NEW DIESAL SHIP ENGINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006600430003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATI?N REPORT
COUNTRY C' ec hosloir~:k4
SUBJECT New Diesel Ship Enp-
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Sees. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohib" '
by law. JJ
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The dkoda factories have developed a diesel-type ship engine with
a 2,000-horsepower potential, the most powerful ship engine ever
produced in Czechoslovakia. The eng.r.e has 8 cylinders, is 10
meters long, and weighs 60 tons.
Comment-o The Skoda Works, National. Enterprise, in Prague
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STATE I X
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NAYY X A I R X FBI
(NOTE: Washingldn distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".)
Smichov is known to produce diesel en;ines.
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1 June 1955
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