BERLIN OFFICE OF LEUNA-WERKE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003000470005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 11, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
REPORT.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Berlin Office of Leuna-Werke
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The Leuna-Werke in Merseburg maintaire an. office in East Berlin located at
Berlin W 8q Jaeger Strasse 6, which serves as a liaison office with USIC,
the East German ministries and the various DIAs.3 For the most part, the
Leu.na BerliLx Office deals with the ZVK-of USIG with regard to raw material
allocations ands similar details. In theory and in practice it-performs
the same functions for the SAG Mineralduenger plants in both Piesteritz
and Leuna. , -- . -
21 The Berlin Leuna Officeis directed by Rudolf Mueller, who is also pro-
visionally the sales director for the whole Leuna plant. Mueller spends
the week at Leuna, then comes to Berlin over the weekends to handle the
office details which recuire action on his part or tohandle those special
cases with UUSIG which fall under his jurisdiction. Mueller has no deputy
in Berlin during his absences. This function is more or less carried out
by his secretary, Frau Ingrid Dube, who receives and handles all mail
addressed to the Berlin Leuns Office, distributes it, and receives any and,
all visitors in Mueller's absence., The third floor (Zweite ,Stage) of
the Jaeger Strasse 6 property has been remodeled and turned into a private
ap:.rtmr_ent (Dienstwohnung) for Rudolf Mueller, which he shares with his
fazi1 , #here are several other
y private apartments on this floor.
5. The Jaeger Strasse 6 property belongs to the Leuna plant itself. It is
administered by Ernst Mehnert, whose nickname is "Amarullat. Mehnert is
carried on the Berlin Office 7/o as a bookkeeper but actually serves as
administrator for all Leuna property. The building has been rented out
in part and now has the following occupants:
a? Ground floor (Parterre) - rented out as office space; includes
space rented to the "Haas der Bildenden Kunst"( House of the
Fine Arts)
o.. Second floor (erste Etage) - Luna Offices; one room is set Aside
for use by a reprasoutative of Berliner Stickstoffwerke,
='iesteritz.
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c,, Third floor (zweite Etage) - Private apartment of Rudolf :Mueller;
several other private apartments.
d. Fourth floor (dritte Etage) - Apartments and overnight cuarters
for Leuna representatives who come to Berlin on business.
There are nine rooms set aside for transient visitorsb; one
room is permanently set aside for transient visitors from
Picsteritz. Fron time to time these rooms are rerteL. to other
individuals.
4, The following are know. personnel of the Berlin Leuna off ioe s
e., Fraealein Ingrid Schoch - hired as stenographer xepi.acement for
~. rau.u . u e when the latter became secratary to e
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7r .u %.uggeni (fnu) - Sachbearbeiterin for alto cr tionati o rocure-
T:entl
i rmenr. V,-edermr nn - driver for the office
The main liaison conducted by the Leuna. Office in Perlin a with tie
f"ol? ov'in_= offices;
U- SIG Offices Karlsborst - previously located lteisscnsee
1) V'K - concerniri- raw material allocations
2) :Finance 5ecticn - procurement of i~estern currencies
narxin business trios
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3 i Produc t? or. Technical Department - ~uarterly tots
liaison n an in U;:-TG -? Herr Jaenicke (fnu'
4) l ussian "ara ;ement of the ZVK (Russian Procurement 2action)
dealt with Krut', until early September 1953. when he is
reported to have been transferred to USI Thereafter dealt
it h G Iarov., 1
?'he Leunawerke in.:._ersaburc; is still a Soviet-controii.ea enterprise Up
rtil tat ; fall of 19J2 ilats:eyev (.tnu) was soviet director F;ener..l o
Leuna, iafter he t c "?
1=hcn he was
4r4nsferred, to USIGIlie was succeeded by Semmenikov (fnuj~ who had been
commercit.l. director til that time.. Until late 1952 Yakuncev 'fns)
was aet-uty to '4a.tmeye 1 and deputy-director general of Leuna.; V,,-kun ev is
;.,per ed to have been transferred to SAG Kautschuk. r,,
deputy to '.,'atr:e:yev who )kept Lis job ,a,nder Se;nmenikov, has also been
transferred from, Leuna to an unidentified position., The hussi'an Technical
3vineer r rutsh':-iov (fnu) is :reported still at V ",e Leunail-erke,: r.-achv
used. to visit the Berlir. Office of thee Leuna firms occas c'rali,y, but none
-,0f ,he other "soviet ofr:icisls ever appeared there.
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