PRODUCTION OF OLEUM AT COSWIG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013300210005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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.J.n February '1952, C03wig received orders to beE Li ancreizasd Dz t [ t a.C;;3t i3 s.'
Ole= (I"urriing, sulfuric acid tvitb, about 24 ream free l ,, 02 ra;
to make up about 74 ,aarcerrt of total Coswig .,roduzct;iosn, about
etr is tons of Ole= .Jere to be _xoduoed Per moot y..
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T., n 05 Vyts pr a its .{3ff?- ltnd / . ; t ) r r ' . ' Mj, tt C;, .tb'eT`* ';I0"n ,o w .Lba .
VIB, (formerly Ligrioso .Spcengst.of:# -erke GmbH), nth ch is a powder
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a ad which received 1400 to 500 metric tons of Ole= per lip to 25X1 X ary' 1952- this increased amount of o:leum would enable
the Berk bau-, prengsto - and Zlindmittelwerk, Sc1. & ebech
./Elbe, to prudcace
?Ibo'WL 1,500 rIIetrie tons of 'G Tl:~'i vC'e;i)~.Zit?sl.'. C~Llta 1,000 il1et :~.: '
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Approved For Release 2003/08/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13300210005-0