STATUS OF THE 1953 EAST GERMAN POWER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600440007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002600440007-8
S'3~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION. REPORT
SECUR NPORMATION
COUNTRY last Germany
SUBJECT Status Of. the 1953 East German Power
Construction Program
25X1A
PLACE ACQUIRED
e 'Ministry for Heavy ) chine Construction feet in a
25X1A
27 October 1953
25X1X
erence coneerntng the current status of the 1953 power program. The
following constraotion projects were discussed;
1. Me= boilers'
The 1953 cotistr rttvn program ?prnv~i'des fox," a - total of. 311 steam -boilers,
Of which 22 re tent--over rt-iwr, fi952, 56 sire. scheduled fore 1953 and 33
are preliminary I95} construction (Anarbeit). For the construction of
these in"-steam boilers, the fol:lovtng materials are needed:
a. Seamless pipes:-". total amount 4792.9 tons; but only 2600.1 tons are
available.
Alloyed pipes: currently, 90 tons of alloyed-pipes are on hand from
ortts, "The steel and rolling mill in .Rfesa has
pruduaed 18 tons-
,-Tot the 1~Itngenberg poser'plant., Further -imports of- alloyed pipes
through DIAL l have repeatedly been- postponed. Because of the
urgent dem l:.tor.such -pipes',. the Riess mills were ordered by the
State Administration for- Material Procurement and : by -the Ministry of
Mining and Smelting to produce 847.5 tonne of alloyed pipes- be ,to
_4eitvered'dmring the third and fourth quarter of 1953.
Soiler Plate
The 1953 re utremerrts-fo r boiler-plate amount to 1938,5.t=0;_.l 08
.4 tons
are on hand. The deficiency of :87k. 1 tons -arty bemuse Hettstedt was unable
to deliver the. mater ia1 as -ther- 'plants perked it. - Bee-mute
rolling mill was responsible for the n in-fulfillment of the orders for the
Various 'plants, Ger2iard .Zi'17.er, Midi titer f ` ems y lai~ ins ; Construct:ion,
S,ECiiET
This Document contains information affecting the Ne
tional Defense of the United states, within the mean.
ins of Title 18, Sections 799 and 794, of the U.S. Code, se
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its oonte"
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT NO. -
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO. 'RD
REFERENCES
members of the Central Commission for State Control,
25X1A
Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002600440007-8
 Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002600440007-8
25X1A
SECRET
personally interne s bat-when his intervention- vas also diaregarddd, Minister.
Freoident.,t ttr Gr'oteiuhl h#mself contacted Hettstedt. This ;eau .ted in the
delivery of 100 tons of boiler,plate to VEB Bergmann-Borsig, Berlin.''i1helmsr xI ,
in June 1953, and theeproposed delivery of 500 tons for July 1953.
Welding, electrodes,
The production of-varigas heavy machine?.production.plants has suffered greatly
because of lack- of..welding electrodes., The 1953 program provided for 1818 tons;
only 8i6 tans have-'been: reapply- to daecte Agate, the State Administration for
Material Procurement",had-to intervene, and the Xjellberg plant in Finsterwalde
Niederlausitz, Brandenburg, delivered welding electrodes which were planned for
the third and fourth quarter,
Turbines
The 1953 program provides for a total of 81 turbines, of which 10were left
over from the 1952 quota, 42 are scheduled for 1953, and 29 are for preliminary
19514 production.
Turbine Shafts
1.5 turbine shafts were provided for in the 1953 program; 23 have been produced
to date.
Rotor wheel disks
The quota for 1953 is 301 rotor wheel disks; 190-have been.. produced to date. They
had been produced exclusively by the `Ernst Thaelmann plant, formerly ?Kxvpp-0ruson,
Magdeburg. The quality of these disks, however, was so poor that a large number
of the disks had to discarded after testing. This led to negotiations with DIA-
Maachinen to have-the disks imported.
Generators.
The 1953 program provides, for 20 generators, for VVB Energie-und 1craftmaschineffibsu1
Halle. 4 are a5i, remainder from 1952, 5 are planned for 1953 production and 11
represent preliminary 1951+ production.
SECRET
Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002600440007-8