PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATION, AND PRODUCTION AT THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL WORKS IN BITTERFELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 24, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Germ (Russian zone)
SUBJECT Personnel Or nization,
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at the Electra-ChenicalWorks in Diet r eld
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(personnel, organization and
production othe Alec ae ca1 Coiibine at Bitterfeids
1. Rue sian pnoral nano!*orlents
Director General
Assistant Director General
Connercial Director
Chief Fngi.noer
Social Department
." Dr. Belyaev
.. Ponortsaiv
Povarkov
Staroski (alao listed as Starostin)
Duck
2. Gernan mnaceraen,,,&:
Chief Director
Technical Director
Co*iarcial Director
Chief Engineer
Director of Personnel
Power Station
Research
Dr. Book (SED)
Dr. Iiornke (SLD)
... Dr. I??ahlow (SED)
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~- Dr. Roggendorf
Dr. Beyer (SED)
Tm Union Conenitteo
This cor:mittee consists of llannerschnidt, tJendt, Berndt, I-Mirtho (?), Ebert,
Schwede, Tanner, and Ilobusch.
SD work ?M
This works group has about 3,000 njambers. ilembors of, the Comittee are
Lehna,nn, Schweda, Ilarnersehmidt, Iksffol, Kulowiak, Rostalski, and Bruno
Schneider.
5. LDP worl a group
The membership In this group totals about 200 members. 1%lichlee, the head
of this works g'oup,tries to increase his influence through trade union and
narks; Council elections. CONFIDENTIAL
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letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
This document is hereby regraded to
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This group has about 200 members. the head of the in- '
i^ on1~r a fin-ahead. G belts assistant Grasl7m
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This council has been dissolved and can only be reconstituted by now
elections.
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o Youth 8flctiOZt
This section comprises about 800 youths, of which 300 are rsersbers of
the FDJ0 Although the two leaders, Hans Labenski and Rudolf Bernstein ,.
are both membere of the SEI), they are critical of the administration and
are politically moderate.
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There is a labor force of 11,000, Including. 2#600 women. Only about 4,000
people live inn itterfeld. There are 2,700 resettled persons working
there. In addition, about 1500 tan from some small, firms and specialized
firms are employed by the works in connection with a welfare program Morale
is low, and beccaiae of Russian and SID actions, these workers have no freedom
of speech and are hostile to the authorities.
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C ;Ia RhI, ILITELLIGTflCE AG ITCY
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Caustic soda about 800 tons per month
If potash s- 70 n n n
Graphite electrodes 200 n
Syn-thoti_o gems unspecified mount
Si iron ( a washing about 200 tons per month
r eterial)
Calcium she output is kept soorot. There are about 70 baths in use,
with a probable output of 15-20 tons pure calcium distilled.
Calan-moaa nitrate of potassium - about 800 tans per month,,
The amount of future increase depends on supplies received from the Leung
Works.
Igel'.it shoes about 35,000 pairs per month
Igelit boots ai +ut 3, 000
1901.t rterial for tablecloth,, overcoats, insulating, hoses, striz
about '700 tons per month,,
0 .lic acid
hydrochloric acid
Igedur apparatus (cementing 'witts synthetic rosin and impregnation of granite)
Light metal objects, principally from scrap: Pots, lamp stands, beds,
trailers for bicycles, tubes, combs, tobcco pipes, protectors
or razor blades, buttons, nibs.
Perxangan.:ate, benzol chloride, carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulphide,
t.rikysyl (?) phosphate, hichro ate, u agnctite electrodes, alum
of ch rorntum, chlorate, purest aluminum, iron paint,
Pesticides: Gesarol, Caratox, Perdikoflin.
Electrical power is also being supplied from the Works at ".Oitterfeld to a
large. nunber of factories in the Zone and in Berlin,
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