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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100050017-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: May 22, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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rtso,ae k~ TeLIpbope !4!
8erUN"1 Oroeee 8N
Looeb?d at
ONe~-a" brLO the "
the "Ob.SL$ be Tebetlt
This e~o~
at Wi', Teglherd lb. The a of tb. VVI it
1b'. Dibler. oe of the d i; ~ beat of the ~
'B PhiY it locate
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Co e$
aad .estion of thr *b
Y. Orin
U. pereomM.
III. Orau1Istio1
lv. ataotare
T. S*Ler aM ONr1N
TI. y.1epwnt.
Looation of the P]snt.
I. Orl4n the ~~. The !iri-
aar ret ap ~-lter the ?~ ~
The at ~rie~
Laoated ~ ~ der of the 8erl~- ios1 bnriarrr
'Nr oxidic ~
Zixlcar ~" sr the Frie4rioh~treeee ~~ilr04d 9tibton) ? This
(B.r3tn 7, A*
iooaIiea wse boulsd out, aad the ii* to HohenrohoeahaaM1 -, frog
N'rad
it raTed to
oe. At the be~ai of 196
diep~oed b~ s go~,et elti
ehere it ~ ed ? ! plsati ~~ the
Nr. The bpare torair~- oontaia
its piNee~ gnra~
~e~ led and did act sit ap spin.
~''~
er oa Morn of the iin p1r-~ ?t tieret-a. The
The Berlin play it a d ~,tireher ?sgrtit~~ tier".
r a ooatr~tion of the iaiti~-lr of NA
ewe Aeid i ooatod in the western 8eetex
a oentral oiliae ~hieb isa 1
Both r Nre run b y
acpcr'ted
a 3,ort all jnf) iMi. The Derma pyep hae aloe been
and which ber no ~- ~atber 3.s. aeataeb
e a+ to the ,~ ~. Both per are is e
&M oi/be].OU$
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th sash other, a bNsuas pstt~- rivalries between the aii*gsente d
the fro p1nfltr prce+snt slow Ieeperatiea.
The Dessau psnt is nnoh lsrger than the one in Berlin. It else has a X11
enala tart Far the on ?! snake poison. ~ ~ !~o hag! laa~ the prodnotion
, r
of .i laa eerar~;fir tetanus .~, and works together with a large
natios'rliaed estate. ]b eonoentrater ar1n17 on the field it YeteriMrr aedieine,
while the Berlin plant ooneentrater of producing preparatienr der hgNrn aeon
she Berlin plont was oonf isoated in 1946. In 1941 it was attached to the
DW C i'Uo unseal) and in F?brvs 271949 it was off toils doolared to b. a
vs8 (t.].k.dg.mr Bstrisb - nationalised plant) and attach d to the so] oeraern,
which tfate oontains to urns factories ? the only ones in th. soviet sous
ml a t t a o h . d map of the p1anb it iaot drain to scale, bat oalr to indioate the
layout. '
ml plant oo nsists of
a) a uterus, tyro-rtorr ? N Mee psi, pith
j-nttor r r root, delivrims, shipping, and raw sateri&1s itorago
b) a one-story wooden building
r
mu~aging office, olerioal department, salve departmsnt
o) main b*iUing
ground floors zoos for preparing of nutritivs rol-rrMlrrr fir
r
oultnrsr, sterilising root for vessels, adacing aitohine root,
laundry
seoond floors laboratiries and mansfaotaring, rows for growing
bacteria oultarssr filling rear far phials, rear fir taking and
treating of blood, office and spseial laboratory of the prednoti.n
i noger. .
