ACTIVITIES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ARMAMENT INDUSTRY IN EAST GERMANY

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• Publication Date: July 13, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany DATE DI
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13 July 1955
SUBJECT Activities for the Establishment of an Air NO. OF PAGES
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Armament Industry in East German
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1. Between 20 December 1154 and 5 January 1955i tkwe were no activities
at the Pirna Construction Office. On 20 Deo i, about 70 returnees 25X1
from the USSR were in Professor B.C. Baadeimoffice to celebrate his
nomination as a professor. xrofessor Baade indicated that the political
conditions might possibly necessitate a transfer of the Construction
Office either to the Polish border or to Poland. In mid December 195425X1
Professor Baade visited the USSR for about a week. Baade'sstaff
included Pr;
also conferred with them. Some VPL officers were apparently assigned to
the Material Office.
had to show the visitors around at the Material Office!
section chief for aircraft construction.
3. The frequent visits by VPL officers with Professor Baade ini
2. Ike ess3gnment of positions had caused a disaggeement between 'Dr. A'uth 1pnv
Scheinost and Pohl who was pushed aside by Dr.Scheinost.
Pohl was Professor Baade's deptity and also commercial manager and
Some of the 30 to 40 engineers who had been hired by the office in the
?all of 1954 had left again. It was said that they were transferred to
the VPL. These engineers had either just completed their technical
training or they had come from the SPA Engine Plant in Chemnitz.
By 7 January 1955, any productive work at the Construction Office was
still out of the question. Being afraid of disadvantageous political
developments, the returnees were disinclined to initiate the work
activities.
6. is for tl ' 7W6*N*6Qj6 from the USSR in Pirna were arranged 25X1
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ho !gad rein July 1954 were t VNIEWMNEPt
pt salary received les in
rcent, of 1952 were to receive cent of
whether tangement would become effective.
The discharge of 50 members at the Construction Office of the
Warnowwerft (shin Jard) was linked to actions taken for an
aircraft construction at Pirna. Many former aircraft designers were
working at the Marnowwerft. The Aircraft Construction Office was to
be transferred from Firna, as was rumored either to Cottbus or to
ormer Bachmann Werft in Ribnitz.
dep
g an
the Department for supervision
Plant, started to work at the Pirna Constructio
1954. Both engineers had returned from the USSR
already prior to 1953.
9. The foundations and ruins of the former Junkers building; along the
railroad line at the southern border of Dessau airfield -ere still being
blasted. Construction material was shipped to the place. Steel and
concrete girders stored in this ar4a were loaded by two cranes and
shipped away. The work was carried out by the Kreisbauleitung. It
was unknovrn, however, whether new buildings were to be erected here.
The fence south of the road. was being repaired.
The inn--keeper from opposite the former JUMO Plant in. Dessau stated that, 25X1
starting on 20 October 1954, construction materials including cement,
lime, and bricks were being shipped to the area of the former JUMO Plant.
_t the same time large labor brigades from Bau-Union Halle were doing
unloading and storing work at the site, while only small labor details
of Pau-TJnion Dessau :ere doing clearing arid blasting; at the plant.
A construction engineer working at the plant stated that 10 million
bricks from the excess production of the brickyards had been shipped.
to the plant by the end of 1954. The shipments arrived at night
by returning cars of the sugar-beet harvest. The KVP quartered in
the buildings of the former JUM..O Plant helped unloading the bricks.
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It the 2irna Cons i:-:^actio.n. Office . On 2 iecl lr_ber r about, 70 ret}t;nees
from the USSR were in Professor 13.C-. fiaade' office to celebrate his
lcmiria`C.ion as a professor. Profeerror _Raua3c, iiidicated: that the i.olit4.cai
-;1r11t : "vlll.liS lit; l'7 C nF'l''.A:;i': ] t. at 1 a 1':7: arisfer ei the CoiStruction
;yt!'ice either to the i'G__i::h bor er or to Po iand. in r.:f:i December 1 47.
F. o.Cuosor Made tr'i. ec' (!,~ U 33i: for nbim.'i- :% week. tJ:jao '' staff
?''n?o,,sor Richter (fnu) from the 41).-+4eken ):rir(tJ). ilta of
~i.~ i io~ ~ and, Henry chief of the 18th ridministratio;
:'erinann. ! friu) as henrion 1 s ._,sisistant
ii:zL :;tal': e U Fi ti-1 a ;:xs6 Sri( between Dr. Rudolph
cchei nost and Pohl whc was pushed a :ide by 1"r. Scheinost,
Pohl was ?'rofessc*r iiaade l s deputy and also commercial rAraiGer and
ooction chief for aircraft conz`:ruc.i:ibn.
The freuta. nt visi tts by VPL officera Keith 'P'rofessor Baade indicated
'T ar_cf
it t:0.'.Y1eC'':i011 the she cons Fraction office. In- , Manfred ;erlach
a.hsd to he -v1. A-i;.,rs ,:1T;'ilk:1L at :'he l.iateri.ai. O:lfi ar'. ?r*hl.
also conf c;rre:' ri. th the? 1.. 'oyie .d PL officers ware ap2arv.ntly assigned to
the .Later:.al Cf cry.
_o.-n? of the 7) to 4 i ei"!, ;: (tears who iud beon ?tired by the office in the
I'aI' of 1954 -ad left r ;Hir.. It :ras said ha they were transferred to
the TPI.. '11ese ela;;'_n.eer:i had. either just co ple%ed,, the .r technical
tradnint- or they had coma from the I"'A E ins Plant :n Chemmnitz.
~'>>;_ 7 January ? 9155. ney r .'od .ct'ive wort at t.h3 Cons" ~uction Office was
till. out of the ;;est zc;ai. flein afraid ;1:Esadvontageous political
e eve'.orr:iente, F.ho? returnees were dio .acii_ne'i to in3.-tiate the work
LO t i ties
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rtlilroad line at t:it? sc?.J.t.`+tern b?;i'F,if,
bl e.3ted Cons tr uct S.oti 1:.,3+ta'i al ?t;.::t r;, an n at, ;
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