FDD MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT - APRIL 1951

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• Publication Date: May 8, 1951
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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Deputy Assistant Director for Operations DATE: 8 May 1951
FROM : Chief, Foreign Documents Division
SUBJECT: FDA Monthly Progress Report - April 1951
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1. Abstracting of I lenclosure was started this month and
is proceeding as routine. Request for full translation of but one
enclosure has resulted from circulation of the abstracts.
2. Rush processing of press exploitation was modified. An
"A-Today" priority, ensuring 214-hour dissemination, is applied only
in relation to quality or value of the report. All other press
carries a regular A priority,
3. The following special-type reports were prepared on a top
priority basis:
a. "List of Foreign Language Serial Publications Received
and Screened by Foreign Documents Division"
b, "FDD Capabilities ..."
short title)
Other noteworthy publications disseminated:
a. "Military Topographical Study of the Amur Oblast Area,"
Summary No. 43
b. "Selected Technical Terms from German-Russian Dictionary
on Rocket Technics," Translation No. 300
co "Soviet Catalog of Metal-Cutting Tools, Part Two,"
Translation No. 301
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"Counterrevolutionary Activities in China,"
5. Thel as taken an experimental interest in
questions raised during operation of FDD's Xerox equipment. This
equipment aided in preparation of 174 pages of reports during April.
6. FDD has been participating, with other collection organiza-
tions of CIA, in conferences of "Task Force 1," sponsored by RR,
relative to preparation of long-range requirements.
7. On FDD request, General Services Division, Management, has
under consideration the problem of how better to meet demands for
supplemental distribution of FDD publications.
8. Plans have been made for expansion of the Division in the
recently acquired Wing 14, Temporary Y Building,
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9. FDD and CIA Library will confer on allocation of subscrip-
tions and future policy in procurement problems after Department of
State's "Analysis of Soviet Serial Receipts for 1951" failed to show
reallocation for 60 titles required by FDD but allocated to other
agencies.
However, five of these periodicals were received in a
127-publication shipment nd eight issues of the 60
were uncovered in the Library of Congress through the new screening
arrangement effected by FDD. Several other of the 60 were found
among 600 publications received via Army. 25X1A
in which FDD translated from English into five foreign languages.
10. A special project on training manuals was completed
Appendix A -- Statistical Report on FDD Operations
Appendix B -- Details on Personnel Actions
Appendix C -- Quantitative-Qualitative Analysis of FDD Reports
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Ends: A Ppx. A, B, C.
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QUANTITATIVE-QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FDD REPORTS DURING APRIL 1951
I. Number of Reports Produced by Categories
A. 3 Reports Indicating Soviet/Satellites Intentions to Expand
B. 63 Reports Indicating Soviet/Satellites Capabilities to Wage War
C. 13 Reports Indicating Non-Soviet/Non-Satellites Communist Developments
D. 62 Reports Indicating Regional USSR/Satellites Developments
Not Related to A, B, C
E. 28 Reports Indicating Non-Soviet Orbit Regional Developments
F. 86 Reports on Miscellaneous Intelligence Information
II. Briefs and. Extracts of Selected Reports by Categories
.A. Reports Indicating Soviet/Satellites Intentions to Expand 25X1A
Date of Information
Date Reported
1 Feb 51 3 Apr 51
East German naval vessels camouflaged as trawlers engaged in
maneuvers off in the Oresund and Kattegatt waters. East Germans and
Soviets test-firing V-1 and V-2 rockets in Baltic area.
Stockholm, Morgon Tidningen
31 Mar 51 2L Apr 51
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Soviets dismantling one of foundries of Gyor Wagon factory;
reported it willbe reassembled in the Matra Mountains.
Munich, Hungaria 25X1 A
2L Feb 51 2 Apr 51
During last 15 days large Bulgarian forces have moved towards
Yugoslav border.
Athens, Kathimerini
B. Reports Indicating Soviet/Satellites Capabilities to Wage War
Date of Information Date Reported
Jan-Feb 51 17 Apr 51
Reports 1950 progress and 1951 plans in USSR Mine Industry,
Russian periodicals and newspapers
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Oct 50, Jan 51 17 Apr 51
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Reports designations, originating plants and specifications of
TV-1 piston-action pneumatic powered mine-car feeder, EGT-2 piston-
action unit, MTBT-3 and ET-1 chain-driven electric-powered feeders,
KT-3 cable-drawn electric powered model feeder, the BET-1 chain-driven
electric powered feeder, and three special feeders for exchanging cars
in cages. Another issue of source reports specifications of LKU-250
belt conveyer manufactured atthe Kharkov Svet Shakhtera Plant.
