DESCRIPTION OF THE RIGA ALCOHOL DISTILLERY/DESCRIPTION OF THE RIGA LEAD AND ZINC PAINT WORKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050095-2
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 95
• Publication Date: February 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Description of the Riga Alcohol Distillery/
Description of the Riga lead and Zinc Paint Works
COUNTRY USSR (Latvia)
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DATE DISTR: 3 Fe61954
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The Riga Spirta Rektifi.kacijas Iestade (Riga Alcohol
Street and Krona Street in RR a. located at Pig-hero
layout of plant as described below See Zxhibit-A for
2. The plant area is surrounded by an eight foot wire and spike fence. The main building
showr as (A) on Exhihit (A) '.s a five story red brick buiidi.rg and contains, in
ar,:dit,ion to the administrative staff, a laboratory and the boitling depa"tm&nze.
(Ei) is the location of the three distilling columns (two continuous and one batch.).
(C) Is the storage and distribution area for purified alcohol. This brick building is
about 10 meters high.
(D) Crude alcohol storage tanks which are about 10 meters high.
(E) is a red brick two-story building for storage.
(I) is theh main gattarougn which all employees pass. The check system was rather unique
here. employee as he passed tnrouga the gate had to punch a button. A red or green
light would come on according to chance. If the red light came on the employee was
subjected to an investigation of his person and identity. Depends
there was a 1:2 to 1:5 chance of getting a red light. Depending on the circuit set up
(G) is the power plant, a 20 meter white brick building. Superaeated steam was produced
at a pressure of 35 kilograms per square centimeter. The prod,? of me distiller..
v aii:6lwi
parif.Led ainoho);mide iron ra. rereT f2 . district distilleries and absolute
alcohol made by the method of azeotropic distillation.
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Riggs Spirta Raktitikacijas lestade
(Alec -t D'15't=urY ILL Riga)
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he Lead_and Zinc Paint Worts in Riga.
GSee Exhibit (B) for
plant as described below.-/
layout
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(B) The laboratory.
(C) The zinc Oxide packing division.
D) The zinc oxide division
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S) The lead white chaabera (old type).
(F)
The lead white dryer.
(G) The lead white division.
(H) Storage
(I) The lead oxide furnace
(J) The barrel division.
(K) The acetic acid division.
(L) The naeiLine snort.
(;i) The parer plant and boiler (approxlaately 500 E.P.).
The varies with buildings
the are e approximately three stories high on height
avereiges although
function in that area. The building was designed _ the the is.
There was a S0 ft brick wall on both sides of the administration in process.
whole area. The input capacity of the plant was about five thousand o s of enclose the
five thousand pounds of lead per day. This was the largest factory for nlnft%l siac tsd
in the Baltic States. The lead and zinc was imported es M Produ
of the plant were (a) lead minium from other countries. ~e Products
normal and for high dispersion from lead white; (b) lead
white; (c) paint quality zinc oxide; (d) chemically pure zinc oxide; (d)lithelasne.
Lead cad Zinc Paint Works in R ism
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