MECHANICAL (CLOCK) PLANT NO. 2 IN MOSCOW

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• Publication Date: October 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR (Moscow Oblast)
SUBJECT Mechanical (Clock) Plant No. 2
in Moscow
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing 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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DATE DISTR. 8 October 1954
NO. OF PAGES 5
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Throughout the report, read Serpukhovskoy Val for Serpukhovskiy Val. 25X1
Throughout the report, read Moskvoretskiy Rayon Industrial Trust for Moskortskiy
Regional Industrial Trust,
On page 2, paragraph 5a(2), read revolverho-tokarnyy avtomat for revollvernyy
avtomat,
On page 2, paragraph 5f, read in strumentalshchik for instrumental'shichik,
On page 3, paragraph 5f (1), read suer lilp_,?ye for sverlil ' niy.
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COUNTRY USSR (Moscow Oblast)
SU6,ECT Mechanical (Clock) Plant # 2 in Moscow
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1. The Mechanical -'(Clock) Plant #2 (Mekhaniobeekiy (Chaeovoy) Zavod 2)
was located in an old two-story brick building, about 40x25 in. in
size, between Malaya Tul'skaya, and Serpukhov$kiy Val streets, Moscow.
Although the plant's postal address was Malaya Tul'ikaya St. 1/2,
the building in which the plant was housed was actually situated some
distance from this street, adjacent to an old boiler house "Koteinaya",
and surrounded by several workers' dwellings which had no connection
w.th the the plant (SeeO Sketch attached).
2. This plant was subordinate to the Moskorts
Trust of the Ministry of Local Industry
the plant had
1J een
1 en arge y e ad ition of two more floors an this
additional'spaoe :was being used to house shops engaged in the product-
ion of electric meters of a type ordinarily used in recordin electric-
it cons usl Lion in omen. However. as of une 1
this plant was engaged only in a pro uc on of
various o mechanical toys,. such as small cars and animals,
and in the assembly of clocks. The clocks turned out-by the.Dlant
included table and small pendulum wall clocks. Only the hands, fac-
ings, and casings were produoed'here., while the moohanisins were
manufactured elsewhere
3. In June 191, Mechanical Plant #2 employed approximately 155 people,
including 4 guards. About 70% of the workers were female. Ordinarily
the employees worked one shift a da , six days a week, except in the
Mechanical Shop See below pare 5a' where two shifts were used. How-
ever, toward the end.of each month, other shops invariably had to"
work overtime in order to fulfill the monthly norm.
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Working conditions in the-plant were relatively poor because there
were no,.ehower facilities, the equipment throughout the plant was
generally old and dilapidated
the tw
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rooms were always filth
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and the plant was generally dirty.
5. As of.June.1951, Mechanical Plant #2 contained the following shop at
a.. MeohanIoal.Shop -- this shop, o0cupying;most of the basement area
and employing about 4o persons,, was engaged in manufacturing
the various parts of toys and clocks produced in the plant.
Average pay in the shop was 600-800 rubles per month, paid on a
piece-work basis. The shop contained the following equipments
(1) 12 presses one?60 tn. press, one 50 tn.press, two
30 pn..presses, four 20 tn. presses, one 10 tn. press, and
three 5 tn. presses Most of these presses were equipped
with eleotrio motors and were believed to be of old Soviet
manufacture,
(S) Two automatic turret lathes-(Revollvernyy Avtomat) equipped
with elect+ic Motors. These machines were relatively new
post-war models which had been manufactured in a Leningrad
plant .
0) Two, regular old semiautomatic lathes (Tokarnyy Stanok) of
unknown manusaOture.
b. More Rooms-- Thor were three store rooms. in the basement where
five persons were
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sp
ayed One store rd
.oom was use for storage
of spare parts fdr?maohine tools.as well as miscellaneous raw
lAterial, such as *etal and electric wire. The other two rooms
were Utilized for Itoring manufactured toy and clock parts,
Galvanizing Shop-- This shop was elated to be a galvanizing
slop ad'of 1951, but St'was'not used'for this purpose, being
Used instead as a storage
space for metal scrap andiold broken
raobine'parts
,
Club ROOM-- The club,room'in the basement was-equipped with a
small, stage and was used upon occasions after working hours as
a 'place for musical and dPamatio
eve
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s as w
ll as Komsomol
meetings
.
e. Administration Offices-- The administrative offices were located
on the first floor and included the plant director's office, ,
Office of the secretary to the director, chief engineer ,and chief
mechanic's office, commercial director's office (in-charge of
Sales and supply), planning section, accounting section, and an
office for the personnel officer, Party secretary, and Komsomol
secretary. A total of 15 people were employed here.
f. Tool Shop'(Instrumental'nyy Tsekh) This shop, located on the
first floor, manufactured and repaired some punches, dean. and
minor parts of @auinment,
a green han, received
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50 rubles per oth
n.
ome experienced operators in this shop.received as much as
1,000 rubles per month.. Eighteen persons were employed in'this
sh?p,,including the shop foreman, a clerk, 2 lathe operators,
2 planing machine operators, and 12 toolmakers. Except for the
clerk,.all workers in this shop were men. Pay was calculated on
an hourly basis. There were no norms for the type of work done
here. The equipment in this shop included:
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(1) Three drilling machines (Sverlil'niy Stanki) all of which were
of an'old unidentified make ca able of boring holes of 1-8 mm,
1-10 mm, and 5-30 mm, diameter size.
(2) Four lathes-- two of which were old, worn, German models,
While'the other two were newer Soviet models in relatively
good condition.
(3) One milling machine which was an old German model in poor
condition.
(4) Three polishing machines-- one of these was a German model
which was'not in use because necessary parts for repairing
the machine were not available. The other two machines were
relatively new Soviet models one of whioh was. 25X1
manufactured in a Moscow machine tool plant and the other
in a Urals machine tool plant.
(5) One planing'maohine which was an old model of an unknown make.
g< Toy Shop-- Here the toys were assembled and packaged for shipment
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the toys were first'shipped to a warehouse belonging to the 25X1
os ortskiy Regional Industrial Trust prior to distribution and
sale.,. There was no assembly-line machinery in this shop, only
small hand presses. Approximately 20 persons were employed in
this shop. Except for the-foreman, all were women. Workers in
this shop were paid on a piece-work basis and earned on the average
from 500-600 rubles per month.
e. Coating Shop-- This shop was located in'a small room on the first
floor of the plant. Here the toy parts, after being manufactured
in. the Mechanical Shop, were. sprayed with quick-drying enamel
prior'to assembly in the Toy Shop. Only three persons were
employed in this shop,
f. (Clock) Assembly Shop The (Clock) Assembly Shop was the largest
in the-plant, occupying the entire second floor and employing
about 50 people, most of whom were women.-- The shop was equipped
with small hand presses and one conveyor. In this shop clock
par"ts', including the mechanisms shipped' to tbe' plant, were
asbemabled. Workers in this shop were paid on a piece-work basis
and averaged 600400 rubles per month.
Enclosures Location of Mechanical plant #2 in Moscow
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LOCATION OF *ECBA.FICAL PLANT #2 IN MOSCOW
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Serpukhovakay Val Ulitsa
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1. Mechanical Plant #2
2. Wood Pence
3. Shed
4. Old Boiler House
6. Chimney Stacks
6. Workers Dwellings