RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOVIET OIL ADMINISTRATION (SMV)

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 8, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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60. Policy arLd Plane
The Soviets have intensified their efforts to raise the production output of
SMV refineries and have started extensive construction projects at several of
these installations,, It is reported thaL the Soviets now intend to rebuild the
Moosbierbaum refinery where dismantling operations have been in progress for
several months, The Soviets have also deeided to build two additional cracking
ovens at the NovaeDenow refinery before the spring of 1951- Inline with this
building program, SMV officials plan to relovate both the Lobau and ATifo-Lobau
refineries and to lay a double track con tin them with the Stadlau (sic)
railroad station Cross-ties Peer this traek have already been procured from the
Sekanina plant in Poechlarn afd Donau0 eine 1,050 cubic meters of cinders from
K. J, Baldauf, The Soviets have definitely abandoned plans to dismantle tee
Lebau warehouse and instead have decided eo use it to store refinery equipment
and sunplies. In view of the current emphasis on procurement of raw materials
from the E,P.G refinery, SMV employees believe the Soviets may plan to speed
up E,P,C, production,(1)
Procurement
2_ Although at the present time all the refineries seem to have an adequate supply
oi sulfuric acid for their immediate requirements, authorities in Moscow have in-
dlcated their concern over the frequently eeeurrine shortages of this eommodity.
Acting on orders from Moscow on 4 November 1950 officials of thgceyeRurchasing
Office prelared a breakdown of all deliveries of sulfuric acidtfrom. Donau Chemie
AG- between June and October 1950, In thle connection it is reported that
Shvetsov, who is now acting director of the Purchasine Office during Kusin's
illness, has indicated that he will try to etop sulfuric acid deliveries to the
S2lell and Vacuum Oil Company refineries whiee, in his opinion, have been receiving
unnecessarily large allocations (2)
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Donau Chemie A,G has recently raisedisulfuvic acid price from 855 to 1,491
schillings per ton, (3) Between 25 and 31 October 1950 Donau Chemie delivered the
following allocations of sulfuric acid to the refineries:
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Nova Denow
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Kledering
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Voesendorf
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Vacuum Oil Company
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4. During the first week of November 1950 two tankcars of sulfuric acid which
the SMV recently purchased from Fritz Reimann at a cost of 780 schillings per
ton arrived in St. Valentin, Soviet Zone of Austria, and were immediately taken
into custody by Soviet military authorities. Following a lengthy conference
1950 the Soviet Kommandatura ordered the release of these tankcars, Unless the
sulfuric acid is delivered by 11 November 1950, Shvetsov plans to bill Heimann
for the gasoline he has already received es compensation. It is reported that
one carload was destined for the Moosbierbaum refinerg the other for Nova Denoa.
5. Officials of the Okeros-Stockerau refinery are apparently planning to step
up production We this refinery and have ordered large quantities of sulfuric
acid. Meanwhile, Okeros has received one carload of hydrochloric acid from
Bad Aussee and one and one-half tons of oleum9 a sulfuric acid substitute,
from Donau Chemie A.G.
Shipments from the Soviet Union
6. The SMV Purchasing Office recently received a directive from Moscow to the
effect that the price of pipe imported from the USSR has been increased to about
five times the original price. Since this directive was made retroactive to
15 January 1950, Purchasing Office employees will now have to issue new invoices
totalling approximately 55,000,000 schillings for pipe delivered to Austria
during this year.
7. During tte period from 26 to 30 October 1950 the following shipments from the
USSR were received at the alv Central darehouse in Neusiedl a/d Zayas
2 carloads of iron pipe, weighing a total of 34,000 kilograms, from
lartana.
3 cases of ball bearings, weighing a total of 145 kilograms, from
Saratov,
8. The following shipments from the USSR were delivered to the SMV Central 4aree
house in Neusiedl a/d Zaye between 31 October and 8 November 1950:
4 carloads of pipe, weighing a total of 95,480 kilograms, from Nikopol,
2 carloads of pipe, weighing a total of 51,670 kilograms, from Dnyeprovsk.
9. During the period from 30 October to 6 November 1950 the SMV Purchasing Office
paid cash for purchases from the following suppliers. All USIA-controlled
firms in this 1st have been noted by an asterisk. Unless otherwise indicated,
all non-USIA enternrises are located in the Allied sectors of Vienna.
Firm Item Purchased
Two pistons
Glass
Kloeekner-Hudooldt-Deutz A.G.
Guthan (4)
Spezialfabrik moderner
Pumpen Ernst Vogel,
stoekerau, Lower Austria
Fain A.G,
Three Vienna firms
Electrical material
Laboratoarmaterial
Amount in Schilli
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3,500.00
7,750.08
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6,018 .30
Six Vienna firms Automobile parts 12,176-60
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Henhapel-Heine, Eisen-u.
Eisenwarengrosshdlg.A,G.
Bock (5)
Siemens & Halske 0.m.b.H0
Holzbauwerk Franz Havlicek,
Vienna XXV (Neu-Erlaa)
Three Vienna firms
Lirnbaum. (6)
Franz Schmitt, A,G. ftr
L9deri ndustrie,Rehberg bei
Krems, Lower Austria (7)
St Egydyer Eisen-u, Stablin-
bustrie
Hydroxygen-G m,b,H,
laab Karcher 0 m,b,H.
Friedrich Neichmann's
lachfolger (Lm b.H.
USIA (9)
Steyr-Daimler-Puch A,G.
