COTTON TEXTILE MILL IN SHCHELKOVO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A048600150001-6
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 18, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning 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 prohibited by law.
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Cotton Textile Mill in Shchelkovo:
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18 MAY 1959
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
report~ on a, enttor
mill in Shchelkovo (N 55-55. P, -~R-noV
iegena are included in the report.
sketch of the plant layout and
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1. There were two cotton textile mills in Shche lkovo (v 05-5n, 38-009
one called the old mill and the other, the new mill. The latter,
had no numerical designation.
perimeter of the mil ]l I was
surrounded on three sides by a fence some three to four meters high.
The plant buildirp;a consisted of one lar e, probably fireproof,
four-story, red brick bia.iidin, divided into three sections (refer
to sketch) and a warehouse. From the Shchelkovo railroad station
a branch railroad line and a non-surfaced highway led directly to
the p lant . Raw materials, such a
cot ton, f'eallt, glue, coal and wood,
were shipped in by rail and outgoing products were transported. both
by rail and truck.
2. The main building had large windows on the side facing the
Shchelkovo railroad station; it was divided into three parts or
sections deseribe.d.'.as::t'ollows:
Section one: this section had ahuBe]ient where waste cotton was
col icected and later washed and used. On the first
floor, which me', sn--wd about 40 by 80 meters, was
located the laundry where the raw cotton waa. washed
in drums one mater in diameter before being trans-
ferred to the second floor for c irdi . Included
among the employees on the first floor were
Stakhanovi,tes whose sole job was to speed up the
washing process so that other shops in the plant
would not lack work. The second floor contained
cardng end ironing machines; the latter smoothed,
the cotton fibers into uniform layers preparatory
for winding. On the third floor the cotton was
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would into fibers of then demos ted.
in felt c U-L . ?s.a..lt.rs a.al.r t rej:?.sfer. L cl, to t t fourth
floor, where the bobbins of cotton were stretched
prior to oo,~~~re rtt { r~..l,to yarn fo-r
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Section Two- This section w,'las divided into two 'parts owing to the
fact that the r11 )ch 'rl.t s mp m.ls located in the center
Of the floor. On the first floor the pre-washed
cotton was carded and. made into cord, whereafter it
was sent to the second floor for stretchin