CIVIL DEFENSE MEASURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000500150002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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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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19 July 1955
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Civil Defense Measures
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it was oi' cement construction, approximately 20 x 10'm. in size, about two
meters deep, with side walls of 45-degree angles; During World War II it
was kept filled. When the regular water supply lines were inoperative, due
to bombing or some other O'ause, water for fighting fires was drawn from
there. After the war, this reservoir remained empty, However in spring
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Emergency Water Reservoir
The town of Vsetin (N 49-20 E 18-00). ipo-pulation about 19.00 ad an
emergenoy.water reservoir Built,-and
utilized during World War, was ocate, in one o e aide street squares;
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of, 1954 it was refilled with water, a board. fence, approximatel two meters
high was built around it, and? "Iteeip Off". Siena were Oatwr1 a
being refilled.
Veetinfor the use of the employees. Rumors had it that it was also to
sexy as another emergency water reservoir
a suc emergency reservoirs in the town were
Sometime in the summer of 1954
a swimming pool wasto be constructed at the MEZ plant in
Anti-aircraft Warning Siren
were installed everywhere
e ?ivilian ambulances
of these ambulances were
'setin during. the winter of 1953
ring siren was installed aeon the
on,
an anti-aircraft,
o oe building of the Water Supply,
it was an air raid siren,_since,such
during World War 7I. There were always
parked in the yard of.this building. The
on 24-hour duty.
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Organization of Ciran Defense (CO - Civilni obrana) at MEZ, Vsetin
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chemical and bacteriological warfare group. There
was,also a fire fighting group and a first aid group. Every other week
meetings were conducted for members of CO groups, right at the~plant.a
Members, were notified t
t
ts"G uLtlrd tiings were conducted half-
heartedly and
rganization about their
me tings were alwa signed by a certain MEZ chemist f
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end such meetin s b individual notices:,
They o... o.. y W ~W va Tine *m employees,.
used some sort of textbook and it wa evident that
s eciali'ets in the topics on which they were lecturing, the were not
the courses covered certain phases:of civilian defense and
included suoh.topics as chemical and bacteriological warfareg fire
fighting, and first, aid,
one other civilian defense or anization besideasthe
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one at MEZ Ysetin,
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the notices informing members of this o
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