MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON THE SOVIET OIL ADMINISTRATION (SMV)

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• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Miscellaneous Information on the Soviet
Oil AdriLinistration (SNV)
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INFO. 29 May - 19 June 1950
S,W Refining
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During the last week of Toby 1950 the SMV stopped production at the Voesendorf`-,
refinery preparatory to enlarging plant facilities. SMV employees have lzeen;l:,
advised that the Voesendorf refinery will resume production on or Ebout 1
1950. Meanwhile the Vacuum Oil Company refinery has stepped up production
in order to fulfill current commitments of the Voesendorf plant. The Nova-
Denow refinery is now operating at full capacity; the Soviets are shin ping its
entire output to the Satellites and the USSR.
The S 14V is now despatching a daily average of three trains loaded with petroleum
products from Wifo-Lobau via Lundenburg, Czechoslovakia to the Balkans. Another
train loaded with refined and lubricating oil is sent from Wifo-Lobau to the
SI4V Central Warehouse in Neusiedl, every day.
Sulfuric Acid Allocations
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3, The SI4V Purchasing Office allocated the following amounts of sulfuric acid
for the month of May 1950:
. SAN Refinery
No
of To of Sulfuric acid
Allocated for ~~0
Nova-Denow
205
Voesendorf
30
Kiedering
Korneuburg
45
Moosbierbautm
Vacuum Oil Company
75
Shell
45
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4. For the month of June 1950 the following allocations were made:
SP"'V Refinery No
Nova Denow
Kledering
Moosbier baum
Vacuum Oil Company
Shell
Korneuburg
Shipments slivered to the Sr;V Central `.-:'a.rehouse
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of Tons of Sulfuric Acid
Allocated for June 1950
145
45
60
75
45
30
5. During April 1950 the SW! Central Warehouse in Neusiedl a/d Zaya completed
transactions valued at 25, 332, 282 46 schillings; in May 1950 the turnover
(Umsa.tz) reached a total of 30,183,174.30 schillings,
6. During tho last week of May 1950 the SMV Central Warehouse in Neusiedl a/d
Zaya received the _following shipments:
16,350 kilograms of pipe from Kuibishev Sartana.
80,180 kilograms of pipe from Chrompik.
22,230 kilograms of pipe from Kirsavot (sic)
11,1.40 kilograms of ripe from Kritavot (sic).
33,710 kilograms of pipe from an unidentified station in the USSR.
5 crates., weighing a total of 178 kilograms, of geological
equipments manufactured by a Ukrainian subsidiary of
the Soviet Werke flr Geophysik, Kiev-Petrovska.
2 carloads containing 37,810 kilograms of pipe from I?Ietall
Import Trust, Zurich.
1 carload containing 15,21.0 kilograms of pipe from Csepel,
Hungary.
3 tankcars of hydrochloric acid from Novoty, Hungary.
The following shipments arrived at the SMV Central Warehouse in Neusiedl a/d Zara,
during the period of 1-19 June 1950:
2 carloads containing 52,540 kilograms of pipe from the
Andreyeva works, T:hga.nrog.
;I carload containing 31, 620 kilograiis of pipe from Metall
Itr;port Trust, Zurich.
2 carloads containing 24, 260 kilograurs of drilling tools
from Iietall Tiny-ort Trusts Zurich.
2 carloads containing 2#;,240 kilograms of pipe from Germany.(1)
3 carloads containing 43,110 kilograms of pipe from Osepel,
Hungary.
13 Scrap
8. To date, the USIA-controlled firm, .Eisen- and Stahl A.G., has shipped six
carloads of steel scrap, four carloads of cast-iron scrap, and one carload
of sh 'et, metal from the Vifo-Lobnu storage depot to Hungary and Rumania.
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SMV Finances
9- t :ou # tjjee, d'V now has a total of 89000,000 schillings in its Soviet
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bafik
account, SMV Headquarters has temporarily blocked payment fm
this account ostensibly for the purpose of accumulating ready cash for eosentiaa
purchases.
SNV Purchases
10. Tho S1,1V recently ordered large quantities of ball bearings from ifaschner,, what
allegedly has a brother who is employed by SKF in Germany. Maschner claims he
can su i-3.y all types of ball bearings for prices 50 per cent loner than ; XF
list prices. Since Maschnor insists that the S14V provide an unofficial bill
of lading for each shipmenit.. SI'V employees are inclined to believe he is sell-
Ing stolen ball bearings. (2)
11 The 31.7 has disihrsed the following payments to USIA for recent purchases of
pipe. one paytent in the amount of 28,350,000 schillinga, and two smaller
payments of 1,007,501.73 and 553,635 sahillings, respectively. It is believed
that the two sr; ,ller payrrenta were for pipe sup ,lied by Metall Im -ort Trust,
Zur:Ich. In this connection S.MV employees have learned that Schenker & Co. A.G.
