RADIO INSTALLATIONS AT PLAUEN-OBERNEUNDORF

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R007800070009-9
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. [
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
Gerry (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Radio Inetellatic at Plauen.
Obernetndorf
PLACE
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DATE OF
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A series of p'_ZOtocraphs was take of the radio ir.~stellations with four Masts
at i'lauon-( ernouadorf between 6 and 1 December 19x0. ?:= DurinL- the reported
period only th eastexth installation was in operation. thick cable ::.ed from
t? i s radio installation, which vra;; always heated, to the "rtillerie Kaserne?
The radio -truck -which auras previously there was no longer seen. The install-
tion was &uardec at night.
2p The rod antenna of the radio truck parked in a corner of the barracks rwrd
had been extended so that its top was on a level with the rain ;utter of the
billets. The observation post on the partly destroyed building was occupied
day and n~ Ght.
3, Only the ti snows on the second floor of the buildinrg, whizkh quartered a fii C : 5X1 B
unit, were ii b 4ed. Only soldiers of older aCe Lroups belong d t4) t?y { s unit
which accordix ,, to a German worker, .s in the strength of ( 0 z n. 'l:a:_ninr_
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25X16 ware tdonti 1 . c r with this unit. T .oir drivers wore rod-bordered
black e-naulets.
Co a3ent. or photoE,rt?h3,anC diagram of the radic rsta.llat?ons, see 25X1A
. n axes . VarouCji 9. The existence of the radio i.nstallatioi: near Plauen way
known previously. See 1-1 The photoEr~ hs = ndicate that all hre 5X1 A
radio installations are o saw type. They probably arc *dcoek 1)^ stati or.5,,
This aseump,_ion is supported by the fact that the antenna masts were .lot into.
connect? d End that the roof of the oabin in he jaiddlo of the r!asts was fit-
ted with anxiliary antenna as used for ser>F1ng. it i_s not known whether the 'F
stations d e t c n r . i n e d the : ? F data optically or acoustiedly. The foll_r . k f . n C 1 1 1' .e.-is
;aiio~ .17e; on the phtoCra ohs are noteworthy: The int.,--nvae arc fitter'. -pith lea.-..,,.
extending from the middle of the rant to the Dr' recr'ver (L ppararnb1y .._syste.);
the antenna pasts are staffing on insulators; the diagonal betwoen the antenna
;rs~ s is equal to the l.en,th of these masts, i.e. about. 1 z; ;t'rs. It 3 q b --
l aevod that f he: D' ,si ztions arc. operated by a radio intercept sta.tior.. Q f . So%si.~t
it >y unitm
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Soviet Radio Stations at Plauen-Oberneunc/orf
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German Democratic Republic
EXPANSION OF METALLURGICAL PRODUCTION (12 pp; French;
Germany. Dates on the individual bits of information run from
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mentary information on metallurgical production (mainly iron and steel) in East 25X1A
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This is a photostat of a typewritten document containing more or less frag-
The following subjects are mentioned: new iron ore mines and processing in-
stallations to be put into operation under the Five Year Plan; the production plan
for 1950 (875,000 tons of crude steel, 363,000 tons of crude iron, 695,000 tons of
rolled products); new equipment planned for 1950 at Maxhuette, Riesa, Groedits,
Kirchmoeser, and Hennigsdorf; preparation of the Five Year investment plan (no in-
formation given on the plan, except that it is being prepared); raw materials supply
(supply difficulties in including imports of25X1A
certain materials such as hematite ; control checks on deliveries of products;
plan for rail transportation of products in October; production plans for the
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200,000, 250,000, and 300,000 tons respectively); notes on the planned "Iron FouiOxy
Combine East", near Schoenfliess, and "Iron Foundry West", near Calbe/Saale (to
produce 500,000 and 350,000 tons of iron and steel per year, respectively); notes
on steel production at Riesa (planned at 100,000 tons in 1951 and 225,000 tons in
1952) ; progress report on the reconstruction of VEB Brandenburg (former Central
German_ Steel Works); abandonment of the construction project at Doehlen (steel mill
for special high-speed steels); production for September and for the first three
quarters of 1950 at the IlsO urg rolling mill (steel plate, copper plate, brass
plate, electrolytic copper, copper and brass castings).
All the reports are very brief, and there is no continuity. Pouch of the
information applies to a limited period of time or to a restricted subject.
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