ALUMINUM PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR TLMACE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600560005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO
Czechoslovakia
Aluminum Plant under Construction
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near Tlmace
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1, An aluminum plant in Czechoslovekia was under construction in southern
Slovekis directly southeast of the community of Tlmacelon the Iron Fir
(?9/T 92), stout IC kilometers northwest of Levice (Q 49/U C1).
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The 7roject of an aluninur plant in Czechoslovakia hed been under discussion
since 1950 as, for rilitaryreesons, the Czech aircraft industry strove to
becoee independent of foreign raw materiels and light tel alloys had proved
excellent substitutes for copper alloys which were in shat 5u2ply in Czech-
it wes intended to wake this project the largest eluminUm
plant in Centre' Lurcpe. Hs sold that this plant would include a. melting de-
pertment nn well as a light-retal rolling mill and would te able to produce
all light ratel veri-finished goods needed in Czechoslovakia end even allow
exports,
All bauxite shipments cure from Hungrry ty rail. regnesite shipments cure
from nterby elovak megneeite (listricts neer Lovinobeno (C. 49/D n2) and
Alwyn (Q 49/D 53), and electric power was supplied by the hydroelectric
power plants on the Vah River, the electric power plant in Dobsine (R 49/D 53)
and nearly steam power plants end was rcheduled to le supplied later by a
large-sized power elant projected on the !Iron River.
5, In late 1952, construction activity et the luilding site was inteneive hejor
machine shops were under conFtructiono Installing the electrolytic furnaces
allegedly comeenced in mid-rerch 1953. iroduction was scheduled to start at
the teginning of 1954.
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CeechoslovEkia was short of competent experts as the TImace
rectory was the first light rntal plant to be constructed in Ceechoe:evskia0
therefore, efforts had teen initiated in late 1951 to reke
students of Czech universities and perticultrlyof metallurgical, mechanical
enetneering and chenical sdhools at Institutes of lechnology attemd 2-ti
courses of epe&al instruction on light metellurgT rt the ludelest Institute
of Technoloc which we leading in this subject.
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experienced el ectric furnace operators founders and other skilled workers were
detailed to various Hungarian plants to receive truining in light
metal working to be elle to serve e s foreren in the new Tlrace
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aluminum plant under construction at arkr location in Czechoslovakia other than
the one at Svaty Kriz nad Iironom.
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