Moscow, Ugol', No 1, Jan 51 and
No 10, Oct 50
Dec 50 23 Apr 51
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Association of Former Russian Naval Officers in America reports
on following Soviet ships: Sovetskiy Soyuz commissioned on 26 June 1950;
armament, complement, etc. of 36,E ton Strana Sovetov launched on
15 March 1950; Sovetskaya Ukraina's keel laid in 1947, not yet launched,
larger than Strana Sovetov, main armament nine 16-inch guns; cruiser
Admiral Makarov rearmed with six Soviet 180mm guns; there are not three
'but twelve Destroyer Flotilla Leaders of "0" class; former Italian
battleship Guilio Cesare and light cruiser Duca D'Aosta have been rearmed
and commissioned in the Black Sea Fleet; Soviet Navy, excluding naval
aviation, has 520,000 personnel; report also included some Soviet Navy
biographic information.
New York, Morski e Zapiski,
Vol III, No 3
Nov 50, Jan 51 7 Apr 51
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USSR Cuts Down Use of Certain Types of Rolled Steel Due to Shortage.
Nation-wide metal saving is stressed.
Moscow, Sbornik Rukovodyashchikh
Materialov i Konsul'tatsi Po
Stroitel'stvu, No 10, 19 0
Moscow, Moskovskaya Pravda, 16 Jan 51
2 Feb 51
10 Apr 51
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Necessity for reduction of USSR railroad operating expenses is
emphasized with data on various aspects of operation. (From one group of
these figures the total "approximate" operational cost of the Soviet
railroads /?or 1949?7 can be derived as 35 billion rubles.)
Moscow, Gudok
13 Jan 51 12 Apr 51
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Television is becoming widespread throughout Moscow, but difficulties
are arising due to shortages of TV equipment.
Moscow, Vechernyaga Moskva
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Mar 50 2 Apr 51
"Automatization of Technological Process.in Ferrous Metallurgy,"
from Reports of the First All-Union Conference of Power Engineers of
the Metallurgical Industry.
Moscow, Promyshlennaya Energetika, No 3
28 Jan 51 5 Apr 51
Gross production in all industry in the Ukrainian SSR increased
24.5 percent in 1950 over 1949. Detailed report by industries and
ministries given.
Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy 25X1 A
11 Feb 51 3 Apr 51
G. Nosov, Director of Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine imeni
Stalin reports on the combines progress in 1950 and its projects for
1951.
Moscow, Pravda 25X1A
9 Feb 51 3 Apr 51
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Lack of iron sheeting, pumps and valves to be used in fuel tanks
has backlogged 2,000 trucks on the premises of the Kharkov Osnovyanskiy
Boilder and Welding Plant.
Moscow, Izvestiya 25X1 A
1949
2 Apr 51
Detailed specifications of the USSR TE-1 Diesel-Electric Locomotive
Pasport Teplovoza Serii TE-1
1940 7 Apr 51
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Decree of Council of People's Commissars USSR recommends approval of
network of Medical Scientific Research Institutes. Network given.
Sobraniye Postanovleniy i Rasporyazheniy
Pravitelstva SSSR, No 29, Law No 709
11 Mar 51 18 Apr 51
1947 7 Apr 51
Granulotoxin is a stimulant to tissue regeneration.
Moscow, Meditsinskiy Rabotnik,
Vol XIV, No 16
Hard alloys produced and used in the USSR are discussed according
to six basic groups.
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Moscow, Machinostroyenize
(entseklopedicheskiy spravochnick,)
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The Hungarian railroads are building two single-phase electric
locomotives. Specifications of both new and old types are given.
Moscow, Elektrichestvo, No 3
30 Mar 51 24 Apr 51
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A Soviet committee reports Hungary "undependable" as a producer
of Soviet war material and recommends a halt in further expansion of
Hungarian heavy industry. As a result a Moscow order places emphasis
on Hungary's production of raw materials.
Munich, Hungaria
Jan-Mar 51 24 Apr 51
Munich, Hungaria 31 Mar gives disposition of Soviet troops in
Hungary. Rome, Bollettino Danubiano 29 Jan reports Soviet armored unit
of 45-50 heavy tanks arrived in locality of Nagykanizsa of southern
Hungary in December 1950.
7 Jan 51 3 Apr 51
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Reports Hungary's accomplishment in the 1950 and tasks for 1951
within the Five-Year Plan.
Budapest, Nepszava
10 Feb 51 17 Apr 51
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Material being used in and some specifications of the Rosstroy
Dam project now underway on the Rossitsa River, Bulgaria.
