EAST GERMAN ECONOMIC REPORTS FORWARDED TO USSR MINISTRIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany / USSR
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 21 June 1955
SUBJECT East German Economic Reports Forwarded to NO. OF PAGES
USSR Ministries
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
CLASSIFICATION S-E-C-R-E-.T
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
13 PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REf11ORUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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ding th
eels. I
een ful
ed from
plan figures were
Wile only 25.9 bid law
AP-
rated at 33.4 bill $" kMk
fall far behind tb 3 .5 bLlIt,n
the finished-products industry ha-ft
lag,-in,- behind of the basic i
part in the discussion and the planning activities, and
of I
opment of
lt7 the switching-over
to tine 'ew Course in raid-1953. The -* of these discrepancies between tke
basic industry and. the finishedroducts industry is a prerequisite "or a succes;?-
ful second Five-Year Plan.. It was obviously imperative for Selbmann and his planning
expert Kurt Walter personally to submit their plans to Moscow, for the Soviet
Planning Center is greatly interested in restoring the economic equilibriun in
the GDR. It is to be noted that the Council of Mutual Economic Aid did not take
iWinistries will be placed under
control.
the fact that
aome 30 vital n
stat1S.j.Gs have
..# VWk#JAiW by the GDR Central
b u%ttad to thm pint Soviet ministry by
Yk ST to 1 OWo
t will even
. This
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re
:sic industries,
tals, chemistry,
an targets have
'?ge gtzre s had to be
of coal. In steel production, the
million tons to 2.4 million tons of raw steel.
rated in 1954, the original
1955 plan figures
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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY i ast. Germany,/. MR, SUEJECT Ea 9+, Cer! tdt t ]I'o
USSR Ministries
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plan figures were lowered from M :.Ilion tore? tp> ~'..4 1ion' tone;,.si' ;?atr stk o_}? `!,
Tie only 25?E9 b .1Yaon XMI were gene: ated := r. r 95 ; - tl, ,,r. gl~na 9 ! ` p F:,,,. cs
ai.ed at, 33., 41 b=_'Z no.. `rwb will not'anAy is , er:,... c;i but the, cutp t *1 ZA 1 ~rE.. var
i- far behind he 31,5 bil lion ',h -.Fired by the ,' tiew GM se . .3"
fagging bewtt:'.rad of the bas .c industries and, th(e w. mu a taneous raped= deV*:1 A!p1h atl tr. ,. f e
the finished g)rota4c4af; :,ndustry nwa ,e been on* of the rea*on^ ftal, the e~:_te .w iVve
to the lew, Course In Thv el iminatioi., of? these discrepancies betweeir ` the
bsaic industry and -the finished prod'ucte imftstry 3 r!. p , quisite? f;:>r a
ful eecorl ftvea.Yeaa:- Plan, i! t was obviously l.mperat ive for Salbeann arAL hie
expert Nrt Walter personally to submit their plarie to Li.^s.1c~a ~ i"cr the
P41anmtng4en*er i.e greatly Interested in restor'.ng the ecoaosic"equil'l.brj.ua wen
,,the QD3 ? It 1s to be noted that .the Council. r)f Mixtua . Fe s Aid did hot tme
part in the dr.sous mien and the planning activl.tiesD d ft is, bel$sved" th.*t- tnif-01M
m' nietriee will be. placed under direct. Soviet control...'ft~a co" t JA uppbr. ted 4Ls
b3,,,. the fact tha-c the monthly intermediate, report.a tin nouthi.y, pTbductloh
same 30 vital production . ores.s as publishe(1- by the SDI, Central Bureau o1.
. !? ~ t ',Kv~,e i:r he 'submitted to the pertinent ,a o t .r ,a; s rr by the
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