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floors Filling rooa for various prodaots, paoking+f'depart- t
third
r
mint storage for 'wrapping nw terial, storage for finis sd prodaots
d) old building, running in longitndii*1 direction
ground t'ioers luting PLrrt~ etua g.n.ratar, aaisal stabL.,
arahanteal ~o~ao~^lisas ahoP, oarp.nE.r shop
wooed floors root irtth laboratory at.., wsion sins., persoaa.l
offio, payaaster's office, aooounting depar rt
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third !`loes's isrkers ' rser
e) _
pvoued foers sateen, 3s tor" spir t
.MOM !loss I aagir's apsrtri1i
While the lira eras beiag held in tadr it uar wry pOS'17 $IU1S
hi lea. lea the Tf P'hr~rr- took it ere., it had debts et
and opiratid a4 a ~
1+00 A 000 st ' tel~-1d0 o001ert risk in bsnk debts alas aae~ed,
ppr0arisa
p?lst of the rest ,Nat psid, ohils the litter of piyof the minder has Mt
ed. The aerguiration of the plant did net rsa117 start spill
yet been real
the spring of 1469 bnt lptho end ef the ysar it us already ab1Ie to eps rate
ithcNt terer On the r e)a, the p u was built tip in a very ratisyaot*ry and
~I
thorois& /sibson. At pNrentr tyre are still a lot of sherteeala? and l1~s~lher
derelIpareDt has been haMSPId badly, bssaure inrrsst+w nt sredits !es' pests net
it still
dng eritieal rterials hew ban drastiea3iY sit. 1k The ply
sped of 1inoSsMa floors for the labeo'ateries, dsMbla dMs i, ardern
Y5,7 badly in
binoeular aj~osoopis, ete.
It. Personnel: ,
Managers Oeo approx. SO years old, m aber of the 88D (serialist Unity Pa y
ed laborer, ased to be 3sr~tor oud than aha*rrr-n Si the laetory
of a-x'ssnT), uaikill
trade rnian.
1 dSreotors Atsler, approx. 40 years old, zk bq profession too].ker,
Personae
used be work in this oapaoity at A it Treptorr, as?.r of appsars to be a
rl~ber a+~n. ifs is also the ohairman of the taetory tsrado wiion and
o31eaMhiakin6,
holds s 'v?ry strong position in the plant.
eioian i Dr. BraMenbnrgi no party of filistion, his aettTity at e
Chief phy
plant is hot his mein oooupation.
l r Ctyplx, approx. 50 years old, probab3y phe-r st bl- per-
Prodieiiaa ~
py
lersion no iiifOs* affiliation, politically neutral, soil versed is his p stereiei
of saMwh&t ohoierie nature.
p147eer $ October 3%9s 68
darmeary 1950* 81
Planned for duly 1950* 100
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e Nta1'7 OO1D lout vonuiaE. of ! Msaas (f M^bss's, 1 N~di4siI !q
awrbr.hip). All arpSoyue ate asrs ~t th? lro0a C Pr.i.r Dwbaelwr OwNrkaslf~-
bwd- tsei 0usn !'sd.nbion at meads Onions).
III. organiiatiop
YVI lh&raa
Motion manager
"Laboratories
?Procotion
Pilling department
-Paeking department
Anisr~l ease
L Maintenance shops
Sales meager
wlParohaees and storage
Saks
H Aoeting
HPPnts
L,. workers
TDB
Paet*r7 tr&ds union
D.
?ariaster's ollioe
,,. PM*.Isi *M
.i i * r .~1fie
ml prodnets listed beloN are mar~taotnred by the p *nt:
noeiis
Deram and to n produati for huam n uses
Dame
Diphtheria toxo3d
DS-6O*X I XDLD
Trl.-Tbmid (Di-sea.Tuu)
001134
aemoser*n..Asid
titistelaid
Pyrasld
Triple vaoeine ggainst diphtheria, aearlet lever
and ihoopdig ooli i
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disases, against diatisrbu ie
and allirgies L,. j a
P.rssne~l ~ti~
L
agairiet gonorrhoea, made in two strengths
stiarlatii i the antibodies aaissat inleetiws
,
aaiiet iafeetiess iI-estiial dLI.UI r
ternrOsdneiig dig, aade is twe strengths
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Use
Diphtheria vaooIs
Double vaooine against diphtheria aid solrlet
lava
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Sys apd taeeias DNdt? for AuNaa ate, aat'd
~~ ON
8ta ropi ?g&i**t ira~wl~si~ &M sLdL*s dinassa
'Hete.ra4iid-J--D-4 !es' dstsrala~-tiea of bind R~
'iwdtropia-A id apirast Rba~at awl
lyphne-P$rat7*+11s ~l apitit typlu aad 1Duati7piU
taosi. Adel
.parat~ion m~d. of s** poison, apinsti
~~~ ii1br, d~m~al6i&, rbwsati~a, o.
