AMMUNITION WORKS AT LEGNOWO

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP80-00926A004000300001-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 14, 2016
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December 19, 2001
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1
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Publication Date: 
July 25, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approv? f 2 0J7j %'W-,ftj6A004000300001- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION. REPORT CD,NO. COUNTRY SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED BY SOURCE DATE OF INFORMATION 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 NAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO- HIEITED By LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THISU FORM 15 PROHIBITED. SOURCE 25X1A DATE DISTR. aS Jul 1951 NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1X 25X1X "There is a large ammunition factory in the town of Legnowo, south of Bydgoszcz, but it is camouflaged by the name, 'United Works of Chemical Industry' (Ziednoczone Zaklad Prze lslu Chemicznego) I iE 25X1X` 25X1X 2. The factory buildings are scattered over a large area and are under the strict supervision of a special iidustrial guard unit. Over 800 people are employed there. "Gunpowder is produced in large underground chambers the roofs of which form slight protuberances above ground. This, is c l r,, camouflaged with trees and grass. The gunpowder produced there is put into barrels and taken away in the direc- tion of Inowxaoclr end Tczew. The only factory buildings that are not underground 5X1X "During the German occupation, 3 _ = 3 . b ;s plant situated on the site of the present factory. In 1947, however, all the machines were dismantled and taken to the USSR. Now, it is officially announced, new machines produced in the USSR are being delivered instead. The old workers, however, have recognized them to be the old machines that had been looted by the Soviets and are now being sold to Poland as 'Soviet' goods." CLASSIFICATION SECRET/US )OFFICIALS ONLY munition Works at Legnowo 25X1A 25X1A 25X1A