NOTES ON DDR SHIPMENT OF LIQUID FUELS DURING OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1951

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CIA-RDP82-00457R010100190003-0
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January 18, 1952
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R010100190003-0 CLI SS1FlCAT1ON CON] D IAL` CEI'RALI t NCEAGENCY REPORT NO. MFORMA11ON REPORT COUNTRY Geriian?y (Russian Zone) SUBJECT Notes on DDR Shipment of Liquid Fuels during October November 19 1 rxa ~= , PLACE `c ACQUIRED DATE OF: INFO. F ENCLS. BELOW! NOT CIRCULATE SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. Pinned L-OK enaie e i zY 'y Oete ber 1951_ w r -!I se- ;r DATE DISTR. 18 Jan. 1952 NO. OF PAGES 2 oll rijith r arAf iM4_:r, Prim' 4,,'r:.. fa C': Er -1 F' Fot ir?.~x% Zti th., slants (10 _:U0 t . .' . E !7 J. re~tx rypor,, _... u! :v; f .E re t ek in November 1951 to (fnu) Kru tko at Berlin-Weissensee who gave the for atioli on shipments of oil and the quotas allotted to individual pl me o. p~'a .r.' 2 In -3ov het'" 1951, tank tiri?-.r- ~.St'`,rdxTii used 1. crude oft t'dom A*, stria To 34 '.he and Y' 11;G;"i, k,(>:, ors are, to be owed fs: ,hi- t,F The C M, has been C.rdei'ele tr. .5. '3r i'% tank -:are 4~.t 1S'::a,a . N,o 1, 1~S.li :ill.r`t erode 611 from .: pals 1lafe111*7 ert'ta) to ~~tiabi:;ka t por'tej13" put a strain on. tie -rx ~ +_eh c41. itura3i iw v .. ft The 17R, the diversion of the tank cars from the planned shipment of ligd fue has caused a drop in the transport of DDR liquid fuels. In Oct O r 1951, the.SCC tank car needs for the Red Army in the`DDR were met but the rest of the plan (SAG export by Derutra., import and export, by the Ch and, alloc-vtton for the UDR domestic economy) was fulfilled only' ,5 percent. Empty tank cars sent to the USSR to import cooking oil tot DM have not returned to the Russian Zone of Gerrtwty. D1 Reichabehn officials believe that the tank car depots in Brest and Zhabl nka' ars orovdect with tank cars, since D:7R tank cars which usually 'take from 10 to 14 days for the DDR-USSR.-DDR round trip are now taking from 28 to 35 days. As="s. result of the delayed return of tank cars to the ,,there are no more than 250 to 400 empty gasoline tank cars in the van; tder normal conditions, there are approxiamtely 1200 empty gasoline tank cars in the D.M. Many VEBs and private concerns have had to give up their own tank cars or tank cars allocated to them by the Reichsb hn to meet dem rAn for oil transport. INTIAL Document No, No Clran 1e tom. 25X1A 25X1A 25X1X ;trj A tl x ~;; thy' perm PrN s~zn r:r,. r {{ 1.h $r3 A Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R010100190003-0 Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R010100190003-0 CNIAZ~ CE MU I"rIELLIGL'1'7CF, AG tfCY 25X1A GerrrEn State railway officials report that Austrian oil imports are arriving in i e F)Df ir xor condition; 1;1t s of znim tal an'_3 raps hi been f oun-i in tank cars while axle boxes have been found si.uffed with sand and bolts. The SCC** sent a special agent to Prague and another to Vienna to talk over with rail... road officials the 3pecial arrangements for crude oil imports and to investi- gate possible tank car sabotage. The liquid f` 1 storage tanks at most of the hydrogenation plants are filled to capacity resultina in a partial slow-down in liquid fuel production,. In szmi1,*r.LV. ',w-products from crude all reffl.ni.np are not baine trans- ported from the plants q~~_; c ciy enoc.gh to allow for full capacity refining of the incoming ;:.rude oil,. Plants producing liquid chemicals are experiencing the same sort of shinni.xan diffjcultles and conapn1,Snt nrniinetion Mffim,7ti_A,e. From l~ tiov,jmaer 1~;51I until further notice, the entire production of Mitte.i-- benzin (a jet fuel) from ;chwarzbeirle is to be shinned to Shabinka. In the perio' f?r'm I r, ilr!taher - 1r November 1951, "30 tank cars were used for trans- porting Pittelbnzin to Soviet unit,, in the [)DR, # Comment: Centraln Przemyslu Naftowego (Polish Central Aiministratio:L for the Petroleum Industry). Cond;e;nt: 3ecause 1;he _?OR anport of Austrian oil is considered a mili- tary matter, the SG. , and nut the Mai;-. Administration for Soviet Property in Germany (14er1 ir-1?,ei.ssensee). , is resnonsa.'c e for expediting delivery). Approved For Relea ` , 0-DP82-00457RO10100190003-0