PRIORITY REQUIREMENTS OF FERROUS METALS INDUSTRY IN THE USE OF RAW NICKEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007400650005-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT
CENTRAL INTII1Ia1C 3 1GENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
East Germany
S-B_r.R-E-T
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-
ation of which in any manner to an unauthorized
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REPORTI
DATE DISTR. 26 July 1955
NO. OF PAGES Z
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
Priority Requirements of Ferrous
Metals Industry in the Use of Raw
Rickel
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. The Main Administration for Radio and Telecommunications Technology
(ET RFT) of the fast German Ministry for General Machine Construction
has urgent requirements for finished and semi-finished nickel products
such as wire, rods, nickel sheet and nickel tubes which are necessary
for the production of high vacuum tubes and measurement devices pro-
duced in enterprises subordinate to HY RPT. During the first five
months of 19559 the nickel requirements of HY RFT were insufficiently
fillIR, An adysis made by HY RFT showed that, as of 30 May 1955, the
Main Administration had obtained only 30% of its approved allotments.
2. The two main delivery firms for nickel products to enterprises under
8Y RFT are YEB Walswerk fuer Buntmetalle in Rettstedt and VEB Ha],b-
seugwerk Auerhammer, both under the Main Administration for,,1ba =*W
Metal Industry of the Ministry for Heavy Industry. The failure of these
two enterprises to deliver the required nickel products was caused by
the shortage of raw nickel.
3. In early June 19559 HY RFT intervened with the Ministry for Heavy In-
dustry in order to clarify the situation. It was found that the
two enterprises mentioned can use only 42% of their capacity for the
production of finished and semi-finished nickel products. This situa-
tion arose after: an order was issued by the Minister for Heavy Industry#
Fritz 5elbmann, to the effect that raw nickel imported into East Germany
was to be used first for the fulfillment of the requirements of the
ferrous metal industry (Sohwarzmetallindustrie) and only then for the
requirements of other industrial branches. The ferrous metal industry
needs the raw nickel for the hardening of iron and steel.
STATE ARMY NAVY
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