1. SHORTAGE OF COKE AT THE STALIN PLANT 2. POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF RAU AS MINISTER FOR DEFENSE 3. 1955 INVESTMENT PLAN FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY 4. POSSIBLE LIQUIDATION OF DHZ OFFICES

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• Publication Date: July 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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i n ii -t,,.,m lotc_ Marknv1tgch (#nu)_ plant director of Eisenhuettenkombinat
J.V.Stalin, reported to the cast German Minis try for Heavy :Indus try that
the plant had only one and one-half days' supply of coke on hand. The 25X1
Stalin i-lant has been having continual difficulty with its coke supply,,
which is imported from Poland, as there is no guarantee of the quality of
the coke delivered. Minister President Otto Grotewohl and Minister fbr
Heavy Industry Fritz Selbmann have discussed the matter with the Polish
authorities but without success. since Poland needs more coke h ^self.. The
difficulties at the Stalin Plant are expected to continue as a result.
2. An official of the V.B Ries%who is a close personal friend of Heinrich
Rau, stated that Rau's appointment as Minister fbr Foreign aryl Domestic
Trade is only a temporary one. Rau is allegedly scheduled to be Minister
for :)efense, but wil.1 remain in the Foreign Trade (?iinistry until better
order can be created in that Ministry.
3. The 1955 .investment Jan calls for irivestr nits of 1.6 hi-Ilion DME in
heavy industry during 1955. An ident.iba1 investment prograri of 1.6 billion
is also scheduled for 1956. .aphasis in heavy industry is to be .riven to
the power field - with 480 million DME investments - and coal -- with 400
million UNIJ investments in 1955. Heavy Industry's extremely large share of
the total investment program is due to the fact that in 1954, 13 billion DMA;
of the 37 to 40 billion ICE Gross National product return stemmed from heavy
industry
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4. The Cent ral Committee of the 3t D has allegedly prepared a plan whereby
all central or main offices of the Deutsche Handelsrentrale (DH) will be
eliminated and each Ministry made responsible for the allocations of its own
production. The local DHZ offices and warehouses would continue to operate
as before but unclar the jurisdiction of the appropriate Ministry.
5. East Germany is now a yin importing 1 -oel F'r~~1in vf.C a.>vi.c.t Union,
to import from Rurnani.a have {.peen dropped.
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