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VEB Lieesgersete',erk :earl Marx is located in k .gdeburg J3uc.kau, Strasse der
Deut ch-Sowjeti ;che.--: F'reundsrna.:T 8; the atlas vi&1.v0 c:i:!S'i;IisOU1t?i
department and ha foundries are on Frei, Struusc~ 1', pproxima..e1;- 7,500
perac,ii:, are e p dyed there,
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2. Production in e:rly 1954 in;luded the fc?llowine,,a electr.c, magnetic, and
manual measurin.: instruments for ineasuri Zg 'temperatures, fluid:.,, and gases;
gas, air, water and oil fittiues (Armataren), The year" y turnover runs to
approximately 3. million 11AAE in va3 ue
The USSR receiv?" 80~ of the total production, The rf-ma: ning 201/G' goes to the
European satell tes, China and the internal m,,irket, lea.:+uring instruments
are shipped to ekhnoprowim;jori;, Moscow; thz 'ltti :g: , t? Mashi .La.port, Uoacow-
The packing cra,.es, which are all seaworthy; are sent b.- rail to Rostock and
then by ship to he US I., At the end of 1953.. he Rostock harbor presumably became
congf-eted and. rra. closed to these shipments, which were then routed through
Brest'. Litovsk,;
;';ontz?~.cts a.rk ).e??. by ? he soviet Trade De1,egztion and negotiai xd by
ill IA. :''tile comme c'cial director of the plant, Bruno Brandau, travels almost
eye,:,,- ".wo weeks to tine Trada Delegation offices and discasses
con t.i?ac is with he delegation personally. DIA is respons_.bie for material
procurement and for the later accountinpe connected with the dela.veries.
The ausiness rou= 3.ne is as fo::1o us the re-iresen t a.tive of VE 3 Messgeraetewerk
cst _b!ishes the ? irst contact DIA then ste >o in to assume the material. grocurementend
at'c~I.znting., he 1>ade Pelegaw:ion then fortR.rccs the order thr )Ugh BIAS
TIic: ::url Marx V .irk maintains ar office in East Berlin which is diroctly
ce:m c ted by teLetype to the plant in sls,gdeburga This office is located
at Ba.nhofst.r. S 17 in the a.[;Ul'r-isr safe building and maintains
ll a?..join wiLL, D.I'L and the Trade Delec7eticr - If any questions
ari4e, the head of this Berlin offs...,-. i i inn =r~1
d1scusses t. em either with DIA or with he '1TL a-e
Delegation
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2. Production in early 1954 included the following: electric, magnetic, and
manual measuring instruments for measuring temperatures, fluids, and gases;
gas, air, water, and oil fittings (Armaturen). The yearly turnover runs to
approximately 135 million DME in value.
3. jW*SSR receives 80% of the total production. The remaining 20% goes to the
can satellites, China and the internal market. Measuring instruments
connected by teletype to the plant in A d tg. This o ,Lasted
The Karl Marx Perk maintains an office jIs last Berlin w*ioh is directly
at hihnhofstr. 8 - 17 in the
liaison with DIA and the Trade e
":{thea wither with DII or with, '*0 2XImW
Dells 4ion.
ariie, the head of this Berlin offt a 1W,34 ,
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