NEW SOURCE OF IRON ORE FOR THE VITKOVICE IRON WORKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000580009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 4, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/03/18: CIA-RDP80-00810A006000580009-6
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage 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.
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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
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DATE DISTR. 4 March 1955
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The ovice Klement Gottwald Iron Works in Vitkovice was built to use
phosphoric iron years the Czechs have imported as
many as 3,000,000 tons per annum for use by this plant. However,
for a indicated in trade negotiations that they have no requirements
for ore for Vitkovice. 25X1
of ore, it would be such a large undertaking that it would be impossible to
keep it out of trade circles for a long period of time. For this reason, it
is considered most likely that the Czechs have a new source of ore of a ouality
Comment: If the Czechs intend to maintain production at Vitkovice, this
means that they must have acquired another source of iron ore similar to that
formerly obtained or else they have completely rebuilt the furnaces
But if the furnaces at V tkovice were to be rebuilt to handle another qualit 25X1
and chemical composition similar to that previously obtained
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New Source of Iron Ore for
the Vitkovice Iron Works
Approved For Release 2008/03/18: CIA-RDP80-00810A006000580009-6