SOVIET MILITARY - ECONOMIC REPORT TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN REPORT 1/9

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SOVIET UNION MILITARY-ECONOMIC. REPORT
Translated from the German .Report 1 /9
Dated: 1 September 1943
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During the Second World War the German Signal Intelligence
Control Center of the Staff of the. Chief of Army Signal Service
(HNW9 LNA) issued a series of reports to show the USSR nzili-
tary-economic situation as reflected in Russian internal plain
language traffic. These reports appeared at short9 irregular
intervals9 usually six per month, for the period October 1942-
March 1943. Eigt~tQ~t~~~ of these reports have been transla-
ted and issued by
It is planned to issue a complete set of translations of the re~
portsa beginning with the most recent an~d~~i backwardfl
but omitting those already translated by
The numbering of the items was added by the translator spa
~~nans did this only in the last eighteen reports, -
inclusive. Since the original material was in Rus-
sian, an effort has been made when translating the German to
determine-the original Russian term wherever possible. This
is facilitated by the Russian fondness for abbreviations. In
these translations into English the probable meaning of the ab-
breviation will be given in parenthesis the first time it occurs
in each report.
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The Soviet Union
Military-Economic Report 1 /9
(Based on Domestic Radio Traffic)
In dividual Messages
1 September 1943
1. Personnel Situation
(1} According to a government decree of 25 August special courses of instruction
-are being set up at the NKRF schools for management personnel of the. River Fleet, The
purpose of these courses of instruction is to raise the professional standards of ship captains,
and their deputies as well as helmsmen. The beginning of these courses has been set for
1 December 1943, The following will attend these courses:
25 ship captains and 25 ship technicians from Astrakhan NKRF
10 ship captains and 25 ship technicians from Stalingrad NKRF
Q2) Contrary to existin g regulations (see Military-Economic Report 9/8), girls
from a NKRF plant in Kujbyshev are being conscripted by the military authorities for employ
ment at some other place. In accordance with an order of 25 August from the NKRF, 12 to
15 year old youths are to be trained immediately as cabin boys aboard ships of the River Fleet.
The following contingents of cabin boys were noted for in dividual NKRF enterprises for 1943:
Office
No, of Cabin Boys
Novosibirsk-NKRF 25
Uralsk-NKRF 10
Gorkij -NKRF 330
Molotov-NKRF 205
Chardzhou-NKRF 89
(3) A greater number of apprentices were authorized for the following NKRF offices:
Office Industrial Enterprise Transport Undertakings
(No. of Apprentices) (Wages of (No, of Apprentices) (Wages)
Apprentices )
Astrakhan-NKRF 200
Kirov-NKRF 30
Kujbyshev~NKRF 60
Molotov-NKRF 165
Stalingrad 200
Uralsk 35
51, 000 ru. 45 25, 000 ru.
159 300 25 139 000
269 000 80 419 000
849 500 70 35, 000
102, 000 80 419 000
17.9 000 10 5, 000
Wages for NKRF personnel -look under "Production".
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2. Metal Supply
Q4) The copper rolling mill in Tiflis produced no copper products from 2 to 5 August
because of a lack of mazut? Products on hand total. 64 tons,
In the second ten-day period of August 18 tons of copper products were produced.
Number of workers: 37
Authorization
s
Consignee Quanta Type
Consignor
Remarks
(5)
GorkijNKRF 14 tons Steel
---4
For slop repair
Q6)
Kujbyshev-NKR.F 51 Cast iron
Novota gilsk .
