TEXTILE, PAPER AND TOBACCO PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040394-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 394
• Publication Date: August 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/21 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040394-1
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CLASSIFICATION C01?E'IDENTIA{
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORiVI/MY101lI REPORT
..'COUNTRY 'USSR. (Lithuania/Latvie)
SUBJECT Textile, Parser and Tobacco Production
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The Kauno Audiniai Cc was in the southern two-thirds of a buildi.TU~ on the b.Znl: of the
Neman .liver on the corner of Gedimino and Grunvaldo Streets. The Litex Co was in the
northern one-t:,ird of the building. The building was in the shape of an "L", the
north-south wing being about 240 ft long and the east-west wing being about 400 feet
long. The l^r' _ang was about 45 ft wide. Before 1939 Kauno Audiniai manui'actured clcth
from si'1: - ,ron thread imported Prom the UK, Italy, Holland and Germany. Fror,, 1933 to
1939, tiie company imported frog BO `0 100 tons of thread annusll
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plsnt i.n Lithuania producing si1L--~?ayon elotl:. The faetor~ hsd an outsta~~din~; r:_,r_tc;t;:;c:
for its manufacturii?i{; efficiency and labor relations. The company emzlo~ed a!~n,7+. Hr~~
men a.nd women in 1939,
2. In 1931, when Kauro Audiniai was organized, 120 "Ruts" weaving raac};ines were obta.ineit
frUL1 Switzerland. These were installed on the first floor and were operated b~. ,roz,e~_.
In 1936 eighty m~,e RGti machines were obtained from a factory in Ri;;e wl;irl: ;:?~,:, :,;~;~._z_
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