PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF RE LABEDY STEEL PLANT 'JOSEPH STALIN', LABEDY, POLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04753A000100010027-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: September 15, 1956
• Content Type: BRIEF

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INSTALLATION: Labedy Steel Plant "Joseph Stalin"
:BRA' NO.:
B-27-56
wCATXON: Labed Poland
,DATE:
15 September 1956
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B.E. 19UNBNR:
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MVPA
REPERENOES:
Target b ado: 0232-9965-16-25MA
V.p: None
Othez: None
Declass Review by NIMA
/ DoD
ENCIASUEES: None
REMARKS:
1. The major changes in the plant layout since are as follows: 25X1D
a. A new assembly-type building (700'x175' as been added near
the NE corner of the plant area. This building appears to be
single story, approx. 40' high, 3f steel construction, and has
a flat roof with twin longitudinal monitors.
b. Across the plant street from this new assembly building a
previously existing building has been enlarged to approx. three
times its original size. It is now an "L" shaped building,
measuring 650'x 150' and L50'x 250'.
c, Just north of the above "L" shaped building are two new ore, or
scrap metal, storage sheds or bins. Each is approx. 825'x 75', and
both are equipped with overhead travelling cranes.
2. This plant does not have coke ovens or blast furnaces. There are 6 open
hearth furnaces in a building that was designed for 7 furnaces. Of the 6 stacks,
3 were smoking at time of photography.
3. Reports that this steel plant is producing tanks are probably true. A
new vehicle or tank testing area is located in a large wooded area approx. 22 miles
SE of the steel plant. This testing area consists of two connected tracks each
approx. 3 miles long, and a probable vehicle servicing building (100'x 65'). One
track is a continuous loop, shaped like a dog bone. The second track has a loop at
one end and right angle turns at the other. A very wide dirt road leads from the
steel plant to this new vehicle testing area.
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