POLISH INDUSTRY/DISTRIBUTION AND PERSONNEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
.INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Polish Industry/Distribution and NO. OF PAGES 5
Personnel
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DATE
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DATE (OF INFJx)
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TUG NATIONAL DEFENSE
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AMD 704, HF THE U.S. COD[1 AU AMENDED. ITS IRAN SMIISIOM ON R[VE?
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SOURCE
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Polish Industries and Personnel Distribution: LLinly those industries
employing fifty workers or more are considered in total employment
column listed below. In reading percentage distribution of workers,
the Warsaw distribution is actually a portion of the distribution in
the central counties column. It has purposely been included by source
to point out worker concentration in Warsaw_7 -
fS-ee next page for statistics.7
SEE LAST PAC' 1 P ' S UBNJECT & AREA CODES
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IN' '50X1
Tpe of Industry
Total
Employment
Mining
847, 464
Smelting
87,776
Coal
68,381
ail &' Gas
9,337
Salts, Salines
2,69?
Mineralogy
68,694
Brick
24,154
Cement
"3,325
Metals
126,438
Iron Foundries
9;260
Sheet Metal
6,664
Engines & Pumps
2,965
Electrical
13;116
chemical
40,933
Refineries
3,315
Textiles
156,16o
Paper
15,439
Lumber
57,249
Food
85,590
Public Works
102,858
(highways,
.roads, etc)
!. Fuel and Electricity Required b
more than 50 employees are considered below.
Industry
Black &
Brown
Coal
Coke Wood
Crude
Oil
Gas
Other
Combustibles
(Peat Moss,
Straw, etc)
Electric Current
Own
Purchased Production
In
In
In 1000 tons
1000M3
1000 tons
In 1000 K W
Total
311.2 1036.5 1032.7
169.9
496:381
259.1
525,117.0
1,176,108
ineralo
1.593 22.0 191.0
0.2
14,616
17.0
38,629.0
81,245
Metal
640.o 760.0 27.0
9.4
46,645
33.0
149,500..0
301,196
Electric
39.0 2.9 0.4
0.0
305
18.0
18.622
579
Chemical
815.o 152.0 95.0
146.0
28,209
86.0
147.583
437,565
Electrical Plants and. Production of Electricity in 1939:
a. Total number of electrical plants was 2792
b. All power installed and.developed was 1.620 x 1000 K W hrs
c. Total production in millions of K W hrs was 3.628 x one million
d. 74% of efficiency wasted and 244% gainfully utilized
Production - Smelting and Mining.:
a. Total number of coal mines in Poland: 64
b. Total number of laborers utilized in coal production: 79.5 x 1000
c. Production of coal in 1000 tons: 36,218
d. Area of such production.-
(1)
Upper Silesia:
27.402 x 1000 tons
(2)
Dombrowski
6.475 x 1000 tons
(3)
Krakovski .
2.341 x 1000 tons
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Counties
en rift
Around
Radom
Warsaw
East
Poland
Pomerania
and
Poznan
Upper
Silesia
South
Poland
52.8
9.2
4.7
10.3
15.1
17.1
+
24.2
10.0
10.0
0.7
52.7
22.4
25.4
----
65.3
9.3
100.0
2.0
-
75.1.
45.9
2.3
12.4
13.4
8.6
19.7
43.4
0.2
2.6
22.6
10.1
21
44.7
2.7
12.3
36.9
60.9
15.4
24.5
7.1
65.6
2.0
0.7
20.4
8.5
4.8
40.4
18.7
0.5
58.2
0.9
92.4
32.6
_.,,..
2.6
3.5
1.5
62.8
42.9
4-
11.4
12.8
9.0
51.1
12.6
2.9
8.6
17.4
20.0
6.8
93.2
89.6
3.1
0.3
0.6
4.9
4.6
53.2
13.2
7.4
9.3
14:8
15.3
35.6
35.0
15.8
13.7
4.3
30.6
41.6
9.7
8.8
21.1
4.4
21.1
38.7
3.7
8.7
16.6
7.6
28.4
Polish Industries in 1939: o-o7nly plants employing
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Crude Oil:
a. Total number of plants: 812
b. Total number of-laborers; -103,000
c. Total production: 501x 1,000 tons
d.. Area of production:
(1) Drohobycz: 387,000 tons
(2) Jaslo: 118,000 tons
(3) Stanislawow: 46,ooO
Potassium Salts:
a. only three such plants in pre-World War II Poland
b. They employed 20,000 laborers
c. Annual-output: 5,210,000 tons
7. Zinc and Lead Mines:
a. Up to 1939, I know of only two such mine.., in Poland
b. In total the.two plants employed' 19,000 workmen
c. The annual output of zinc reached 191,000 tons
d. The annual output of lead reached 89,000 tons
8. Iron Mills:
A11 together in 1939 theret.wee .23: ibnl1s
These mills employed 45,050 la? i'ers
c. Production in 1,000 tons:
(1) Raw iron: 724
Steel: 451
M :.rot process- 1.043
(4) Seamless and welded pipe: 96
9. Smelt Lead and Zinc Plants:
a. There were nine lead and zinc plants in Poland prior to 1940
b. 5,098 laborers were engaged in such work
c. Production in thousands, or tons of. inc prior"to 1940 was 1071X 1,000
(107, 000 tons.
