SDAG WISMUT: OBJECT NO. 50, BRUENLASBERG; CHANGES IN THE AUE-SCHNEEBERG AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A038800070001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 1, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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On the ~ri;rses?aa side cf the ari::a, a ra j o a ld a~; J c: 1i
~supersw=turas vas Lof ated< It house d the ore btara ~r; ~~ ?y~
repair chops of the iffisY .llataon? Ou the tseaterxa f l is of
tie buil
ding,, nacre v sg a i from which
nerxo::P>:~& go tr
ack
led into
the Interior of the building to the
btnn key , t, ;?.iatic ns.,.
T. The adm.nl
otrative baaildi g9 a cbachenwork st
ructv-. ,.,as l o
oa,,,ed
on the ea
stern side of the area
of ge
ae, A
little Ma
adminUtra
iler house was situated bOtwczn the
tive building.
gtzardhous : and the
S. A planked
conveyor bridge, preeunbly contain
ing 2 c-w -:oyor
beitsp
ascended f
rom the chec rwork structure locat
ed in. 1,- north
of
the object to the Hochhaus ,
9. A construction site which wee c o ed by a t enc.; loci .tec
oa.taide the fenced=in object in June 19564 0j$ the appaerancz of sucavat&
work, a &zsjor builder was being constructed which ;; house the
administration and the spa cleaning inetall :tiou
10. The object received rich ores and concentrates by in the
following composition from the following objects
ao rich one packed in crates from the mining f.ns _t ! ~. I ins of
Objects Nos 2 and 9,,,partially also from Object, ?gin 1,,
b; rich ore or concentrate packed in cardboard i32a ,- I,s f
Object No 1;
c, rich are or concentratQ packed in vats from thf mecJLar.cal
and chemical upgrading plants Crossen and Lange aid respective'_;
These shipments were made permanently in several sii?r' uF;.,
1.1, Once a wosk , naaanely in the noon hours of Satux,day~ , ,~: ~ipi {cwt
of 5 trucks arrived at Object No 50 in Bruenlasber;; fr n Ob,3 ect
No 1, Each of these trucks was loaded with 100 czar;:t 9c:t:.'d barrels
of usual neaourementso &ch barrrol weighed 35 to :,0 1-1,:-
12, Daily during the noon hours,, a shipment of appro:^~a aw i.s!-y 1 to
15 tipping vehicles went from Object No 101 at Cx?ws:sr = t ^bjeel,
No 50, The vehicles had a mt-bike superetmoturb 1,7, -1,4 as
closed like a coffin and were driven by Coxes
13, Twice a day,, in the noon aad the afternoon,, apprhxwf .te1lr ;; to 5
trucks were driven by German drivers from Object 1-o to Object
:Io 50, Each truck was loaded t 3a 3 large vats wh or? a 2?
unloaded by means of a crane carriage. Each vat coat? v.i.-tad rare
than 1 M3.
CONFIDEIi'rIAL
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14. According to tho o pmento the ore wag transf to the
is&ividu bunker eeetione eithor rim the lcain, r' sp or o
tipping cars via the oc_ i e took or by mean,.- of the
conveyor belt0 The bunker sections were. di .ded according to the
Orion of the chip ent0 oco tit es h object had a r>pecial bunker.
Accordi g to Soviet orderD the ir1Qvidmi qx .iti ns germ :'o aardod
to tho Hochhciut for fw thve pro a ieixng by the cony yor belts on
the ace?~sn~e~r~ bridge. At the Hoc&haus , the ore was
awn cruahedo Three c u ihiug nilleD ?~i? rag b ,il the ot??er,
wero eitt ted on several Iron galleries in the . The
outlets of the cruahing rills were located In the ( ' and floor
of the Hoohhaue and were served by 3 (errmn laboz sis. A female
laborer was Incharge of providing e ty barrel's., Th crux ed ore
wes filler into cardboard barrels by opening the .'._Lv rs of the
outlets. One filled barrol raighe approz t l 35 to 40 icg
Germ worker@ drove the filled cardboid barrels to the tuo
eoales and eubsequontly to the storage sus by 3 ea:is of
F dechee-type camre0
15. Before the ?ardboard barrels were closed,, the cojl~r .as irked
with a stack, consisting of three figure eolua s, _ .
The upper figure calumn use the serial items omc nd the quality
of the ore. The figure column in the middge was pit gross weight
of the total ehipmentp serial its number and qu ':Il ty of the are,
The .lower figure cola ,i oontaixned the designation ? origin
(ob jent) D total number of barrels and net weight
For eles upper figure columns 99 ~. n.
figure column in the middles 365x0 9 i
hurt figure coluuxas 31 35580
Rxpl tions upper figure colons 99 c serial ?'f :erg, n ber
g a highes-~;
(when .:inor cn eo ;.r
conce: r~:e' the de3j ratio f
w1a z.a E'._;:ped)
fgany? colu in tho nidldlo: 36580 Q gross of the total
3hipr,ei
99 xa serial numbe -
l highest quality
lower figs cola ns 31 ia de .;: gaa t_.c::, of o iia
(object n"U' ber)
950 0 anm0e:r c. --al-dboarcl '; :.r e
.
