SOVIET UNION MILITARY - ECONOMIC REPORT 8/8

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SOVIET UNION MILITARY-ECONOMIC REPORT
Translated from'the German Report 8/8
Dated: 26 August 1943
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During the Second World War the German Signal Intelligence Control
Center of the Staff of the Chief of Army Signal Service (HNW, LNA)
issued a series of reports to show the USSR military-economic situa-
tion as reflected in Russian internal plain language traffic. These
reports appeared at short, irregular intervals, usually six per month,
for the period October 1942-March F l?Ab3Rhghty-three of these reports
have been translated and issued by
It is planned to issue a complete set of translations of the reports be-
ginning with the most Fold working backward, but omitting those
already translated by The numbering of the items
was added by the FiQhr since the Germans did this only in the last
eighteen reports, inclusive. Since the original mater-
ial was in Russian, an effort has been made when translating the Ger-
man-to determine the original Russian term wherever possible. This
is facilitated by the Russian fondness for abbreviations. In these trans-
lations into English the probable meaning of the abbreviation will be
given in parenthesis the first time it occurs in each report.
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26 August 1943
The Soviet Union
Military-Economic Report 8/8
(Based on domestic radio traffic)
Individual Messages
i) Food Situation
(1) In Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar Oblasti, according to a message of
21 August, a large number of macaroni plants of the NK for the Food Industry were
again placed into operation. The daily production of the plants amounts to:
Armavir 5 tons
Krasnodar g
Rostov/Don 15
Maikop 10 "
(2) The Meat Combine in Nai chile is to set aside in August 270 tons of im-
ported tinned meat as a reserve fund.
(3) Agricultural enterprises of the NK for the River Fleet in Novosibirsk
have not yet begun the ;rain harvest and are in a- rears with the hay harvest.
(4) It is reported from Aktyubinsk Oblast' that the millet harvest has
turned out poorly. The plan has not been fulfilled and the situation is con-
sidered serious.
(5) It is evident from a private conversation between Moscow and Leningrad
that a lack of groats and bakery products prevails.
(6) The NKRF enterprises in Molotov caught 405 double centners of fish as of
15 August.
(7) As of 10 August 4160 tons of salt have been extracted from the Manych
River.
The following authorizations were identified:
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Consignee Quantity Type
(8)
Sugar Beet Sovkhoz 129 tons Wheat
"Kaganovich" in
Mirskaya (unlocated)
" 267
Consignor
Remarks
Sugar Combine
in Korenovskaya
(unlocated)
for the winter
sowing; the de-
livery is not to
be changed to the
established grain
delivery plan
(9)
Astrakhan NKRF
Fodder grain
(10)
North Caucasian Front
50 "
Potatoes
Krasnodar
Oblast'
(U)
160 "
Vegetables
"
Don-Kuban, Military
1.5"
Seed oil
Rostov/Don
Reconstruction
Oblast' Trade
Directorate
Dept.
2.1"
Fish
3.7"
Meat
0.4"
Butter
0.7"
Sugar
0.2"
Sugar products
. (12)
Machine Building 3000 liters Vodka
Industry in Rostov/Don
for the horses
stationed at
ship repair
points
Delivery takes
place in August
supplementary
in 3rd quarter
Pyatigorsk in August
Liquor Trust
2) Metal Supply
(13) In the 3rd quarter the following NKRF offices are to deliver scrap iron
according to plan:
Blagoveshchensk
40 tons
Khabarovsk
60 "
Novosibirsk
210 "
Ulan-Ude
20 "
(14) Frunze requires from the Scrap Collection Point (?) in Voroshilovgrad the
immediate delivery of 300 tons of cast iron scrap to the Pishpek lailroad Station,
Turksib Railroad Line. As a result of a scrap shortage, the production of munitions
is prevented.
(15) Rostov-on-Don reports that on 10 August:
Procured Shipped
Non-ferrous scrap 419 tons 237 tons
Scrap iron 25 " 1017 "
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(16) The Central Executive Committee of the Party in Tiflis reports that, as of
15 August, 2000 tons of scrap were shipped. 3500 tons of scrap of all types were pro-
cured. The shipment is being delayed because of a lack of railroad cars.
(17) According to a message to Novosibirsk, the scrap iron deliveries are to be
handled by the eastern river fleet lines.
