SMA THURINGIA PLANNING TO CLOSE FACTORIES BECAUSE OF MATERIAL SHORTAGE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300560002-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 1, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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DIST. 17 Fe ry 1947
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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REST
COUNTRY Germr r (Rnw an Zone)
WRACT S Thuringia ?]Awning ? o Clova . `actor=:.=.ee
mute of trial.. SJhorte e
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1. Minister Prc!:-,ident Paul and leading officials of the Industry Depart-
ment of Thu in ."=_ met ?ecentl with Thuringian SMA officials. The
Russ fiarr .11fc'a^ied thorn that a number of ::nterr.rises must be
clotted because of the shortage of r;=w materials Since no more materi-
als can be furnished by Russia. The only possibility of keeping
these works open after their present orders are completed lies in an
improvement of tirade :=_fh the ,:stem zones.
2. S MA also informs d the Germans o plans to dismantle certain firms
and use their specialists for compulsory labor elsewhere. The follow
ing firms were named :
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Sangerhaus+ n ' a schiner:f abrik% Sangerhausen
Carl Zeiss, Jena
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Paul Auerbach, Saalfeld
80% of Thuringia'a textile industries
Dr. Paul pointed out that un,2.om ..loyment would follow the closing of
factories. Colony]. Siankov5 SpaA W irnar, replied that this might
give more ww rkers, the necessary imrvl se to go to Russia voluntarily.
He added t'. the political parties irmst embark on a nrcpaganda care
pas gn to co.:sbst th present, German fear of deportation to Russia.
Official o the ?: e:'us*ry Department suggested getting raw material
from the Hara o o??. Cr regions. i.n the. Russian Zone. The S'.c'A repre-
-, re?plieed that this Is neither desired nor intended.
German of.tic.`.als told source that, as a result of S',-A's attltude91
the workers are turning from the BED to the CDt and M.
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DDA Keno, 4 Apr
Auth: DDA 77/1763
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