Sofia, Izgrev
214 Feb 51 13 Apr 51
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Satellites fall shortof oil quotas. China petroleum reserves
almost depleted. Two more years before Rumania will attain prewar oil
production.
Buenos Aires, Argentinishes Tageblatt
13 Jan 51 14 Apr 51
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Information on organization and personnel of East German police.
Zofingen, Allgemeine Schweizerische
Volks-Zeitung
Nov 50-Jan 51 5 Apr 51
CCF is organizing fifth and sixth field armies. South China
defenses being strengthened.
Various Chinese Newspapers
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C. Reports Indicating Non-Soviet/Non-Satellites Communist Developments
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D. Reports on Important Regional USSR/Satellites Developments Not
Related to A, B, C
Date of Information
Dec 50, mar 51
Date Reported
16 Apr 51
Review of progress in the field of public health in China during
1950 and plans for 1951.
Newspapers from Shanghai, Hankow and
Hong Kong
10 Jan 51 12 Apr 51
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A new area producing wild rubber plants of the chrysanthemum-dandelion
family (kok-sagyz) has been located in Sinkiang.
Hong Kong, Wen-hui Pao
Nov-Dec 50 12 Apr 51
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Chinese mainland newspapers printed numerous articles denouncing the
.Voice of America.
Oct 50-Mar 51 13 Apr 51
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Intensity of counterrevolutionary activity substantiated by intensity
of mainland press coverage of issue during period covered by report.
Report reviews Northeast China Industrial conditions in 1951.
Dec 50-Feb 51 5 Apr 51
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USSR provincial papers carry local regulations affecting Soviet
citizens, e.g., documents which must be carried by individuals, registra-
tion of guns, areas restricted to the public. Not carried in Moscow papers.
25 Jan 51 2 Apr 51 25X1 A
Hungarian Minister of Public Instruction criticized in detail the
lack of discipline in Hungarian schools.
Budapest, Magyar Nemzet
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Agricultural Collectivization drive spurred in Hungary; first
completely socialized communities and cities achieved.
Budapest, Szabad Nep 25X1 A
1946-1950 7 Apr 51
90 USSR periodicals, newspapers, and books used to derive
organization of Ministry of Transportation USSR. 25X1A
23 Feb 51 3 Apr 51
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Active anti-communist operations underway in Turkestan.
Damascus, al-Manar al-Jadid
31 Jan 51 2 Apr 51
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Since Czechoslovakia has procrastinated in fulfilling her obligation
of providing machinery to the USSR, the latter has stopped grain ship-
ments to Czechoslovakia.
Tel Aviv, Herut ^ 25X1 A
Dec 50 19 Apr 51
Total length of railroad in operation in China at end of 1950 was
22,000 kilometers. Further information on 1950 and aims for 1951 given.
Hong Kong and Mainland China newspapers
E. Reports on Important Non-USSR/Non-Satellites Regional Developments
Date of Information
Date Reported
13 Jan 51 20 Apr 51
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Commenting on anti-communist tendencies of labor unions in Indonesia
the newspaper Mimbar Umun reports that workers are becoming "increasingly
aware of mat it means to be joined to SOBSI," and that "trade unions are
breaking away from these foreign elements almost daily."
Djakarta, Nieuwsblad voor Indonesie
2 Mar 51 20 Apr 51
Various Indonesian leaders considered nationalization of various
industries necessary, especially in the field of communications and
transportation.
Soerabaja, de Vrije Pers
16 Feb-9 Mar 51 14 Apr 51
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Indonesian government generally supported in its implementation of
strike ban, but demands are made that interest of workers be protected.
Dutch, Indonesian newspapers from Djakarta,
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2 Mar 51
25 Lebanese intellectuals warn against ties with the West.
Beirut, al-Nahara (liberal, opposition)
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18, 25 Feb 51
1L1. Apr 51
10 Apr 51
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US military aid to Indochina praised, but economic aid program
criticized.
21 Mar 51
Phnom Penh, La Liberte
9 Apr 51
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The Egyptian newspaper Al-Misri recently published a statement of
Dr. Ma'ruf al-Dawalibi, former Syrian Minister of National Economy, in
which he said inter alia that the Arab states should conclude a non-
aggression pact with the Soviet Union.
Brooklyn, al-Samir
F. Reports on Miscellaneous Intelligence Information
Reports cover following fields:
Economic 31 reports
Political 29 reports
Scientific 12 reports
Sociological 7 reports
Military 2 reports
Geographic 5 reports
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