UNDERGROUND MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN PARDUBICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100680001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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
emended. 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.
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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Underground Military Construction
Project In Pardubice
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
28 December 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT I5 TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. What appears to be a new underground air raid shelter underneath the castle it.
Pardubice is under construction. It is to serve military purposes only. Essentia2L
military records are to be kept there; there is to be some important military
installation in the structure and it is to be an air raid shelter for high
military and civilian personnel. 50X1-HUM
2, Only a small part of the project lies outside the castle. The majority of it is
ath the castle itselfa
All excavation is being done by hand and the earth is being removed by
trucks. Three medium-sized concrete mixers are used on the site. 50X1-HUM
3. The Pardubice Air Foroe Command supervises t:he project, which employs about 50
workmen. They are supervised by two officers wearing what may be Air Force uniforms.
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Air Raid Shelter in Pardubice
Castle
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