The following authorizations were identified:
Consignee antit pe Consignor Remarks
(18)
Moscow', Plant 2295 tons Cast iron Ufa - NKRF --
"Serp i Molot"
(19)
Erevan, Machine 2 " Rolled iron Erevan, Metal in the 3rd
Plant (20) Sales quarter
Astrakhan, "Volga- 50 " Sheet metal Astrakhan, imported sheet
tanker" (12 mm.) NKRF metal
(21)
Gorkij NKRF 50 "
(22)
Kirov NKRF 8" n n " n n a
(23)
Kujbyshev NKRF 30 "
(24)
Molotov NKRF 50 " n n n " " n
(25)
Moscow'NKRF 30 " n n " " n n
(26)
Ufa NKRF 12 "
(27)
Rostov/Don, Oblast' 10 " Nails Saratov NKRF --
Executive Committee
(28)
Rostov NKRF 1 " Wire tacks Saratov Metal --
" 2 " Rivets Sales --
(29)
Gorkij River. fleet 20 " Steel hawsers Astrakhan for floating
Supply purposes
(30)
Omsk NKRF 11
(31)
n n Sverdlovsk no additional allot-
ment will be made
in 3rd quarter
Astrakhan, "Volgatanker" 35 " Copper cable Kujbyshev --
(32)
Molotov, River Fleet 2000 units Manometers Tomsk, Manometer in August for
Supply Plant (7) 3rd quarter
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(33) Sverdlovsk delivered 2 tons of white metal to the Chief Directorate for Flour
in Krasnodar.
(34) On 12 August 10 tons of'nails were shipped from Moscow for the Military
Okrug Construction Office in krmavir.
3) Oil Supply
(35) According to a message of 17 August, it is gathered that the River Fleet
lines in Ilijsk and Semipalatinsk are delivering mazut and lubricating oil with great
delay to the Waterways Directorate, as a result of which the work on the deepening of
the waterways cannot be carried out in good time. The latter offices are to be supplied
from August on with mazut and lubricating oil in the same way as the river ships, since
an allotment of a special fund for them is not being carried out.
(36) According to a government decree of 5 August, the Reconstruction Directorate
of the Don/Kuban Oblast' is to be made equal in the delivery of fuel and lubricants with
the agricultural enterprises. This order is not being carried out by the Stalingrad Oil
Supply so that the fulfillment of the military transport plan is questionable.
(37) The Office of the Waterways Directorate in Kujbyshev has not received the
allotted 4 tons of petroleum from the local office of the CD for Oil Sales; consequently,
the waterways' installations cannot be illuminated.
(38) In Gorkij the technical special ships are being insufficiently supplied with
fuel. A dredge is not operating. Gorkij is instructed to set aside 20 tons of fuel for
the special ships.
(39) Of the 4300 tons of mazut received Kamuste is to turn over 1500 tons to the
Kama Steamship Agency in Molotov.
(40) Khodzheli NKRF received 140 tons of fuel from Aralsk.
(41) Tomsk NKRF reports for 26, 29, and 30 July the following turnover of fuel
and lubricants:
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Balance
Receipt
Delivery
Remainder
474 tons
--
60 tons
414 tons (26
Oil
5664
--
--
--
July)
Petroleum
1735
--
6
1729
Gasoline
554
--
--
--
Ligroin
624
--
--
--
Mazut
309
--
30
279
(27
Oil
5654
--
--
--
July)
Petroleum
1696
--
15
1681
Gasoline
504
--
8
496
Ligroin
624
--
--
--
279
198
--
477
(30
Oil
5664
389
200
5853
July)
Petroleum
1681
198
13
1866
Gasoline
496
--
8
488
Ligroin
624
--
42
582
II Lubricants
Machine oil
1928
--
40
1888
(26
Motor oil
378
--
25
347
July)
Cylinder oil
469
--
25
444
Viscosine
992
--
56
942
Solidol
99
--
11
88
Vapor 4)
190
--
--
--
1843
--
115
1728
(27
Motor "
267
--
30
237
July)
Cylinder
429
-
--
--
Viscosine
766
--
115
652
Solidol
67
--
53
14
Vapor
190
--
--
--
4)
1728
368
70
2046
(30
Motor "
237
--
30
207
July)
Cylinder "
429
--
--
--
Viscosine
652
--
55
597
Solidol
14
--
4
10
Vapor +)
190
--
--
--
4) Coal Supply
(42) A delivery of 1400 tons of Donbas coal is required for the hospitals~in
Moscow for August.
4) Heat-resistant oil (?)
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(43) The forge in Stalinsk (Kemerovo Kraj) is to ship 200 tons of coke to the
Frunze Plant (Station Kabane, Moscow-Donbas Railroad) for an urgent armaments order.
(44) The brewery in Rostov-on-Don has 1000 tons of coal in storage. In the
next few days it is to receive from Station Krasnodonets (Rostov Oblast') 500 tons
of coal.