(teal sii+t,'!eut)
35580.u,:net weigh the total
ehl.ent
he eta ed covoro woro kept locked-up zad hander. t the
representative of the sealing department =2.y if Corr ~~. 3 ~ d ~;
It had bin delivered to the shed housing the sty .li_a d p r ~_?~P
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21. Tho IgK-Inding dq emit in the o % delivered 120 to 150
tons o4 rfto m'e pw W d%. -dZMW-*"l put wea cousequent
approt 360 t 450 t~moo The cx hlag had, however,
fr q ly to be st5pped s&tnce tho sealing and loading persoa n& di l not
Beer t p with doliva oo &Yproximmtoly Once 0"" twice pew
tyee cp tho gftrdIng departmcmt ww . 4 0 4 @loseKi". One
la ding top lcadod 29000 to 202M dkwm pox, ahftp The daily
q t tty loaded am ated to, 12a0OO to 13,000 dx tu_ as? This anouat
had too be "ached in order to avoid the pll -yap of duo
22a ~Ulln SDA0 kf , sit IM UM AMO - bo a?b~grP
0b2% No 1009 at Auen es ch ` b bsOn an o era l concentration
plant stopped p wtd.on in late Februsoy 19570 Th
object was im t en mower by tb? goer Bl ufarbonwra~fs
(anilln works) and 4s now amed bl c? ?~~~ (mlofsle fie).
0b ??t _d? 990 at 0bare--h1mafl uam also d otimt?d d~ the
r nu percI@da Part of the waorker@ p1o7e at 6 abo70 t io
objects were k 'erred to Object No 50 afs E nlaabergo
Object No 520 the 11illch Fabrik (tor ) 0bsm,-ale a umo
dlo@olv d In . mh 1957 k
Attecbmanto: Lmyout alzetrh of die Woo 50 at D n1abberg aid a
iocat m sketch o? the Ldinv Qt aje M. 50 (2 ~ eat
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COUNTRY RWt ft REPORT NO.
SDLL Wis t9 OOjGot No 50 at DATE OF REPORT
3ataorg
PLACE ACQUIRED
.SATE OF 8NFO
L S RMFORT
ON SUBJECT
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APPRAISP L OF
1o With regr=x1 t i t & ~9 Objz@t loo 50 was subordinate to
tho g znt 02-Object NNm 9 for iK June 1957. It bad both a
Sa'F t and ?a Qzemrm a&i s' B ono Soviet civil engineers were
chlofe of 'eha d ent{s Wring pl to sealing and loading,
Gaxwinan c trollers t-yera ,osigne to these departments.
2. Approx ta1y 350 persons wean e 1c at the-object. The
grinding plant toi ked In 3 shaif t : ?- the ?1cmding department in
2 s 'moo and, the 1abozLatprr i 4 shif tso No work was done on .
3 Prior the i3Wg of 19570 Object, No 50 was exclusively
"irzd So:crfls~ Wi'2.. .: the fxvork of the partial transfer
of SAC, Wisest to G ~a .d n trat v authorities,, all Soviet
p oyyes enoept for tho -upervision personnel were replaced bly
' 1oyees, M this ob j ectD q .tities of rich ore mined
in the Aue a Niidorsoh Pmt ~ Ot ?s i. and partially alsot
~o x eo ~g a~ t ~~ eo;gee 12a- centrally, sorted for
ship., vat t rdin to ere quality, prepared for - shipment and
loaded
4 L'a ~ppa ly 25--retar high connrc to building measuring
appr~ t ly 22 M 22 ,-tom weo 1o ,t c d . in the center of -the
ob j e@t area.- On both the srthex% as the western sides of this
b ldi g zi tad=like ani ec w 1ooa L The building. which was -
oaU1e6 NftDWmtw" - E 1 O 1y etee.1. gnUleries instead of stories,
T grt 91c or housed the 1 airy and the two scales. The
shy-l +:c annex op ? the ws st side of the building housed the
st i elie for s stamping of the l vidual slumbers of
aMpmento. Tho nay hprn e e sevQ a storages
F3. eh One pp3 . shed,, aI;prxdmttl 80 to 90 meters long and
12 to 15 voters Widep wzq located west and south of the
~P~k~app~tly in a right angle to each other. Both
sheds werco b' t in ch k ot,--w.ture and had a protruding
flat 91ooffo
CO'.-8F DEIT= - 6.330 OF ICIALS ONLY
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Zia 'hii ndiny d:. -camet. in the delivered 120 to 150
to : f'.I aNts, p w slAnt0 1 k dol~q output uas C'oleqUaftly
ppeo , atol 160 ttz 4c50 so Mao c whir .dB however,
fr qucm y t bo 3t pp z nce thk &ea1i ands loading personnel
did aw` ciao uy t doLlvcgld ;@, knp ? a atoonce. or twice per
pa+ hf, tl$o' grin ..c ; d o t un: a p1ete1 closed up. One
i1 m . t2- op 1~ do 29OOO t,Qi 2 2CO dr per sh .ft., The daily
qT t~ty lo..ad. cd :a?xated t 12t0 to :3,000 drw+s, This amunt
bad T :o h rea order to a ro ,d the pig mup of drum. ' .
F.~ ' layont g~ketc1 of Object No 50 at Bruenlasbewg,
e AnAz2K Fcr .?ttoi F.Ii t z of bui1diigs at Object No 50b
uca ,gym 2? For ih rges 4rithiri SDAG Wit in the Aue
SuhnGebtx g ore s, : ?a A mex 3
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oaP _ a t 3.f. t~ D ",,Qq i3;, 4m th Ana - SQhwebar
t: ku Y :ch vt Ya t had been an experim ent 1
; .M.F i o aid.-jp p u d f. ion in a.te February 1957. The
ngz&: , -tken cm~go by al@ fa Blaitarben rk
r c a n '1' fir? C"'