CKD DUKLA NATIONAL ENTERPRISE IN PRAGUE-KARLIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT CKD Dukla National Enterprise in
Prague-Karlin
PLACE ACQUIRED
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tionel Defense of the United States within the mean-
Ing of the Espionage Laws, Tide 18, U.S.C. Seas. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person 1s prohibited
by law.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
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REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED Information
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
CKD Dukla National Enterprise in Praague??Karlin employs about 1,000
persons and operates in two shifts: 6"t m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to
12 midnight. Employees work until 1.0 p.m. on Fridays, and the
evening shift does not work on Saturdays. The morning shift employs
about 65 percent of the personnel. 1 nployees come from Prague and 25X1
the surrounding area by train. The maximum:; distance travelled is
;about 60 kilometers. About 20 percent of. the employees are clerks.
2. The enterprise covers an area of 200 x,60 meters. Thamova ulice
divides the enterprise into an East Section and a ,West Section. There
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built. Work is performed in all the buildings. The manufactured
articles cannot be kept in the basements, which only house a boiler
section. There is no camouflage; the buildings are painted a grayish
yellow.
3. Up to June 1954, there was a monthly shipment of the following articles 25X1
produced. at the plant: four boilers; one heating radiator; and one
cooling radiator. The boilers were tested for resistance at 30 to 60
atmospheres; the radiators, up to 12 atmospheres. The. testing committee
imprinted the results on each product. The products were then painted
black, and the word "Repub lika" and a 4-to-6-digit number were painted
on in white. Finished products were immediately shipped out by
railroad cars. The establishment has sent assemblers to Poland, Rumania,
Bulgaria, and Hungary for a compulsory period of one to two years.
4. The West Section of the factory allegedly produces parts which then
have to be machined. These parts include frontal parts for radiators
and necks for boiler pipes. The East Section manufactures boilers and
accessories for electric power plants. The.East Section is divided into
two parts: Section 201 for the manufacture of small boilers and
radiators up to a weight of 2,000 kilograms and Section 200 for the
manufacture of large boilers and radiators. Approximately 120 employees
work on the morning shift and about 70 on the afternoon shift in the
East Section.
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Production facilities in the East Section are a
follows
a. The lamination and pressing shop (Annex B,~Po nt'8)..contains one
German-made electric rolling machine foral. plates; two rollers
of about a 25-centimeter diameter which can roll lOrai l1imeter
plate; one old electric hydraulic rolling macbt with`a pressure
of 50 atmospheres.
The sheet-metal dressing shop (Annex B, Poi* 9) contains three
new automatic machines for cutting plate made by CBD $okolovo
National; Enterprise in Prague - Vysocarq; a eleic shears
which will out plate up to eight millisletr thick'';', old German-
made mobile travelling cranes of 15-toil capacity.
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cn with electric
C, The forge (Annex B, Point 11) contains one coke
ventilators and one new CKD Sokolovo mobile travelling crane of five
ton capacity with manual. guide from,the ground..
d. The shop for production and assembly o;P.sma Uboilers (Annex B,
Point 12) contains one new CKD Sokolo Automatic welding machine;
four new CKD Sokolovo electric welders";"'ones obsolete drilling
machine; one old lathe with two rotating blades; and two new CKD
Sokolovo mobile electric travelling er+afes of 1$-ton' capacity.
e. The shop for X-ray of alloys and cast iron contains ones X-ray
apparatus which was not used from Jantax'y to August 1954.
f. The main production hail. for large boilers (Ani lepc'.B, Point 5)
contains four new automatic electric NU horisoota1 drI2ling machines;
one old lathe with two rotating blades two n$ small electric
Czechoslovak horizontal drills; about 25 eletric welder-s, five of
which are new; six automatic CKD Sokollovo sl dit tbre old
electric grinders; and. two new CKD Sokol''o rnobe: travelling cranes
of 30-ton capacity.
g. The tool supply (Annex B. Point 13) contains *bout three new
Czechoslovak pneumatic hand grinders; about tght new Czechoslovak
pneumatic hard arilLs; about 12 new CeeehoaL electric hand
drills; and about 12 new Czechoslovak eleetrict grinders.
6. The West Section contains the follow&ug produot n facilitiess
a. The sheet-metal dressing shop (Annex 2,3 Point ,25) contains one
plate shears. The open cement courtyard (Amex B,, Point 27) contains
one mobile travelling crane of five-ton-oapaeit4.
b. The machine shop (Annex B, Point 28) contains about30 machines for
various operations, 35 percent of which are milling natters; the' rest
are drills, grinders, etc. It also contains oner new.CZD Sokolovc
mobile travelling crane of 15-ton capacity, about 1,5 electric welders,
and about 10 autcogenous welders.
7. The list of machines above for the East Section is completes it is
not complete for the West Section. The machinery and equipment are
old for the most part, but they are very well maintained. All
machines, except the pneumatic hand ones, qperat,w, electrically
with their own'motors.
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8. In its production the factory uses various semi~shed products.
