SOVIET UNION MILITARY - ECONOMIC REPORT

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SOVIET UNION MILITARY-ECONOMIC REPORT
Translated from the German Report 4/6
Dated: 20 June 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
QHNW, LNA) issued a series of reports to show the USSR mili-
tary-economic situation as reflected in Russian internal plain
language traffic. These reports appeared at short, irregular
intervals, usually six per month, for the period October 1942-
March 1945. EiglftQJAl of these reports have been transla-
ted and issued by
It is planned to issue a complete set of translations of the re-
ports, beginning with the most recent ab2Ra backward,
but omitting those already translated by The
FOIAb3giumbering of the items was added by the translator WAe, 3lae
Germans did this only in the last eighteen reports,
-inclusive. Since the original material was inRussian,
an effort has been made when translating the German to deter-
mine the original Russian term wherever possible. This is fa-
cilitated by the Russian fondness for abbreviations. In these
translations into English the probable meaning of the abbrevia-
tion will be given in parenthesis the first time it occurs in each
report.
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20 June 1943
The Soviet Union
Military-Economic Report 4/6
(Based on domestic radio traffic)
General
(1) The draft call mentioned in the latest Military-Economic Report might be finally
completed according to more recent messages.
(2) Larger mobilizations were being carried out for the Don Basin. Mineral'nye Vody
requires 50 cars from the Ordzhonikidze Railroad Line for transportation of those mobilized.
(3) As has already been reported earlier, the government reckoned on bad weather this
year. Accordingly, an unsatisfactory harvest is to be expected.
,4) The intensification of fishing for alleviation of the strained food situation has re-
peatedly not succeeded.
(5) The oil supply situation, especially in the Transcaucasus Oblast', shows signs of
easing up.
(6) From 12 June supplying the troops of the Transcaucasian Front with oil and mazut
is to take place without limit according to need. This loosening of control is to be noted in the
civilian sector as well. Since the middle of June, the A-rmenian People's Commissariat for
Agriculture has been able to receive mazut in unlimited quantities.
(7) The easing up is to be related above all to the reconstruction of the transportation
net in the petroleum district. On 30 May work was begun on filling up the oil conduit from
Groznyj to Tigretsk (not located). 600 tons were drawn off. In this connection, a lightening
of the burden on the railroads might result.
(8) The importance for the economy of a sufficient s'cpply of oil is expressed by a
decree according to which fuel transport is equated with military transport.
(9) Political departments have been dissolved in some corporations. The dissolution
of the political departments of other organizations might follow.
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Individual Messages
1. )-Personnel Situation
(10) In the Georgian Republic, juveniles are being used in increasing numbers in enter-
prises important to the war effort. The following list comprises the r-equirements in 16-year
old youths who have finished the railroad and trade schools:
Plant No. 31 of the NK for the Aviation Industry 663
Plant No. 712 57
Plant No. 228 of the NK for the Machine Tool Industry 175
Automobile Repair- Plant of the NK for Automobile T-ransport in Tiflis 93
NK for Georgian Local Industry 183
Locomotive Repair Plant of the NK for Transportation 301
Plant 'Krasnyj Molot" of the NK for Transportation 43
Directorate of the Transcaucasian Railroad 565
Total 2080
The following trades were required:
Fitters, winchmen, boilermakers, freight car inspectors, assistant locomotive
engineers, smiths, and carpenters.
(11) In spite of all the NKRF's efforts to better the strained personnel situation, new
difficulties are always arising. The plant in Krasnoyarsk lacks management personnel and
qualified workers. The Kama Steamship Agency is to send back in the proper time the evacua-
ted workers of Krasnoarmejsk Port.
2.) Food Situation
(12.) The food situation, as before, is strained. The sowing of summer grain has often
been conside-sably delayed. The backlog of cultivation work was often ascribable to insufficient
fuel for the tractors. Faulty supply of seed grain also played a role. Thus 50 tons of wheat
(seed grain) lay idle in Stavropol'. The following NKRF offices were behind in cultivating.
Irkutsk Baturino Krasnoyarsk
Borovaya Cherdyn Ilijsk
Rybach'e Omsk Semipalatinsk
(13) It is emphasized by proper authorities that the obligation of an extensive self-supply
of vegetable foods assumed by the employees of the River Fleet can be fulfilled only if every-
thing is done to assure a good harvest. However, the sowing of summer grain has been con-
siderably delayed. Unfavorable weather conditions are also to be reckoned with.
