'KRASNYJ OKTYABR' FACTORY STALINGRAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200020002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 17, 1946
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 1999/09/08-: CIA-RDP82-00457R Q?20002
CENTRAL"IN ELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
1. In J'uns 1943 only one Martens Coen of the sma1eat t (004) tb a cape-city
of about 30 to was at work. By the and of Fbbrue r 1946, v~, lit of
the 14 Martens ovens .folly In the factory bad been rarAdaid. Ts t
taotory 3 a
2 M tetui 001, o * 3,s;
6 Martens 50-ton ovens ) worktxag In t1 wee shifts-
2 Martens 100-ton ovens
ether 100--ton ovens were under repair in Pebraoxy 1946 aud it eeat9l-
mated that one of thews ul.d be worming by the and of 1849,
2. The ovens ware operated In threes 9--houreMfts a 4 six do* per V"k.
The p of soap Iron and other mv materials was always adequate and
raw brought to the plant* txsiefly' by rail, although den"laue l deli Ties
of scrap n re made by Vow rive) boats. Oc tonal work etspp s of
from two to three ems an ccwred bee use of lack *f fuel for ap.ration of the
furnaces. 'The fuel, a gas?r1is a by pradrzot a 11.d " suth" j, we brow t to
8talingmd, maims by Volga rIveer-bosts. Pa.riug the reinter? however, deliveries
ver et often made in railroad tank car=e, which were en otlmee slow i& arriving.
It was during these periods that work stoppers generally occurred.
Under nox e 1 rkIng conditions each cvou had to be refilled after eight to
awe homrs. raring the saner the ovens wore filled more frequently and the
production level vas corratspoxtdin 7 3 gher. Paring cold wonther, on $12o
ether hand, the "N, athm fuel had to be urged up before it eoui be used
in tlba a cgs, which slowed down wodtict1on to about 90% of no na. it to
stated that the steel produced In hi eds.
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