TRACTION ENGINES TO BE BUILT BY VEB SCHWERMASCHINENBAU KARL LIEBKNECHT, MAGDEBURG, FOR THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008400520012-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: December 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Ispionage Laws, Title
14, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorised person to prohibited by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Traction Engines To Be Built by
VEd Schweraaschinennbau Karl
Liebknecht, Magdeburg, for the
U8U
REPORTI
DATE DISTR. 6 Deceaber 1955
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
1. The order of more than 60 traction engines, 910, which was given by the
U1351 to VEB 8ehvermaschinenbau Karl Liebknecht, Magdeburg, had been cancelled.
Wirer, now the factory has again received orders from the Russians via.DIA
to produce these 60 traction engines immediately.
2. The work st.rted on the traction engines has so far cost the factory
1,500,000 a1E.
3. Previously, the Russians cancelled orders for :
28 diesel engines, S 4 DV 224
40 diesel engines, s 6 DV 224.
The cost of the work on these diesel engines had been 2,600,000
(800)000 Dim for a 4 and 1,800,000 = for is 6).
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