FIRE AT HIRSCHFELDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007300460005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECRET) I I
SUBJECT
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
East Germany
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
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 19 July 1955
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
25X1
1. In late March 1955, a turbine of the Hirschfelde VEB power plant
caught fire and subsequently the whole boiler house was set ablaze.
The turbine had only recently been installed and was still in its
test run. The fire was said to have been caused by "non-flanged"
oil pipes conveying cooling oil under 12 atmospheres pressure to
the turbine.
2. The damages were estimated at 2* million DME. Repair work is estimated
to take half a year.
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