SOVIET UNION MILITARY - ECONOMIC REPORT

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1943
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SOVIET UNION MILITARY-ECONCEIC REPORT
Translated from the German Report
Dated: 22 and 23 March 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 (HNW, LNA)
issued a series of reports to show the USSR military-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 1943F-three
Fo?tA reports have been translated and issued by
It is planned to issue a complete set of translations of the reports
beginning with the most rec l aiorkin backward, but omitting
those already translated by The numbering of
the items was added by the translator since the Germans did this
only in the last eighteen reports, inclusive. Since
the original material was in Russian, 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 mean-
ing of the abbreviation will be given in parenthesis the first time
it occurs in each report.
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22 March 1943
The Soviet Union
Military-Economic Report
(Based on domestic radio traffic)
More Important Reports
(1) A Georgian Directorate of the Civil Air Fleet, headquarters in Tiflis,
was mentioned for the first time in a message of 20 March.
(2) In radio communications of the Civil Air Fleet, Repair Brigades and
Technical Brigades appear for the first time.
(3) An enciphered message of 15 March from Kazan to Tashkent confirmed
the Night Squadron (see Daily Report 6 March). Location is probably Tashkent.
(4) In a message of 19 March from Alma Ata to Moscow a 9th NKVD Flight
Squadron was mentioned. The location can be presumed to be at Alma Ata. NKVD
Flight Squadrons appear thus for the first time in the radio traffic of the
Civil Air Fleet,
(5) A Group Raskazov appeared for the first time in a message of
19 March from Kazan (?) to Moscow (?).
(6) During the 1943 navigation period the Irtysh Steamship Agency has
to transport 20,000 tons of bread grain from Kyshtovsk Rajon.
(7) For-the reconstruction of Stalingrad, 1,144,000 rubles were ex-
pended in Stepanavan Rajon in the period from 23 February to 15 March.
(8) In Erevan a Plant 447 is to be erected. 300 cars will be required
in May for transportation of materials to the city, including:
for cement 50 cars
for timber 30 cars
Personnel Situation
(9) A trade school of the NKRF is located at the Maekovsk Plants in
Novosibirsk.
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Food Situation
(10) Stalingrad NKRF will receive from the NK for the Meat and Dairy Industry
2 tons of butter.
(11) Chardzhou NKRF is to receive 188 kilograms of dog food.
(12) The following NKRF offices will receive for March the allocations stated
below of fodder for horses, which are engaged in timber procurement:
Place
Type of Allocation
Amount
Supplier
Chardzhou
Fodder grain
1 ton
Ashkhabad
Fodder grain
1 ton
Stalinabad
Fodder grain
2 tons
Tashkent
Semipalatinsk
Fodder grain
3 tons
Alma Ata
Chaff
1 ton
Alma Ata
Qnsk
Fodder grain
2 tons
Sverdlovsk
Chaff
1 ton
Sverdlovsk
Barnaul
Fodder grain
3 tons
Barnaul
Chaff
1 ton
Barnaul
Novosibirsk
Fodder grain
3 tons
Barnaul
Fodder grain
4 tons
Novosibirsk
Chaff
1 ton
Barnaul
Chaff
1 ton
Barnaul
Irkutsk
Fodder grain
17 tons
Irkutsk
Chaff
1 ton
Irkutsk
Metal and Metal Products Supply
Tiflis.
(13) The CD for Canning in Moscow reported the following surpluses of ferrous
metals:
Sheet iron
0.6 tons
Rolled sheet iron
1.4 "
Assorted iron
0.6 "
Seamless wire
1.3 "
(14) The copper industry reports to the NK for Non-ferrous Metallurgy in
Moscow that on 13 March 5 tons of copper products, and since the beginning of the
month 34 tons of copper products have been manufactured. The balance of undelivered
copper products is 82 tons.
(15) The Ferro-Plant in Zestafoni reports that on 12-14 March the following
Camp 220 in Chelyabinsk 943 tons carbon steel
Camp 810 in Moscow 110 tons steel in March
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(16) Tkvarcheli Coal Industry reports that on 14 March, 18 tons of scrap iron
and in the first quarter, 30 tons of scrap iron were shipped.
(17) Astrakhan NKRF received an order to deliver to the Ural River Fleet 2,000
meters of galvanized chain.
Oil Supply
Tiflis.
(18) The CD of the Azerbajdzhan Black Sea Fish Industry required in March
additionally:
Diesel oil
Gasoline
Petroleum
3
3
2
tons
tons
tons
(19) Ordzhonikidze.
The Construction Directorate requires the following fuel:
Yearly Requirement
Requirement in 2nd Quarter
Mazut
400 tons
150 tons
Petroleum
10 tons
4 tons
Gasoline
18 tons
6 tons
Oil
70 tons
25 tons
Production
(20) The NKRF Plant "Dzerzhinskij" in Molotov is in arrears with the comple-
tion of designs for spare parts.