in 3rd quarter
For September
(7)
Dokshukino, 3 Rolled
----
-~--
(8)
Acetone Plant iron
Groznyj, Acetone 2 Rolled
----
__ee
(9)
Plant iron
Gorkij IDNKRF 20 Iron
Magnitogorsk
For ship repair
(10)
scraps
Gorkij-NKRF 37 Sheet
Magnitogorsk
in 3rd quarter
"
(11)
iron
Gorkij -NKRF 5 Imported
Astrakhan
---_
(12)
sheet
Khabarovsk-NKRF 30 Seamless
Vladivostok
e---
(13)
pipe
Stalingrad, Lower 4 Flue pipe
Astrakhan
--m~
(14)
Volga Steamship
Agency
Astrakhan - "Volga= 12 Wire
Saratov
----
T anke r"
(15)
Enisej Steamship 2 Steel
Khabarovsk NKRF
----
(16)
Agency cable
Lena- Steamship 2 Steel
----
(17)
Agency cable
East Siberian 1 Steel
----
Steamship Agency cable
Deliverie
s
(18f
Ryazan 19 003 Iron scrap
Voroshilovgrad
{19)
Chief Directorate 93 Iron scrap
Locomotive Plant
-~--
On 21 August
__m_
(20) -
for Ferrous Metal
Trade
Alma Ata 36 Cast iron
Voroshilovgrad
(21)
Plant 171 450 Iron bars
Locomotive Plant
"
On 21 August
On 21 August
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(22)
Krasnoyarsk
433 tons
Iron bars Voroshilovgrad
Locomotive Plant
On 21 August
(23)
Directorate of
Military Recon-
struction in
Voroshilovgrad
100
Sheet iron
"
(24)
Shakhty, "Rostov- .
Coal"
12.65
Steel cable ----
o---
3. Oil Supply
(25) Avtol will be shipped by sea from Baku to Makhachkala and from there will be
transported to places of destination by railroad. On ?August there. were 584 tank cars with
Avtol in Makhachkala. On 9 August 1, 174 tons of Avtol were loaded in Baku>
(26) In the oblasti of the water trans-port bases of Astrakhan, Kujbyshev, Saratov
and Stalingrad, tractor oil instead of illuminating oil will be delivered. for the illumination
of the shore installations -and the lighting of the- waterways. Because of the poor lighting
ability of the-oil, the visibility, especially of the red light-buoys, is unsatisfactory,
(27) The lighting of the waterways in Kujbyshev is in question since the local Chief.
Directorate of Oil Sales has refused to deliver illuminating oil to the Directorate of Waterways.
(28) Krasnoyarsk has not handed in an account settlement of oil consumption. The
allotment of funds will be cut off for this reason.
(29) The enamel plant i n Voroshilovgrad requires for September:
5 tons Diesel oil
1 Petroleum
1 Gasoline
2 Avtol
(30) The following authorizations were noted:
Consignee
Quantity
Type
Consignor
Remarks
(31)
Kamust?e, Plant
100 tons
Motor
---~ ~
----
"Kujbyshev"
fuel
(3"L)
Kujbyshev, Middle
3000
Mazut
Kujbyshev Oil
Volga Steamship
Supply
-_-~
(33)
Agency
Gorkij ~NKRF
300
Oil
Kamust?e
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Consignee
Quantity
Type
Consignor
Remarks
(34)
Novaya Ladoga
50 tons
Oil
Tikhvin Oil Base
In September
(35)
Leningrad Fish
Trust
Rostov/Don ?
~77
Oil
Rostov/Don Oil
(36)
Azov=Black Sea
Fish Industry
NK for Sovkhozes
2
Oil
Supply
Makhachkala Oil
In September
(37)
Rostov/Don ?
8
Diesel
Supply
Rostov/Don Oil
In September
(38)
Azov~Black Sea
Fish Industry
Molotov9 NKRF
3
oil
Petroleum
Supply
Kamust'e
In September
_?o_
(3q)
Supply
Novaya Ladoga,
2
Petroleum
Tikhvin, Oil Base
In September
(40)
Leningrad Fish
Trust
Omsk, Water
3
Petroleum
Chief Directorate
From State
(41)
Transport Base
Rostov/Don,
7. 7
Petroleum
of Oil Supply
Rostov/Don Oil
Reserves
In September
(42)
Azov-Black Sea
Fish Industry
Shumilnisk,
10
Petroleum
Supply
Kalach Oil Base
In September
(43)
Sovkhoz
NK for Sovkhozes
2
Petroleum
Makhachkala
In September
(44)
NK for Building
2
Petroleum
Rostov/Don Oil
and Industrial
Te
hni
Supply
In September
(45)
que
c
Oblast' Trade
4
Petroleum Rostov/Don, Oil
Department
Supply
In September
(46)
Novaya Ladoga
1
Gasoline
Tikhvin, Oil Base
In September
(47)
Leningrad Fish
Industry
Rostov/Don ?
