equipment 60 kv
3. DC cable testing equipment 40 kv
4. DC cable testing equipment 100 kv
5. Dry testing equipment for insulated cables
High voltage test transformer 750 kva/750 kv
in addition to accessories, switch gear, etc,
for e;mple,second and third cascade
7, High -voltage test transformer 300 kva/300 kv
8. High voltage installation for electric
gas cleaning
9. Current transformer h.10 kv
-10. Voltage transformer 110 ky
(Tragbare Oelpruefeinrichtung)
(Fahrbare Oel-Materialpruefeinrichtung)
(Gieichstroma-Kabelpruefeinriohtung)
(Gieichstrom-Kabelpruefeinrichtung)
(Trocken-Pruefanlage fuer isolierte
Leitungen)
(Hochapannungs-Prueftrafo 750 kva/750 kv
nebst Zubehoer, Schaltanlagen etc.,
z.B. 2 and 3er Kaskade)
(Hochspannungs-Prueftrafo)
(Hochspannungsanlage fuer elektrische
Gasreinigung)
(Stromwandler)
(Spannungswandler)
11. Combined current and voltage transformer 110 kv(Kombinierte Strom- and Spannungewan4L.er)
12. Current transformer 220 kv
13. Voltage transformer 220 kv
(Stromwandler)
(Spannungswandler )
14,, 06mbin.ed current and voltage transformer 220 kv(Kombinierte Strom-Spannungewandler)
15, Mobile cable testing installation 253 kv
16. DC high voltage installation 1.5 my
17. I npu:l,.ae testing installation 2 my
18. High frequency test equipment 1.5 my -
Tesla installation
(Fahrbare Kabelpruefanlage)
(Gleichstrom Hoehapannungaanlage)
(Stosspruefeinrichtung)
(Hochfrequenz Pruefeinrichtung)
19. Sphere gaps with peak voltmeter equipment
to 1.5 m spherical diameter
20. Ohmic potentiometer for power plants
21. Capecitative potentiometer
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(Kugelfunkenstrecken mit Scheitelwert-
messeinrichtung bis 1,5 m Kugel-
Durchmesser)
(Ohmscher Spannungsteiler fuer Stossanlagen)
(Kapazitiver_Spannungsteiler)
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22, Amplitude measuring equipment
230 Control transformers with carbon rolls
24. Control transformers of special types for
stage lighting including looking frame
25. Normal current transformer to 3000 amp.
26. Normal voltage transformer to 400 kv
27. Self-balancing calibration equipment for
current and voltage transformer
28. Self-balancing power factor measuring
equipment to 400 kv with sUntiard
transformer
29, Control desk for calibrating equipment
30. Recording current transformer measuring
equipment
31. Meter calibrating equipment
32. DC installation for 3 my
33. Combined current and voltage transformer
for 380 kv
(Scheitel-Wert - Messeinrichtung)
(Regeltrafoe mit Kohleroilen)
(Regeltrafos in Spezialausfuehrung fuer
Buehnenbeleuchtung minschlieeelich
Stellwerk)
(Normal-Stromwandler bin 3000 A)
(Normal-Spannungewandler bis 400 kv)
(Selbstabgleiohende Eicheinrichtung firer
Strom- and Spannungswandler)
(Selbetabgloichende Yerluetwinkel-
Messeihrichtung bis 400 kv mit
Normal*andler )
(Schaltpulte firer Eichanlagen)'
(Schreib1dde Stromwandler?Mesasinrichtung)
(Zaehlereicheinrichtung)
(Qleichapannungs-Aniage fuer 3 Mill. V)
(Kombinierte Strom- and Spannungswandler
fuer 380 kv)
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SM Personalities
1. Soviet Head: Prof. Dr. Ing. Major Bamdas (fnu).
2. Successors: Major Baraki (fnu) and Gardeyev (fnu)
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4, Deputy:. Dipl. Ing. Stejskal (fnu); he is teohnioally qualified.
5, Labor Heads
Tyr. Ina. Otto Erich Noelke
7.
8.
Bahrmann. Obering. (fnu)
Dunkel, Viktor Ingenieuz1
Dr. Winter fnu
g, Bray, Obering. (fnu)
10. Koettnitz, Dipl. Ing. (fnu)
II. Zirkel, Ing. (fnu)
12, Tesehe, W. Ing
13. von Schiessl- In (fnu
14.
Schnuhr, W. Dipl. Ing.
15. Welter, E. Obering~
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16. aaebler. Dr. (fnu)
18.
R+oinlrw_ Tna- (fnu)
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