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    "ocrText": "34\nTOP SECRET\nduring the 1937-1940 period, industry con-\nshipping, use was made of records of daily\nsistently accounted for approximately 23 per-\nconsumption of fuel oil and diesel oil by\ncent of the total annual petroleum consump-\ntankers and freighters, as recorded for indi-\ntion when made relative to the other major\nvidual Soviet ships. Where no record was\ncategories of consumers.\navailable of the consumption record of a spe-\nThe 1950 goals for plant equipment call for\ncific ship, it was assigned a consumption rate\nan increase of about 40 percent over the 1940\nequal to that of a ship of equal tonnage.\nlevels. Since present productivity has not yet\nConsumption was computed on the basis of\nreached the 1940 rates in many industries, it\nthe actual number of ships in each gross ton-\nis highly unlikely that the Plan will come near\nnage class, multiplied by the average daily\nattainment, surely not during 1949.\nconsumption rate of that tonnage class, since\nAssessment of the postwar activity level in\nconsumption rates vary as the tonnage in-\nindustry is exceedingly difficult, with only\ncreases.\nmeager and intangible evidence available.\nDays at sea and in port were based on cer-\nRather than apply an arbitrary increase in\ntain actual performance records kept by War\nthe rate of activity in industry to petroleum\nShipping Administration for US freighters,\nconsumption, it is estimated that petroleum\nand by the Armed Services Petroleum Board\nconsumption will be approximately the same\nfor USNT tankers. An arbitrary reduction\nas in 1940, namely 5.6 million metric tons.\nof 20 percent in days at sea for freighters, and\nConsumption of roughly 1.1 million tons of\nof 10 percent for tankers was applied to So-\noil by Power Stations was incorporated to-\nviet ships to allow for less efficient operation,\ngether with Manufacturing and Mining un-\nespecially on loading and discharging, and for\nder Industry. In subsequent years, it ap-\npoor condition, lack of repair facilities, etc.,\npears that the relative importance of coal and\nas compared with US operations.\nthe generation of electricity increased, while\nDays at sea and in port were assumed to be:\nthat of fuel oil decreased. As such, the total\n(1) Freighters: 160 days at sea; 205 days\nconsumption of petroleum products by the\nin port.\nMining and Manufacturing Industry together\n(2) Tankers: 215 days at sea; 150 days in\nwith Electric Power Industry is estimated to\nport.\nbe 6.7 million metric tons in 1949. Once\nThe assumption of CIA that a ship in port\nagain, it was found that industry accounted\nconsumes 20 percent of the amount of fuel\nfor 23 percent of the total estimated petro-\nconsumed at sea was used.\nleum consumption by the Soviet economy\nIt has been estimated that Soviet shipping\n5. Shipping.\nrequirements in 1949 are as follows:\na. Merchant Shipping.\nPOL REQUIREMENTS\nThe current status of the sea-goon mer-\nFuel Oil\nMetric Tons\nchant fleet under Soviet registry comprises\nFreighters (deep sea)\n734,036\nabout 522 vessels of 1,000 gross tons and over.\nFreighters (Caspian)\n422,219\nOf this total, 201 are oil-burning vessels,\nTankers (deep sea)\n50,780\nnamely, 89 diesel-powered ships and 112\nTankers (Caspian)\n65,145\nsteamships powered by fuel oil.\nTotal fuel oil\n1,272,180\nIn the Caspian Sea there are 119 vessels of\nDiesel Oil\nmore than 1,000 gross tons, 92 of them tank-\nFreighters (deep sea)\n98,770\ners, 27 freighters. Of the tankers, 21 are\nFreighters (Caspian)\n8,271\ndiesel-powered and 71 use fuel oil. Of the\nTankers (deep sea)\n40,593\nfreighters, 10 are diesel-powered and 17 use\nTankers (Caspian)\n49,271\nfuel oil.\nIn calculating the estimated consumption\nTotal diesel oil\n196,905\nand requirement of petroleum products by\nTotal deep water requirements\n924,179\nTotal Caspian requirements\n544,906\n1 JIB 3/73. \"The Consumption of Oil in the\nUSSR,\" January 1949, p. 13.\nTotal requirements\n1,469,085\nD\nTOP SECRET"
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