VVB BRAUNKOHLE BITTERFELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION 3xRET/CONTROL - U. S. O.FFICL L3 Oim
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I FOR ATION REPORT CD NO
East Germany
SUBJECT VVB Braunko-ale Bitterfeld.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF'
INFO.
7R1b DOCURERY COR1AIRR IRFORKATiOR AFFECTING MR RATfUKAL DEFENET
OF THE UNITED STATER. R4TNIR THE DIARIRR OF TITLE E. SECTIONS 7E3
ARE FEE. OF THE D. A. CODE, AR AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL
ATIOK OF ITS COTERIE `IO OR RECEIPT RE AR UHAUTRORILED PERSON
IC PROHIRi D R7 LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF TRIE FORK is PROHIBITED-
eu?.ployed in the administration of the V7h Braur:kohle
`jatate :secretariat for Coal alY.iarYi
administration for zer '.
IL.ain t,d.inistration for Coal .__-_- _.
the for:,er VE;B's :3itterfeld am
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(Ih u) Fricke - head i.:anager, (d), r.:erly :vith the dissolved draunl~v'1E ri~
verwaltun~ 3ergwit z
2, fhe following Persons are
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
foilorrirlp chart depicts the organizQ.ticm of tree JLate decretariat of
d .oergy:
in t JHi " ague
;il1i 38se - f arsonnel chief, f Er; erly3 ,.hrs er- peronnel chief
in .atassfurt, as a Miner in to
3, The ftllo.,.ur_; nines are under the Jurisdiction of 3itterfeld:
U, Gaibe: s,:.ull dee,') nine; no briquette factory located there.
war, the :'-ieall'~
b, h1pke: ad rinistration in the .1i) t;
suop lie the ilarpke no:+er plant. The plant manager anu GUN of the 50X1-HUM
but a a rE:suit of the sealing of the
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itonirisaue ; open-pit nine; enlarged by co::b is ti on with the
Yachterstedt, formerly SAG Brikett.
48tensleben: optin.-pit, mine manager
50X1-HUM
Loderburg: coal practically exhausted, will be closed after 1952 in
accordance :;ith th. Nall. after that it will be used only as an ex-
perir?ental station by the coal industry for the purpose of tr}'in; cut
new technical proce.-,ses and as a training school for miners.
relri: :.,gall r erg c, re A no briquette factory located there.
Jnseburg: Consists of two deep shafts and a t~riquett# factory be1onginj
.o the ",eerksgrupne "' .
h. Osternienburg: two deep s}>c;-fts ano one briquette factory butt, belongirnR
to the "::erksgruppe".
4. The production plan for 1952 Pt Osternienburg c3? is for 400,0CC tons of
lignite, r:hicli con_or _ses 0,3,' of the DLht total. The lignite is scrieduled
for factories and horse c,nsumption within the DL.f, except for 110,9CC tons
which are to be pressed into briquettes itie coal iiined in Jsternienburg
is esoecially ,_;ooo for pressin-; into briquettes In order to obtain one ton
of bri^uettec, 2.16 t~;na3 :!.' ~i iite are required,
5. The lignite and briquettes are handled exclusively by ;)HZ Kohle. boom: )U1v
of the briqu ett s are regularly shipped to Aken, whence they are traxaspor ed
by ship to ttiA Udad or tne Peoples De.:.oc racie s as repa.raT ions or exports.
6. ihe production at Jsterr.lenburg is higher than ::n 1944. This is an ex-
ception for the L-:3 lignite and mineral coal industry but is not the re-
sult of better technical or material conditions . lather it is because the
mine was (Y+red by .)c i:vay , . h ich had only as mlc h coal mined Is was required
to supply porter t, its chie,mi.cai p]Kat s. thus production was easy to in-
crease. The other mines have not surpassed the 1940 production be-
cause of the faulty t:.ech~iical condition of the equipment, the poor protective
devices, and because of poor -planning.
7. furriers for iiiners' larpi are ir, such snort supply that the total force of
miners cannot be empioyeJ at one time. ires for conveyor belts are also
lack ir.};. There is a great lack of protective c] othiri , .ateriel, and spare
parts of :,._ sort3 in the wor }ops. The equipment s :,,.s:pletely run dorm.
ks:,p; ~
The cables must be used for five years in accorcwnae with police directives;
aid those now in use do iot rno-et with the simplest safety requirements. T e
whole installation had to stop work many times by oraer ac tine mine b e cy police
Instead of working with the regular "Sebmiedekoks",1 the workshgp employees :mist,
Mork with the so-called '.' .nallkoks" 2 which causes cases of burns and eye
injuries almost daily.
8. The overhead cable conveyor at Jsternieriburg between the pit 'nening and the
briquette presses had to be taken out of commission recent ] v hera?cp it. was not
.safe and there was a shcrtage in cable. it ..::s ic.possible to repair it be-
cause of the lack of materials.: It has si;.ce been torn doim for shipment to
the ,.ilhelur. Pieck it in the i.:anisfeld combinate.
Coal will no longer oe s'ii.pped to the idderitz distillery. i'he lignite,
wli.icii had. been delivered by Osternienburg from 1950 until the present timer
is Specially suited for Aistilling?Two new briquette : presses are planned for
the Osternienburg briquette factory so that all the cruae lignite produced can
be pressed there. lne Jderitz distillery will' have to get its lignite
else,=+he re
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1Cu #h' following is a list of ersunnel at ti,e tsteniier turg r:i.:ic:
:.. ;, illi To ~f'r:eie r? - Directors long u. KP,) man
b. (friu) Rauschen')usch - salts l.ana.;er
c. nil ;Oittig :Ieac of personiiei.
d. (fnu) iucke -- ileac of the :nili faatorj group (..setriebsgruppe), w:;ich
posit ion charv;es hands often because the lea ers of the factory group
cannot meet tLx-. x:..shes of the j&) Kreis leaders because of the cpposvtion
of the miners.
rriermr.nn Btiiun - Factory union leader (BetriebsCewerkschaftsleitung) (BG;L) s
ii:i) for;:eri.y AD, from taken.
Cnmutent. Fcrgedcoal,
Comment. Brokem cnd highly combustible coal .
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