SOVIET UNION MILITARY - ECONOMIC REPORT 3/7

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SOVIET UNION MILITARY-ECONOMIC REPORT
Translated from the German Report 3/7
Dated: 15 July 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 Ser-
vice (HNW, LNA) issued a series of reports to show the USSR
military-economic situation as reflected in Russian internal
plain language traffic. These reports appeared at short, ir-
regular intervals, usually six per month, for the period Oc-
tober 1942-March 1943 EightrgQaof these reports have
been translated and issued by
It is planned to issue a complete set of translations of the
reports beginning with the most recent aDD n backward
but omitting those already translated by
The numbering of the items was added by the translatoF IA 63a
FlQIPG~~nans did this only in the last eighteen reports,-
inclusive. Since the original material was in Rus-
sian, an effort has been made when translating the German to
determine the original Russian term wherever possible. This
is facilitated by the Russian fondness for abbreviations. In
these translations 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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15 July 1943
The Soviet Union
Military-Economic Report 3/7
(Based on domestic radio traffic)
Individual Messages
1) Personnel Situation
(1) Very soon some 15,000 workers are to be newly recruited for ship repair work
in the Middle and Lower Volga Steamship Agencies.
(2) Conscription of labor is not proceeding satisfactorily. The following per-
sonnel could not be made available for the following offices:
Office
Workers for Ship
Construction Projects
Ship's
Fersonnel
Transport
W
k
or
ers
Molotov, NKRF
413
238
371
Kujbyshev, NKRF
82
61
34
Gor'kij, NKRF
24
232
67
(3) An extract of a message from the Chief Directorate of the NKRF in Moscow to
the office in Gor'kij reads:
"There is only one explanation for the fact that you have not received enough
personnel. You don't have enough obstinacy nor sufficient Connections with
the local organizations. I leave it to you to place yourself in communi-
cation with the oblast' organizations and I make you personally responsible
for carrying out the conscriptions by the end of July."
(4) Encroachments of the local army authorities are being reported again and
again by certain NKRF offices. In Yakutsk employees. of the Lena Steamship Agency were
enlisted for military service despite valid regulations; in Kirensk 50% of the workers
of an NKRF plant and of the local landing-places were again unlawfully conscripted for
labor on the kolkhozes.
(5) In Ural'sk employees of the River Fleet of classes 1891 to ? (number garbled)
were called up to the front for labor service.
(6) As of 25 June the following personnel were being trained in Kujbyshev, NKRF:
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128 shipts carpenters
156 painters
218 fitters
77 helmsmen
207 sailors
2 pilots
74 technical personnel
197 stokers
88 other workers
2) Metal Supply
(7) The NKRF offices have received instructions to carry out a general inventory
of the supplies of scrap iron as of 1 July. This measure is probably to be traced
back to the faulty delivery of scrap. Thus according to plan Gortkij, NKRF, was to
deliver 860 tons of scrap iron in the first half-year, but delivered only 166 tons.
According to plan, Kirov was to deliver 60 tons of scrap, but has delivered only 45
tons so far. Ufa too has not fulfilled the scrap delivery plan. On the other hand,
as of 10 July Kujbyshev collected 374 tons of scrap iron, delivered 525 tons, and had
a remainder of 102 tons at its disposal. Moreover, 10.8 tons of non-ferrous scrap were
collected and delivered.
(8) The rolling mill of the NK for the Heavy Machine Industry in Irkutsk has
shut down, because it is not being supplied with ingots. It requires 4,000 tons of
ingots immediately with a maximum weight of 280 kilograms each.
