ALLEGED URANIUM MINING NEAR MARIANSKE LAZNE AND KUTNA HORA

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CIA-RDP80-00810A002000460001-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 22, 2016
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November 9, 2009
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1
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Publication Date: 
August 5, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP80-0081OA002000460001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP80-0081OA002000460001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP80-0081OA002000460001-8 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT This Document contains information affecting th,- 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 cozy tents to or receipt by an unauthorized person Is prohibited by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited. SECRET/CONTROL o U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION COUNTRY Czechoslovakia REPORT SUBJECT Alleged Uranium Mining near Mariinskg DATE DISTR. 30 Jujy 1953 L zne and Kutna Hora NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) A- new uranium mine was opened in November 1952 between the communities of Zadna: Chodov and Bre unov (both N 50/P_55) 9 near Marignske Lizne (N'5O/1P 56). The new mine employs only, civilians and Soviet technicians,., but it is alleged that some 59000 workers will be employed there before the end of 1953. The entire area has been surrounded by a high barb:d- wire fence. Work is carried on in three shifts seven days a week. 20 kri old silver mine on the Kank Hill., north of Kii.tna Hora (0 50/M 37), has been put into operation by the Central Bohemian Ore Mines (Stredol'eske ruche doly)9 TurkanL. During World War II the Germans at one time tried to obtain silver from the mine,, but.it had been exhausted and they discontinued their efforts. Knowing this,, the local population believes that low-grade uranium ore is now being extracted fram the mine. SECRET/CONTROL ? U..S. OFFICIALS ONLY STATE X ARMY I X NAVY JX AIR XJFBI JAEC lX sr Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP80-0081OA002000460001-8