ICF ACTIVITIES REPORT

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1948
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ICF Activities Report
Recently this party visited the various industrial projects in
EUCOM and UFSA. From observations made, it is felt that the efforts
of those agencies could be much better coordinated and also incorpora-
ted into the ICF project.
The various intelligence centers exploiting industrial and logis-
tical information pertaining to the USSR and its satellites are as
follows:
1. 7707th ECIC (European Command Intelligence Center) is now
interrogating returned German prisoners of war refugees from the east
European countries, and also occasionally displaced persons. Since such
interrogation reports mainly contain information of single installations,
it was decided to publish them on ICF forms. ECIC plans to process 300
to 500 ICF reports weekly which will be submitted to Hq SITCOM, Heidelberg,
and subsequently forwarded to ID in the Pentagon.
ECIC has on hand a set of ICF cards up to No 20,115; two copies of
the more recent part (20,215-28,302 and 40,000-?45,651) were shipped to
EUCOM in the meantime. It is suggested that ECIC be put on the distribu-
tion list at once, thus receiving a set of ICF cards regularly. With the
assistance of a complete file, the interrogation will greatly be facili-
tated, since up-to-date intelligence will be available to all interrogators.
Each report is examined with the available information and any lengthy
duplication will be avoided.
In addition the Strategic Section, ECIC, is conducting several long-
range projects in the industrial field which will greatly benefit from
recent data obtained from current documents.
2. 7769th MIS/Austria (Military Intelligence Service/Austria) is
operating two detachments, one in Vienna and the other in Salzburg, which
specialize in the interrogation of returned German prisoners of war and
also to a large extent of displaced persons. These teams also process a
large amount of refugees from the east European countries who give valuable
intelligence to the latest developments in the Soviet-controlled areas.
Any information pertaining to an industrial installation has been put
on an ICF form and then published in the Special Bi-weekly Report of ODDI,
USFA, Part IV. Eighty to 100 reports are usually included within this
summary. A close survey suggests that their form, which is very similar
to our ICF cards, could be more simplified inasmuch as these reports often
include information which has no immediate connection with the waited
intelligence.
MIS/Austria received a copy of the more recent part of ICF cards
(20,116-28,302 and 40,000-45,651). It will be of great assistance for
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the interrogators if !IS will also be put on the distribution list, thus
ensuring the receipt of all ICF cards.
3. Political and Economics Section, Research and Analysis Branch,
ODDI, EUCOM, collects information on the industrial installations of
Soviet-occupied Germany. It will be extremely valuable to receive this
section's reports and to incorporate them into the ICF inasmuch as the
sphere of the ICF project is intended to include all Soviet-controlled
and influenced countries.
4. Economic Section, Intelligence Branch, ODDI, USFA, concentrates
on the-economic aspect of the Soviet investments within Soviet-controlled
Austria. It constantly receives good intelligence on the economic situa-
tion of this zone and has access to valuable I F information. It is felt
that this kind of information should also be carded Wand made available
for all agencies.
It should be kept in mind that the latter two agencies are constantly
in contact with current sources and will greatly assist any studies on
both Soviet-occupied territories. The influence of Soviet methods and in-
vestment will present a very instructive example of how the USSR tries to
perpetuate its influence considering the eventual withdrawal of its troops.
5. OMGUS Reference Library in Berlin holds a card file of approxi-
mately 11,000 "/ehrmachtsbetriebe, indicating the factories which worked on
war contracts up to 1945. Each plant is designated with a nine-digit num-
ber consisting of the plant's major industrial group, provincial code
number, and its consecutive number. Each card shows the following information:
(a) The products of the enterprise with the corresponding commo-
dity number (Reichs-arenummner) or war material number (Kriegsger8tenummer)
or both;
(b) Name, place, teleph6ne number, location of its administra-
tion and telegraph address;
(c) Representatives and agents of the firm, as well as its affilia-
tion to any industrial group (Wirtschaftsgruppe);
(d) Source of electric power, connection with the railroad
system or waterways, size of premises and built-up area, number of employees,
and its affiliation with military and party organizations;
(e) Name of owners and managers, as well as military liaison
personnel;
(f) Legal data in connection with the commercial register office;
g Names of personalities charged with mobilization, counter-
intelligence employment, and aerial defense; and
(h5 Affiliation to trusts or combines, as well as main customers
of finished goods.