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(14) According to a report on agricultural conditions in Aktyubinsk Oblast', unmanured
grass will furnish hardly any yield. Manured grass brings a probable two-to-fourfold yield
..of hay. Bread grain, to be sure, -allows hopes of a satisfactory crop, but on the other hand oats
and fodder grain remain poor. Millet, buckwheat, and sunflowers are also weak. The untimely
drought and the present rainy weather are seen as reasons for the generally unsatisfactory
situation.
(15) In Ordzhonikidze Rajon there is apparently a strained supply situation,- for there
500 tons of grain had to be delivered to local places from Military Camp 195 of the Transca4cas-
ian Front.
(16) The NKRF offices at Ural'sk, Semipalatinsk, Ilijsk, and Tavda have not fulfilled
their fishing plans. An increase is to take place at all costs.- -A means of pressure for this is
the stipulation that the regular central supply of the offices may take place only after having con-
sidered the catch established by the plan.- A lack of salt, already frequently confirmed, adds
to the obstacles. Thus Krasnoyarsk NKRF could not receive the necessary 150 tons of salt
from the Chief Directorate for Salt. Because of this, fish processing in Krasnoyarsk is
questionable.
(17) The following monthly quantities of food per person are being allotted on ration
cards to participants in Party courses of instruction:
Meat - Fish
2200 grams
Fats
600
Groats-Macaroni
1500
Sugar-Sugar Products
500
Bread according to the norm for
workers of the first category
Therefore, Party functionaries in theSoviet Union receive larger rations than workers.
Food norms for industry and transportation follow:
Monthly for a worker For an employee For dependents
Meat 1800 grams 1200 grams
Adults - Children
Fats 400 300 --- ---
Sugar 400 300 200 grams 300 grams
In addition there is a warm noon meal for workers and employees. The allotments for
dependents are to be considered as additional.
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(18) The ship repair yard in Saratov is to send an additional 300-500 grams of groats
per man per month. It is receiving these groats from a "permanent fund".
a) Requisitions
(19) The field.sutlery in Baku requires from the Azerbajdzhan Grain Procurement for
120 tons of flour
5 tons of groats
(20) There is apparently a larger canning industry in Dagestan, for there are to be
delivered to the local canning industry in 1943:
14000 tons of vegetables
7000 tons of fruit
b) Authorizations
Consignee
Quantity
Type
Consignor
Remarks
(21)
13000 tons
Grain
Tiflis, Trans-
According to plan
port Department
in the 2nd quarter
(22)
Gold Industry
17 tons
Flour
Stavropol',
In June
Grain Procure-
ment
(23)
Poti, Black Sea
74 tons
Macaroni
Tiflis, NK for
Fleet
Food Industry
In July
(24)
Astrakhan, NKRF
9. 5 tons
Pastry
Kazan', Sugar
For 2nd quarter
products
Products Factory
Seed pota-
Gor'kij, NKRF
---
toes
(25)
Stavropol', Agri-
10 tons
Sugar
Stavropol', Sugar
culture Dept.
Sales
In 2nd quarter
(26)
Stalingrad, NKRF
5 tons
For 2nd quarter
(27)
Preznya Railroad
500 tons
Palm oil
Dzhul'fa, Iran-
Station, 1st Mos-
Soviet Transit
cow Vitamin
Plant
(28)
Moscow, 2nd
400 tons
Moscow Vitamin
Plant
(29)
Shchelkovo,
521 tons
Palm oil
Vitamin Plant
(30)
Ufa, Vitamin
700 tons
Plana oil
Plant
(31)
Georgievsk
35 tons
Vegetable
Pyatigorsk,
In June
oil
Vegetable Oil
Sales
(32)
Stavropol', Oil
35 tons
Vegetable
Supply
oil
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For May
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(33)
Tkvarcheli
100 tons
Vegetable
Coal
oil
100 tons
Cheese
(34)
Tiflis, Georgian
25 tons
Husks
Tiflis, CD
Vegetable Oil
for Vegetable
Procurement
Fat and Oil
(35)
Saratov, NKRF
19 tons
(36)
"Volga Tanker"
6.2 tons
Butter
Saratov, NKRF
(37)
Stalingrad,
11. 7 tons
Lower Volga
Steamship Agency
(38)
Stalingrad, NKRF
1. 1 ton
Butter
(39)
---
160 tons
Tobacco
Tiflis, Georgian
Tobacco Supply
c) Deliverie-s
(40)
Ordzhonikidze,
300 tons
Barley
Military Camp
Grain Procure-
195
ment
(41.)
