AMONG THE MANY PORTS ALONG THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COAST ONLY BREST, LORIENT, ST. NAZAIRE, LA ROCHELLE, AND BORDEAUX MAY BE MENTIONED HERE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100140023-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 23
• Content Type: REPORT

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Among the u&ny o't~ aioag ttw n U 1 Chaaao and tho Atlantic
OIe 4 o t of f re t, Lr @nt, -'t. ~Oci@ @y
mi&y bo n ntion od h@ro~ 'rho i b pp 6 Found the o o the grcato~t
inpartaaco ~'or iadu try and for @odiag the popuiatioa,
on August 190 the i'irat booty tr~a~ qty with gQud~
short ~uppiy we a vent Noma ~ U t? 30 September 191O, tha o U wi raw
matoria;L ctit~ntiti were lodat d r, ao rdr h paib1o, trtrneporteU to
the + irtributi stator in oez nyc
LQCiatad
Stcel and iron
Metals (onrtz'roua )
Chemical raw Material and rubber
Cite and rate
Luber 5,000 cubic mFt,~ra
Skiua and ruse
59,000 piecea
fettle raw materials
Misc, raw xu&trit.i1u
Total
176,000 t
10, OQO t
16, eoo t
2,600 t
3, X00 t
Soot
23,000 t
T? d
9,OO t
11, OCO t
1,300 t
1,500 t
21 t
iOt
9, COQ t
=0~
328, 900 t 37,315 t
Further removed up to 30 September 19110 were:
931 macbirne tools In 258 railroad cat's
101 inanuf cturing niachines in 11 railroad curri
36 eiectric motors in 2 raiiroari cars
disc, c achinc tools it ,? O ,railroad cars
Toth 521 railroad cars
The important state operated armaments plant in Chatellerault with
about 5,000 machine tools in operation' had ? before the trace - a.
capacity of 4,000 machine guns weekly, A further increase to 25,000
machine guns per month had beeii planned, with a labor force of 8,000 men.
The plant received an order from the 0 f'nr assembly of 1,700 xnachine
gund and d further order in the amount of 2,000,000 marks Further orders
were given out for cables, field. gasses, tack periscopes, boilers for
field, kitchens, 10,000 iron barrels, life jackets, etc,
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Ocruan Navy Ordoz'a s
l tr ~pvrt ~hipa, 6 eo creiai chipn~ and 6 1iabin~ at l ie' ware
cquippod aid compietod far tho Nuvy by ohipyard in N ntc~, fit. Nazaira~
Lof'ient, Bordodux and Tayonn. The ohipyard, workin in two chlrt~,
rec tved f'urthcr order tar rcpd r and quipment t Thz'ee r in
Bardcaux aro u~ufaeturi OQ0 kapok Life jackcta and 90,000 cork
1Ue , &ckcta, paxt of whick have aiready aeon doliv?re. Phe tcav
toxtiie will ?te t Ao~aongoau in A~r$, in wei'ki on large navy ordora
foz' wire and h~ np cordage, hammocku pno`tmatic f1~5atu, pilot's ii~eu,
canvas, rope laddcru, camouflage nets, and shcltcr halvoa. The first
orders have been delivered.
0erman Air Force Orderu s
The firm SNCA-O in Sty Nazairo and Luoublac is aaut blir the US.
imported aircrat t typo N.A. 5? Aa long a the utock lautu, thia will be
continued for the Oerman Miniatry of Airy Boaidcs, tho firm ie working
for the Beirkc1 Works (modol 6)
A punt in Bz'eut has orders or 10 "3ixerte" to be uaed as German
emergency ueap1anes
Another five plants are uaanuf+acturi balloon winches, aircraft
radio ecfuipment, radio care, paruchute ropes, ca~ttoufiage netu, and guugeu
for NortNCerman Mschine Plant (Nordeunrn),
Among the iai'geut heavy 'textile mils of Prance are the i`ollowir~g five,
Le Buc?L?deveae in Champagne, Sarthe district
Ba1ige is Le Mane, Sarthe district
Liguge Spinning and Weaving Company in Liguge, Vienne district
BLit (;) i~a Perte Bernard, Sarthe district
.
Bts. Beasonneau in Angers, Maine and Loire district
These five textile mllc operate tog&ther about 700 looms. They are able
to manufacture heavy textiles from 350 to 1,200 gram per ~ quare meter and
have a combined monthly capacity of about 250 to 300,000 square meters.
Three shops of the cotton mill in Cholet are manufacturing for the ?Arr
blackout material, throw xugs, bed sheets, tavels, and handkerchieves.
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ffivr1J9J4Q t~ck ? tw wt'i.i, sncl pro4wt7
Until 0 6@~toR1ba,r ~9~~0 ~aQOO~e ~r0~
ruilr?ad tr9ia with 2, S caruran~~ orb
~~,OO top6r tra~ler trubke
X00 ton, u taof 3~, app tv~a of
good, eooulcbj~g of L~taa,
etc@~~ nacbLaery, loathaz', l~~D,0A0 pa~rc o
cbac?, aad toxtilce
From Fopbrt oL'cpc Troo 1
At too Navy Aruco Indz'~t tie
~ ~aago~cat bud to be ~hreu~o~ed
with arr?ut b~toro tbay urra~grd to rueovcr.
large quahti t~c? or copper
i~ io otu, ctc, wbicb 1u d boen dunped into t
be Logo Aver,
Until aow (Lato uakaowo, po~eLbly 30 ge temb
P or 190) about X0,000
Cana or go?du have hoop lacat@d and aoeu
rod, iacludjc~ about ~ ki1a,grer,u
of platinum, and couaderable quajlu off'
lybdonu~,
Tb~ traflaportatjoa a~?tua~~od i$ en
tx'ely unaatlefac~ary, the Ecoa~oc
Troop had to procure railzo~d oaz'u b book
y p3' crooks for lack of traaeport~.
tlon mace, the catton etaac' jn 3t. Nr&zajr
o, uituated in the spat, were
aubvoct to ru~~~. Tbe Troop had to re u~ajtj
barage Space by foz'co
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