ZEITZ-TROEGLITZ HYDROGENATION PLANT OF THE SAG SYNTHESE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014200150001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION $ECRF, T
`'EltTPiTY INF0r-N1rATIoN
CENTRAL tNTELLIGECNCE AGENO ar
C , ATIO REPORT
COUNTRY East GermwW
SUBJECT Zeits?Troeglitz l ydrogenation Plant of the
SAG Synthese
THIS NOCU It V.117 CO11'0IN:; INFORMAT1OSi t)F'YEC1I 3THE PIA'iIONAL DEFL-NSfi
OF THE. UNITED STATES. :7ITEIN THE MZA1 1:if OF' TITLE 13. SECTIONS 723
AND 704. OF THE U. S. CODW:. AS ADENDED ITS TRAMMISSIOH OR REVEL--
i.TtON OF ITS COUTF.p1TS TO OR RT-CEIPT :IY All UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
DATE DISTR. 2' October 1952
NO. OF PAGES' ` 25X1
NO. OF ENCL. 9. (2 pages)
(LISTED BELOW).
SUPPLEMENT ITO
REPORT NO.
DO NOT CIRCULATE
lhr hydrogenation ' lant of the 34G, Synthese in Zeitz-Troeglitz
( '-;2/K 0v) -,-:as built before ,world " ar II to rrocess 320 000 tans
, f brown coal tar and light oil annuail ? nd to produce /40 ,000
tons of gasoline and tDiesel oil ar??, 30,006 tons o' luhri.c?:.ting oils
nnnualiyv
ir:e ee: r:ui-ment of the hydrogenation. department o-" the runt includes
total of six hydrogen, compressors. Only five' compressors to
be used in the p.l_ o :.tactic:n process,with the sixth compressor to
1'! e kept in reserve. l?io wever, on Soviet orcders, all six of t>ie
eompresshrs have been in operatior, since early ieavin~-, no
i e: :eve coftpressor. In order to correct this situat on ?zs q!1ielwly
s : os!ti.o:? -, the Soviets oril.eared an -v'idi.tion:al, hydro-err corr ressor
a o= r)e assertbled from available spare arts. However, numer? us
r_;l^eanerr~t parts, such as the cran: