PRODUCTION AT THE HOLESOVICE AND USTI NAD LABEM SHIPYARDS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001700890003-3
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 14, 2016
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May 2, 2002
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3
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Publication Date: 
July 28, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2002/07/15 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001700890003-3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT SECRET COUNTRY Czechoslovakia PLACE ACQUIRED SOURFq 25X1A This Document contains Information affecting .he Na- tional Defense of the United States, within the mean- ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited. REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1 25X1A 28 July 1953 1 THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY. SEE REVERSE) 25X1X 14 The shipyards at Holeeovice and Usti nad.Labem are working almost exclusively for the USSR, and orders placeei by the Czechoslovak government have had to be post- p,ned indefinitely. At Solesovice, the former manager., Richter (mi.i), carried out urgent replira on'CSPLO river barge No. 665 on his own responsibility, and as a result.he was discharged. 2. The Usti nad Labem shipyard had to change its production program and concentrate entirely on the manufacture of floating cranes., pontoons and heavy ploughs :sic). In February 1953, 2,,400 pontoons were produced for the USSR. The Usti shipyards employ 700 workers, working three shifts. Only a small part of the yards is reserved for maintenance work on Czechoslovak.. river craft, and only the most urgent work'is done. Finished products are tskbn over by Soviet officials at the shipyards and shipped to the USSR on special railroad cars. 25X1A ST/ Production at the Eblesavice and Usti nad DATE DISTR. Labem Shipyards NO. OF PAGES NAVY AIR (Note: Washington Distribution Indicated by "X"; Field Distribution By "#".) Approved For Release 2002/07/15 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001700890003-3