STARACHOWICE MINING ENTERPRISES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000300010003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION COMPIDENTIAL/8ICUR17
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY pound
SUBJECT Starachovice Mining enterprises
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Starachowickie Zaklady Gornicze
shops (zaklady mechaniCzne) included: gee Enclosure
(1) Barracks Of the factory guards
(2) "Widia" (Vidia) Division, producing tungsten carbides according toa
German patent of Krupp. This division included a section for sinkering_
. plates and grinding machines where "Widia" plates were soldered Li-mldel/
on shank, and edges grounded. Besides the production of new plate
all types of tools with "Widia"_plates were sharpened for the entire
plant.
(3) Projectile shop, machining of artillery projectiles and fuses. The
projectile shop included a section for hot pressing of shell cases,
further machining, installation of rotating bands, and complete
production of fuses. In the basement of the shop was the central
boiler shop of the electric enterprises and warehouses for non-ferrous
metals. The so-called pickling shop, a section for treating surfaces
of metals, operated within- the framework of the projectile shop.
(4) Automobile Chassis Division, pressing and welding of automobile chassis
on. orders of the Polish PIAT and State Engineering Works (Panstwowe
Zaklady Inzynierii).
(5) Mechanical Installation Division, operations connected with the
maintenance of operations and repair Of eqUipment Of the :White obopa.
(6) Artillery Division I, production of field guns, 75 millimeter caliber
(French-type field gun), and production of prototypes.
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(7) Carpenter Shop, regular Oolistruction Work. It also produced
ammunition cases and artillery equipment.
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(8) Artillery Division II, producing antiaircraft guns, 40 millimeter
caliber, Bofors type.
(9) Bureau of Engineering Design building.
(10) Administration building.
(11.) Manual trades school, buildiage?
(12) Tool shop producing tools other than standard types for own use and
for other armament factories.
Al].2. production shops of buildings(3), (6), and (8) Lee Enclosure (AI] were of
reinforced concrete construction and were equipped with traveling cranes, overhead
lighting, and heated with hot air. :Iv.ildings (1), (9), (10), end (11) were el:
masonry. Buildings (2), (4), (5), and (7) were of teel frame aid ;,FAEnry
construction.
Type of production
3. Initially, the enterprises included production of 37-milimeter nantitank gees,
40 millimeter Bofors filatiaircraft guns, and 75, 105, and 155-mi11imeter field
guns. In 1939, production of Bofors small guns wae eatablished as beltc and
75-millimeter field guns as auxiliary. Other artillery gun production was Iimiten
to construction Of prototypes and preparation of their production for other
armament plants. Actual production of antitank small guns, however, was taken
over by the Engineers and Mechanics Factory (Wytwornia InzynieroweMechanikow) in
Pruszkow near Warsaw. Preduction of 75, 105, and 155-millimeter guns was taken
over by Southern Enterprises (Zaklady Poludniowe) in Stalowa Wola. The aphere
of production of the Starachowice enterprises included construction of guns with
the exception of chassis which were produced by the Zieleniewski Enterprises
(Zaklady Zieleniewskiego) in Krakow and the Cegielski Enterprises (Zaklady
Cegielskiego) in Poznan. Preparation for production consisted of designing;
preparation of complete workshop blueprints; planning; and preparation of tools,
chucks, and gauges. Part of the work on designing and building was done by the
State Gauge Factory (Fanstwowa Wytwornia Sprawdzianow) in Radom. Independent of
gun production, Starachowice enterprises planned and produced artillery ammunition
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especially for : an ft
tiaircraartillery. Cust 6X1omers for this production were:
Polish army Quantity-of production and its
distribution among customers is difficult to establish because of a cryptoneeeous
method of freighting to one distribution station of the state railroads. During
peace time, production amounted to approximately 15-20 antiaircraft , snns and
eight field guns per weeks Technical equipment of Starachowice Enterprises was
at a high level; machine tools and equipment were of Polish, UK, and French make
Supervisory personnel and workers were highly experienced.
4. From the military viewpoint, Starachowice enterprises VAS an important production
center, having access to nearly 14 thousand experienced workers. According to
today's standards, it was well equipped technically. The undertaking of any
mechanical precision production was possible there. There were shortcomince,
however. Starachowice enterprises were too far away from the coal basin and had
a water shortage. The daily flow of the Kamienna River, which amounts to an
average to 3,600 cubic meters per day, was not sufficient to cover the needs of
the housing settlement and the enterprises. Needs during the summer were just
about covered by the reservoir. The Starachowice Enterprises could be put out
of operation for some time by breaking the dam of the reservoir. Aerial
reconnaissance of the machine shops would be relatively easy through orientation
of the Kamienna valley. During the spring and summer, the valley is covered wit:
heavy fog and locating the works would, be difficult.
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6. Mention should be made of the sawmill and the Finishing Division for Artillery
Ammunition (Wydial Elaboracji Ammunicji Artylenyjskiej). The sawmill, despite
? its large production, is not basically a decisive factor in the Starachowice
enterprises production. It is located on the road to Radom at a distance of
kilometers from the machine shops. The Finishing Division was located about
one-half kilometer to the left 27.:t. the roland five kilometers the rbad-to
Radom. It has been inactive since 1939, e buildings of the Finishing Division
are of wood and are not of mob prodnotl.on valne to(lAy
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ENCLOSURE CO: Sketch of Starchowice Mining Enterprise
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Rousing Settlements
Coniferous Forests
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Stone Walls Remaining from
Abandoned trri-li quarries
Repair Shops for
Factories Railroads
Seale: 1 inch/500 meters
Old Stone. Quarries Used as Dumping
Ground for Slag and Cinders
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W erzhnilt- Railroad Station
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