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2. Extracts from Two Letters from Vermittlungsstelle W to the
Control Office Chemistry, 1 September 1938 |
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| Control Office Chemistry |
SECRET |
| Attention: Dr. Ungewitter |
1
September 1938 |
| Berlin W 35, Sigismundstrasse 5 |
24
August 1938 |
| Dr. E/Wo
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Dr.
Di/Sch |
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Oppau Urea Depot
With reference to your letter of 24 August
1938, we enclose the following appendices:
1. Copy of our letter of 7
February 1938 to the Military Economics Staff of the Reich War Ministry,
Regierungsrat Dr. Mureck.
2. Photostatic copy of letter dated 9
February 1938 from our Oppau plant to the Nitrogen Syndicate.
3.
Photostatic copy of the letter of 9 August 1938 addressed to us by R. Hauser.
We further inform you that, at our suggestion, the Nitrogen Syndicate,
to safeguard the urea supply, is at present stockpiling large quantities of
urea with the main consumers as well as in IG depots. The size of the
stockpiles should ensure sufficient supplies for the technical requirements for
6-10 months. The action should be finished by the end of next week.
We
have effected a similar stockpiling to secure the requirements of salammoniac
and salt of hartshorn, which nitrogen products are also produced almost
exclusively at Oppau.
The urea factory in Oppau has a production
capacity of 35,000 tons of nitrogen per year. Since present requirements amount
to about 4,000 tons per year for technical purposes, and about 4,000 tons per
year for fertilizers, altogether 8,000 tons of nitrogen per year, the urea
factory in Oppau is only operating with a small part of its facilities, or
fully operating only periodically for a few months. The following are the main
purchasers of urea for technical purposes: |
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| * * * * * * * * * * * |
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| As a result of the above-mentioned intermittent production, the size
of urea stockpiles varies very considerably. At present, about 1,000 tons of
urea are available at the Oppau depot. Average current production amounts to 60
tons per day. About 200 tons per day can be stored or transferred
elsewhere. |
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Heil Hitler!
Vermittlungsstelle W
Signed:
DIEKMANN |
| Registered |
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* Hereafter the consumers
are listed, with the individual consumption in each case, under three headings:
Nitrogen Syndicate customers; firms affiliated with Farben; and Farben's own
consumption.
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