Whenever a complete list of all important plants participating in war
production is wanted, this card file --ill form a very valuable nucleus for
a plant file on Germany, or if desired, only of-the Soviet-occupied Zone,
6. Machine Tabulation Branch, 7771st Berlin Document Centers, holds
an industrial card file consisting of approximately 50,000 IBM cards and
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giving information on approximately 50,000 factories in Germany. This
card file includes plants which worked for the armed forces (Wehrmachts-
betriebe), as well as other firms which were still manufacturing for
civilian consumption. These IBM.cards resemble those of the Industrial
Register, CIA, and show only the name, the industrial group (`irstschafts-
gruppe), provincial code number (Kreis), consecutive number, employees as
of May 1944 and sales as of March 1944.
The following tabulated listings are availables
(a) List of all firms (all zones), broken down within each
industrial group (Wirtschaftsgruppe) by branch and zone; employees as
of May 1944, and sales as of March 1944.
b) List of all industry plants, in numerical order, all zones;
survey date: March and May 1944.
(c) List of all plants:
(1) within the US Zone of Germany, including Bremen (in alpha-
betical order);
(2) In the Polish-administered territory of Germany; East
Prussia, broken down within each Kreis by industrial group and branch;
3 "within the British Zone of Germany;
4 within the French Zone of Germany.
If a complete list of German factories is desired, the IBM file or
its tabulations will give a valuable source for background ICF information.
7. Economic and Political Evaluation on USSR, Satellites
Middle Last, still receives our ICF cards. One copy is filed according to
location, while the other copy is given to the desk dealing with that
particular industry. At present, secondary industries such as the wood-
processing and food industries are neglected because of shortage of personnel.
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are at our disposal If wanted. Current newupupuxb
and periodicals are exploited and their intelligence is published in the
maries. Three copies of these summaries are submitted to
they are cut up and assorted according to different categor-
ies: (1) industry, (2) location, and (3) the individual plant. The
single extract is pasted on a sheet of paper with the corresponding heading
and any additional extract is subsequently added. If a study on a particular
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and submitted to the person in charge of the project.
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related press extracts. Inasmuch as its evaluation will reach 7achington
trig A-9 +.hi a nhannal of AxnhAnaA may he 7f ficlent. On the other hand.
8. 7821 Composite Group, APO 407, works on several long-range in-
dustrial projects and expressed the disire to have an Industrial Card
File and to be-.put on the distribution list as soon as possible. Inas-
much as a copy of the earlier part (up to 20,215) is not available, it
is suggested that this group receives one of the two copies of the more
recent part (20,215 - 28,302 and 40,000 - 45,651) which was seat to
EUCO recently. With the assistance of this series and the subsequently
published ICF cards, this agency will be able to establish a valuable
source for its research personnel. It is also suggested that it receive
all reference material which was issued by the Industrial Register, thus
ensuring an active participation of this very important intelligence
agency in the ICF project.
9. Col. P. Rhodes, DI, OMGUS, was very much interested in the present
Industrial Card File as well as the projected expansion to Soviet-control-
led Germany and east European countries. Since his office will be trans-
ferred from Berlin to Nuremberg, it is recommended that this intelligence
agency also be put on the distribution list of the ICF cards. It will be
in constant contact with current sources and could greatly contribute to
this project; on the other hand, a set of ICF cards will facilitate any
exploitation of this agency's sources to a large extent.
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I works on a series of long-range industrial projects. Studies
on steel and armament industries were recently finished; another
one on the aircraft and chemical industries is in process at present; and
a survey of all raw materials of the WSR is planned for the near future.
This office has on hAnrl extremely good back round material and utilizes any
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lations are circulated to e various projects xtracted by them.
General and secondary intelligence are catalogued and held for later refer-
ence. Tf this agency wants any information on single installations, it will
contact thus not needing a set of ICF cards.
From the above statements the following suggestions are summarized:
1. 7707jah ECIC, MIS/Austria, 7821 Composite Group, and DI, OP.IGUS
should be put on the distribution list for one set of ICF cards each. A
set of ICF cards constitutes two copies or more, if more than one indust-
rial code is listed on the card. If any surplus cards of the most recent
ICF cards (8,000,001-8,004,279) are available, the above mentioned four
agencies should receive at least one copy each thus completing the various
industrial files in the theater.
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2. One of the two copies of the more recent part (20,215-28,302
and 40,000-45,651) which were sent to EUCOM last month should be routed
to 7821 Composite Group inasmuch as ECIC already has some of this series.
3. I I to receive one set of ICF cards
instead of three copies which have been sent up to now. One copy is
filed according to location and the other is distributed to the various
industrial projects. It is suggested to change the distribution accordin-
gly thus eliminating some work
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4. All agencies in EUCOM and USFA operate with inadequate refer-
ence material and should be supplied with all available publications in
order to facilitate their exploitation procedures. It is recommepddd
that the four above mentioned agencies receive a copy of the following
reference material:
Proper Name and Imeni Listing in Alphabetical Order, )
Plant Number Listing in Soviet Number Order, )
Published by
Index to Industrial Activity by Place, }
Industrial
Bombing Encyclopedia, Part I. Code Book, published by
Air Intelligence Division, Washington, D.C.
