MAY 1950 PRODUCTION PROGRAM OF THE FICHTEL & SACHS SOVIET CORPORATION PLANT

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 14, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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' CL4SSIFICATION SEICR1 /CO?TROL - U.S. OFFICIALS O.'ELY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REPORT
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R F M T O REPORT
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Germany (Russian Zone)
DATE DISTR..
V, December 1950
SUBJECT
Any 1950 Production Program of the Fichtel
& Sachs Soviet Corporation Plant
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The Fichtel & Sachs Plant in PQichenbach (Vogtland) had the following
production program for the month of May 19509
Torpedo freewheel hubs
Front wheel hubs
Con .al nipples
"Spulkoepfe' (coil heads?)
Threaded nipples
Drill sockets with valves
Reducing valves
Drill heads
Clutches
Pedal bearings
Miscellaneous sparo parts
wt.
100.9000 pieces
40?000 pieces
26,000 pieces
15,000 pieces
15?000 pieces )
)Destined
,500 pieces ) for
)the iris-
2?500 pieces muth
, Corpora-
16,000 pieces ) tion
100;,000 Dm
25.9000 sets
50?000 DU
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In addition to the items, indicated in the report, thn plant produces
p41gines for mdorcycles (two-cycle carburetor engines, piston displace-
ment 98 ou. cm,> a 2-2 HP), motorcycle hubs for front and rear wheeis f,
and automobile clutches for various car types such as 13e-AT, DYuTk ZIS 204,.
In May. 19?000 more torpedo freewheel hubs were produced than in February
1950, and 10,000 more frontwheel hubs. Before 1.950 the ontire production
left for the tfo .S..R. Ergines and motorcycle hubs were shipped to Kiev
and bicycle hubs to P1ioscow. Since early in 1950 a considerable portion
of the production has been sent to the +eismuth Corporation? According to
another reliable report the d'dismuth Corpozation received following deli-
veries in February 19501 30,000 drill heads, 3,000 threaded nipples and
35x,000 drill sleeves (Bohrerhuelsen of different sizes),; At first,;4uality
steels especially had to be. supplied from ;Western Germany. Followin are
the chief .lestern supplie-;:s reported: Edelstahlwerk (Frohn & Sohn 7J) in
Pcroscheid (K 52/F 68), Gebr6 Boehler? & Co. Edelstahlwerk in Duesseldorf,
and Schmidt & Clemens Edel.stahlwerk in Berghausen Bezirk Koeln (K 52/0 38);,
3ecause or the ITest German steel embargo during the 1948..1949 blockade the
plant received following Soviet steel deliveries in. December 1949: 18,25
tons from the metallurgical plant in Chelyabinsk, 16:.3 tons fron the
"Blektrostal" Plant in Moscow, 2000 tons frm the metallurgical plant in
uu.ryevs (54046:w/20o57iE),,, and an unspecified amount of steel from the
Plant 207 in Krivoahchokovok:_ The chemical composition as well as the me-
chanical qualities of the steel delivered were said to have to be good.
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