Authorizations
Consi ee Quantity
Type
Consignor Remarks
(9)
Krasnoyarsk, Ship-
Repair Plant
(10)
Stalingrad,
NKRF
Steel
(11)
Gortkj, River
Lead
Kujbyshev
Fleet Harbor
(12)
Krasnoyarsk, Ship-
Pickled
Samus'e
Repair Plant
Tin
(13)
nijsk, NKRF 20 "
Section Iron
Magnitogorsk
20 "
Section Iron
Molotov
'14)
Goy 14 Plant 150 meters
Gas
Rybinsk
"Teplokhod"
Pipe
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(15)
Omsk, NKRF
1 ton
Pipe
Sverdlovsk,
CD for Metal
in July
Sales
(16)
Blagoveshchensk,
1.5
"
Cold-Rolled
Plant 703 in
NKRF
Pipe
Pervoural'sk
(17)
Balkhash,
NKRF
3
"
Steel Cable
Chardzhou
--
(18)
Amur Steamship
18
tons
Steel Cable
Khabarvosk,
from own
Agency
NKRF
supply
Sheksna Steamship
Agency
15
(20)
North Pechora
Steamship Agency
15
(21)
Omsk, NKRF 34 " " -- --
(22)
Semipalatinsk 13.5 " " --
(23)
Chistopol', 15 " Ccn:iecting Parts Kujbyshev for ship's
NKRF cranes
(24) Kujbyshev, NKRF, needs an allocation of 10 tons of ferro-silicon in the 3rd
quarter. The copper combine in Kafan has received 100 tons of imported sheet iron from
"Iransovtrans".
3) Timber Supply
(25) From a message to Astrakhan, NKRF, it appears that the demand for building
timber for reconstruction work in 1943 can be fully satisfied.
(26) The following items could be noted on the yearly timber allocations: Ust'-Usa
of the Pechora Steamship Agency will receive for 1943:
1500 cubic meters of shipbuilding wood
1400 " " " building wood
7000 " firewood
(27) According to plan, Gor'kij, NKRF, was to receive 19500 cubic meters of beams
and planks in the 2nd quarter. The wood has not yet been delivered. In the 1st quar-
ter Gor'kij, NKRF, had procured 73,300 cubic meters of timber. Ural'sk, NKRF, had
procured 188 cubic meters of timber in the period 1-20 June and had transported 139
cubic meters of timber.
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The following messages concern faultily executed procurements of timber:
(28) As of 20 June Yakutsk has only 20% fulfilled the timber procurement plan
in the 2nd quarter; Kirensk, NKRF, only 47%. The timber felling plan was only 42%
fulfilled by Kirensk.
(29) Kujbyshev, NKRF, has no more firewood for burning on ships of the
River Fleet. Hence 26 tons of oats and 6 tons of gasoline are required for pro-
curement of wood from the forest.
(30) In June Kirov, NKRF, did not carry out the transportation of 2000 tons
of sawn timber.
(31) A northern, polar timber directorate is named in a message to Krasnoyarsk.
(32) The authorizations of different kinds of timber noted exhibit considerable
quantities of shipbuilding material, which indicate a lively shipbuilding activity.
Authorizations
Consignee
Quantity
e
Consignor Remarks
(33)
Ulyanovsk, NKRF
150 cu. meters Firewood
(34)
Ural'sk, NKRF
7000
(35)
Alma-Ata
Gor'kij, Water
6000
Transport Base
(36)
Molotov, Water
1500
Kirov
Transport Base
8000
n "
Molotov Oblast'
5000
Bashkir
(37)
Krasnoyarsk, Water
9000
Krasnoyarsk, Chief
Transport Base
Directorate of
(38)
Timber Supply
Moscow
500000(?) "
Timber
Building
Timber
Raznezh'e, NKRF
(39)
Kujbyshev,
10500
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Timber
Industry
Middle Volga
Timber Industry
livered
during the
1943 naviga-
tion season.
(40)
Omsk, Water Trans-
1000
Omsk, Chief Direc-
port Base
torate of Timber
supply
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(41)
Gortkij, NKRF
Plant "Karl
Marx"
(42)
Gor'kij, NKRF
Plant "25 October"
(43)
Yaroslavl', ITKRF
Workshops
(44)
1500 cubic meters Shipbuilding Yaroslavl',
Timber Chief Direc-
torate of Timber
Supply
Krasnoyarsk, Water 1000
Transport Base
(45)
Ural'sk, NKRF
(46)
Astrakhan, NKRF
(47)
Shipyard
Gorodets
(48)
Kujbyshev,
Ship Repair Yard
(49)
Kujbyshev, NKRF
R R
R R
Krasnoyarsk, Chief --
Directorate of
Timber Supply
Logs Belyj-Yar
Kama Steamship
Agency
Plywood Goekij, NKRF
for
packing
Building Middle Volga
Timber Timber
Industry
(50) Astrakhan, NKRF, will receive from Belyj-Yar (120 kilometers northwest of
Kujbyshev on the Volga) 6500 cubic meters of logs, of which it will deliver 3500
cubic meters to "Volgatanker" for reconstruction work and 300 cubic meters to the
workshops of the Lower Volga Steamship Agency in Vladimirovka.
