EXCAVATOR PLANT I/N KOMINTERN IN VORONEZH

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 31, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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I N FORMATION REPORT I N FORMATION REPORT
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.O. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person 1s prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Voronezh Oblast) REPORT
SUBJECT Excavator Plant i/n Komintern in DATE DISTR. c3/ January 1961
Voronezh '
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DATE OF
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DATE ACQ.
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may be obtained. This generalized report locates the Excavator P1 at,
provides a physical description of the plant area, gives a few prodd ction
facts and a general commentary on plant operations. It also notes the
existence of a restricted shop within the plant and the production of
precision "secret" parts, but provides no detailed comment except that
they were marked with the initials SM. 50X1-HUM
the Voronezh Excavator Plant i/n Komintern in Voronezh (N 51-
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I N FORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Voronezh Oblast) REPORT
SUBJECT Excavator Plant i/n Komintern in DATE DISTR. S/ January 1961
Voronezh
NO. PAGES 1
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
the Voronezh Excavator Plant i/n Komintern in Voronezh (N 51-
This generalized report locates the Excavator Plat,
provides a physical description of the plant area, gives a few production
facts and a general commentary on plant operations. It also notes the
existence of a restricted shop within the plant and the production of
precision "secret" parts, but provides no detailed comment except that
they were marked with the initials SM.
same subject
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I N FORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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. Secs. 793 and 794. the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY USSR (Voronezh Oblast)
SUBJECT Excavator Plant i/n Komintern in DATE DISTR. t. / January 1961
Voronezh
NO. PAGES 1
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
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the Voronezh Excavator Plant i/n Komintern in Voronezh (N 51-
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This generalized report locates he Excavator
provides a physical description of the plant area, gives a few production
facts and a general commentary on plant operations. It also notes the
existence of a restricted shop within the plant and the production of
precision "secret" parts, but provides no detailed comment except that
they were marked with the initials SM.
same subject
Attachment 2, is a report on the
STATE X ARMY
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FIELD INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY: USSR (Voronezhskaya oblast
SUBJECT: The Voronezh Excavator
Plant i/n Komintern
BATE OF REPORT: 22 August 1960
THE VORONEZH EXCAVATOR PLANT I/N KOMINTERN
1. The Voronezh Excavator Plant i/n Komintern was located at
No. 122 Plekhanovskaya ulitsa and this was also its mailing
Address. The plant was not known by any other name andlt
it had no numerical designation.
was subordinate to the Ministry of Indust sic: probably
Machine Building).
alone. The engineer was Alekse avlovicheChch ~khins Y
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2. The plant area was enclosed by a two-meter-high brick and
cement wall. There were three entrances. The front, or main,
entrance, which faced Plekhanovskaya ulitsa, was used only
by plant employees and had a vehicle gate adjacent to it.
Another entrance, located on the right-hand (sic) side of the
plant area, was used by laborers residing in barracks. The
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third entrance, on the opposite side, was for a spur line.
Plant employees in navy-blue uniforms and armed with pistols
were used for plant security. A propusk was needed to enter
the plant area.
ere w
restrjabed shop a rear of t e plant to which entrance
was forbidden.
3. The plant had been producing excavators for some time prior
to 1950 These were or-
dinary-type power shovels on caterpillar tracks. The
engines were shipped from a plant in Rostov-na-Donu
and cast parts were received Mat other uniaen
fied plants. In 1956, between 28 and 30 one-ton capacity
units were produced monthly.
Recently, the
plant had been engaged in the product on or Ja small number
ct excavators which were finished better,than the others and
which were transported by rail to an unknown destination.
The plant received several yards annually from the Ministry
because of its high production and improvements.
4.
Steel
was used for pr - n or the Dolts, screws., all
other threaded parts, and bronze was used for the clamps.
addition, there were produced other "secret" parts,
hey were steel, small in size, and were mar iced
with the initials SM. A high degree of precision was re-
quired and production errors and delivery delays were not
tolerated. The production of these parts was controlled by
military personnel in greenish-colored uniforms who visited
the plant on the days when these parts were being produced.
they had an office located in the
?irnt1n administrative building.
were
they were infantrymen or artilierymen.
never produced in large quantities
purposes only and
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Soviet make and in good condition: DIP-200 lathes,
lathes in two different sizes, automatic lathes which were
added more recently, milling machines, and polishers.
6. The plant worked three eight-hour shifts, and followed a
weekly rotation plan. The first shift was from 0700 to 1700
hours; the second, from.1700 to 2300; and the third, from
midnight until 0700.
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