THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL COMBINE AND THE CHEMICAL MACHINERY MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CHIRCHIK

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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 18
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 24, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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The Electrs~-Che~i~al Combine and
the tRiemical. 1Kachinery M~ansfac~uring
Plant in Chirchik
24 larch 1960
REPORT
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEfINRIVE. APPRAISAL OF COMENi !S TENTATIVE.
the plant's name was changed to Uzbek Chemical Mach~.nery ALarniYacturing Plant
(Uzbekskiy kh3~ichesk~y machino-stroitel~yy zavod) also .known as
The plant was located on the west side of ??~eleznodorozhnaya ulitsa, across the
street froffi Settlement No. 1$. the plant was subordinate
to the I~oivnarkhoz of the IIzbek SSR in Tashkent. The iilirector of the pl. +
vas Elatonav (fnu) . 50X1-H U M
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in 1 9 e workers referred to it as the Frunze 7syod. In 1955 or 1956, howe~rer,
e following types of machinery were produced at DZL~I~DIAS'g:
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a. Machines which made two types of compressors -air caa~ressors, and the
type of compressor "used to a fate water" sic .
b. Sugar processing machinery.
c. Machinery which produces synthetic silk.
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d. Tanks of all sizes, ranging from one and one-half meters long by one meter
in diameter to five meters long by three meters in diameter. 50X1-H U M
me s mon p uc on norm e s ted that
Shop Ro. 1, often did not fLil.fill its quota.
there T:~ere no~`items of a military nature being p~o~duced at the plan
samtime in_1951 the plant^statted to produce
a bomb easing that measured about twenty-four~_idnches in diameter and four feet
in length, not including the nose and tail fins. The nose was rounded and made
of iron about eighteen inches in length. 'The tail fins were about two feet in
length. The entire casisig was assembled in Boiler Shop No. 2 -the nose coming
from the plant's foundry. 80 to 100 bomb casings per50X1-H U M
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e pro uc ion o ~ ese m cos s s opped sometime in
5. Sketches and legends locating the Electro-Chemical Combine in Chirc
giving a rough:; layout sketch of the plant
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_ I T2i~ Khimkombinat way located west 50X1-HUM
of Settlement (Zhilgorodok) Aloo ].l~ on Zheleznodor?zlanaSra vlitsa~ ~
i;hose portions which ware
visible above the threa.meter-high wall sw-rounding ?he ~ombinat?s area
1 marry Soviet employees reportedly ~f? lured insid? the
-I4ombinat~e area for two and three yearso-
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fertilizors and dry ices
stacked in the area Point PTo, ~ tt c t ~
~o Following are annotated skotches of s (l} tla~erlay pinpaintint; the location of
the Chemical Combine; and (2) ~~ Sketch; of a site layout of the Combine
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legend to SkQtch t?off Overly
The Chirchik Eleetro-Chemical Combine and vicinity
Approximate location of an unidentified Infantr. Unit.
there teas an Infantry Unit encamp ad in this area.
3a The Chirchik Flectro?Chamical Combine.
!~~ The Uzbek Chemical ?~tachinory P~anura~cturin~ Plants
5o Annex to the Chemical Combine lcroun as Shop ?to. 1130
6o S?ttlement PJo. 11~.
Approximate location of an unidentified Tank Unite
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Sketch of JiEfTMK0I+g3IT3AT. Chirr_hilr
Sk?tch Noo 2
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Legend to 5kotch 1'!ae 2
Site Layout of Chirchik lrloctro-Chemical Combine
to Brick wall ~ approximately three motors high, surraunc~int; the entire
area of the Kombinate
2a Fivo Cylindrical Tanks all situated above round
estimated five mc~tc~rs hi h and five
All were painted a silver co3.o*?0
(this building had on.e black smokestack which was
about fifteen meters higha2
(this building had tt.ao metal smokestacks, about ten
meters in heights Bath of these smokestac's constantly e!~ittAd a
yellow colored smoke that anneared to shoot u into the al.r as if
pressurizedo this yellow smoke is
omitted from hose two smokestacks tweet four ours d
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This building was constructed in either 193 or 195l~? on the top of
the building there were four concrete housings, each. measuring about
five by five maters and four maters highs Fz~om each of these housings
there protruded four metal smokestacks about fifteen meters above the
concrete housing making a total of sixteen smokestacksA A white smolce
drifted leisurely from each of these stackse it ~~as diffi?
cult and almost impossible to see the smoke in the summertime but 9.t was
clearly visible in the winters Whenever there was a strong wind blowin~-
creating a downdraft, the smoke would descend to street level
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6a The building at this location replaced one that eras demolished during 50X1-H U M
an explosion in 19520 recalls the explosion very
well as it blew out all the w3.ndows and forced open all the doors in
Settlement Ploe 1!t across the streeto
7o Qpen area where paper bags of fertilizer storedo 50X1-HUM
So Area of the Uzbek Chemical P'fachinery l~anufactux?inl; Plant ~Uzbekkhimmash) o
9a Shop Mom 1].3 4 Although this area belonged to the Khimkombinat it was
separated from the Kombinat's slain area by the Uzbekkhimr^ash plant
Point 8 aboveq This was a two story brick building, where only Soviets
were employees It was a restricted axes and Y;uarded by military personnelo
t~Iost of the employees appeared to wear similar coats and trousers made of
the same material from which raincoats are madeo The activities of this
building were carried an twenty four hours a day and seven days per weeko
day and night "pops" could be heard and flashes were
visible from the windawsa Onto or twzce each week there would be outdoor
explosions emanating from within the area. These explosions would last
from ten to fifteen minutes and later there would be an ash fallout in
the areao This ash would cause skin irritations if it came in contact
with any part of the bodyo 50X1-HUM
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, i .aas .nown as a en ra .slap ema.cs P~ac?~~.nFr?y Plant , ~:~rc?;;n~