PRODUCTION OF THE PIESTORITZ NITROGEN PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R006400060003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
m' I 1 S L ? , " Production of the Piesto: -itz
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50X1-HUM
was Brest ? ' ovs.
shipped destination of the shipnent 50X1-HUM
'Tie name Ipor'ca was seen for the i time in connectf.on with a. ~,--~'"
Ofrotz on 3
reparations st.ipment t t went 'ky iiii ogj p to
November 1949. The cod's gnment 1.3v 3 as rack g materials was
1porka is a waste product in the i:anuuu$ac+:ure of nitrogen. The
material is also known as Piathet'm. it is used as an Insulating
.aterial and is non-combustible, The melting point is 1000 Centi.
g. ade. The insulation qualitiers are excellent and the specific
weight is extremely slight. Most of -uhe production of the Piestertz
plant goes to the U.S.S.R. (2)
The Soviet geixeral manager ordered 1c:Joratos; tests for twr, chemical
compounds,, hyc.razine sulphate and ae-,.noguaniiciine. Basic materials
used for the first compo x. d are aiemoi'k:.a, lic id chlorine, caustic
soda solution, and sulphuric acid. :ae coca ==_nents of the second coin
pound. are hydrazine sulphate., ammoni ,_, bicar- hate, cyanides and
sninon .a? ,3) The manager of the test. labor4~?lory, 1)r. Meier, was
assigned responsibility for the test& which had not been provided
for in the test schedule of the plant., (4) 50X1-HUM
and is now assigned to the Plastik Soviet Corporation. Most recent
information indicated that one Malin. (fnu)v is Soviet general
manager of the plant.
Hydrazine sulphate is used as a reducing ageitt is analytical chemistry.
It is used in the Piesteritz plant as the bt t;is for aininoguanidine
bicarbonate; which is used in the mar,* ac tun; of high quality explosives.
The plant produced it for this purpos?a dur=ing; the war,
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