740.00119 E. W./7–2545
No. 930
The Representative on the Allied
Commission on Reparations (Pauley) to the Assistant Secretary of State
(Clayton)1
[Babelsberg,] July 25,
1945.
Dear Mr. Clayton: Attached are estimates of both
ourselves and the Soviet Union on the comparative percentage of
wealth in the Soviet occupied zone. In view of our present
discussions I am sure they will be of interest to you.
Very truly yours,
[Attachment 1]
[Babelsberg,] July 25,
1945.
Estimated Wealth in U. S.
S. R. Zone of Occupation
1937 Boundaries
|
U.S.Estimate |
U.S.S.R.Estimate |
|
Percent |
Percent |
| Industry & Mining |
39.3 |
35.3 |
| Agriculture |
48.0 |
48.0 |
|
87.3 |
83.3 |
| Increase in industry due to removals into Eastern
areas during war |
5.0 |
3.0 |
|
92.3 |
86.3 |
| *Average |
46.1 |
40.9 |
| Add 3 percent as value of land ceded to USSR |
3.0 |
0.0 |
|
49.1 |
40.9 |
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[Attachment 2]
Volume of Production in Soviet Zone and
Berlin as Percentage of Total Germany—1936
|
|
Per Cent |
| All Manufacturing |
40.0 |
|
Non-ferrous metals |
40.7 |
|
Machinery |
42.1 |
|
Electrical engineering |
61.5 |
|
Precision and optical instruments |
50.9 |
|
Non-ferrous metals products |
44.5 |
|
Ceramics and glass |
49.5 |
|
Saw mills |
42.0 |
|
Wood processing |
46.6 |
|
Paper and wood pulp |
52.3 |
|
Printing |
50.8 |
|
Textiles |
44.4 |
|
Apparel |
61.3 |
|
Liquor |
50.7 |
|
Utilities |
44.2 |
|
Building and miscellaneous |
46.4 |
| Mining |
29.8 |
| All Industrial Production (Manufacturing and
mining) |
39.3 |
Source: “Die Deutsche
Industrie”, Reichsamt fur Wirtschaftliche Planung,
Berlin 1939.
Note: The only
administrative units which overlap zone boundaries are
Brunswick, Bremen, Anhalt and Schaumburg–Lippe. Detailed
statistics for industrial employment showed that 78 percent of
the industrial employment in these areas was in territory now in
the Soviet-occupied zone. Accordingly, 78 per cent of the
industrial production of these areas was assumed to fall in this
zone.
