PRODUCTION OF NITROGEN AT THE LEUNEWERKE; OUTPUT OF GASOLINE AT THE MOST HYDROGENATION PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300390003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 7, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF INF
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Geriany (Russian Zone)/Czechoslovakia
Production of 11itrogen at the Leuncworke;
Output of Gasoline at the N;ost fydrogohation
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DATE DISTR. 7 Feb 1949
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. At the and of October 1948, the production of nitrogen at the Leunawerke
amounted to 650 tons per day. Apart from about 30,000 tons per annum which
are .;ant to Farbenfabrik Wolf en (E 14) all the nitrogen remains at Leona
i;shere it is converted Into a^ronium sulphate.
2. The hyc ogenation plant at Leuna has a yearly capacity of 200,000 tons. It
is now roaly to start production. Production was, however, still completely
held up, because of a lack of hydrogen, at the end of Y3ovember 1949.
3. Dr. Dieters, until recently works manager in the hydrogenation plant at Teuna,
has been transferred by the Soviets to the hydrogenation plant at Most (1`13)
in Czechoslovakia in order to help the Czachoa akfan plant to resume full
production as soon as possible. The plant had originally a total capacity of
1,000,000 tons per annum which was considerably reduced towards the and of the
war through a bombing attack. At present, it is esti ated by Leuna specialists
that the most plant is producing approximately 250,000 tons of aircraft fuel
per annum.
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