ieteii' dip
Perlaosr
Anti~rirue prsparationsr
again., acid rirdl*r skin dissoae
of dosert io aaiMml$
made in form of drops or ointaant
pha osntiss1 preparatiofsr
A ear drops
anU- irur w e plrion apiest oatar
Juiut* Rhi~nel~t diNlr,c
~' ppes~-1 dioi~toetad-
e Yalranol
oil a~prt rhero~matier
~r vipo~--ont~-a
enblee ~. eharutii a tarp Lbor-
The entire praduetion operatioa ree
Fork it done expertly, eArrfaUy end deliberatM
story rather than 4at-Ot a factory.
ly, ~caot plannin6, such as it done in a good- or metal?proosesing pLunt, it iNr
possible, since the jrterials are not inert but liar. It happens repeatedly that
d.apte the beet care. Ttu production of ,.,+i-for
cultures of baateri& will. die
;s. blood donors w do not oo~ae regularly, chile animal
~ ~~depeadr on hvn
sorperlmentr d? riot ee,ua though the um vaooinee were used. Titers
c~ elt~e,Ys .
are a of such unoontro],1rab11 oiroumstan0er ~rhioh prevent rtand,ardi$4tion or
pri~i$i pbg. ginoe the health officer oanmt know in advanee dth certainty
ll need at any given time arri since yaoeines coot be
hoer anoh rracothr they wi
and, thus oanaaiot be kept in etoik in great qiizntitiec,
rto-d f great, Periods
~ 1 ~... r. ' ~ 1
3,oadr 'on the produStion of the as preparations
raddea~,hea'~
a.reitating k.ptng on hand of ]srp sores of bane w~atertalr for heir predtietiem.
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She health oflioel guyr set short dolivsry terms for the vsooines, while
~'
weeks are needed for the prodnotion of s given quantity. It s
at least several
teal dilfienlt to pridiot the ofits of the OYite?NrtIS ? to lot Iale1 gietU,
~'
mash less to fill them.
The sreraSa hourly wage of the female rorkere is 1.01 to 1.17 DII. V!agee are
not ptid on s Ateoework bats.
V. 9ppj Ly of By VsterI ill
eutor of raw materials Le tho rnmtrtttYe eeai4eae deptrtn nt,
The main con
where beef *4 hereeroeat a,nd pLant extraote ere processed. The beet p vegetable
a
sr which i3 obtained from 3~k Ladiun seaweed. Thv plant et
subetonae ie sgar-ag
to 6 kilogram, New ahipmente are reportedly wv v.iabll even for
ham a stook of 5 ~' r
payQaent of Ike stern Mark. substitute, malts of seaweed from the Baltio,amr .veatual-
1~r be suitable as an additive.
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The obtaining f snake poiaon i e also dif f ioult. It was attempted to establs an enak? larw at the plant 'pith vipers ehipped by sir from Thio11*Yia. Apparently
,
condition are still to poor for the enimale, besauee aU 25 vipers,
the transport
arrival died within two weeks. Srxke poison is new obtained
whioh were aline on
from the mike farm of the Desssm p1snt.
of ralioyia- _.A- pis! odld,~, _t~
~ There is also s shorr~tssg~
aoetirw, and rimilar prodwetsr ~hioh kU have to be obta iMd in a rowdabotit-
from the Western Sister of Berlin o from the Western eoms of Oerr~ny. Sines the
fi
,mod are relstivelr saiU, dt* to the native of the prodnotion,
c~sntities ~
the wait eseentilil gn,ntitier have sbgs been available. The prisse of the fiedshod
Y
products are vei -geed ao that it is possible to bur Western xarkr pith the hSj
- r
it and tree these to piarehase raw materials.
