AUTOMOBILE WORKS NATIONAL CORPORATION (AZNP), RYNOVICE

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• Publication Date: March 6, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
DATE OF INFO.
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Automobile Works National
Corporation (AZNP), Rynovice
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing,of Title 18, Sections;Q3.a.d.794, of the U.9,-Codeo.e
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or: receipt! icy,: n unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The, reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
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6 March 1953
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Building numbers in this report are those appearing on Osketch of
the AZNP plant at Rynovice (Enclosure B)0
1. The Automobile Works" Nati l' Corporation (AZNP-Autom ve zavodyg n.p,) plant
in Rynovice is part of the complex of former automobile manufacturing industries,
ASAP (Skoda) of Mlada Boleslav. This AZNP Plant, formerly known as Elektropraga,
is a sister plant of AviJ in Cakovice near Prague. Its administrative center
is-in Jablonec nad Nisou,
2. The plant is surrounded by a 2J-- meter wire fence, topped by 40 cm. of barbed
wire. It is guarded day and night by six men of the plant guards (black
uniforms'), three of whom are at the main gatevwhile the other three patrol
the interior of the preinibes. ""At night' it Is guarded by the plant-militia,'
(blue uniforms), armed with rifles and pistols,, while another six-man patrol
is available inside the plant.. An alarm is sounded by a blast on the factory
whistle. 30 members of the plant militia are billeted in Building Nol.3.
.The windows of building No. 4 are fitted with bars. Blueprints are kept there.
4 Each employee has an admission card f or'entry into the plant., but access to
buildings Nos. 19 and 20 - secret chemi l production - is permitted only
upon production of two admission cards of different colors, each of the cards
permitting entry to one of the buildings only. The windows of these two
buildings are also barred and the plant militia guards the two buildings.
5. Adjoining the present factory buildings, foundations have been excavated for
additional factory space on an area of 1,9000 by800 meters. The new shops are
to be completed late in 1952.
6. The following products are manufactured by the plant,
a. Bodies for motor buss' mark AVIA; three or four per day.
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b, Parts and accessories for Diesel motors for busses; 2
c, Flash-hiders for machine guns,
d. Transmission shafts and universal joints for busses and tanks.
These are produced as semi-finished goods and shipped to AZNP,
IU ada Boleslav for finishing and disposition.,
a. Assembly of military and civilian busses'. 3 to 4 complete busses
per day,
f. The so-called "secret production".
7. The transmission shafts for tanks consist! Hof three segmentsy each 150
centimeters long and with a diameter of 12 to 15 centimeters, Shafts for
busses are of the same length but only 5 to 10 cm. thick,, Capacity is from
30 to 40 complete transmissions per day,
8. For the assembly of busses, the AZNP plant at .M.,lada Boleslav delivers 21 to
25 chassis and Diesel motors for busses per week. The assembled busses are
Mark AVIA, with the following rough, specifications-. 8 wheels, with dual
rear axle drive, horsepower not known; body, 20 meters long, 3,5 meters
wide., painted green, with green interior; capacity, 140 persons- between the
drivers cabin and passenger compartment is an inter-com, speaking system;
equipment is of steel or chrome-nicksl- indirect interior lighting; wheels
120 cm, diameter. This type is for military use. The civilian bus has only
6 wheels,4is painted red and whites and the interior is of better quality,
9. The so-called "secret production" consists of the manufacture of explosives.
This section of the plant is not under the plant manage nt of AZNP and is
probably part of the chemical works at Usti. nad Iabem. Source infers this
from the fact that its workers have been re6ruited from among workers of that
plant, Production is under military administration and army officers
frequently inspect the plant, They arrive in military cars. Employees of the
AZNP are not permitted to communicate with employees of buildings # 19 And 20&
10. The AZNP does not process any raw-materials, with the sole exception of
restless steel bars 50 mm, thick and 1500 mm, long, These come from the
Poldina Hut Foundries in Kladno. Besides that, the plant turns and assembles
semi-finished products which are brought here from other plants. As mentioned,,
chassis and motors come from 1ZNP at Miada B9leslav; mouldings for spare parts
and accessories from the Chomutor foundries. 4 There are no shortages of raw
materials or semi-finished materials whatsoever in this plant,
11, Finished products are shipped as follows,
a. Complete sus are received by a military commission and driven to
Prague by army drivers. From there they are distributed to army
units.
a.. The flash. hiders are shi ed packed in cases, to V,I ,enin Works, Pilsen,
d, Otber finish d prpd
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arp shipped, in oases, either by road or by rail
to Oikovice - L Y , T,` nira WAS, Pi1ees or'' t6, AZNP M3ad e, ;,
Boleslav,' fdr'" f urthez mailtfaccturIng,
12. The plant has no substantial stocks of materials, Raw materials arrive
according to needs and the finished products are shipped away without delay.
I>. building No, 15 there is a faifly large stock of liquid fuels, oil,
gasoline, etc,
13. Stored in this plant since November 1951 is the equipment of a plant near Prague,
probably of Wolman in Cedakovice, This consists of drills, lathes, pmoh.ing
machines combined with grinders, folding machines, welders, etc,, all of
Czechoslovak manufacture, The reason for this storage is not known to source.