Ordzhonikidze,
200 tons
Barley
NK.for Food In-
dustry
(42.)
..Kujbyshev, NKRF
4 tons
Fodder
grain
---
(43)
Stalingrad, Lower
11. 7 tons
Vegetable
Volga Steamship
fat
---
Agency
13.4 tons
Animal fat
---
35 tons
Meat
(44)
Astrakhan, NKRF
1000 tons
Salt
Vladimirovka
d) Production
For 2nd quarter
For 2nd quarter ?
In May
Allocation from the
above shipment
11
In June
(The camp belongs
to the Transcau-
casian Front. )
In April
In 2nd quarter
tl
(45) According to plan,. Ordzhonikidze, NK for the Food Industry, is to produce in June:
1200 tons of bakery goods
100 tons of pastry
20 tons of confectionery products
(46) On instructions of the State Committee for Defense of the Land, Stavropol' Oblast'
is to dry 100 tons of vegetables and to preserve 1000 tons of cabbage from the 1943 harvest for
supply of the Red Army.
(47) Tiflis, Beer Industry:
On hand
Received
On hand
1 May
in May
1 June
Barley
566 tons
130 tons
305 tons
Malt
415 tons
340 tons
278 tons
Hops
14 tons
I1 tons
(48) On 4 June the tobacco factory at Tiflis had an inventory of 17 tons of tobacco and
no cigarettes.
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3.) Oil Supply
(49) In the first half of June numerous requisitions and authorizations for fuel and lubri-
cants were to be noted. They were- more- voluminous than in previous months because requisi-
tions or. authorizations for the third quarter were included in them. Larger requisitions for the
Georgian SSR and larger authorizations for enterprises of the NK for Non-ferrous Metals and
for various NKRF offices could be determined.
I. Fuel
a) Requisitions
Consignee
Quantity
Type
Consignor
Remarks
(50)
Baku, Azerbaj-
350 tons
Oil
For 3rd quarter
dzhan NK for
775
Petroleum
(51)
Sovkhozes
Krasnodar,
Distillery
4
Petroleum
(52)
Majkop,. Dis-
4
Petroleum
(53)
tillery
Ordzhonikidze
8
For reconstruction
(54)
(Reconstruction
Directorate ?)
Tiflis, Georgian
in North Ossetia,
for June.
(55)
SSR
Tiflis, Ferrous
For 3rd quarter
Metal Supply
0.5
Petroleum
For June
(56)
Baku, Azerbajd-
391.2
Gasoline
For 3rd quarter
(57)
zhan NK for
Sovkhozes
Erivan, Sovkhoz
Cultivation
8
Gasoline
For June, supple-
(58)
Krasnodar, Dis-
10
Gasoline
mentary
tillery
(59)
Majkop., Distillery 8 Gasoline
(60)
Ordzhonikidze
120
Gasoline
For reconstruction
(61)
(Reconstruction
Directorate ?)
Tiflis, Georgian
in North Ossetia,
for June
SSR
800
Gasoline
For 3rd quarter
(62)
Tiflis, Ferrous
2
Gasoline
For June
(63)
Metal Supply
Baku, Azerbajdz .
329
Ligroin
For 3rd quarter
(64)
han NK for Sov-
khozes
Ordzhonikidze
70
Ligroin
For reconstruction
(65)
(Reconstruction
Directorate ?)
