WISMUT A.G.: ORE CONCENTRATION PLANT OF OBJECT 96, DRESDEN/GITTERSEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R006000110012-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 27, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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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.
SECRET/U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
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COUNTRY ?
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
East Germany
Wismut A.G.: Ore Concentration Plant
of Object 96, Dresden/Gittersee
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
27 September 1954
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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As late as I May 1954, German employees of the ore concentration plant at 50X1-HUM
Dresden-Gittersee had seen no positive indications of any change of organization /
in the Object as a result of the so-called conversion of the Wismut AG int90
joint German/Soviet Company in January 1954.
as of June 1954, it was intended to raise the status of one of the
engineers in Zeche 3-to that of chief of the Zeche (Zecheleiter).
however, the present Russian chief of the Zeche, Popov, was to
Zeche and have overriding control over the Zeche. 50X1
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2. In May 1954, the concentration plant was processing exclusively radioaett6sA
coal ash from the pit' heaps of Object 96. There was a noticeable decrease in the
quantity of ore received from elsewhere in the Erzgebirge, and such ore as was
received was being stored and not processed immediately.
3. In May 1954,
average number of 4-ton trucks, which contained the final product, leaving the
concentration plant daily was about 7 or 8. The trucks were, however, all covered.,
and it was impossible to determine the quantity of contents of each truck or the
destination.
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4. No change in the senior Russian staff in the ore concentration plant had been
noticed during the period April to May 1954..
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