MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON VILNIUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A046800030001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 6, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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IN ORMATION. REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Iff. U.S.C, Sec, 793 Ind 794, the transunssun, or
COUNTRY USSR REPORI
DATE DISTR. 6 February 1959
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Information on Vilnius
NO. PAGES
REFERENCES RD
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report ?. information concerning
being supplied to Soviet troops.
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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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-1-. GIM j Radio and Tractor Factory AR~~~Wi
? in 1950 on the promises of
General. The concern was small radio factory called Blektro, which was partially destroyed during
the last war.
Name of factory. Radio Zavod (number unknown) .9 , (Radio Fac torY)
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Location. Isolated, on the northern boundary of the from the center. It is reached by =~ lines 3 and 8.
1,500 1/
Dimensions -
Nature of sarroundi:V_~Erain. covered with oaks, permits the eventuAl
Wansion of the compound in any direction.
Number of workers_ About 13,500-
Work shifts. Three
Pr.oduct-ion. From the start, conson radio receivers in portal table,
land floor modelog and an undetermined "socretP production manufactured in
underground laboratories of the compound. It appears to be special radio
sets and precision instruments for the armed forces.
produced elsewhere and installed at the factory.
units of various radio
? 50,000
Production figures. The
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sets a month. Tractor production h,., not been determined. Tractors are
not produced according to a fLxed plan, but rather according to orders
received.
Production_gstoem. Follows the assembly line system.
Characteristics. 2L_j~e ~roduct~s. The initials VU followed by the
small plate on the radio sets. The same
initials followed by the horsepower of the engine appears on the radiator
of the tractors.
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Source of Tractor engines come from
Description satellite countries.
Lx4INGRAD, and radio tubes from LENINGRAD and BIGA.
correspond to those appearing on the sketch of Attachment No. 1.
mass hall,
1 - Managementp offices 0 etc. A 4-story building
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meters, with a gable roof covered with tiles. It also
about
contains a movie house, conference room, library and reading room, and
recreation room.
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by 75 meters~ with tiled gable roofs.
4-story buildings about
4 - Tractor engine installation department and tractor parts warehouse.
Building similar to No. 2. Engine installation is performed on the ground
floor, and the upper floors are used as 4 warehouse.
5 - Foundry. A pavilion almost equal to foregoing buildings in size,
6f 4-st6ry height Installed in it are two electric furnaces of *nknown
about 12 meters high and 5YmetePqWA@1@'-'--- 6~va-rc,
6 - Production control and testing department5. Like No. 2 'above,
containing various laboratories to perform endurance tests, etc.
7 - Chemical laboratories and other undetermined departments. A 4-stery
building similar to No. 1. only the assigned personnel is allowed to enter.
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Persons employed here are collstailtly watched.
Shirping department. Pavilion similar to NO. 5, intsm&UY like
,a spiral. After all checks and testst the tractors are brought to a special
place on the top of the spiral, and as ~ they cam down they are
prepared for shipment.
9, 10, 11 - Warehouses for material ready for shipment and raw materials.
Three navilions of 3-story height, each measuring about 200 by 60 motors,
with tiled gable roofs.
12 - Workshop. Square pavilion about 45-50 meters on the sides, with
tiled gable roof. In it are installed about 15 automatic machines including
13 - Brick smokestack. About 35 motors high.
Underground departmentsfor secret production. The area where the
laboratories are located is approximately in the center of the compound.
(Zone marked No. 14 in sketch of Attachment No. 1.) It is reached through
two staircases leading from the ground floors of building/'No. 3 and No. 6.
Though not noted, it is probable that the laboratories, which are 10 m*Awsj
beneath the surf ace, can be reached through a passage from the administration.
Personnel assigned to the secret production departments. None is
Lithuanian. Only Russians or Soviet Jews from the hinterland are employed; Us
Loading facillties. A'powe ful jit crane is located outside the
warehouses, and overhead cranes of different types are found in the production
department and in the warehouses.
Rail/ connections. standard-gauge rail line links the factory to the
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freight station of VIINYUS. A narrow-gauge rail line tuns along the inside
T)erimeter of the compound and is used to move the materials and finished
products inside the establishment.
Electric energy used. Energy is produced by a coal-burning thermal
power plant installed underground where the'secret productiong*
denartments are located.
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System of product The radio Sets are transported
by the rail line which connects with the freight station of VIINYUS "
b, their own
by motor vehicles. The tractors reacA the freight station 40
power for shipment to their destination.
Mess hall. Meals are not table dthote, but a la carte in a
restaurant, and the prices are reasonable.
Facilities for subordinates. At the time of this reportth"o blocks
of dwellings for the workers were under construction about 500 motors from
the factory.
Secu Lty meamres. The compound is enclosed by a 2-meter hUh few*,
part masonry and part wood, topped by a wire entanglement about 50 centi-
meters high. The watch is entrusted to sworn guards, The ostablidawnt
is well lighted at night.
completed. reneral. The establishment was started in the spring of 1955 and
still has not been hardly re
first building
Elektrotakhaichooko
4ame ?
s. (ElectrotechtUal consumer goods factory).
towards
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Location. About 12 kil ometers from the center of the
the north~ 7-8 kilometers beyond the radio and tractor factory already
described. It is reached by shmw~ lines 3 and Bs which were extended
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arber the factory started oneratinf-, The workers formerly used factory
Dimensions of area occ~jed. Undetermined since the estAblish"nt
is still under development.
Nature of surrounding terrain.. Woods had to be cleared to build th*
factory, and there are fewt"'"'near the tompound. Ample gxound to expand
in any direction.
Number of workers. 1,5C)0-20'000..
Work shifts. Two shifts: o6c)o-14oo and 1400-2200.
Production. Household appliances like electric irons, electric stO"s
and ovens, TaCUUM cleaners, polishersq etc.p but excluding washers and
refrigerators.
Characteristics of the products. They are of excellent qaalitys,
comparing favorably with Czech products, which are considered the best in
East Europe. Models produced improve with advancing techniques, and a
vacuum cleaner model with plastic parts replacing metal Ones is balm
planned.
Destination of production. Domestic consumption and prommably
exportqO to the Bloc countries.
Production for the armed forces. if notimed that the establishment
performs some undetermined production activity for the armed forces* but
it is of a~ UtpottAnce.
Rail connections. It is connected to the freight station Of the city.
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Legend:
1. Yanagement, mass hall, etc.
2. Radio and tractor production and assembly department.
3. Radio and tracto-~ production and assembly department.
4. Tractor engine installation department.
5. Foundry.
6. Production control and testing department.
'*Wok=ii~al laboratories and other undetermined departments.
8. Shipping department.
9. Warehouse.
10. Warehouse.
11. Warehouse.
12. Workshop.
13. Smokestack.
14. krea of the secret underground laboratories.
15. Narrow-gauge internal rail line.
16. Standard-gauge spur track.
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Country: USSR
Date of information in reference
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Radio Technical Company) stationed at KUIBYSM
It had been rumored for some time in the above-mOntioned unitOdb
_papown. that the communications equipment in use would be replacedsmithin
the scope of modernization affecting the whole armed forcess by other later
and more powerful models
There were reportedly various models with which the
57th Company was also expected to be supplie
mobile radio
shoulder pack radio
small radio for short range comimmication.
The replacement of the old radio modelsA J"a Irleportedly progressing
slowly since it is necessary to train the personnel thal~d, to operate the
now equipment, which has its p characteristics.
Production of radio series R.1004im supposedly effected in a factory
in PENZA (approximately 530141 N, 450 E). In the same locality are also
found large warehouses for radio5mais6emence and other technical LUes
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