PRODUCTION METHODS AND DIFFICULTIES AT THE OBERSPREEWERK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R003700070005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 24, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION '-' CI'ZT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
Gernnny (i'usaian zone)
Production ITothods and Di^ficultioa
at the Oberapreeverk
REPORT NO.
CD NO..
DATE DISTR.
2z, Oct. 1949
NO. OF PAGES
1
NO, OF ENCLS`
25X1 A LACE
ACQUIRED
25X1 C
DATE OF INFO.
(LISTED BLOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
25X1X
Molybdenum and tune,,^ten wires for tuba construction are drawn In the work-
rthops of the OS?I. Apparently the Zast Zone does not have another plant ca-
pable of dratring, wires of the srsollast diameters. Since the Soviets dis-
-antled all riodern equipment and installations for the drawin ; of fine *.wrires,
r:akos'dift production facilities have been installed at 0Tw with antiquated
machinery and inadequate equir ent. Hence, production costs are twe1w
times as high as they would be under nor ml conditions. Because of the im-
provised production methods near rejects are found because the wire splits
while it is being drawn. Joseph Lesinsky, a chemist, is in charge of the
wire production.
2. The -,rid winding installations (itte.+.wickelsinrichtunwen) at O"'I are at
rre sent still operated manually. Only the grid for the tube 6 AC 7 is pro-
duced by a r..achine. Of this type of machine, only one rodol is available
which is not roliabl? and -frequently breaks dorm. Tube assembly takes place
in rooms absolutely unfit for such w? orlc. As there are has-heatod pumps in
these tube assembly sheds, the women worlcinr there have to suffer from an in-
tol rabiheat, Durinc the assembly of tubes 6 SA 7, 6 V 6, 6 AG 7, AL 4 and
5 Z 4, many, rejects occurred because the women bad. not been rroporly instructed
in the assembly of tubes. The shop' foremen, who have been selected accordinc* to
their political attitude rather than for their technical ability, are not pro-
ficient at all. and incapable of supervising the tube assembly. 'York rrep:nration
is very inadequate. Frequently, delays occurred because the parts were not ready.
These deficiencies caused a reject quota of 1?O rercont. After hundreds of tubes
of inferior quality were rroduced, the defici ncies were slowly eliminated. '1011,
ho*?Yever, the chactcinfl, of tubes is done by a specialist *.-rho is able to p er'ox
his tasks independently and without influenco from the workshops and never gasses
a faulty tube.
3. I! rortant chemical inPredients for the production of cathode mate are surplied
by a fir.- in Fuerth (Bavaria). The shiynonts are not rent directly to "" but
to an intermediary firm in Y3e3rlin-Peinic':cendorf (Franc?i Sector). 0.5'Y produces
itr own cithodo sleeves for all tubes. The rroper rroduction,of the cathode
raste poses a problem of ' roat importance to 0` J and has not been solved satis-
factorily. In July 1949, O f'71 hired a chemist to worts especially, in this field.
Until now, cathode rroduction showed a high number of rejects. The copied
American tubes never reac'^ the sane capacity as the original ITS tubes.
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