SOVIET UNION MILITARY - ECONOMIC REPORT 2/4

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• Publication Date: April 5, 1943
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SOVIET UNION MILITARY-ECONOMIC REPORT
Translated from the German Report 2/4
Dated: 5 April 1943
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During the Second World War the German Signal Intelli-
gence Control Center of the Staff of the Chief of Army
Signal Service (HNW, LNA) issued a series of reports
to show the USSR military-economic situation as reflec-
ted in Russian internal plain language traffic. These re-
ports appeared at short, irregular intervals, usually six
per month, for the period October 1942-March 1943.
Eighty-thi1hba&se reports have been translated and
issued by
It is planned to issue a complete set of translations of the
reports beginning with the most recent and woi 1 baak-
F~ ,3a t omitting those already translated by
The numbering of the items was added by the
translator since ti 1AIRI&ns did this only in the last
eighteen reports, inclusive. Since the
origin al material was in Russian, an effort has been
made when translating the German to determine the origi-
nal Russian term wherever possible. This is facilitated
by the Russian fondness for abbreviations. In these trans-
lations 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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5 April 1943
The Soviet Union
Military-Economic Report 2/4
(Based on domestic radio traffic)
I. Total Survey
1) Personnel Situation
(1) The shortage of workers and trained technical personnel is more and more noticeable
in the economy of Soviet Russia. The urban and rural population is being called into the work
program in greater numbers.
2) Food Situation
(2) The Flour Industry in the Transcaucasus fulfilled only 48% of its February plan.
(3) In the harbor of Baku there are stored 2000 tons of rice which have not yet been un-
loaded since the storage sheds are overfilled with goods. The necessary railroad cars are lacking
for transporting the rice.
(4) The collectives in the reconquered oblasti which were able to safeguard their cattle
before the arrival of the Germans are not bound to deliver eggs and ewe's cheese.
3) Metals
(5) The planned collection of scrap is being purused with greater emphasis. Within the
Communist youth groups a competition is being carried out in the collection of scrap.
4) Transport
Civil Air Fleet
(6) The location of the 1st Flight Transport Division is presumably in Vnukovo (22
kilometers west of Moscow) according to a message of 28 March, Included in the formation of the
civil air fleet were the 52nd Squadron in Alma Ata (Middle Asia) and the 82nd Squadron presumably
in Irkutsk. The latter can not carry out any flights because of the shortage of fuel.
5) Reconstruction in
Reconquered Oblasti
(7) For the repair of the Voroshilov Railway 48 railroad cars with technical material
were shipped from Tiflis to Tikhoretsk, The Armaments Plant "Bolshevik" in Volsk received
orders for "military reconstruction" in the reconquered oblasti. The fulfillment of this reconstruc-
tion is being delayed, since insufficient cement is being delivered because of the lack of railroad
cars.
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6) New Construction
(8) A new electrical plant is to be erected in Karaganda (Kazakhstan).
II. Separate Items
1)Personnel Situation
(9) In a conversation between Petropavlovsk and AlmaAta women tractor brigades
were mentioned.
Commissariat for River Fleet,
(10) The Chief Directorate in Moscow objects to the calling up of the chief of the pro-
duction plan division of the shipyard "Mikheev" in Vozdvizhenskoe (Gorki] Rajon).
(11) The offices in Astrakhan, Stalingrad and Gorkij are to report as of 1 April the situa-
tion regarding the mobilization of the rural and urban population for shipping work and reconstruc-
tion of the River Fleet.
(12) The office in Astrakhan received from its technical school 30 ship captains and 28
ship mechanics for practical training. The office of Stalingrad received 50 transport workers for
loading metal
(13) In.Saratov Rajon 35 sailors are needed for the oil ships of the-Plant "Volgatankerty.
(14) For practical training graduates of the technical school in Kirensk and other schools
ire being assigned to separate offices as follows: To Lena Steamship Agency 30 ship captains, 65
ship machinists. To the West Siberian Steamship Agency 85 machinists, 40 pilots. To the Ob
steamship Agency 15 ship machinists, 10 pilots. To the Angara Steamship-Agency 20 ship pilots,
)0 ship machinists.
(15) The office in Omsk needs workers from other offices, but cannot receive any since
here are no personnel there either.
(16) At the office in Krasnoyarsk 425 men are being transferred from among the non-
rianagement personnel: 81 men to be skippers, 59 pilots, 20 stokers, 212 sailors, 40 shipping
gents, 13 appraisers. Construction in the first quarter of the year within the office can not be
arried out because of the lack of workers and means of transportation.
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(17) In the harbor of Krasnoyarsk 16 construction workers and 39 transportation
workers are employed.
(18) The Water Transport Base in Khabarovsk has a labor force of 38 men.
2) Food Situation
(19) For sowing in Tiflis Oblast' the People's Commissariat for Procurement requires
5 tons of corn and 1 ton of beans.
