EXPLORATORY EXCAVATION FOR URANIUM IN THE SPINDLERUV MLYN AREA

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CIA-RDP82-00046R000400210003-1
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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December 22, 2016
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March 4, 2010
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3
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Publication Date: 
February 3, 1955
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000400210003-1 10?10.4-1,. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT 940)7,0 This egataine information affecting the Ka- tiOnal Wow et tlie tliitad Kates within the mews- lag el die Imissege Iii TMi IS, u.s.o. gas sM 7111, the limlasidelles at revelation of which in fat Immo toil insuaterised pima Is praillbitat bY lbw CONFIDENTIAL - U.S 25X1? COUNTRY Czechoslovakia REPORT SUBJECT EXplOratory Excavation for Uranium DATE DISTR. in the Spindleruv bilyn Area 3 February 1955 NO. OP PAWS 3 DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1 PLACE ACQUIRED 11,111INCES USAF review completed. TNI 1041110 1044,47,1010 N MP WORT AU DIFINMVI. 4001114ACOP *Mita is sworn. OM MN ill *MO CONFIDENTIAL - US. 25 YEAR RE-REVIEW 25X1 MOTE: vifnikte.? Aorlirms. wawa by "r? 0104101.9 er Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000400210003-1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000400210003-1 25X1 CONFIDENTIAL COUNTRY Czechoslovakia SUBJECT Exploratory Excavation for Uranium in the Spindleruv Mlyn Area DATE OF INFORMATION PLACE ACQUIRED THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION DATE DISTR. 18 Nov 1954 NO. OF PAGES 2 REFERENCES: 25X1 25X1 traveled by bus from Spindleruv Mlyn to Vrchlabi (N 50-38, E].5-36) and from Vrchlabi to Prerov (N L9.27, .E 17-27) by train. Passengers on the bus, who lived in the area through which the bus traveled, pointed to an area where there were snow-covered mounds. The . passengers stated that exploratory digging for uranium had .taken place in fall 1953 but had ceased when winter came. Activity was to be resumed in spring 1954 and ski lodges, pensions, and hotels in Spindleruv Mlyn were to be closed to tourists. Although no definite time had been set for closing ?the town, it was then open to tourists for the last timp-I 2. In 1953, the luxury hotels at Spindleruv Mlyn were used by members of the Revolutionary Trade Movement (Revolucni odborove hnuti ROH) as recreation centers. CONFIDENTIAL Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000400210003-1 25X1' 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000400210003-1 15?1 01 Z 500 451 1 Ni I Axiom here Bxploratory bccavations Were Being NNW. Spindiernr layn Labs River Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/04: CIA-RDP82-00046R000400210003-1 154O' it 50?40'i 25X1 25X1