Baku, Azerbaj-
10
Gas oil
in North Ossetia,
for June
Additional for June
dzhan NK for
Sovkhozes
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b) Authorizations
(66)
Gorkij, NKRF
2000 tons
Mazut
-Astrakhan,
-Oil Sales
In June, for 3rd
quarter
(67)
Yaroslavl',
NKRF
469
Mazut
(68)
Kujbyshev,
Oblast' Water-
ways Directo-
rate
550
Mazut
(69)
Ordzhonikidze,
Railroad
3000
Mazut
Groznyj
For June
(70)
Ordzhonikidze,
Railroad
3000
Mazut
Makhach Kala
For June
(71)
Saratov, Oblast'
Waterways Di-
rectorate
450
Mazut
---
For June
(72)
Ufa, .Ship Repair
Yard "Oktyabr' -
skaya Revolyutsi-
ya", Belaya
200
Mazut
Kamust'e,
NKRF
Steamship Agency
(73)
Kujbyshev (NKRF?)28000 tons Fuel No. 14
Oil ?
Astrakhan, Oil
l
S
In June, for 3rd
(
)
a
es
quarter
(74)
_Kutaisi
10
Oil
-~-
In June
(75)
.Pyatigorsk
13
Oil
- a -
In June
(76)
Poti, Technical
Dept. of the
10
Coal
---
In May
Black Sea Fleet
(77)
Erivan, NK for
Agriculture
5
Diesel oil
Erivan, Oil Supply In June
(78)
Pyatigorsk,
Cognac Trust
2
Diesel oil
---
In June, for
agriculture
(79)
Elista, Road
Directorate
0.5
Petroleum
---
In June
(80)
Erivan, NK
for Agriculture
900
Petroleum
Erivan, Oil Sales
(81)
Kutaisi
20
Petroleum
(82)
Pyatigorsk
26
Petroleum
Cognac Trust
(83)
Stavropol',
Rajon Road
Department
0.2
Petroleum
(84)
Tiflis, Georgian
Canning Trust
2
(85)
Tkvarcheli,
Tkvarcheli Coal
5
Petroleum
(86)
Ust'-Usa
3
Petroleum
---
(87)
Erivan, NK
for Agriculture
150
Gasoline
Erivan Oil Sales
In June
(88)
Kislovodsk,
Motor Vehicle
Dept. of the Rail-
road
5
Gasoline
Stavropol',
Oil Supply
In June
(89)
Kutaisi
9
Gasoline
In June
(90)
Pyatigorsk,
Cognac Trust
2. 2
Gasoline
In June, of which
2 tons for agricul-
tur e
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(91)
.Poti, Technical
Dept. of the
Black Sea Fleet
1. 5 ton
In May
(92)
Stavropol',
Rajon Road Dept.
0.5
Gasoline
(93)
Tiflis, Georgian
.Canning Trust
I
Gasoline
(94)
Tiflis, Ferrous
Metal Supply
1
Gasoline
Tiflis, Oil
Supply
(95)
Tkvarcheli,
Tkvarcheli Coal
3
Gasoline
---
(96)
Ust'-Usa
0.1
Gasoline
(97)
Elista, Road
Directorate
0.5
Ligroin
(98)
.Erivan, NK for
Agriculture
120
Ligroin
Erivan, OIl
Supply
In June
(99)
..Pyatigorsk,
Cognac Trust
3.5
Ligroin
In June for
agriculture
(100)
Stavropol',
Rajon Road Dept.
0.5
Ligroin
II. Lubricants
For June
a) Requisitions
(101)
Baku, Azerbaj-
dzhan NK for
.Sovkhozes
40 tons
Machine
For 3rd quarter
(102)
Tiflis, Georgian
ASSR
120
Machine
oil
For 3rd quarter
1200
Motor oil
10
Cylinder oil
10
Turbine oil
3
Spindle oil
6
Viscosin
(103)
Baku, Azerbaj-
dzhan NK for
Sovkhozes
19
108
Nigrol
Avtol
(104)
Tiflis, Georgian
ASSR
15
(105)
Baku, Azerbajd-
16
zhan NK for
Sovkhozes
(106)
Tiflis, Georgian
ASSR
3
b) Authorizations
(107)
Gorkij, NKRF
3000 tons
Machine
oil
Astrakhan,
Oil Sales
In June, for 3rd
quarter
(108)
Tiflis, Georgian
NK for Light
Industry
10 tons
Machine
oil
In June, for 3rd
quarter
(109)
Erivan, NK for
50
Motor oil
Erivan Oil
Agriculture
Supply
In June
(110)
Kujbyshev, Oblast' 10
Waterways Direc-
torate
In June
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(111), .