These include about 20 plates weekly;te1 plates are 5x4 to 8x6 meters
large and 7 to 10 centimeters thick. e are noreeeXles at the
factory. Iron cells for boilers and . ators arrive-'in trucks,
apparently from the CKD Stalingrad Nat 0ft11 rprizr.is Pragae-
Vysocany. The factory has no reserve. Bz .and copper pipes for
radiators arrive by truck. The pipes are, ." t 65 percent iron and
-. 5 percent brass, 4.08 meters long, 10 mil eter$ tn.diameter, and
2 millimeters thick. Each radiator has,5,000 to 7.000 of these
pipes.. The factory has no reserves of ,pes. A. eaknerss in
production is that the supply of materi$ and equipment is uncertain
and sometimes stops and that the factoryhaS .no reserve suppplies.
9. Electric current, which is ief' o rc .mf power, is furnished-
from a sta ti on i Pra' e. Goal is
formers ar not in the East Sect #n of the P ?
used in the boiler section for heating only. Creaaed.air is
produced in the compression section of the Bash Sectift.
10. The factory has its own railroad conron with the Prave..Karlin
station. Railroad cars are hauled to th :factor' from the station
by an old diesel tractor belonging to` facto y. The factory does
Apt have its own parking lot. Shipment by hiay is effected by
means of trucks belonging to one of the GKD plants or;tpr CSD (Czecheel"ak
Railroad) trucks. Three electric carts are used for, shipments within
the factory.
11. CKD Dukla is organized in the followf * 4i-91sions.; ministration;
Planning Section; Personnel Section;,. 'rity Section; Factory
Advisory Board; Intelligence Sectio*'- ' the Cotwn"Ot Party of
Czcchoslovakia(sic);? Production: Bast 3ectio; let Section. The
director is named Bohac.(fnu); he is Csechosloveh and a Con nist?
The director of the East Section is Jose' ? cuic.. who is assisted
by Josef Vysin. The -works counci4 consistrs of 4 mama members and 10
additional ones in the branches, coriander of the
12. The factory militia consists of'i3j..30 pereona..
militia carries a 7.65-mm. pistol; the other members .'carry rifles*__
The uniform consists of a blue suit. and a blue cap. A' red band with
the insignia of the establishment ai~td :the letter :- (Zavodni lice-
Plant Militia) are worn on the left a. The be.t hasi two cartridge
boxes. Instruction; is given at the alidovna~,$ litary Trai:ming
Field in Prague-Karlin, the duty aAhe factory militia is to
intervene in case of disorders. The militia detail ii.. under the
jurisdiction of the head of a .'e9curity 8ectiozl. in addition to the
militia there are four unarmed door guards, two ct.why are on duty ,_.
at all times.
13. The establishment has its own di.spe teary (Annex B, Point 21) with
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five physicians, three in the morning and two im
two nurses.
14. No holiday is granted after one year's servtie ei for more than one
year axtA up to five years' service, a holiday of two weeks is
granted.; up to 15 years' service, three weeks; a*d more than 15
years' service, four weeks.
150 Nearly 40 percent of the employees are eztrolle to the factory Party
organization. It has little ,influence on politisil orientation.
The establishment does not have its own organization of the CSM
Ozechoslovak Youth Union). r'1ezabership in the ROH (Reivolucni odborove
hnuti-Revolutionary Trade Union Movemeitt) of the factory is obligatoryi
and is subject to a deduction of eight percent of gross salary.
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Of the employe: $ dire for the r4gime t
and 80 percent against it, 5 percent oar sm and 95 percent
against it, 50 percent for s_cialism ( Eger workers) and 50
percent against s)cialism (the older worn).
Co~erit: Not rm-tber expla1,me
Lazo d to Annex B (Measurem s are approximate)
East Section
Porter's lodge, 5 x 5 meters.
buildinge'
Office of the works council; 10 x 5 meter's,
Baths, 10,x 8 meters, masonry building.
Storehouse for coal and coke; 10 x
Production and assembly hall; 100 x
facilities listed under points 6 to
and coke are stored in reserve,
6. Smitky.(Not shown on sketch).
7. 1ectricians' shop.
8. Lamination and pressing shop.
9. Sheet-metal dressing shop.
10. Boiler section in basement.
11. Forge.
12. Production and assembly of small
13. Tool supply and planning office.
14. X-ray of alloys.
15. Shipping room.
60 x?15 meters; Ott contains the
products; small boiler.
16. Scrap depot; the scrap goes to the
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here prior to assembling.
Depot of production parts manufactured in. the West Section and held
18. Compressor shop; 12 x 5 meters; single-story masonry building.
19. Office for shipment and distribution: of,01 , lubricants, and soluble
oil in a single-story masonry building x 5 metera.t* size; also
storage for the oil, lubricants, and aolubl* oil.
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21 Administrative offices, dispensary, kitd and diai*g rocu; a three-
story masonry building 50.x 15 meters in size.
22. Porter's lodge; 4 x 4 meters.
23. Not now
24. Motor-repair shop.
25. Sheet-metal dressing shop .(rolling a
a separate three-story buildi4.
26. Covered cement court seven meters high.
27. 00a cement courtyard.
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28. Machine shop; 80 x 15x 15 meters; ad a store for screws, gaskets. ett
29. Storercbm; single-story building 50 x 5 * s in size.
30. Paved court.
A. Eitranoe to the West Section.
B. Kntranoe to the East Section.
C. Entry point of the rail spur.
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