Building NS'12 contains precision and measuring instruments. According to the
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b, Civilian busses are driven by plant dri*ers to 4ZNP, Mlada Boleslav,
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view of employees, these measuring and rrecision instruments are of the type
tequ.ired for the production of aircraft potors and weapons and would be kept
here to facilitate switching over to such production in case of war.
14. The plant now employs about 3,500 persons, bf whom about 20% are administrative
workers, 10% technical personnel and the remaining 70% workmen. Of the latter,
some 35% are qualified technicians, 3% apprentices and the rest laborers,
auxiliaries, etc. Of the over-all figure of employees about 40% are women, of
whom 15% work in administration. By the end of 1952, the number of employees
is to be raised to 8 or 9,000, and recruitment of workers is in progress in all
North bohemian Tabor Offices.
15. Work goes on without interruption, day and night, In three eight-hour shifts,
except in the warehouses and the shipping offide, which work two shifts.
Night shifts have about 15% less personnel than the cdaytime ones,. especially
with regard to administrative personnel.
16. Over-all output figures are unknown to source but he has heard at Plant Council
meetings how leaders complained that production figures were only 6O% of plan.
This seems to have been caused by the disproportionate number of unskilled
laborers,, causing frequent breakdowns, as well as by negligence in maintenance..
Another cause for such low production figures i that the workers concentrate
on quantitative output and not on quality, because their:-norms are fixed by
quantity and that is the only way for them to make money. Workers' morale and
output is controlled only by threats of transfer to the mines or by imposing
fines. The Plant Council and the Cadre Section are 100% Communist, the
administrative workers about 20% while 70% of the administrative women are
Communist & Among the workers a maximum of 30% are Communist.
17. Equipment in the plant is genbraliy in excellent condition and is exclusively
of Czechoslovak manufacture. The plant is powered by electricity, obtained 25X1
from the nearby power station.
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Comment.- Probably the Association for Chemical and Metallurgical
Produc on, National Corporation.
25X1 Comment-0 Probably the P#e Rolling Mills (Valco W trrvb)'
Nationa. orp oration., Gustav Kliment Plant.
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'Annaxes s
(A) Sketch (1 page) showing general vicinity of the AZNP plant at Rynovice.
(B) legend explaining :C. Awe fe (A) (1 page).
(C) Sketch (1 page') of the AZNP plant in Rynovice.
(D) legend explaining '..Abnem (C) (1 page).
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1. Road to Januv Dul, paved, streetcar tracks running along it, in good repair;
forks off towards Liberec at Rynovice,
2. Road from Rynovice to Ryohov near Jablonec; in good repair.
3. The Rynovicka side-road, leading to AZNP plant and back to main highway.
4. AZNP plant at Rynovice.
5. Tovarni (Factory) Street.
6. Prosecky Hreben (Ridge) extending to Liberec; maximum alt. about 2,700 ft.
7. Ridge-road, from Prosec to Liberec, in disrepair.
8. National highway to Liberec, concrete, 7 to 8 meters wide.
9. Gasworks, with 2 containers, area 150 by 20 meters.
10. Electric powerhouse, area 150 by 80 meters.
11. Trigonometric marker, 873 meters (about 2,700 ft.)
12. Observation tower, of stone, about 30 or 35 meters high.
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1. Main gate, iron, 8 by 2- meters, workmen's entry; 2 or 3 gatekeepers.
2. Gate for goods, 5 by 2-- in. 1 or 2 gatekeepers on duty.
3. Wooden hut of the Plant Militia, 10 x 10 x 5-m-, 30 men.
4. Shipping of finished products; brick building, 100 x 100 x 20 in.
3 storehouses, cloakrooms in basement.
5. Warehouse, stone., 20 x 8 x 5 m.; red roof.
6. Boiler-house, grey roof, 50 x 20 x 12 m.; chimney-stack of yellow brick.
35 in. high; fuel consumption, 1 carload of coal per day.
7. First aid post, gray masonry, 20 x 15 x 12 in,
8. Upholstery shop, with gray front, 45 x 25 x 10 m. red roof.
9. Storehouse, wooden hut, 20 x 10 x 5 in.
,10. Air-raid shelter, dug into the aide of Prosecky Ridge, 400 to 500 in, deep.
11. Garages, workers' cafeteria, 80 x 35 x 12 in.
12. Storehouse, attached to building # 14, 3-story masonry, 40 x 20 x 12 in.
13. 4-story concrete, building;"on ground floor, mobile crane-shop'and stored machine-
tools, 120 x 40 x 2u in.
14. 5-story building: let and 2nd floor, mobile cranes; 3rd and 4th reserved
for V.I. Lenin Works, Pilsen- 5th floor, storage; 120 x 50 x 24 m.
15. Storage, 30 x 15 x 4 in, Tile roof, 2 identical buildings for storage of fuel.
16. Body workshop, 120 x 120 x 25 m,, with mobile cranes; in basement, fire-
brigade station; cloakrooms.
17. Warehouse in brick, gray front, 3 storys9 80 x 40 x 12 in.
18. Building under construction, 120 x 120 m,
19. Brick 3 story building, 80 x 30 x 12 in.
20. it , 60 x 20 x 12 m,
21. Wooden one-story building, 50 x 20 x 6 in., construction office and cafeteria.
22. Masonry building, gray front, 120 x 40 x 8 in,, building administration,
gatekeepers.
23. Road to Rynovice, rolled surface, 6 or 7 meters wide, in good repair.
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