OBJECT 96, WISMUT A.G.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R006000190024-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: October 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18. U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Object 96, Wismut A.G.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 15 October 1954
NO. OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 50X1-HUM
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. In January 1954, leading personnel working at Object No. 96 of Wismut A.G. in Freital
includeds
a, Russian personnels
Krushnikov, director
Bogdanshenko, chief engineer
Bakluchev, chief of Plant No. 1
Gorakov, chief of the mechanical workshop
Kalugin, captain, political officer.
be German personnels
Otto Lipeki, German manager, born in Lode
Josef Waloezek, foreman of Plant No. 1
Franz Markueik, foreman of Plant No. 2 and No. 2a
Eugen Wawlusohkow, German chief of the mechanical workshop, born in the ttssR-
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2. As of 13 February 1954, there were 819 men in the labor force of Object No. 96 in
addition to'156 construction workers from Objects No. 33 and No. 35. In early January
1954, 1,800 men were employed at tr:e Heidensohanze mine in Freital ry,
the labor force of this mine had been considerably rnAiin&A _
anze
111-Ine was TO be deactivated because of the Hoer vfA1 d of me _ ~,_ _
raw material Trocessed at Obin&t Nn_ QA nn;ae avnh..e~..ah.. ;. ,... 11_ v_a.3____ _.
Object No. 96 ;rooessedlune ore * wet-mechanical ess rag.
ball crushers were available at the Object.
3. Contrary to opinions of the workers. ZDuAi-huivi
the final processing ' Object No. 96 will not become
plant, but will continue to deliver preliminary concentrates
(Vorkonzentrate) to Object No. 95 at Dresden/Gittersee. Only one drying kiln is avail-
able at Object No. 96 and this kiln was deactivated in the spring of 1953. The
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concentrates delivered by Object No. 96 to Object No. 95 must be dried there, The
ore is shipped from Object No. 96 to Object No. 95 in open mine cars. Formerly ore
was shipped in containers which could be locked and which were sent not to Object
No. 95 but to an unknown place in the Erzgebirge."onnnt. r.
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Mant Layout of Object 96 in Freital
Legend:
1, Gate
2, Door
3, Porters lodge
4., Mechanical workshop and office
5, Plant No, 1, Plant No, 1 is a three-story building with six-story annexes
on its west and north sides.
6, Gas plant and rotary kiln
7, ]Plants No, 2 and Noe 2a. A new building to house presses for ore concentrates is
under construction south of Plants No, 2 and No. 2a,
8, A four-story building; about 30 m, .Jong
So
not to scale
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