_...Saratov, Oblast'
Waterways Direc-
torate
10 tons
(112)
Degtyar, Copper
Mine
50
Cylinder
oil
Baku Oil Supply
In June
4113)
D.zhezkazgan,
Pit Directorate
25
Cylinder
oil
In June
(114)
Karabash,
Copper Mill
75
In June
(115).
. Kirovograd,
...Copper Mill
50
In June
(116)
Middle Urals,
Copper Mill
25
In June
(117)
Orsk, Copper
Sulphate Plant
50
Cylinder
oil
(118)
Southern Ural
Nickel
25
Cylinder
oil
(119)
Balkhash,
Copper Mill
75
Turbine oil
In June
(120)
Dzhezkazgan,
Pit Directorate
25
of
In June
(121)
..rovograd,
Capper Mill
50
In June
(122)
Krasnoural,
.Copper Mill
25
In June
(123)
Orsk, Copper
Sulphate Plant
25
In June
(124)
Stalinsk, Alumi-
num Plant
25
In June
(125)
Karabash,
.Copper Mill
25
Spindle oil
In June
(126)
Krasnoural,
Copper Mine
25
Spindle oil
Baku, Oil Suppl-y
In June
(127)
Kujbyshev,
(NKRF ? )
2000
Spindle oil
_...A.s.trakhan Oil
Supply
In June for.3rd
quarter
(128)
Orsk, Copper
Sulphate Plant
175
Baku, Oil Supply
(129)
Chelyabinsk,
for enterprises
of the NK for
Non-ferrous
Metals
125
(130)
Ural'sk, Alumi-
num Plant
25
(131)
Balkhash, Cop-
per Mill
25
(132)
Northern Urals
Bauxite Mines
50
In June
(133)
Ural'sk, Alumi-
num Plant
25
In June
(134)
Gorkij, NKRF
2000 tons
Avtol
Astrakhan,
Oil Supply
In June, for
3rd quarter
(135)
Yaroslavl'
(NKRF ?)
2000
Avtol
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(136)
Kujbyshev
(NKRF ?)
3000
Avtol
Astrakhan, -Oil
Supply
In June, for 3rd
quarter
(137)
Molotov
(.NKRF ?)
3000
Avtol
(138)
Saratov
(NKRF ? )
2000
Avtol
(139)
Tiflis, Food
Combine
10
Technical
fats
Baku, East Trade
(140)
Tiflis, CD
for Meat and
Milk Sales
11
Consignee
Quantity
Consignor
Remarks
(141)
Balkhash,
Copper Mill
50 tons
Baku, Oil
Supply
In June
(142)
B.ogo.alovsk,
Aluminum Plant
25
In June
(143)
Krasno.ural,
Copper Mill
Z5
In June
(144)
Kirovograd,
Copper Mill
25
In June
(145)
Moscow, F,,lec-
trode Plant
75
In June
(146)
Northern Urals,
Bauxite Mines
100
In June
(147)
Ural'sk, Alumi-
num Plant
25
In June
(148)
Southern Urals
Nickel
25
In June
(149)
Chelyabinsk,
Enterprises of
the NK for Non-
ferrous Metals
250
In June
(150) Baku, Beer Industry, received 8. 9 tons of petroleum for May. However, 26. 5
tons are needed.
(151) A large shipment of lubricants was noted to Chkalov, NKRF; there were delivered
in May, for the second quarter:
Machine Oil
0.
5 ton
Viscosin
0. 5 ton
Motor Oil
0.
5
Avtol
0.17
Cylinder Oil
0.
1
Solidol
0. 7
Spindle Oil
0.
3
Transformer. Oil
0. 2
(152) Tiflis, "Tsentrolit", fuel turnover from 26 to 31. May 1943:
Mazut 23 tons
Gasoline 500 tons
Petroleum --
Used On Hand
8 tons 39 tons
288 tons 599 tons
569 tons 341 tons
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(153) Tiflis, Hay-Procurement, fuel--turnover in May:
On Hand Received Used On Hand
(1 May) (In May (In May ) (1 June)
Petroleum 3. 15 tons 2. 5 tons 2.28 tons 3. 37 tons
Gasoline 4. 58 tons 0. 5 tons 0. 57 tons 4. 51 tons
(154) The fuel turnovers of "Tsentrolit", Tiflis, and of Hay Procurement, Tiflis,
present in all a well-balanced picture. The receipts correspond to consumption or were higher moreover, sufficient balances were on hand.
