INSUFFICIENT PRODUCTION IN THE PRODUCTION AREAS OF THE MINISTRY FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800030006-2
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 28, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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20 August 1954, Minister Fritz Selbmann directed that Max
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fa ff:1..e:lent Production in the Production Areae NO. OF PAGES
o: the ministry for Heavy Industry
Friedemann, director of the Main Administration of Iron Induetsy,
take over the duties of Rudolf Steinwand, Deputy Minister for Productior.25X1
Area Metallurgy, who was in Moscow for a one-year training course.
Sclb..ann fur `er directed th t Dro Dieter 3auleck, director of the Main
Administration of the No rNir "G:. q- Metal Industry, should tale over Friede-
mann's duties in the Main ministration of Steel Industry and that
Pichtner (fnu), Plant Director of VEB Leichtmetallwerk Rackwitz, shculd
take over 3auleck's duties as director of the Main Administration of the25X1
tie~frrr~us. ~etal Industry.
the East German heavy industry had
co pietely fulfilled its production plan up to 31 July 1954, according
to "measurement valuesTM (Meeswerte). Percentages cf fulfillment varied,
however, ar..ng the various Production Areas; the coal industry's ful-
fillment pe-centage was 97.1 ,that of the electric power industry was
98.45', of the metallurgical industry 101.9% and of the ch"mical industry
100.3?`. The Lain Aidministr tion of Luxiliary P1?etallurgical Plants hrld
the poorest showing-according to "measurement values"-in the Ministry-
it was only 87%0.
3. Linister Selbmann pointed out that the electric power industry had pro-
duced 350 million kilowatts of power less than were called for by the
production plan for the first seven months of 1954 and stated that tbn.t
industry must add 220 megawatts (UN) to the electric power net dui!ng.
the third quarter of 1954
q~ Sell mann stated that the primary talk in the coal industry as to ensure
that screened coal (Siebkohle), lump coal and lignite briquettes were
orauuoed according to the plan. Likewise, the failure to produce suffi-
cient industrial coke was to be corrected and arrears in production made
up s:s of 2:: August, arrears in the production of lignite briquettes
Ziouiited to 900-On')
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:o proc.uction of ,,rude lignite, ore wining, putius;, i;;lr~i#xg and
ani to l~^' .._e -...ning were all unsat:isf !ctory; the :'ol.itbuero of the
rzi_stry ha recLently conferred concerning the situationand the :t osu tt4
..f ies discussions h; -d been the subject of a conference held by 'el!'+naau
L,114 the 5ec:tiona1 heads (Rev:i.ea leitungen) and plant directorate on 10
ugo t 1 ,--,4 3elbmann now oiled for a ~+idespread campaign to hr :r,g
:o:.', the achievement of the lignite ?roduction plei:s ^ the
;;cctional heads were to receive specific directives concerning this (:.nn
pait,-n,
SelbDann stated that in the metallurgical i?.dustrr overfulfiliment of the
p:l n had been achieved only inthearea of semi-finished products 128
percent of the plan = and in the rca of forgings and drop f oreinr;
108 per cent of the plan till other portions of the steel and norifc rOud mom
industries had failed to produce as much as 100 percent of the p!aii
In the chemical industry, Selbmann stated, the artificial fiber inciez.strj
t;.~;d 1't,ged behind the yearly an in the items of viscous artificial s l?.
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~'J:f .=;,ose-Frans tse::clc,), M 5 (Zellwol_e) on. ; e, lop cord silk Cord
seide) 4 and the same was '.rue of a number *cf construction materia la
(Baus~..cffcn) and products of tie fireproofing, industry,
ae.1.bmann announced that the investment plan of U e }'.inistrd was fulfi l b o,"
b~ 0.:5% as of 31 July 19549 but that it should be noted tha' the voluz-e
of i n es1,:ae nts had been increased in rune and that the former ;
were a; month behin. in `.heir reporting because the,,- were still rollowi nfr
the old reporting metkhodn Fulfillment of the plan in- the principal
ins {,;,:t? tioiis eras 51 2'~ but in the. auxiliary installations it as only 4`
He went to point out that existing construction capahilities did riotM
su ' ire to carry out ,a,1 the :Manned investment ; ro~ectso in thin core
nett i vin he issued the following instructions:
a Triarasfers of i.nv s .ent funds ::ore forbidden.
c, . ro,iects not yet otarted ;:ere not tobe begun during 13 .4
`': ;e:prises with investment ; rojects assigned to theca were em:'owercd
to concentrate on the insc-,allati,ors under constructioro
elbmann also announced that s e.=iai "GO ~etltior)a" were ptannei?
to