Register, CIA
Map and Index to Map of Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, and
Map and Index to Map of Europe and the Near East, both published
by the National Geographic Society.
...... . 5... It is finally, recommended that new directives about the require-
ments of the ICF project be sent to these various agencies. First of all
it would be extremely helpful if ICF cards of the Soviet-controlled zones
of Germany and Austria as well as all East European countries would be
published and distributed. The intelligence agencies in Europe receive
constantly valuable sources pertaining to the most recent developments of
these countries and any contribution from this side would facilitate their
exploitation tremendously. Moreover, it is suggested that the Offices of
Military Attache of the east European countries receive the ICF cards per-
taining to their respective countries, provided security provisions allow
such a file abroad.
In addition, all agencies should be informed about this ICF project
and instructed to send their information on the accepted ICF form, thus
streamlining considerably any further processing.
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Suggestions for the Exploitation of
Foreign Newspapers and Periodicals
With the increased influx of current newspapers and periodicals,
it may be more practicable to correlate information instead of trans-
lating or extracting every single item. It is apparent that various
newspaper items do not convey very much information when they appear
in the summary as such, but will give a clearer picture as soon as the
same type of information is collected for a certain period and then put
out in a combined report. It is felt that the majority of the personnel
in FIB is by now capable of evaluating and collecting the information,
thus ensuring a more expedient exploitation of the current documents.
Regional information on coal, iron and steel, oi.l, various food indus-
tries, etc., can be issued monthly or biweekly and will greatly facili-
tate the production procedure.
It is suggested that only articles which are requested for immediate
use or which are especially valuable for current projectsba translated or
extracted and appear in a weekly or bi-weekly summary. All other studies
and surveys containing general Intelligence or basi6 information written
in a foreign language should be clipped and filed according to subject
matter or location with a possible cross reference. If clipping proves
to be impractical, the text should be marked according to an established
code and a reference card should be typed indicating title, publishing
agency, date, and author, as well as the disposition of the respective
document. If an article has been translated or extracted, a copy of this
phraphrase should be included within the respective folder. Whenever a
study on a particular subject is requested, the folder as well as the
card file will be consulted and the necessary translations may then be
made.
In order to answer any request at any time, it is suggested that
three important political newspapers be kept intact and bound after a
certain period. Their articles should have been earmarked and entered
in the card file unless two issues are available. If an entirely new
subject matter is suddenly requested, it should be a comparatively easy
task to go back to these bound newspapers and search for the desired in-
formation.
All information pertaining to industrial installations should still
be incorporated into the Industrial Card File.
For cataloguing general and secondary intelligence, the following
four files are suggested; each of them should consist of a card file which
shows very short items or references to a publication and a series of
folders which hold the newspaper clippings in the original language or
in translations
1. The Personality File, which should be kept in alphabetical order.
Any short item pertaining to a Soviet political, military, economic, and
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scientific leader should be entered on his card. Such items will be
extracted in chronological order automatically, thus making it possible
to identify the whereabouts and present assignments of every important
personality in the USSR and its satellites. A longer discussion on the
man's activities and experiences should be clipped and filed under his
name or, if more practicable, earmarked and carded on the reference card.
If this particular article also includes more general information, a
cross reference should be included within the respective subject matter.
2. The Subject-Matter File, which should. be established according
to a prearranged system. It is recommended that articles and publica-
tions on the geography, population, history, government, law, foreign
relations, domestic politics, commerce, handicraft, agriculture, finance,
education, language, fine arts, religion, and propaganda. of the USSR
and its satellites be clipped and collected in. folders snowing the respec-
tive headings or their subdivisions. If the clipping seems to be imprac-
tical, the article should be marked with the established code and a refer-
ence card be typed. If profitable, a reference card should also be added
to the Location File.
3. The Location File, which, for the sake of uniformity should be
arranged according to the political subdivisions. Any article which dis-
cusses several aspects of the country or some parts of it should be more
profitably filed or carded under the particular region or city. Such a
file will, over a certain period, gather valuable and most recent infor-
mation and will form good background material for many requested studies.
If suitable, a cross reference may be included in the Subject-Matter File,
thus ensuring a complete coverage in both directions.
4. The Bibliol?raphy File, which should be arranged alphabetically
according to the author's name. It is suggested that books which are avail-
able to this branch be included in this file; in addition a copy of the
reference card be included in the Personality File, Subject-Matter File,
and/or Location File.
