TRANSMITTER AND JAMMING STATION NEAR LITOVEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000300570005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2009/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00810A000300570005-1
CENTRAL INTE:LkLGENC~ AGENCY
Thts Deeua-eut,aontatae tnfoemsttaa at[eetfns ta-e in-~
-ttaaat~Asienee aiahe Vaned tigtes, wlthta themaan-
faR of Titls ls, Aeetloai 700 and 704, 01 the II.B. Qode, es
eatieadedc Ita.trimonUadoa of reeeUetton.of.ltsooateats
INFORMATION REPORT ~ ~ apt ~ ~ "a.?th~." ~? ?r?h'b`t:d
bE Lw. Ths?:ePsodllotloa of this fo7m fe ps~ohLbited,
Sl.~C~COIY~'RQL _-,U,~ ~,0~'.):`ICTALS:ONLY.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia REPORT
SUBJECT Transmitter anft : Jamrni.ng. ~ stat ion
net~7r ..Litc~vel
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REMRi ME DEFINITIVE.
T.HF Af~RA15AL Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(fOR KEY S!E RlVERS!)
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1. Construction of a -three-story building 6Q by 6D by 3Q m,. in ..size was commenced
on the.Zamecke Meadows.near ~itovel (P5Q~N76) an 19+9 after a new road--from Litovel
to ,the ~,e,mecka.:Morava 1~iNe~ wss- built . The building .was .completed . in thstaummenrl
of _-1951, The .:building .was #~c~ -beruabd as .a new. transmitter and damming
2. about .2Q(J ~m. from.the building .two .concrete squares were ,erected for tr~-nsmitting
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,posts .and .an underground reinforced ,concrete; shelter .was, .
,.the building., The transmitting posts were to be 3QO m. .high, higher thah the
transmitt~x B,t-.Liblice.2' These are supposed to be the strongest,transmitters in
.Czechoslovakia,..including ~ammi~g.station transmitters. Detectors for
.illegal transmitters.are to :be lgcated.here also.
Two flbQrs,.t~f: the new .building .were to .be used .as the receiving ,center (sic)
for.the rada~c stations at praded3, 70-kilometers .away, Svaty Kopecek (P50 ~9~),
25 k#.lometers:.away, and :Mariansite~Vrchy,.I+O kilometers .away..
25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
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O lom~c~uc tq guard :-the .area . This : convin.eed the population ..that the new
caastxuction ,was ,not a, .goat off ice
_Camml+ntr At first .the -buildings were surxaunded ,by signs saying,, 25X1
Bui7~ing , csf the .:new post ,off ice - no .admittance" . But . at .the beginning of
sent a guard:of.thirteen men from .the military garrison at
1 the arm
:.Comment: Possibly. the Praded,Mountain, south of Jesenik
P51 72 , formerly..Fryvaldc~v.
S~GRET~CONTROL . - U.S..OFFICIALB ONLY
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STATE ~ ARMY X NAVY X I A I R ~X ~ F?t ~ ~ AEC- ~ ~ 0~2 Eve X
(Note[ Wwbinpten DlgribeNen indtoete6l h "X"r' /hId Ifiebibelinl w1- "~"?)
6 March 1953
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