1. WEAPONS FACTORY AT STALOWA WOLA 2. ROCKET FACTORY AT PUSTKOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 9, 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
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SUBJECT
DATE. OF INFO.
2. Rocket Factory at Pus,ow
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE,
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE,
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The weapons factory in Stalowa Wola(N 50-34) E 22-03) is situated about 400 meters
west of the Stalowa Wola.railroad station. The railroad station in turn is located
about 200 meters west,of the town. The factory, which was not fully completed in
the spring,of 1952, consisted of the following buildings: one two-story building
which served, as the administration building; seve , large buildings which made up the
factory proper; 'Ire eral small buildings which served as garages,-storehouses,
etc. The factory area wat" 4u.rrounded by a high barbed wire fence which had several
entrances for trains and motor vehicles. The electricity for the factory, as well
as the town of Stalowa Wola, was supplied by a large power plant located near Ozet
(N 50-33, E 22-05).
2. The factory produced the following items:
Large caliber antiaircraft guns which we 'mo'unted on a four-wheel chassis.
The barrels on these guns were over three meters in lenlxth.
these guns were much larger than the ordinary field artillery
b. Antitank" guns which were mounted on a_twia-rwheel chassis. The barrels on
these guns were about two.meters in length, and the guns were about half of
bhe caliber.of the afore-mentioned antiaircraft guns.
C. Soviet odel Degtyarev light machine guns.
d. "Machine pistols" ("'.T.") of 7.62 mm caliber.'
The factory, had its own firing range located east of Stalowa Wola.on the western
side- of the San River. The ammunition for testing these guns was.pupplied by an
am unition factory located between Debica.(N 50-03, E.21-25) and M~.elec (N 50-17,
E 2I-25)
gun.
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4. The factory had the following equipment: two old funnels (sic), two newl constructed
funnels, two large Martin furnaces; and two arc: furnaces iec.lukow
The factory,
employed about 30,000 people, i.e., about 10,000 men and women on each 025X1
?the three shifts. 2 The workers lived in Stalowa Wola, Plawo (N 50-34, E 22-04),
Nisko (N 50-32, E 22-09), Lezajsk (N 50-16) E 22-25), Rozwadow (N 50-35) E 22-03)
and nearby villages. Special busses and trains had been put into servic ween
some of the latter-mentioned towns and the factory.
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s 3,000 workers were billited in the eastern pa. slows Wola and on bo
sides.of he Nisko-Rozwadow road which runs parallel to the San River
many houses had been constructed for the factory employees in the northern
.part..of Stalowa.Wola and along the road leading from the Sta
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5. The factory was guarded by one company of the 4th KBW nternal Security Co ~
which was billeted near the factory in one-story barracks located on the easterngside
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of the newly constructed 'oaf which runs f the factory to the Stalowa Wola rail-
road station.. The guards were armed with ptriet "pepesze.l (PPSh.). Entrance to the
.factory was by special passes, valid for three months periods, which ssued bry
the afore-mentioned guard company. The employees often
destroyed their passes in the hope that they would e admitted into the fact ` 25X1
but.the factory authorities allowed-them to enter because they did not .want to haves
Any slow-downs in production. The power plant in 0ze;t was guarded by industrial
guards who were supervised by officers.of the KBW company.
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a former German' actory near Pustkow (N'
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and was produc~.ng artillery missile
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or medium and heavy ttillery
and rockets similar to the German V-2. The factory allegedly has a firing range
for the testing,of rockets.
(Comment: Other information has reported that Stalowa Wola has changed
over to the pr*d.d.ction.of consumer goods.
Go ent;l ~probabl the Soviet.. TT 1 o3q (Tok
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