DIFFICULTIES AT THE RADE KONCAR MACHINE FACTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003900620011-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 15, 1954
• 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
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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Yugoslavia
REPORT
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15 April 1954
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SUBJECT Difficulties at the Rade Koncar
Machine Factory
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1. A conference of experts assembled at the Rade Koncar machinery works
in Zagreb during the afternoon of 10 January 1951 to discuss (a) temporary
reorganization of the factory to avoid serious loss of output caused by
the power cuts which were being felt almost daily due to the intense cold,
and (b) damage to certain machinery by workers at the factory.
2. The workers at the factory had expressed their extreme disappointment at
not being granted their bonus of an extra month's pay for the year 1953.
This was denied at a last minute decision on the part of the factory admin-
istration. This extra month's pay had been previously granted by a vote of
the workers' syndicate (council). When it was not paid, the workers threat-
ened to slow down production by passive resistance, slowing down their work
and failing to carry out essential maintenance of the machines.
Damage to the machinery during the past month had been caused by lack of
maintenance and the administration of the factory had called a conference
to discuss ways and means of protecting machinery against negligence and
detecting the culprits.
Commen: The Rade Koncar plant is probably the largest producer
of heavy electrical equipment in Yugoslavia.
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