imT-orted this pipe from Switzerland and then turned it over to Juschwneschtrans
in Vienna for delivery to the SMV Central Uarehouse.(3)
12. During the last week of May 1950 the SI;V Purchasing Office made cash payments
for the following purchases:
Item Purchased Payment in Schiliin
4M nhes-+.ann-Trauz1 A.G. (4) Drilling equii ment 326,960.00
steel cable,, 29 mm in diameter 266x,000.00
'*Donau Chomie A.G. Payment on account for
sulfuric acid (5) 200,000.00
Austrian Federal Railways Freight charges 105,000.00
Anton I,fach, Siegersdorfer
Gummi-. und. Katelfabr lk Fsn belts and swab rubber 14, 900.00
'"?riedrich Wiebe Electrical material 2,076.60
Manometer 8,292.00
Benedikt & Jaeger Motors 13,266.00
Pollv.k (6) Pipe 20, 700.00
Montanwerke 3rixlegg G.m.b.H. Heavy spar 22,283.70
Kellner & Kunz Tools 22,887.26
2 Vogel (7) Pumps 24,365.00
Bock (8) Staparohre ' 6,132.24
Pohl. & I3rudl, Josef Electrical material 12, 659.24
Altschul, Robert Nissl,
a, -.,d Gustav 7awrzel Kmdt.--Ges.
f interegger S -rare parts for trucks / 30250.80
~Jeigl (9) Hand lamps 5,130.00
Traunstein.Vertrieb and
Fichtel & Sachs Bail bearings 29,621.68
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Fix^m Item Purchased Payment in Schill_ings
Eichler (10) Material and installation 11,125.24
Two Vienna firma steel 22,188.90
*Wiener Kabel- and Metall-
werke A.G. Cable and cement 2,856.85
*Friedrich WeicI nn's Nachf,
G.m.b.H. and Robert Nissl Floodlights 27,563.04
*Sichtermann Draht-- und. Kabel-
werk G.m.b.H. Cable and rore 17,940.50
USemperittt Gummiwerke II.G. Tires 316,061.40
Ziegler (8) Barite (11) 11,280.00
"Chemiatt Chemikalien G.m.b.H. Carbide 16,731.00
X. J. Daldauf Building material 78,748.38
Hugo Fajkaa.jer Photographic material 1,800.00
Rudolf Plaranig Steel beams 1,475.80
"Augumit G.m.b.H, Spare parts for trucks 12,556.80
Ferd, Hoffmann and Josef
Reithoffer?a S8hne Gur i--
und Kaboiwerke A.G. Work clothing and rubber coats 10,962.00
Franz Kohmaior Winches 7,282.84
"Standard" Ges. fuer Techn.
Artikel Swab rubber 14,599.00
"Canada" Tiefbohrgerate u 1.
Maschinenfabrik G.m.b.H. Drilling tools 10,297.00
Ing. J. Jasper Autoverwertung Three different sizes of chain
and Materlalien, Oebisfelde,cushions (Ket .onpolster); pipe
Carinthia (8) sleeves (Manschetten) 65, 588.60
Matzen Developients
13. SIN Headquarters has advised Matzen officials that as of 15 June 1950 the
S17; Purchasing Office will handle all purchases which are made for the
Matzen oil fields. Reasons for this decision are not known.
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According to Diwald, an SLAT rurchasing agent, the SV now employs a total
of 2,126 workers in the Matzen area.
SNIV Personnel
15. In addition to his job as director of the Neusiedl storage tank area, ktihs,
has been assigned to the S;:V Transport Section in the A.Porr A.G. building.
Along with this appointment, Rihals salary has been raised to 2,100 schill-
ings per month.
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( } Conm2ent: S*?MV officials have just sent back to Germany two carloads
ocorroded pipe which they have received during recent months. Source
25X1 A also notes that the S11V Purchasing Office has just paid rn unidentified
supplier 200,000 schillings for 300 General Motors-type nozzles which they
have found to be defective.
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(3)
25X1A (4) Comment: Mannesmann-Trauzl A.G. now has a large order of equipment
which is almost ready for delivery to Yugoslavia. The Soviets, however,
are considering confiscation of this equipment.
25X1 A (5) - Corrr ent: In this connection, it is noted that O M7 has just received
two tankoars of caustic soda from the Donau Chemie A.G. plant in r1ckl.
Carinthia.
25X1A(6) Comment: This firm may be identical with Johann Pollak & Go.,
Vienna XX, Dresdnerstrasse 88.
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Comment: Source may refer to apezialfabrik moderner Pumw-7en 'rust
70-9-e -T
Stockerau, Pragerstrasse 50.
Comment: This firm cannot be accurately identified from available
reference material.
25X1 A (9) - Cormrent: Possibly identical with Hans Weigel, Vienna OJI, Kopps trasse
76.
25X1A (10) 11110 rmnent: Probably identical with Ing. Ferd.. '!,ich3.er, Vienna I,
Hegelgasse 5.
25X1A (U) Comment: SMT is no longer fr orting barite from Italy. Unless the
Soviets can procure barite from other sources they may have to stop drilling
operations at Aderklaa.
Firms marked with an asterisk are USIA.-controlled.
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