4.1
Gasoline
Rostov/Don
(48)
Azov=Black Sea
Fish Industry
Shumilnisk,
5
Gasoline
Oil Supply
Ka-lack Oil Base
In September
In September
(49)
Sovkhoz
NK for Sovkhozes
3
Gasoline
Makhachkala Oil
(50)
NK for Building
2.4
Gasoline
Supply
Rostov/Don Oil
In September
(51)
and Industrial
Technique
Shumilnisk
2
Ligroin
Supply
Kalach Oil Base
In September
In September
(52)
Sovkhoz
NK for
Sovkhozes
2
Ligroin
Lubricants
Makhachkala Oil
Supply
In September
(53)
Kemerovo,
12 tons
Grease-
Krasnodar Oil
To Topki Station,
(54)
Oblast' Coopera-
tive
Blagoveshchensk
2
mazut
Solidol
Supply
Khabarovsk
Tomsk Railroad
Additional in 3rd
NKRF
Oil Supply
quarter
(55)
Gorkij, Inland
3
Gun grease ___?
In September
(56)
Waterways Supply
Molotov. Inland
2
Gun grease ----
In September
Waterways Supply
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(57) The Uralsk-NKRF had the following turnover of inflammable materials as of
20 August:
Consumption
Remainder
Mazut
11 tons
13. 6 tons
Petroleum
2. 2
4. 0
Gasoline
1. 5
0. 1
Wood
350 cubic meters
170 cubic meters
Wood Supply
Requiremer_ts
(58) The Oblast? Waterways Directorate of the Kama Steamship Agency in Molotov
reported for the fall and winter of 1943 a requirement of 24, 000 cubic meters of timber,
Authorizations
Consignee
Quantity
Type
Consignor.
Remarks
(59)
Ilijsk-NKRF
700 cu. met.
Wood
Omsk
--__
X60)
Rostov
500
Wood
---_
----
(61)
Rostov, Military
3, 000
Wood
----
__-_
(62)
Reconstruction
Directorate of
the Don/Kuban
Chardzhou-NKRF
2, 000
Floated
Kujbyshev
o---
(63)
NKRF-Plant
500
timber
Driftwood
----
----
(64)
Ulyanov Lenin
Irkutsk~NKRF
25, 000
Firewood
--~~
For 1943
(65)
Novosibirsk-
10, 000
Firewood
Barnaul, Chief
(66)
NKRF
Omsk (?) NKRF
300
Firewood
Directorate of
Wood Supply
----
____
For August
(67)
Plant 210
Irkutsk-NKRF
1, 200
Building
----
For 1943
(68)
Astrakhan-NKRF
9, 000
timb e r
Wood for
Molotov, Ghief
(69)
Kamust'e Ship
2, 092
ship con
struction
Directorate of
Woad Supply
Molotov, Kama-
~_--
Repair Plant
Timber Camp
e _ _ _
(70)
"Kujbyshev"
Omsk NKRF
10, 700 cu, met. "
_e__ _eve
(71)
Irkutsk-NKRF
3, 200
Logs
-~-? For 1943
(72)
Saratov, Ship
4
Veneer
Kazan, Chief Additonally
(73)
Repair Plant
Chkalovsk-NKRF
5
Veneer
Directorate of
Wood Supply
Gorkij', Chief
Directorate of
Wood Supply Adclitionally
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5: Production
(75) The budget for the UfamNKRF provides for the following in the third quarter:
for shipbuilding 400, 000 rubles
for general overhaul 485, 000
for current repairs 250, 000
for other repairs 240, 000
for work of secondary importance 325, 000
19 ?00, 000 rubles
Funds
for 448 workers 505, 000 rubles
for 66 engineering-technical
personnel 145, 000
for 44 unspecified people 539 700
for 30 conscripted personnel 159 000
7189 700 rubles
(?6) The dockyard in Kostroma in the first two~ten =day periods of August only
fulfilled 80% of the shipbuilding program in comparison with the first two ten-day periods of
July.
