EXPLOSIVES PLANT AT KRUPSKI MLYN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100500007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 15, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Explosives Plant at
Krup ski Mlyn
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF rNFORMATION
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IT, SECTIONS 793
.17 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REV,
CATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT ST AN UNADTHORIEED PERSON 19
PROHIBITED ST LAW. THE REPRODUCTION CF THIS FORM IS PROHISITED.
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DATE DISTR./3 /4 v.-G.-1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
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REPORT NO.
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1.
Chemical Industry Plant No 3 (Saklady Przemysly Chenicznego
Erg 3), an ep,losive plant, was located at Krupski Mlyn
L.5034-1838E/, Poland. This plant was built in 1935 and
was assigned to the United Chemical Industry Plants, Inc
(Zjednoczone Saklady Przemysly). The director since 1949
was engineer (Thu) Kosciukiewicz, a man of about 55 years
of age, and known as an expert on explosives.
2. The plant had the following divisions:
(a) nitrogen division "N"
(b) dynamite division "D"
(c) ammonium nitrate explosives division "A."
(d) detonators division
(e) analytical laboratory
3. Raw materials used in this plant were : glycerin, sulphuric
acid, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, TNT, sodium carbonate
and sodium chloride.
3.. Products and their disposition were:
(a) Nitroglycerin - produced specifically for the plant's
use in the further production of dynamite and ammonium
nitrate explosives. The process used Vas the continuous
method ie, nitrating of glycerin in the presense of
sulphuric acid (production figures unknown).
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(b) Dynamite, anmionium nitrate explosives, - for use in-P0111h:
mines. The method of production wais a, simple meithanialittnitang
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of all compound*. The combined output of these two explosive*.
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was approximately 2,500 to 3,000 tons per year.
(a) Detonators - for use in Polish coal mines. PrOduotiOn torthje
product began in November 1949 (production figures unknown)*
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All equipment in this explosives plant was olds with the exeitiPtien.
Of that in the Detonator Division. The Detonator Division Was .?;*,0,1t
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in 1949.
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This pipit has a finial research laboratory mainly used for eh011io61
analysiS
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