EAST GERMAN REQUESTS IN 1954 FOR SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH THE USSR AND SATELLITES

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• Publication Date: January 28, 1955
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
East Germeny/Soviet Bloc
East German Requests in 1954 for
Soientific-Tieobfioal Cooperation
with the USA and Satellites.
This material contains information affecting the
National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C.
Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revel-
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separate requests.
Total number
of requests
Approved
requests
Requests
Carried out
USSR
600
67
40
Czechoslovakia
400
50
35
Poland
240
35
22
Hungary
170
25
17
China
80
20
16
Bulgaria
60
15
11
Rueania
60
15
12
Albania
24
7
5
1,634
234
158
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1. During 1954, about 1500 requests for scientifio-technical coopera- 25X1
tion with countries of the Soviet Bloc! Were processed by the W1'Z
(Office for Scientific-Technioal Cooperation). in East Berlin. Only
a fraction of these requests led to positive agreements in W1Z con-
fer. es with the foreign countries involved. Only a fraction of
these positive agreements bad been aotually carried out as of 15
No,.ubar 1954.
2. The following table, broken down bT countries, list the approximate
total number of requests, the number of approved requests, and the
number of requests actually carried out as of 15 November 1954. In
this table the total number of requests is higher than 1,500. This
comes from the fact that the same requests are sometime made to dif-
ferent countries and thus overlap but are recorded by the WIZ as
STATE X
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3.
As can be seen from the above table, most of the requests did
not lead to agreements. The reason was that allegedly these
requests could not be fulfilled by the foreign countries con-
cerned because the technical development in question was non-
e:istent or not yet completed. It was probable that the 4-,umber
of requests carried out would not essentially increase from 15
November to the end of 1954. Most of the requests not yet carried
out in 1954 could not be fulfilled, l e ng;'to' Eh9e fbk6igm'
tbon esteodosubedi t beo iu o -of , Aiff oUlties in, the Axpor ? of.' .
material or because developments were incomplete.
4. The East German 1954 approved requests to the USSR for scientific-
technical cooperation brews down according to technical fields
as follows:
a. Mss ice ocastraotion: about 25 requests. Most of the requests
concern developments pertaining to machine tools and very
heavy machines. Among the latter category are a number of requests
concerning machines for the staged forging of crankshafts for heavy
pressing machines. 7he:^requests concerning the development of such ,
machines include applications for inspections by German personnel of
such machines in the USSR. Furthemaore, there are a number of requests
oonosTnfng the development of tube rolling ^ill equipment and tubs
dr:sdng pment. A n er of requests concern the development of
heavy tors. All the requests are concerned with material on
techra cal and construction procedures.
b. Hear _industrr (ohemistri1 ndnint, Power): about 20 requests.
The questa concern the development of synthetic fibers, the
oonstru tion of turbines from 5 to 15 Mega-watts, the development
of tors of'20,000 kw. Other requests concern the technology
of coal . Most requests include applications for German per-
sonnel go to the USSR and inspect the equipment and develop-
ments
e. Ltsht isxduertz7s about 10 requests. Most of the. concern the
dr gym it of polygrspdc machines. in particular prt nting
machlbee with a ntbetio type. Other requests pertaM to the Gave-
lopment of fully meohenised machines for the conservation of food
staffs.
d. Food ln&tstrss about 5 requests. These concern the methods of
oaaaing fish sad the developmeot of hardtack (Dausrkeks). Bequests
ern-Mag the devel peent of hardtack also were ant to Cseoboslovskia.
oona
?. The remainder of the requests apply to forestry and agriculture,
ship and railroad teoh cl ogy. They mainly concern the developk
mint of --pesticides- One request deals with the organisation of
a re-ilroad diapatsber armies. Another one concerns the technology
of the electrical welding of ships' plates.
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The East German 195+ approved requests to Czechoslovakia break
down to about 20 pertaining to machine construction; 20 pertain-
ing to chemistry, mining and electric power; and the remainder
pertaining to the food industry, foodstuffs and the textile and
material industry. The approved requests to Poland break down
into about 15 concerning asahine tool and ship construction; 10
requests pertaining to chemistry, in particular the development
of dyes for exterior walls of ship hulls; the remainder pertain-
ing to coal mining. The approved requests to Rumania mainly con-
cern crude-oil drilling equipment; and mechanical installations
for crude oil production. The requests to China mainly deal with
the construction of vehicles useable in tropical climates, includ-
ing paint for such vehicles. There are also requests to China con%_.::
corning ball bearings and steering devices for tropical climate
vehicles. The requests to Bulgaria and Albania mainly concern the
textile and tobacco industries.
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