INDUSTRIAL SHORTAGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600260007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF 25X1 A SUPPLEMENT TO
INFO. 25X1X REPORT NO.
1, At a secret meeting held in the summer of 1949, a director of the sect n; fc r
heavy industry under the 'Iungarian Five Year Plan rave a report on the V `i"`1cul
ties confronting Hungarian industry. The execution of the plan will be impeded
by the f ollouing circvnstanceo
a. The new industrial "combine" at liohacs uill not be ready to start orerations
on schedule in 1953 because of insurmountable difficulties in the production
of crude iron, crude steel, and rolling-mill Products.
b., There is a serious lack of moulded stool, special-quality noulded iron for
'iachinne tools, and heavy for sings.
ca Too many machine tools are over age.
d. There is a shortage of certain machine tools, especially horizontal boring
n chines, heavy smoothing planes, automatic tool-machines, and fine precision
boring machines.
e? `here is an insufficient number of skilled laborers, construction engineers,
and coranetent foramen.
f, Great difficulties arise in the supply of those raw materials which have to
T imported,, such as copper and zinc ball--bearings, ferro-alloys (chror. -
aickel steel, chrome-vanadium steel,I molybdenum steel), and special tool
nactiiinos for t''e production of cogwheels). An energetic effort is
to be made to obtain these materials abroad.
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