EAST GERMAN MINISTRY FOR MACHINE CONSTRUCTION REORGANIZATION PLANS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000700010003-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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.CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na
tioinal Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY
East Germany
SUBJECT East German Ministry for Machine
Construction Reorganization Plans
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DATE DISTR. 20 March 1953
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1? After protracted discussions, it has now been decided that the Ministry for
Machine Construction (Ministeriumfuer Maschinenbau) will be divided inter three
groups as follows.
Ministry for Heavy Machine Construction (Schwermaschinenbau)
Ministry for Transport Machine Construction (Transportmaschinenbau)
Ministry for General Machine Construction (Allgemeiner Maschineribau)
Each group is to be given the status of an independent ministry, with its own
minister, state secretary, etc. The administrative changes will take place as
soot as the necessary internal reorganization has been carried out.-
2, The administrations of nationalized factories (Verwaltung Volkseigener Betriebe
VVB) have been redistributed as follows.
strir for Heavy Mach
VVB W (Werkzeugmaschinen and Werkzeuge) (Machine tools and other tools)
VVB EKM (Energie- and Kraftmaschinenbau) (Energy and Power Machine Construction)
VVB GUS ~Guss- and Schmiedeerzeugnisde) (Castings and Forgings)
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VVB ABUS (Ausruestung von Bergbau and Schwerindustrie) (Mining and Heavy
Industrial Equipment)
VVB TEXTIMA (Maschinen der Textil- and Bekleidungsindustrie) (Textile and
Clothing Industry Machinery)
VVB POLYGRAPH (Bau von Druckerei- and Pa ierverarbeitungamaschinen,
Feuerloeschgeraeten and Waagenp) (Construction of Printing and Paper
Processing Machines, Fire Extinguishers, and Scales)
VVB NAGEMA (Nahrunga- and Genuesmittel-, Kaelte-, and chemische Industrie)
(Foodstuffs, Cold Storage and Chemical Industry) (Firms manufacturing
heavy machinery)
b. YAnietrv for sport Machine Construction
VVB LOWA (Lokomotiv- and Waggonbau) (Locomotive and Car Construction)
VVB IFA (Fahrzeugzubehoer) (Vehicle Parts)
VVB MEWA (Itallwarenindustrie) (Hardware Industry) (only factories that
make bicycles)
HV Schiffbau - all subsidiary firms
(VVB LBH (Land-, Bau-, and Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen) (Agricultural, Construction,
and Wood Working Machinery) - possible, but not yet definitely decided.)
c. Mini try for General Machine Construction
VVB SANAR (Armaturen and sanitaere Einrichtungen) (Plumbing Equipment & Fittings)
VVB TEWA (Techniache Eisenwaren) (Technical Iron Products)
VVB WERKIN (Werkzeuge) (Small tools such as surgical instruments, etc. - formerly
a subdivision of VVB TEWA)
VVB VEM (Electro-Maschinenbau) (Electric Machinery Construction)
VVB IKA (Installationen-Kabel-Apparate) (Cable Manufacture and Installation)
VVB RF'T (Radio- and Fernmeldetechnik) (Radio and Telecommunications Engineering)
VVB OPTIK (Feinmechanische and Optische Geraete) (Precision and Optical Equipment)
VVB MECHANIK (Feinmechanischen Industrie) ( Precision Machinery Industry)
VVB MEWA - all firma excepting those manufacturing bicycles (see 2b, above)
VVB NAGEMA - light machinery factories (see 2a, above)
Expected personal changes are as follows:
a, Heavy Machine Construction
1. Minister - Gerhard Ziller, Minister of the Machine Construction Ministry prior
to its reorganization.
2. State Secretary - Lungwitz (fnu)
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b. Transport Machine Construction
A merger of the Bureau of Economic Affairs (Buero fuer Wirtsachaftsfragen) (BfW)
Nordhausen (VEB ABUS Maschinenfabrik Nordhausen).
1. Minister - Helmut Wunderlich, at present managing director of Schiepperwerk,
1. Minister - not yet decided, (see paragraph /,below)
2. ,State Secretary - Ernst Wolf,.at present State Secretary, HV Schwer-
maschinenbau.
General Machine Construction
. State Secretary - Friedrich Schneider, the present head of the Main
Administration of VVB TEWA,
with the Ministry for Transport Machine Construction is under consideration. If
this should take place, Maj. Gen. Berndt Weinberger, present head of the BfW, will
become Minister. It is said, however, that the Soviet Control Commission has not
yet approved this move.
5. Dr. Alfred Wunderlich, State Secretary in the existing ministry and Minister Ziller?s
personal representative, is expected to be given the post of Minister for Trade and
Supply (Handel and Versorgung).
Comment. It is still not known exactly when the new administrations 25X1
will become effective, but the incumbent Ministry is now in the process of
setting. its affairs in order prior to evacuating its present premises.
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