BENZINWERK BOHLEN, SAXONY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300530010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 16, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENIXAL INfELUGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATiON REPORT
CUN7RY (krriam (Russian Zorle)
SU3JEOT Bensinwerk Alen, Saco
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, The Alen gasoline works (Renzinwerk Bohlen) aT;leatis -
illegal interzonal trade, and is stpposec . to haw received t high capacity
steam boiler for cool dant frombe KohlQnsciheigsgessliseielii,, :4:144:art.*
Tb e SCO iu Narlshorst has ordered an 'rinnedieto halt to new construction and
renovatiens in all SAG plants. The notiesuas given even to the inportant
Bahian works that only current repairs necesrry for the maintenance pf the
plart were to be carried out. It was directed that repairs of 100 to 1000
East Marks. would require the speeia/ approval al: the technical menagerie/it*
and that repairs of over 1,000 East Narks uust be approved by the top ?
management, that is, the Russians.
At the presoot timee the %hien uorks is :ng reorganisation. .The
power plant and the lignite mines are to Imoome 3Feople3s Property" ,
wbile the actual gasoline works revains Sor.t property (SG)?. As all the
installations in the gasoline uemks are in aimIratione there are no more
raserve pipe eystems available. The hiph -pressure installation. bas seven eystems
of pipesr; of which four are used for gasoline are three for tar. Spare
parts are in. very short supply, tbPt the greatest difficulties can
arise in regard to repairs.
4. A highly sensitive scale used iniso-octanproduetion, that bad to be repairtd
and for which there was no replacement.was.ont.n: ccomission from October
until De rthermore? the lao-cotamprodLoed in the fourth quarter of
1950 was rejected. by the Russianci, bectuse of pcer vality. It uas finally.
used for automobile gasoline. Decanab of this fact,iso-oetane production. stnce
January 1951 vas decreased to one-half eLlaoltve 39 that only 8 columns are worlding
Instead of 22* and on1.7 3.5 tons have been prcuced,
AJ. (high octane gasoline) production im 1949 Inla 14900 tons. In 195C.)
20,000 tons were Planned,
6. The hydrolenation plant has a tremendous need foe Steel tubes of 2 to 2.5 an,
9T.cr,s7se only precsinn stool cam he_ used for these purposes, sheet rletal '
10 bn used 'for refriperators and prehosters; thisoof course, will not hew,
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7,, Since April 1951 therehas been a further reduction in iso-cetaneproduction:,
with the result that only one.sixth of the plant is in operation. In the
factcryi, it is presumed that the production will come to a halt altogether
because similar plant has apparently been set up in Russia. Since 1
Aprilv the raw materials A.T. gasolinet needed to produce iso.oftne has
'neen produced in greater quantities with an octane content of 98 to 102.5,
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