2639.     ---------------.  [PETROLEUM PRESS SERVICE.]  Soviet Germany – Oil-From-Coal Plans.  Vol. 17, 1950, pp. 235-236; Fuel Abs,. vol. 8, No. 6, 1950, abs. 4608.

        Production of synthetic  fuels in the Soviet zone of Germany is planned to reach 840,000 metric tons in 1950, and to rise to 1,260,000 tons in 1955 under a new 5-year plan.  Based on lignite, this production meets the zone’s requirements of automotive fuels, and has provided small quantities for export to Western Germany.  All main plants have passed to U.S.S.R. ownership.  Eastern Germany is the only part of Europe where there are fewer commercial motor vehicles than in 1938.