(77) The dockyard in Surazhevka in the first ten=day period of August fulfilled only
46% of the shipbuilding plan. In the first two ten=day periods of August only 53% of the plan
was fulfilled, Thereby, in contrast to July, they have fallen still farther behind.
(78) The Stalingrad-NKRF announces the state of ship construction from 1 July:
No. of the ship
Percentage finished
608
50%
Dockyard "Zhelyabov"
609
44%
610
50%
611
35%
612
25%
613
8%
Dockyard Gorodets
224
13%
236
4%
(79) At the dockyard in Cherdyn the program for small tug construction will not be
(80) The Kujbyshev-NKRF is behind in the production of ships ? parts and the
NKRF workshops in Pavlodar are behind in the preparations for the winter repair periods.
The production of ships ? parts is likewise very insufficient.
(81) The NK for Textiles in Tiflis requires the following building. materials for the
enlargement and reorganization of the cotton weaving mill and. for the construction of a weaver
loom-shuttle and bobbin. factory for the fourth quarter:
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Logs ~
100 cubic
Cut wood
200
Cement
100 tons
Ruberoid
300 rolls
Roofing felt
50
Imitation parch-
ment
50
Bitumen
25 tons
Tile
12
Nails
1
Iron girders
10
Rolled iron
19
Pipe
5
Seamless pipe
2
Asbestos-cement
pipe
10
(82) The glass factory in Ogni in the Dagestan Oblast' is to deliver:
2000 square meters glass to the Rostov Supply and Sales Office in Augustr
6000 square meters glass to Rostov-Coal in September)
4000 square meters glass to Voroshilovgrad-Coal in September)
2000 square meters glass to Georgia Mines in September,
6. Transport Situation
(83) The NKR.F office in Kujbyshev is far behind in fulfilling the August- transport
plan . In order to guarantee fulfillment of the transport plan, the following additional shipments
must be carried out in the third ten-day period of August:
Grain
129
000 tons
Slate
159
000
Wood for ships
23,
000
Logs
25, 000
(84) The same difficult situation has arisen at the NKRF in Stalingrad. In order
to guarantee fulfillment of the transport plan, it must carry out relatively large shipments
in the third ten-day period of August as follows:
Grain
49
000 tons
Salt
759
000
Metal
159
000
Coal
59
000
Fish
159
000
Other cargo
22,
000
(85) Because .of the neglectful state of the ships9 Uralsk-NKRF can not fulfill the
August transportation plan.
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(86) The Aralsk NKRF has to transport 12, 000 tons of cargo in order to fulfill the
transport plan.
(87) Shipments do not move swiftly enough in Vladimirovka. The following example is
On 23 August tonnage space for 15, 815 tons was procured. Instead of the scheduled 79 000
tons, only 5; 660 tons were loaded in the next 24 hours. Tugs were in Vladimirovka in sufficient
number at the time. Nevertheless, the tug boats remained loaded from day to day9 and lay
about beyond the prescribed waiting period,
(88) On 12 August in SerrLipalatinsk9 instead of 1022 tons of sunflower seeds and 806
tons of oil seeds, a total of only 199 tons were loaded because of the lack of tonnage space.
(89) Ilijsk-NKRF has to transport 139 000 tons of cargo (equal to 3, 6 million ton/
kilometers) by the end of August.
(90) Kujbyshev NKRF must undertake the transportation of 309 000 cubic meters of
firewood to Saratov~NKRF, by the end of the navigation period.
7, Miscellaneous
(91) The following message was received on 27 August:
"From Ulyanovsk to Krasnodar to Archbishop Vladimir Ivanov
Hold a Thanksgiving service on the occasion of the capture of Kharkov.
Report fulfillment.
(Signature)
Patriarch (Supreme Church leader)
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