(51) Novosibirsk, NKRF, has 14,400 cubic meters of ready to-float timber at its
disposal.
4) Production
(52) In the course of reconstruction work Stalingrad has received instructions to
carry out electrotechnical and drainage work in the inland harbor. There is still a
lack of steel cable and hand winches, so that repair work on towboats is being hindered
and the labor force at hand is not being fully used.
(53) At the time of the normal water level, the Water-Transport Base in Kujbyshev
is to make certain of the necessary depths of water at hazardous places, in order to
guarantee smooth movement of shipping traffic.
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(54) The following particulars could be confirmed about shipbuilding activity:
The NKRF shipyard in Borovaya is to finish the construction of two coal barges in the
3rd quarter. In September the yard is to complete the sixth above-plan 1700-ton
ship. Finally it is to be converted to the construction of 2500-ton ships.
(55) Ural'sk, NKRF, has provided 65,000 rubles in July for new ship construction.
The shipyard in Raznezh'e must repair three towboats with a total tonnage of 2400
tons by the 1st of August. Kujbyshev, NKRF, has provided 356,000 rubles for renova-
tion work for 1944.
(56) The NKRF plants in Kujbyshev are receiving instructions to begin the fab-
rication of spare parts for special ships. The work plan for the shipyard in Rybach'e
for the third quarter reads as follows:
new construction 100,000 rubles
general overhaul 100,000 "
current repairs 35,000 "
other work 35,000 "
(57) Saratov, NKRF, reports 34% fulfillment
towboat as of 1 July.
of new construction work on a
(58) Ilijsk, NKRF, is also behind in the current year with preparations for the
coming ship repairs. In Yakutsk, NKRF, there are still ships under repair which were
damaged by the break-up of the ice in the spring and cannot yet be put into service.
(59) In Kujbyshev and Ulyanovsk NKRF the plan of audit inspection of the River
Fleet by the Control Board has been only 20% fulfilled.
(60) For transport of fish from Astrakhan, Kujbyshev needs 5 towboats, which,
however, can be furnished only if Kujbyshev makes the requisite labor available for
tug repair. Omsk, NKRF, reports that the goods turnover plan was 111.2% fulfilled
and the manufacturing plan of the incoming goods was 108% fulfilled. Ship layover
time could be reduced by 30% in relation to the previous year.
(61) The plant "Staryj Burlak" in Molotov recently had to carry out armament
orders for the State Defense Committee. The lack of labor is still so great that the
order cannot be carried out according to instructions and other orders cannot be
accepted.
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(62)
It is to be established whether there is a possibility of building towboats
in Igarka.
(63)
31 flatboats have arrived in Kalach, NKRF.
(64)
A foundry in Lutugino in Voroshilovgrad Oblast' is being evacaated.
(65)
Authorizations noted:
The Construction Materials Sales in Tiflis is to deliver 28 carloads of
cement for the Drainage Directorate in North- and Trans-Caucasus; the cement plant in
Sulin is to deliver 7 carloads of cement to the metal plant in Lesogorsk in Tula
Rajon.
(66) The plant "Krasnyj Oktyabr" in Stalingrad is to receive 1000 tons of cement
immediately from Vol'sk.
(67) Newly noted plants:
Plant 191 in Tashkent (production of electric
light bulbs)
Plant 835, location unknown
Plant 34, probably in Sverdlovsk Oblast'
Plant "Ognetushitel'" in Chelyabinsk
Plant 19 in Molotov (airplane-motor repairs)
Ball-bearing plant in Saratov
Airplane repair plant in Baku
5) Transport Situation
(67) In Millerovo there have been greatei'delays lately in transporting fuel
which was destined for the front.
