PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC GASOLINE AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200450004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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'OUNTRY Poland DATE DISTR.
1 NOV 50
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1. Police (P8litz), Poland .i-jas the location of the largest German factory for
the manufacture of synthetic gasoline. This factory, undamaged and contain-
ing large stoats of;asoli no,, %ras taken over by the Russians at the end of
'Jorld '?ar? IT. After dismantling it, shipping all equipment and machinery
to the.US SR and demolishing part of the buildings, the Russians returned
the plant to the Polish authorities in 191+7. About the end of 1949 the
empty factory buildings where fenced i ith barbed wire, and in February 1950,
with the arrival of some factory equipment and machinery from Silesia, re-
construction work sins begun. however, progress has been slow because the
shipment of necessary material has been delayed, and from all indications
the factory will not resume operations in 1950? Some workers are of the
opinion that the factory will be used to manufacture products from pig-iron
rather than for the production of synthetic gasoline. . This statement is
supported by the fact that all the gasoline-manufacturing equipment tras re-
moved the Russians, and it is unlikely that the machinery now being in-
stalled could be used for this rurpose.
2. The machinery and equipment necessary for the prorlxction of synthetic aso-
line is imported from Getr:~any and is now in use in a factory at Dwory near
Kratcow), which Is the largest .synthetic gasoline factory in Poland today,
q rith its 1950 production expected to reach 50,000 tons. A factory at Luban
(Lubau), Silesia, is also being equipped to produce synthetic gasoline but
it is not yet ready for production.
3. In 1949 the raw petroleum from T-calls in Poland amounted to about 165,000
tons, with an additional 55,000 tons being imported. The 1950 production
is expected to reach 200,000 tons; imports will also increase, with the bulk
coning from Iran and Rumania, and small amounts from the U C5 R, the latter
consisting chiefly of benzine suitable for aviation purposes. From Iran the
oil, is shipped aboard the Polish tanker IS.APRPATY, which often discharos her
cargo at the port of Constanza, Rumania, whore the oil is refined and later
transported via rail?key to Polan?.. Germany and Lngland supply most of the drill
tools for the petroleum ryndustry, and the Corarsunists are n&clnf' efforts to find
new and better sources of supply.
For purposes of fuel distribution, Poland has been divided intutwo areas, in
one of which a mixture of benzine and alcohol is sold and in the other, a ben-
zine and ethylene mixture.
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