(20) The Flour Industry in the Transcaucasus fulfilled only 48% of its February plan
for flour procurement.
(21) The Eastern Trade Bureau in Baku received 2000 tons of rice which could not be
stored in the storage sheds because they were overfilled. Up to the present time only 23 railroad
cars were available..
(22) The People's Commissariat for Forestry received from the Commissariat of
Grain Procurement a partial delivery of 9 tons of grain feed.
(23) On 24 March a canning factory in Kutais manufactured 3. 3 tons of food including
1. 2 tons which were shipped. At its storehouses there are 65. 6 tons wheaten grits, 19 tons grits,
2. 52 tons rice, 104 tons groats, 13.4 tons fat.
(24) The collectives in the Nalchik area which safeguarded their cattle before the
arrival of the Germans are not bound to deliver eggs and ewe's cheese.
(25) The Chief Directorate for Tobacco in Stalingrad made available to the office of the
Commissariat for. the River Fleet in Stalingrad t obacco goods worth 300, 000 rubles, the office in
Astrakhan tobacco goods worth 150, 000 rubles.
3) Fuel Situation
(26) For April the. People's Commissariat for the Timber Industry in Georgia needs 25
:ons of gasoline and 200 tons of mazut. The industrial plants of Makhachkala require 27 tons
gasoline, 24 tons ligroin, 162 tons motor oil, 5 tons avtol, 1 ton ligrol 25 tons kerosene, 30 tons
liesel oil, 7 tons machine oil and 1 ton of solidol.
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4) Coal Supply
(27) The Plant "Sovpren" in Erivan had a monthly requirement of 2, 000 tons of coal.
(28) There were shipped 150 tons of coal for the metal plant in Alaverdy and 50 tons of
coal for the plant in Zangezursk.
5) Metals
(29) In March Georgia was to receive from Iran 225 tons of rolled steel plate and 15 tons
of iron wire. The deliveries have not yet taken place.
(30) As of 20 March the People's Commissariat for the Meat and Dairy Industry in
Georgia collected 10 tons of old iron, of which 6 tons were delivered.
(31) Since the beginning of March a manganese trust received 5, 582 tons of ore from
Chiaturi and 12, 690 tons from Poti.
(32) In March the following large deliveries were carried out: From Kujbyshev to
Ural Steamship Agency two drums hawser (11 and 17 millimeters), from Novosibirsk to Baikal-
Zelenga Steamship Agency 300 meters seamless pipe, from Molotov to Chardzhou 20 tons of
steel scrap. Kujbyshev received 8 tons of steel hawser (Consignor unknown).
(33) The scheduled collection and delivery of scrap is being defectively carried out
by the offices of the People's Commissariat for the River Fleet in Chardzhou, Ilijsk and Omsk.
(34) Within the organization of the. Communist youth groups there is a competition in
scrap collection for the purpose of improving the supply of the metal industry.
6) Transport
(35) In Military Camp 177 in Krasnoyarsk 750 tons of oat s are stored which can not
be transported since no railroad cars are available.
(36) For ship repair in the year 1943-44 the offices of the People's Commissariat for
the River Fleet in Gorkij were authorized 1, 600, 000 rubles and the office in Molotov 1 million
rubles.
7)Reconstruction in the Reconquered
Obl a s ti'
(37) The Chief Directorate for Machines and Technical Equipment in Tiflis reports to
:he People's Commissariat for Transportation in Moscow that 48 railroad cars with technical
material were shipped for the repair of the Voroshilov Railway.
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(38) For the reconstruction of the Plant "Bolshevik" in Volsk 150 tons of cement are
to be shipped. However, since no railroad cars were made available, the shipment could
not take place.
8) Plants and New Construction
(39) A Plant #4 is located in Krasnoyarsk,
(40) .A new electrical plant is to be built in Karaganda. A few railroad cars were
already shipped with transformers, electric motors, electrical equipment and other machines.
(41) A new boiler with a heating surface of 150 centimeters and a steam engine of 250 hp
is to be set up at Plant "Teplokhod" in Gorkij.
9) Miscellaneous
(42) The metal pits in Rachinsk and Tomsk can not fulfill the shipping plan since rubber
and iron tires are lacking. 43 sets of automobile tires and 5 tons of iron for tire sections were
required.
(43) In March Kujbyshev delivered 11 sets of automobile tires to Aral.
(44) The Explosives Industry in Georgia (Tiflis) is to receive explosives from the
Explosives Industry in Uzbekistan. They are to be transported via Krasnovorsk.
(45) The Technical Oil Supply in Gorkij receives 4 tons of carbide from the chemical
combine in Chernorechenskaya.
(46) In. April the People's Commissariat for the River Fleet in Novosibirsk is to ship
I tank car of lacquer to .Plant "Volgatanker" in Astrakhan.
(47) The People's Commissariat for the River Fleet in Krasnoyarsk established a
price of 9, 544, 000 rubles for wintering the fleet for the winter of 1943-44.
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