Boehler Gebr, & Co. AG..,
Baidauf (10)
Oesterreichische Unilever
Odaschmittel-,Margaine-
ilfabriken
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Techn,'Artikel
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hectifier, electric motor,
and tools 6,844,17
T-girders, steel, and U-iron 13,628.57
Rectifier and electric motor 12,700,00
Lumber 9r234-78
Tools 3674.70
Steel winches 89038.25
?fork shoes
Cable
Oxygen
Tools
140,378.08
96,837,00
2,943,80
199500,45
Floodlights 19080,62
Gas pipe . 269640,90
Plates for drill rigs
(Kolonnenteller f?r Bohrtdrme) 33062060
Automobile repairs 1,909,00
Steel 1299610,94
Building material J(329877,56
Seifen-und
vvAiSpeise,
Glycerine and other auto-
mobile supplies
9p407,00
Fan belts and other
rubber material 28,582,00
Installation parts
Armatures
5,577,02
89683?89
Vladimir Olechta worm.
Lederer & Nessenyi, Vienna XXI (12) Building material 16,23680
Firebrick 6,780,50
& C. eder, Vienna IX Lumber
Draht- und Drahtwarenhandels
iudoff Kailich
Pontanwerke Brixlegg G,m,b.H.
Ynstitut Bstaendig fdr Fuss-
hoilbehelfe und Bandagen
Lentral Drucksrei Renner & Co
Josef Altschul
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" Auguml, 0 m. b, H Automobile parts 33,75864
50,638-99
41re and cable 67,083-50
Automobile supplies 4,445,70
Heavy spar 15,9E4,00
Scales
Office supplies1,e9Y6.Q0
Electrical material 12,408,26
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Item Purchased
Oesterreichische Armaturen-
G.m.b.IL Installation material
Stahl- unci Tempergues A.G. Fittings
Oesterreichisch-Alpine
Montangesellschaft Steel
Grohs (14)
aork clothing
Elekteogrosshandlung Robert
Nissl Floodlights
"Manus" Feuerlbschapparate-
fabrik Josef Riefenthaler,
Vienna XX
"Chemia" Chemika lien
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Fire extinguishing equipment
Hydrochloric acid
Aga-elerke A.G., Vienna IV Oxygen
Industriegaewerk R. Veselinov
& Co., Vienna XX Gas
Redelsteiner(6) Canvas suits
Frame Sekanina, Vienna IV,
Karolinengasse 5 Railroad
cross-tiea
Hanauska (15) Automatic machine
Eisen- und Stahlwerke A.G. T-iron
"Canada", Tiefbohrgeraete-u,
Maschinenfabrik G.m.b.H. Swab rubber, casings (BUchsen)
casing heads
LW Personnel
4,806.00
32,450.00
2,068.50
27,074.94
19,625.00
1,33200
4,011.00
57,000.00
20030.00
24,673 ,f0
36,995.36
17,382.30
1,707.37
92,9193.50
21), The Soviets have recently initiated a number of administrative changes in
the SAV Vienna offices Although they till still retain SMV Headquarters
at Vienna I, Kantgasse 1, they have transferred a number of personnel
from this office to the Purchasing Office at Vienna I, Schottengasse 10.
In addition, the following purchasing agents have been assigned to the Pur-
chasing Office; Springenfels, from Matzen; Feuchtinger, from Aderklaa;
efinter, from SM.V"s deep-well drilling office; and an unidentified purchasing
agent from Krdgas H,9 Vienna I, Habsburgergasse 1.
11. Frolov, one of Kusin,s two deputies, will be transferred permanently to
USIA on 16 November 1950. Shvetsov will continue as acting director of the
Purchasing Office until a replacement for Frolov arrives from the USSR.
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refinery as an unprofitable enterprise and have, therefore, allo-
cated only nominal amounts of raw elaterials. to this refinery.
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Comment: The SMV owes Donau Chemie 150,000 schillings,
Comment; The SW probably purchased this glass from either
Otto Guthan, Vienna AXI, Floridsdorfer hauptstrasse 33, or Guthan
& Gaerner, Vienna XAI, Schoepfleuthnergasse 20. Both of these firms
are USIA-controlled.
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Comment,: This firm may be idental with Pongracz & Bock Armaturen-
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und letallwarenfabrik A.0,, which has frequently supplied the SMV with !various
types of iron and steel,
(6) Comment: This firm cannot be accurately identified from available
reference maierialo
(7) =I Comment: The SIT is 150,000 schillings in debt to this firm.
Comment: The SMT owes this firm 200,000 schillings.
Comment: The SMV still owes USIA 120,000 schillirvs,
In this connection, it is estimated that the SMV has purchased a total of
42,000,000 schillinge worth of equipment from the USIA-controlled firm,
Mannesmann-Trauzl A.00 since January 1950 Approximately 80 percent of this
equipment has been allocated to the Matzen and Aderklaa oilfields.
Comment; The SIN is 100,000 schillings in debt to this supplier.
Comment: Probably identical with Ingo zwald Lichler? Vienna IV,
Favvritenstrasse 20.
Comment:TheSKVisstill60.000 schillings in debt to this firm.
Comment: In this connection it is reported that the SMV is now pur-
chasing large orders of work clothing from Czechoslovakia through the Gottwald
firm, Vienna I, Gonzagagesse 1, On 7 November 1950 the SMV Purchasing Office
despatched two trucks to collect a shiament at Drasenhofen on the Austro
Czech border, On 8 November Juschwnesehtrans was scheduled to deliver 15
additional tons of work clothing imported from Czechoslovakia to the Lobau
warehouse,
Comment: Neither Grohs nor Gottwald can be accurately identified from
available reference material,,
Comment: Possibly identical with Hans Hanauska, Gross-Einhandel,
,er svertretungen, Baden bei ;den; Auslieferungslager u, Evidenzbilro,
Vienna VI, Koestlergasse
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