The following transport plans for individual steamship agencies could be
noted:
(68) In July Chardzhou, NKRF, has to ship in all 48,200 tons, including:
2300 tons of grain
300 " " fish
1150 " " timber
1000 " " chemical products
8900 " " fibrin
3000 " " raw materials
6900 " " seeds
5000 " " imported goods -
5150 " " other freight
5800 " " oil
8700 " " special goods
48200 "
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The unloading-plan for the same month is set at 46,200 tons.
(69) In July Aral'sk, NKRF, has to ship in all 22,000 tons, including:
2000 tons of grain
1200 " " fish
1000 " " chemical products
8200 " " fibrin
2100 " " seeds
3000 " " imported goods
4000 " " special freight
500 " " other goods
22000
(70) In July Krasnoyarsk, NKRF, is to carry 5000 passengers between Norilstroj
and Krasnoyarsk.
(71) In order to keep up with the traffic between Saratov and Astrakhan, the NKRF
for this line had to put 9 more steamers in service.
(72) Saratov, NKRF, and Ulan-Ude, NKRF, report good results in carrying out the
June transport plan: Saratov has fulfilled the June plan by 176%, and Ulan-Ude ful-
filled the June transport plan by 104.8% in 27 days.
(73) Conditions at the Kama Steamship Agency do not permit the accomplishment of
the transport plans. The towboats are in an extremely dirty condition; the motors of
the tugs are not repaired satisfactorily and work erratically.
6) Civil Air Fleet
(74) On 1 July the Chief Directorate of the Civil Air Fleet in Moscow sent the
following instructions by radiogram to various offices:
"Totals concerning air traffic are to be considered 'secret'. Offices must
send these reports to Moscow either over land-lines or encoded by radio."
(75) The Civil Air Fleet in Edrovo instructed its subordinate units to carry out
exercises for defense against gas; also to set up "gas-defense plans."
(76) As already reported, the dissolving or disbanding of the Party offices in the
NKRF and in the NK for Agriculture has taken place; recently disbanding of the Party in
the offices of the Civil Air Fleet has been carried out.
Identifications of Units of the Civil Air Fleet
(77) Newly identified were:
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Group Tishchenko, named for the first time, location Baku (?), awaiting
confirmation.
Armenian independent division
(78) Confirmed were:
1st Flight Transport Division, location Vnukovo
7th Flight Regiment
13th Flight Regiment (the 13th Flight Regiment has changed location; new
location unknown)
62nd Guards Flight Regiment
12th Flight Group
Group Zolotov, has probably changed location, new location possibly
Starobel'sk
Flight Group Enisej, location Krasnoyarsk
(79)
New airplane repair shops were identified:
ARM 28, location unknown
AM 33,
Airplane repair shops in Kujbyshev (repairing the
Junkers 52)
(80)
Confirmed were:
(81)
Airplane Repair Base ARB 400,
ARB 404 in Sverdlovsk
ARB 406 in Aktyubinsk
Further identifications:
with new location Vnukovo (earlier Novosibirsk)
Azarov is Chief of Staff of the Civil Air Fleet.
The Trutaev Regiment's supply dump, which has been up to now in Andizhan
(260 kilometers east-south-east of Tashkent), is to be removed to Morshansk.
A glider school in Gagry (130 kilometers southeast of Tuapse), identified
for the first time.
At Tashkent, parachutes are being given practical tests.
(82) New airlines:
Airline Krasnoyarsk
Airline from Chelyabinsk to Sal'sk, Stavropol', and Krasnodar
Airline Baku - Alma-Ata for special sanitary purposes
Airline Kujbyshev - Kursk
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(83) Unknown units in Ashkhabad are requesting a greater allotment of fuel for
June, because they must carry out a greater transport of sulphur. In connection with
this, the unit's supply of airplanes is being enlarged.
(84) Offices of the Civil Air Fleet are in Outer Mongolia, in Kizil-Kum.
(85) The message in Military-Economic Report 5/6 about the use of American
machines in the units of the Civil Air Fleet is confirmed anew.
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