d. Produr'''.ar of-lead was 18 x 1,000 (18,000 tons)
Ate;, Production of most important commodities at various plants up to 1940:
Articles
Bricks (in millions) 1.615
Tile (in millions) 2.4
Cement (in 1000 tons) 1.285
Lime 691
Raw Iron. 724
Steel fl. 1.450
Pig Iron. .156
Case Iron 4.2
Metal.Products '.` -------
Non Iron Metals " 39
Copper 4.9
Wire " " " 3.5
Massing
(alloys) " " 11
Sheet Iron,,*",,."'! 4.1
Zinc Products. 18
Galvanized Iron Sheet Metal (in 1000 tons) 214.
Screws and Rivets 15
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Dyes
Gas (in million cubic centimeters)
Coke (in 1000 tons)
Benzol Purified (in 1000 tons)
Turpentine Purifier (in 1000 tons)
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Articles
Bridges (in 1000 tons)
Iron Steam Kettles r^f ,;
Combustion Engines
(excluding aircraft,
Motorcycles & autos)
Pumps
Railroad Wagons
Electric Engines
Batteries
Cells
Electric Meters
Electric Bulbs
Leaded Wire
Wireless Radio Sets
Ammonium Sulfate
Nitrate of Lime
Sodium Nitrate
Fertilizer-Nitrate
Nitrogen Fertilizer
Nitro-phosphate
quantity
444
1,517 tons
Kit 2, 326
x 1000
815 tons
3,466
16,559
1,799 tons
1,872 tons
211 tons
17, 644, Q00
7,613 tons
145,000
163
2.328
22
3.2
2.9
62
57
7.2
19
68
2.1
Mineral Super Phosphate
10,000 tons
Sulfuric Acid (calculated at 50 BE)
373,000 tons
Soda Ammonium (in 1000 tons)
106
Caustic Soda
22,000 tons
Crystal Soda
11,000 tons
Serums & Vaccines
.07
Vegetable Oils (in 1000 tons)
50
Soaps, Technical & Ordinary _ "
54
Toilet Soaps ft
13
Ultramarine Dye n
1.9
Lacquers ri
2.2
n
Sho'& Wax & Polish
3.3
Tanned Pelts
5.3
Fabrics (in 1000 quintal lots
1,344
Ornamental Rugs n n - n n
922
Thread (in 1000 K G lots)
1,086
Cotton 8r rT n n '
1,920
Wood Pulp. (in 1000 tons)
69
Sulfate Cellulose " rr n
70
Sodium Cellulose rr rr
24
Cardboard 'r n
40
Paper 9D "
203.
Shoe Leather
19,957 tons
Engine Belts
508 tons
Calf Leather
(per 1000 square meters)
1,160
Ammonium Nitrate (in 1000 tons)
11. Production of gasoline up to 1939:
a. There were 30 gasoline refineries in Poland
b. These refineries employed 32,000 employees
c. Production consisted of:
Sheep Skins (expressed in pieces)
375
736,000
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Crude oil converted equalled 499 x 1000 tons (499,000 tons)
456,000 tons of gasoline products were derived.. They
consisted of:
91,000 tons
144, 000' tons
102,000 tons
46,000 tons
24,000 tons
4,000 tons
2,260 tons
4,000 tons
of gasoline
of naphtha (paraffin)
of light oil
of lubricating oil
of paraffin wax .
of solid lubs & vaseline
of asphalt
of coke
12. Paraffin Ether:
a. There were 2& plants which produced.. paraffin ether. These plants
employed 4,000 laborers when World War II began.
b. Production in 1938 in millions of cubic.meters was 531-
c- 39, 000 tons of paraffin ether were produced.
L17"A 'Y' f+"7R -Mrr & ARMA CODS
761.112 55M
761.113 55M
784.844 55M
735-939 55M
4_10/735.9 55M
4-5/735.9 55M
4-5/735.1 55M
4-12/735.1 55M
412/735.5 55M
4-5/734.191 55M
4-5/732.22 55M
4-5/732.09 55M
-4-5/733.2 55M
4-5/733.3 55M
4-5/733.9 55M
752.2 55M
4-5/735.6 55M
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