Marshal Zhukov's Report on Removal by the Allies of Equipment and Other Property from the Factories in the Soviet Zone of Occupation

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Informal Translation from Russian MARSHAL ZHUKOV'S REPORT ON REMOVAL BY THE ALLIES OF EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PROPERTY FROM THE FACTORIES IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF OCCUPA- TION. To the Commander in Chief Generallissimo of the Soviet Union J. STALIN. Hereby I report that the Americans and British when with- drawing from the Soviet zone of occupation, i.e., from the territory of Saxony, Thuringen, and province of Saxony and province of Meklenburg re- moved the following equipment, property and technical experts: Moraleben near the town of Helmstadt, Province of Saxony from the aviation equipment plant of the Company "Ascania Werke" in the salt mines were removed to Braunschweig: TRUMAN ? 200 universal metal-cutting machine-tools MR All technical documentation; 5. ARCHIVES "NATIONAL All optical instruments from the laboratory. Town of Hadmetaleben near town of Oschetsleben (Saxony) ; the Junkers under- ground plant in the salt mines: DP All the optical instruments were damaged, the microscope and micro-photocamera's lenses were removed. Unseburg near town of Stassfuhrt; From the underground plant of the B.M.T W. Company in the salt mines were removed: (a) All technical documentation for new motors and the turbine 0018; (b) Chief designer of the new reactive turbine 0018 and a group of technical experts with their families were taken away. Town of Schenebeck; from the Junkers* plant producing HE-162 aircraft were removed: (a) 50 turbines of the firm B.M.W. were dismantled from the finished HE-162 aircraft; (b) Chief engineer of the plant and a group of technical experts with their families. Beendorf near town of Helmstadt; from the Siemmens plant situated in the salt mines, the pit "Maria", for the production of the avi- ation equipment and autopilots for the V-I and V-2 aircraft were removed: