MANNESMANN-TRAUZL A.G., USIA FACTORY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R007700290001-4
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
PLACE
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DATE OF
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Austria
Mannesmann-Trauzl A.G., USIA Factory
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DATE DISTR. 30 March 1951
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USIA factory of Mannesmann -~."Lrauzl A.G.
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U. S. I, A. Factory of MANNESMANN. - TRAUTZL. A. G.
Location
1. The factory is located in Vienna XXI. Scheydgasse.38 40.
Production
2. Machinery of all kinds for use in Oil fields is produced and.
sufficient orders have been received to ensure work up to 1953. There is,
however, a shortage of steel which seems likely to affect production.
3. Finished products are sent to the ZISTERSDORF oil area to Poland,
Hungary and Roumania. The following list shows recent despatches of
machinery:-
(a) During the week ending 2nd December, 1950; Complete bore-
towers with"Gestaenge"' and "Betriebamaschine". All to
Poland. Number not known,
(b) During the week ending 9th December: 3 complete bore-towers
to HUNGARY. 10 sets of tubes, each set with 10 tubes of.
15 metres each, also to HUNGARY.
15 complete bore-towers with drills, tubes and machinery to
ROUMANIA.
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The tubes for Hungary were round, whereas the tubes for
Roumania were square, size about 20 x 20 ems,
Week ending 16th December:' To ROUMANIA 15 "Bohrti.sche"'
(basic part of a bore-tower) and a considerable number of spare
parts for these. Five railway wagons were used for this
transport, 3 "Bohrtisohe'" being on one wagon,
During the week ending 23rd December, 1950, 6 "Bohrtische"
(basic parts of bore towers) were transported from the factory
to the Zistersdorf oil-area on 3 lorries with trailors,
During the week ending 13th January:
(i) To ZISTERSDORF: 16 bore-tubes (drilling tubes)
each 15 metres long on 4.lorries,
(ii) 5 now Diesel engines arrived in the factory. 3
of these were built in bore-tables (Bohrtischo)
which were loaded on three n y-wagons and left for
Roumania. On 2 other r1y-wagons, part of the
some transport, were big pulleys for bore-towers,
"Keilriemonscheiben" and various Smaller spare
parts for bore-towers.
(f) 4 wagon-loads of hollow;tbore-gods ("Schwerstangen") of lengths
varying between 8.1 15 metres are being prepared for transport
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Power supply is from the Vienna public electricity system
and there is no alternative system in case of breakdown in the civilian
supply.
,The factory has its own heating system for the factory buildings.
Raw Materials
5. Cast steel is supplied by the Waagner-Biro works and wrought iron
comes from the BOEI-MM factory.
Communications
6. The main transport, both of raw materials to the factory and
finished goods out of the factory, is by rail. Road transport is only
used in urgent cases or for the smaller finished products.
Factory' Premises
7. Attached, as Appendices "A"
showing the general lay-out of the factory
Five new turning lathes were installed in Shop No,2 about a year
ago. The lathes were imported from the CSR. and are marked "HOPFG42TNER,
PRAHA". There are also approximately 20 lathox-.for medium sized pieces
in bu*i'ldi g,,:.No.12 Appendix "A".
Personnel
9. The factory employs a total of approximately 700 persons of whom
150 are office workers.
10, Work in the factory is carried out in three 8-hour shifts but
there is not an etual number of workers on each shift.
11. There is a particular shortage of turners and after the October
strikes 20 communist turners discharged from the STEYR works were taken on
by Mannesmann-Trautzl.
Personalities
12. The main factory personalities are:-
(a) 'General-Director DAMILOW, (fnu)
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Guards
13. The factory is guarded by Austrians who are all Communist Party
members. By day there are two men in the porter's lodge and three men
who patrol the factory grounds. At night the patrol is increased to
five men. All are armed with pistols.
Communist Influence in the Factory
11. At the end of January a meeting of communist members working in
the factory was held and a new propaganda campaign was announced. The
new campaign of which no details were made public at the meeting was to be
known as "PROPAGANDA'- AKTION KOPLENIG".
15. Propaganda use is being made out of the shortage of steel.
(rnntioned in paragraph 2 above) and rumours are bang put about that the
Western Powers have caused the shortage by buying up all. available stocks
for rearmament, and that this would probably result in the discharge of
workers from U. S. I.A, factories?
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APPENDIX "A"
The following legend is for the sketch of the factory lay-out--
1. Assembly shop.
2. Shop No, 2.
3. Store in the open for heavy raw materials.
4. Steam heating,
5. Chimney for steam heating.
6. Electrical workshop.
7. Carpenter shop.
Mechanical repair workshop.
9. All pieces to be worked on are cut"in this shop
to the required lengths.
10. Blacksmiths shop. Along the wall are forges which
function only when needed. The large forge
is used very rarely.
11. Small chimney for the blacksmith shop.
12. A number of lathes.
13, Welding shop.. .
34. 3 storage sheds,
15. Gen.directors residence.
16. Living quarters for workers. They can only be
reached by the path indicated and n't through
the works.
17. Tower approx.30 m high with iron scaffold, Old
and has no present use.
18. Communist party building.
19, Coal dump.
20. Canteen and kitchens.
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