4.) Production
(155) Somehwat increased cement requisitions and cement deliveries for industrial
reconstruction and expansion of plants are being established.
(156) For reconstruction work in North Ossetia the C. D. for Construction Materials
in Tiflis is to deliver 300 tons of cement in June.
(157) The winery in Avchala is to receive 250 tons of cement in June, probably to
enlarge the plant.
(158) The Meat and Dairy Industry in Armenia is to receive 30 tons of cement in June
from a cement plant in Ararat.
(159) The macaroni factory in Armavir requires the following additional building
materials:
45 tons of lime
25 tons of cement
11 tons of alabaster
126 cubic meters of wood
120 square meters of glass
(160) The Uzbek NKPS plant is receiving 18 carloads of plant fixtures and tools, 5
carloads each from Tiflis, Kishly (about 5 kilometers north of Baku), and Puta (17 kilometers
west-south-west of Baku), and 3 carloads from Sumgait (28 kilometers northwest of Baku).
(161) The rebuilt. cannery o.f the Meat Combine in Stavropol' has resumed production in
great volume. It is to receive 200, 000 glass containers.
(162) In connection with the increase of working hours in armaments enterprises an d
the 'increase of production in industry, the First Confection Factory in Tiflis is introducing the
ten-hour day in June and July.
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(163) Reconstruction work in the reconquered oblasti is, as before, very intensive,
At present in Rostov/Don, where this work is being undertaken with special vigor, sunken
steamers are being raised. The steamers "Lenin", "Maksim Gorkij", and "Kiev" have already
been raised.
(164) In the course of industrializing Middle Asia, bakeries and water mills are being
set up in the neighborhood of Kustanaj. Suitable transport is on the way to Kustanaj, namely, 3
cars from Moscow and 2 cars from Alma-Ata.
(165) In Kustanaj itself storage places and storerooms are under construction. Gasoline
and fuels are needed for this purpose.
(166) Newly noted mines and plants:
Mines in Dzhezkazgan (475 kilometers west-south-west of Karaganda)
Copper mines in Krasnoural'sk (50 kilometers north of Nizhnij-Tagil)
Bauxite mines in the Northern Urals, location unknown
.Mine "Southern Urals Nickel-Cobalt", location unknown
Aluminum plant in Ural'sk
Aluminum plant in Bogoslavskij (200 kilometers north of Nizhnij-Tagil)
Copper mill in Krasnoural'sk
Copper mill in Kirovograd (75 kilometers north-north-west of Sverdlovsk)
Copper mill in Karabash (85 kilometers north-west of Chelyabinsk)
Plant 660 in Tomsk (manufactures electric light bulbs)
Copper sulphate plant in Orsk (the Metal Combine in Orsk is confirmed by this)
Plant No. 6 confirmed (produces coupling-chains and coupling-rings for the River
Fleet, among other things)
5.) Miscellaneous
(167) According to a message of 12 June on the River Fleet radio network, all Political
Departments of the NKRF are being dissolved-by 1 July 1943. The message reads in part:
"To all Political Departments of the NKRF.
" The responsibility for the dissolution of the Political Department by 1 July 1943
is assigned to the responsible E ,itor? of the local NKRF newspaper and to the book-
keeper of the same newspaper.
"The property of the Political Department is transferred free of charge to the
Steamship Agency. All outstanding claims are to be collected; if necessary they
are to be charged to general. accounts, according to the arrangement received.
Individual debts are to be cancelled. Credit balances, except those belonging to
the newspaper, are to be cancelled. The report on the completed dissolution
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and settlements, together with the transfer transactions, bank statements, lists
of debtors and creditors, etc. , is to be presented to the Chief Directorate by
15 July. The settlements are to be provided with the necessary explanations. "
(168) It appears from a message on another radio network that the Political Depart-
ments of the sovkhozes in Stavropol' Oblast' are likewise being dissolved. The transfer of
property to the sovkhozes must take place by 15 June.
(169) The following subscriptions to state war loans were determined:
The workers of the cotton mill in Leninakan
248000 rubles
The workers, male and female, of a collective in Stepanovan Rajon
600000 rubles
Moreover, the latter delivered all obligations of the first state loan ( ?) to the Fund
for Defense of the Land.
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