SCRAP, ROLLED IRON, AND PIPE SHORTAGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R011200090004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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German Democratic Republic FDD Abstract of
SCRAP, OLLEIJ IRON, AN PIPE SHORTAGES (2 gip; uerrnan; undated)
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This typewritten document can be divided into three pats.
1, SAG (Soviet Corporation) Bleichert, Leipzig, produces bridges and conveyor
equipment for the USA?,. The plant suffers from severe shortages of cast iron,
steel castings, rolled iron, and small material. The Soviet management has order-
ed a search for suitable materials in all accessible Nast German plants. Materials
found are to be reported to Director Andreyev of the ZKVt.Veissensee for requisi-
tioning.
2, All Land governments and ministries which had received allocations for rolled
iron CCrom the State Secretariat of Material Supply . had their quotas cut by
approximately one-third because available capacities and raw materials were not
even sufficient to complete the most important constructions under way. The fol-
lowing are considered as the most important constructions: 1) one large coking
plant at Lauchhamrner/T`test; another one is planned. 2) Metallurgical Combine Last,
Fuerstenberg/Oder. 3) Metallurgical Combine West, Calbe/Saale. 4) Four SAG enter-
prises. 5) Four other key constructions. 6) Other important industrial construc-
tions.
The Lauchhammer Plant needs 120,000 tons of rolled iron, but only 90,000
tons could be made available and only if the abovementioned quota cut is carried
out. There is not enough scrap available for the Lauchhammer, Fuerstenberg, and
Calbe plants to fill their orders. The scrap situations in 'past Germany is get-
ting continuously worse. (Some details are given on the scrap situation at the
Brandenburg, Riesa, Hennigsdorf, and Fuerstenberg plants.)
DHZ (German Trade Center) - Gera, Metallurgy, Pipes. Total requirements of seem-
less boiler pipe and high-pressure pipe can be met only Eby?f our percent. The only
East German supplier for these pipes is the Riesa plant. All pipes over 110 and
under 40 millimeters in diameter which cannot be supplied by the Riesa plant,
must be imported. However, little import is expected and it is feared that pre-
vailing conditions will lead to the use of secondary quality materials, formerly
rejects, in order to meet the most pressing demands.
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