ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FACTORIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A002900060016-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/12/07: CIA-RDP80-00926AO02900060016-9
CLASSIFICATION /,,,. ---- -___ 50X1-HUM
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
INFORMATION REPORT ORE
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Electrical Equipment Factories,,
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE-
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
CASE
I OV Jan 1951
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORI k J
1. The R o T O factory of Tallinn
ufacturers of electrical equipment and parts, was taken o the
Germans in 19.1,. It became a Telefunken organization that year, emp about
two hundred people. The R. E. T.. plants taken over by Telefunken, ha built
in 1938 and was a four story factory. Under the tenure of Telefunken, parts
for aircraft radio receivers, were the only products manufactured. The original
German plan for establishing a Telefunken branch in Tallinn was part of a long
range program based on the assumption of victory over the USSR. Telefunken was
to be a major parts supplier for all. eastern territory captured by Germany 50X1-HUM
with a major branch conveniently located at Tallinn,
20 With the return of the Soviets in late 1941, the plant was reorganized again
as R. E. T., its present name. Very little equipment was destroyed by the
Germans or stripped by the Soviets as it had only been partially equipped
under Telefunken?s brief activity. It produced a limited amount of
in 1912 to 19 J.0
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30 Hansa Electric Motor took over Volta Works during the German occupation of
Tallinn in 1941. This plant was located near the Krull Engine Plant, and
adjoined the latter on its northeast side. (Location H07.7 - V1l+.2.) Hansa was the
only electric motor manufacturer in Estonia, and,in 1914,employed about one50X1-HUM
thousand people. Electric motors of various sizes were built, from the smaller
type for lathes, to large types as used by Municipal Power Company, Tallinn
Additional products manufactured were transformers, hand irons and heaters
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/12/07: CIA-RDP80-00926AO02900060016-9