(21) Chkalovsk NKRF is to deliver to the Water Transport Base in Uglich
direct current motors of 220 volts with an output of 8-20 kilowatts.
23 March 1943
More Important Reports
(22) In radio communications of the Civil Air Fleet the following message of
20 March from Kazan to Moscow was transmitted:
"To the CD for Supply, Kuznetsov.
According to Order Number 320 of the Second Department, goods
for Kujbyshev are destined for the Moscow Directorate . .
Belyaev desires shipment to Dzhuzaly.
Radio advice immediately.
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One can gather from this message that a part of the CD in Moscow has its
location in Kujbyshev.
(23) In a message from Alma Ata to Moscow on 20 March a Pashchenskaya Training
Squadron was noted in communication with the Uzbek Directorate (see Daily Report
18 February).
(24) The Labor Office in Erevan reported on 15 March the following distribution
of trainees who have completed their education:
Total number of trainees 1302 men
To Plant(?): Number of Students
Number 4 27 men
7 88
8 293
13 33
16 4
18 150
21 75
23 52
NK for Light Industry 29
NX for Agriculture 4
NK for the Textile Industry 183
NK for Local Industry 91
To workshops 45
To the Army 26
NK for Meat and Dairy Industry 15
Electric Streetcar Plant in Erevan 48
Erevan City Soviet 15
Departed for their own rajons 42
Called into the Army 36
Sentenced 1
Not accomodated 4
Called into the Army until final exam --
Removed for various reasons 63
Chemical Supply
(25) Tiflis. The Georgian NK for Light Industry reports that no extract ex-
ists in Dzhulfa and in Tabriz. The Leather Factory has completely suspended the
production of stiff leather.
(26) Erevan. The Rubber Industry reports that the shipment of 15 tons of
carbine oil from Plant "Sovpren" in Erevan in the month of March is held up through
the lack of acetone. The immediate shipment of 20 tons of acetone is requested,
since no acetone can be found in the Transcaucasus.
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(27) The Armenian NK for Light Industry reports that the insufficient produc-
tion of "monochrome" can be explained by the delivery of only 40% of the monthly
requirement of soda.
(28) The Chemical Plant in Kirovakan shipped on 20 March 1 carload of carbide
to Plant 83 in Khabarovsk.
(29) Batumi. CD for Technical Oil Supply reports that on 1 March there was no
usable balance of acid.
Balance:
Rubber 7 tons
Indicator matter 1.3 tons
Balance on 12 March:
Rubber 15 tons
Indicator matter 1.8 tons
A usable balance of acid did not exist.
(30) Stavropol. Oblast' Veterinary Supply requires from the NK for Agriculture
in Moscow, by airplane, the following medical supplies:
Iodine
8 kilograms
Potassium iodide
10 "
Camphor
5 "
Caffeine
5 "
Tripanflavin
5
Tuberculin
10 "
Peptone
5 "
Malein
15 "
Syringe.; 10-20 grams
150 "
NFedles
1080 "
Additional creolin
for April
3000 tons
Clothing Situation
Tiflis.
(31) The Georgian NK for Light Industry has two carloads of shoes to be
shipped in the month of April. One carload of this goes to Voroshilovsk and one
carload to Ordzhonikidze.
(32) The Georgian NK for Ferrous Metallurgy reports that the knitted goods
yearly stock amounts to 1,500,000 rubles.
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(33) The Georgian CD for Textile Supply and Sales reports the following
shipments of silk as of 15 March:
Consignee 2imount
Ka bard i no-Balkar ASSR
Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Dagestan ASSR
Azerbajdzhan
Georgia
Armenia
Export
(of this 951 meters remain
from the 4th quarter)
NK for the Aviation Industry
236 meters
235 "
303 "
916 "
1.0317 "
2115 "
1628 "
1744
Total 17494 meters
(34) The Main Office for Labor Reserves requires from the CD for Light
Industry Sales and from the CD for Labor Reserves in Moscow the following consign-
ment:
Half furs 20,000
Gloves 128,000 pairs
Stockings 18,000 pairs
(35) The CD for Wool Sales in Erevan requires 53 cars for the shipment of
wool on the Transcaucasus Railway.
(36) The Industrial Cooperative of Stavropol Oblast' will receive the
following material allocations:
Cotton goods 37,000 meters
Bandages 5,000 to
Rags 20 tons
Yarn 0.4 ton
(37) The Plant "Krasnyj Oktyahr" in Spaz-Klebiki will receive:
Wadding 5 tons
Furthermore, from Makhach-Kala:
Chrome leather 10,000 meters
and from Tiflis:
Stiff leather 2 tons
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