(45) The NK for Ferrous Metals in Voroshilovgrad informs the Central Executive
Committee of the Party in Moscow that the Coal Supply in Voroshilovgrad is not ful-
filling the coal shipment plan for the 3rd quarter. In July, according to the plan,
12,200 tons of coal were to be delivered, but actually 4415 were shipped. In August,
according to the plan, 16,000 tons of coal are to be delivered, in addition to the
7800 tons not shipped in July, making a total of 23,800 tons of coal. Up to 15 August
only 5990 tons of coal were delivered. From 7 to 14 August the NK for Ferrous Metals
received no coal. It is requested that the Coal Supply be ordered to ship until the end
of August 1000 tons of coal per day to the plants of the NK for Ferrous Metals.
(46) Shakhty, Thermoanthracite, informs the NK for Ferrous Metals in Moscow that
the Don Basin Coal Supply Office in the period from 10 to 15 August sharply reduced
the shipment of anthracite. According to plan there were to be delivered in this period:
from Sulinsk 600 tons 231 tons were shipped
" Novoshakhtinsk 200 " 96
(47) Rostov-on-Don informs the "State Reserves" in Moscow that as of 12 August
21,778 tons of coal were to be delivered, of which were shipped:
Shakhty 11,110 tons coal
Krasnodon 10,668 " "
(48) The coal region in the area of the Polar Circle ("Polar Coal Basin") is
sending coal in increased amounts for Leningrad.
5) Transport Situation
(49) In a message to Gorki] and Molotov, Moscow NKRF, Chief Directorate, ordered
that in the sectors where the required water depth does not exist at present, ship
traffic is to be carried out temporarily in only one direction.
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(50) The River Fleet Office in Omsk is not permitted to decrease the grain
transports established according to plan. On the contrary, it is being instructed
with special emphasis that the fulfillment of all the grain transports is of great
importance. Moreover, Omsk NKRF must include the timber transports unfulfilled in
August in the September transport plan.
(51) There is a lack of tug boats at the Upper Volga Steamship Agency. Accord-
ing to a message of 20 August, 33 barges loaded. with various cargo cannot be trans-
ported. Molotov NKRF received an order to release three steam tugs temporarily to
the Upper Volga Steamship Agency.
(52) The Fish Sales in Astrakhan received from the Lower Volga Steamship Agency
three 1200-ton barges for the dispatch of fish products to Moscow.
(53) A tie-up of arriving barges has resulted in Ufa NKRF, since there are no
transport orders at the present time.
(54) The Upper and Lower Irtysh Steamship Agencies are not fulfilling their
plans for the transport of salt. Up to 16 August the Lower Irtysh Steamship Agency
transported only 5500 tons of salt from Pavlodar. However, the August plan amounts
to 15000 tons. The Upper Irtysh Steamship Agency has taken 3100 tons of salt from
Pavlodar. However, the August transport plan amounts to 8700 tons.
(55) Yakutsk NKRF was required to ship 1856 tons of freight in July for a con-
struction project in Osetrovo, but shipped only 760 tons.
6) Miscellaneous
(56) According to a message of 18 August, statistical calculations relative
to a narrow-gauge railway are to be made at NKRF enterprises. The general sense
of the message was as follows:
"In accordance with a decree of the State Executive Committee for Defense,
the following statistical calculations relative to a narrow-gauge railway are to be
made:
1. Gauge of the narrow-gauge railway in millimeters
2. Length of the temporary lines in meters
3. " inclinable " " "
4. '
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5. Length of the main lines in meters
6. Rails, heavy type. For each type of rail must be given:
(a) over-all length in meters
(b) Length of usable line
(c) " " unusable "
7. Number of locomotives of Type 63
8.
9,
10.
11.
n
n
n
n n
86
n
n
n
n "
157
n
n
n
n "
159
n
n
n
n n other types
12. " " electric locomotives
13. " " motor locomotives
14. " " 4-axled open freight-cars Type Kolomenskij
15. n dump cars
16. " " other open freight-cars
17, " " 2-axled cars
18. " cars with non-tip flat cars Type Kostromskij
19. " other types
20. " flat cars Type Keller
21. n n n n n Kas -erno (?)
22. " non-tip flat cars Type Kopnel
23. " " mining cars
24. t" " other flat cars. For each group of this rolling stock
must be given:
(a) the total number
(b) an estimate of the daily performance
in the last month of flat cars in use
(c) the number of flat cars not in opera-
tion
(d) of the flat cars not in operation the
number of those intact and the number
of those requiring repair
(e) the number of flat cars in repair and
the probable time required for repair
25. Number of heating-units Type 63
26. n n n n n 86
27. n n > n n 157
28f n n n n " 189
29. of the other spare locomotives. The exact
same estimates are to be made as for flat cars.
30. " " spare-wheel units on hand
31. " spare wheel units on hand of Type 63
32. n n n n n n n n n 86
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