JAROCIN MACHINE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN JAROCIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005400030005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE - AGCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defence of the United States within the mean-
ing of theNsptonapa Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
SUBJECT Jarocin Machine P4anufacturing Plant
ii Jarosil[
This is UNEVALUATED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 3 December 1954
NO. OF PAGES 5
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE. EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Jarocin Machine Manufacturing Plant (Jarocinski?Zaklady Przemyslu 25X1
Naszynowego) is located in Jarocin, approximately 60 kilometers south-
east of Poznan. The-plant is located.in.the southern part of Jarocin,
on the south side of the highway leading to Kalisz and Ostrow. About
300 meters southwest of the. plant the Jarocin-Ostrow railroad line passes,
from which a spur line leads into the plant. 25X1
2. In the past, the plant manufactured machines for the heavy industry,
especially woodworking machinery. As a result of the Six-Year Plan, pro-
duction~was:geared to mili.tar needs tanks and engines for tanks. Most
of the maehihery was -suppliedthrough Soviet-German commer- 25X1
vial firms in East Germany.
3. The plant covers an-area of approximately 3,000 square meters, and is
surrounded by a fence: 2,:60 meters high. The main buildings are as follows:
a. Masonry building,. headquarters of the military guard,
e. Two-story building in which is located.a secret shop constructing a
new type of tank:.
1. Mechanical and repair shop, made up of four or five different buildings,
and employing about 350 workers.
e. Four assembly rooms, all having the same dimensions, 250 by 60 meters, 15
meters high, They adjoin one another and are crossed by a standard-gauge
track.
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No. information is available about the personnel. The director of the Soviet control
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'"plant also turned out armored trucks, but production of these trucks was suspended
"at the beginning of 1953. According to the production schedule, 12 complete tanks
should be turned out every ;: three, days; however, at present the production schedule
is down to 10 tanks for every three days. They are of the T-34 type with g5-milli-
meter guns, in addition to"the mass production of this type of tank, other tanks
are also constructed and shipped out by rail to unknown military destinations.
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commi scion is Valentin "-Caryz.n, a Russian.
are three military men and five civilian technicians.
d tanks and engines for tanks. For two years following 1951 this
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Three foundries in which are manufactured engines for tanks.
Electric power plant.
!o-information is available regarding the._eapaeity of the truck engine department.
This particular plant does not manufacture parts for tanks, which are shipped in
from other plants. What is done here is to assemble the component parts and to add
the engines and the armored turrets constructed in the plant.
The plant is guarded by a group .of 60 guards. Both the interior and the immediate
surroundings of the plant are under constant patrol. As a general rule, the road
leading to the plant is closed to traffic.
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1. Headquarters of the Soviet control commission.
2. Planning office.
3. Secret department in which new" tanks are constructed.
4. Mechanical repair shops
5. Four assembly reoma
6. Welding department
7. Three foundries
8. Electric power plant
Gas works
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