These four above-mentioned files secure a thorough coverage inasmuch
as eadh article will be filed with the Subject-Matter File or the Location
File. It will be of great advantage if the periodicals and newspapers can
be held on permanent retention, thus guaranteeing an expedient exploitation
whenever a request in the particular subject matter is received.
The clipping procedure will streamline the exploitation of the huge
amount of current periodicals and newspapers. All information of more gen-
eral intelligence value will be cut out or earmarked and will then be avail-
able at any time for exploitation or translation. Undoubtedly, correlated
information pertaining to the same region or installation will be more use-
ful for any further evaluation or estimate. Any larger article in a current
document will be properly earmarked and included within the reference file.
With the shortage of Russian translators, any more lengthy article, the in-
formation of which is not immediately used, will have been noted and will
be available any time if a request for this particular article or subject
matter is received. It is suggested that any evaluation and estimate group
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consult FDB for information on a wanted subject which will subsequently
be furnished in either report form or a series of cards. By holding
information for a short while and issuing it in a correlated manner, any
duplication will be avoided inasmuch as the same item often appears in
several newspapers and periodicals. Moreover, such correlated reports
will greatly streamline the typing and editing procedure for the entire
organization. The IBM procedure at the Reference Center will also be
facilitated because fewer cards with more detailed information will be
coming in.
As to the Personality File it is realized that the Biographical
Index Register collects any information pertaining to Soviet and satellite
personalities. In addition, it is suggested that more detailed articles
on a significant person-be earmarked or clipped and not translated at that
time. If, at a later date, more detailed information one particular person
is wanted, it should be easy to come back to the original and extract or
translate the more lengthy reports. Such a procedure will also prevent any
possible duplication since the same articles are often printed in various
newspapers and periodicals.
The following articles are given by way of example to show which items
should be held for approximately one month and then correlated:
From KPLASNAYA ZVEZDA, No 97, 24 Apr 48: On 22 April, Latvian industry
fulfilled its 4-months' plan for the total output of products.
From KRASNAYA ZVEZDA, No 92, 18 Apr 48: Workers' collectives in the
plants and factories of Leningrad have met their socialist committments
in 200 enterprises. These same plants and factories are now engaged in
production previously scheduled to be carried out during the month of May.
From KRASNAYA AVEZDA., No 97, 24 Apr 1948: Kalininskiy Rayon in Lenin-
grad, following impressively the progress set by Kolpinskiy, Sestroretskiy,
and Volodarskiy Rayons, has met its 4-months' plan for metal processing.
Petrogradskiy Rayon in Leningrad has exceeded the 4-months' plan as well.
Present production is 40 percent higher than for the corresponding period
last year. Enterprises in Frunzenskiy in Leningrad successfully met their
4-months' program 100.5 percent.
From Rechnoy Transport, Vol 6, No 5-6 May-June 1946: New building and
repair yard built at "III International" Ship Repair Plant.
From Pravda, 3 Apr 47: At "Ordzhonikidze" Machinery Construction
Plant in Podolsk, a heavy boiler for the "Zaporozhstal" Steel Plant was
completed on 31 Mar 1947.
From Avto Prom No 1, Jan 48: The Stalingrad Tractor Plant converted
to mass production; in fourth quarter 1947 it achieved 1940 level of tractor
output.
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According to the procedure proposed, the correlated information
would appear as follows:
Shaft Restoration and Construction
The Western Ministry (Coal Industry of the Western Regions) plant
to put into operation an additional 106 basic shafts by the end of 1949
and states this will be 4 1/2 times 1947 achievements (24 shafts).
Seventy percent of the basic Donbas shafts are now said to be restored
to operation with 63 of these back to their prewar production level. 1?_/
In the first half of 1948, 8 basic shafts were put into operation in the
Donbas._?/ A total of 63 mines are to be put into operation in the USSR
this year -- 22 of this number have already gone into action. In the
years 1942-44, the annual capacity of shaft construction in the east,
plus those reconstructed in liberated areas, amounted to 73 million metric
tons, 2 1/2 times the total Russian coal production in Tsarist times..
During the four war years, the annual capadit of shaft construction in
the East alone totaled 29.8 million tons.
While tie volume of capital work carried out in the first half of
1948 was 24 percent over the same period of 1947, the constructors are
still deeply in debt before the nation.,./ New coal mining deposits are
being prepared for exploitation in the Kuzbas, Southern Urals, Moscow
Basin, Kazakhstan, Kizel Basin, Karaganda, Ukraine, and in the Leningrad
Region.
Izvestiya, 19 August 1948
2/ Trud, 29 August 1948
/ Komsomolskaya Pravda, 28 August 1948
14/ Trud, 26 August 1948
5./ Komsomolskaya Pravda, 28 August 1948
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