TUNNEL AND POWER PLANT ON THE VLTAVA RIVER NEAR SLAPY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200800003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia DATE DISTR. Iky 1953
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ec! o is construction waso diverlae taus (Moldau) River into an
lant-on the old river bed, The construction
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,Z .the tyEnel was almost finished in 1949., at which time the foundation of the
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power ant was laid.
The equi`pment'included two s eajn eompressors, a number of stone crushers, oonereiw'
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s working places. Steam was used to-press concrete in tbe-tunnel and in
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tiie~foundation of the power lain. In-addition there were three Diesel locomo-
t3ves a Qn steam locomotive for the narrow-.gau a rli.lroad which were used for
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o a`l number or employees was about one thousand., ncluding 400 Bulgarians
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kzA M17- Slo'iIE approximately 60 men worked-in-the tunnel in three shifts,
he ~,,unreel s"built from' both sides simultaneously. Wages were on a piece work
bans; Urns "e vor ers in the tunnel vefaged five thousand crowns per month
meet wage after deductions), blasting foremen received ei ht thousand per month
d sur aeeworkers averad-three thousand crowns per month, Less than 10% of
the workers were mem~'bers'o -the 0*m ist Party. The meager attendance at
Party meetings was the obfeet of cons azii complaints of the Party functionaries
published, in the local paper, "The Water Work Construction" (Stavba vodniho dila),
ilmodURE (A): l apF of the Vltava River Near Slapy with Legend
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Approved For Release 2003/12/09 : CIA-RDP82-00047R000200800003-7
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