1I. Sales and Corers.
for the first and second ggarter of 1950 begins with
The b17 plan gaote-
a turmy.r of 107 000 and ende 4th U6 000 DL This quota can probably be met.
The produotivity dttrifll the last queer of 1949m was , 0001 per worker, ithioh
is a fairy high figure.
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are evPplied costly to pharrwantiaal wholeralere, to the
he p ,
to a sail] sztent, direotl7 to
publi4 health !!liner of the Maetern Zone, and,
phureaoies ( thi is r.s11Y P'ohibitid, wine it it in vto1i tioa d the regu1atio3Is
e
traffio). Theis are no reparations orders, btoaare the noeinr$
gvTSrning goods
cannot bo stored fora great ]1wgttt of tia~ and ere thud not edtable. The ship-
nte direatljr troaa tho p]*rit to the Aid Asp' are .U. In 'the list ctartir e1
ae
id o-'1' to 6% of total eales. Ths products are un11y shlpDSI
199 Chop ,m
direotly to the troop units and pqMnt$ aide on ~dc deltvsry.
The o/icon market is dooibted between the Berlin and the Desna per.
'~vi ,
'rho Berlin p] ant eupice Dez'1in, Brandsnb'Wg, and 1teoklenbroo~g?Paw~rsrrs, chile the
~.
Dessau plant eupp'liea Snansen, 9aioheen"nha1t, and 'rhueringSfl.
No export ehipaents have ban made since the war.
D for iaoeiais how been reeeirsd fro? Paktetan, Denmark, and
and bier trere? worket.. t and eubaitted to the Ministry of Torei~ ?nds
8eedioa,
and tsrials Supply, but the Miraetry has coot acted on then for a nonsiderabse
Ma
t :L. The plataanageernt does zt know rhether these export poeajeotu will
ae
rteri*Lt*a.
TII. Drrelop~ent
neM 1
aoteriologioal proph71Utia1 and raoeinss are being
At the present Live pia/h
reonnel is ooneentreting on the buildfrg ap art devsl.piag
developaeIflt, since all pe
t, iteelf . This eitMtion will probably riMin w handed threugtioat 1990.
of the ply
After eareful in estigetien in all direotione, ra iI iieatioTt could be found
or has biro uPPyif odt s ! OTd PS
according to e'hioh the plant to S*r1
r
for baoteriolo4oal warfare, neither was .i scab work eer2'ied oU there dm'bI
cultures of beater are tart shipped to arq- ~o Cs some" of
the war. ltri
the plant.The shipments odneiet exoluetvel7 of tixine, i.e. vaeeinei whioh do
contain basterio1ogle&l poieone, but in which the bacterta here bssn killed, asking
. ,
the vaaoinee ,
tq/inaapable of sp'.a44ng be-etei~ia. As a ratter of faot, these eabstanoer eannot
cause any infeetione. The rumors which state the dontrary do not oorrerpond to
facts. Decauoe of the extraordinar7 importance of this queetiop, it wue in
the
ted with e,eoial care, and the j veetigation was nob 13I*tted to information
veetiga -
rioedred from one source.
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~t rhipMOntr of arp- kind ?to ~poaeibSe~ t to th? ~t+rrS of the p~odwtioa
H at the
prOo?rr and the or!cniutioa of the plant. This it tho ritistton
preset ti.
tend of eketah t
lh'oeee 8e?rtraaee nape of et2M t
Qru?nii.eeoho - l ear.
ol,oaye~. cnUurivor, Bu - mnnatY', tW(atODT hu'.1d1T1
Pfoertner Jnttor
ait~eaoho$ot?er xtolrvorbflu ? ain!'~ o-!tort' w oden bu~.1c1j nt~
Na 1brj abadnde ? main ractPury bu~.1.tiY1
au old building, in 1oii'1tudiru1 d~rootton
star Laergsb
is unc, SehurP'n - ~? depot art shed
1,hgerpLa
Nbbnbau apartm' 'i J i 1
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