GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN TRANS-CARPATHIAN OBLAST AFTER WORLD WAR II

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November 2, 2001
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August 19, 1953
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Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001900020006-3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT SECRET, SECURITY INFORMATION DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED 25X1A REQUIREMENT NO. RD THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) SOURCE: 25X1X 25X1X 25X1X 25X1A 1. A permanent State Geological Exploration Commission (GosGeologoRazvedka), a field agency of the USSR Geialo ical Exploration; Administration of the All=Union Mining Ministx7 in Mo?cow, had been Working in Trans-Carpathian Oblast-sin'ce 1946. The task of this commission was exploration of the area for its natural resources: and the preparation, of future exploration projects. 2. The chief of the State Musing Inspectorate ((osiidarstvennaya Gorno-Tekhnicheskaya lfispektsiya) for Trans-Carpathian Oblast in Uzhgorod, Portvey Kastrovich Pestov- skiy, the following infor- mation ooncereung discover es which had been made in Trans-Carpathian Oblast by the State Geological Exploration Commission (see AMS map ltlOO,000, Sheet W-170 Mukachevo) s a. Oil was discovered in several localities on the western slopes of the Hat Mountains, especially in'the region east of the village of.Drahobratovo. The fiel& were supposed to be quite rich, although there were no 'detailed cT*ta on theist; production had not started by June 1952. b. Large quantities of lignite were discovered in many localities along almost the er;tire stretch of the western slope of the Hat Mountains from the Latorica River to the Irsava River. Lignite was'also found northeast of the Irsava River on the southern slopes 'of the Velikij Dil Mountains. Some of these mines, such as the Berezinka coal mines, were opened in 1947 and had been working at capacity since then. Pestovskiy the Ilnice mines had been expanded and other new mines planned. Brown coal discoveries in the Oblast greatly exceeded Oblast requirements, so much of it was to be exported. USSR (`Trans-Carpathian Oblast) This Document contains information affecting the 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 It prohibited. Geological Exploration in Trans-CarpathianDATE DISTR. Oblast after World War II NO. OF PAGES 25X1A 19 August 1953 2 25X1A SECRET r'r Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001900020006-3 SECRET/SECURITY INFORMATION a. Gold' had been found in the valley of they, Turja River, about three kilometers east of the village of Porolikbv and e?uth of'the river. According to PESTOVSKIY, who was supposed to have supervised the., IA d d IA t were fow"d there is the slay e s ii He was:positive, thO gh, that such , ng, g? sax an go .nugg m and especially in petrified clay (which was the predominant type of land in that region). Work there was begun ' in 1951, and already been removed and several workers as I new, the extraction of the gold wits: supposed to be done locally. d. The State Geological Exploration Commission had also discovered some uranium in Trans-Carpathian Oblast; however, I do not believe PESTOVSKIT knew the exact places where it bad been found, since 25X1X discoveries had been made. e. The commission had also discovered many new rock salt deposits? some of which extended over a considerable area in layers 3-31 m. thick. 3. The State Mining Inspectorate in Uzhgorod '-2219A7 was responsible for supervising all mining enterprises in 'ar838m-Carpath aa.a L vox. , and Chernigov oblasts. Ix the beginning of 1951 this inspectorate was transferred to Lvov so it would be central to all three oblasts. SECRET 25X1A Approved For Releaso 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001900020006-3