CENTRAL WORKSHOPS OF THE HDB SOKOLOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000300740001-5
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
DATE DISTR.r rEei954
NO. OF PAGESS-
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Central Workshops of the BDB Sokolov
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ffile exact location of the Central Workshops of the BDB Sokolov is indicated by the
circled number one, Enclosure A; and detailed description is given on Enclosure B, With
legendj
1. Products, equipment, etc: (The abbreviation HDB stands for Hnedouhelne doly, a briketarnY,
brown coal mines and briquottingplant). The workshops of the HDB Sokolov produce parts
for locomotives, turbines, mine equipment, and compressors. They also have a fitting .
section. The workshops are equipped with lathes, milling machines, and welding machines;
in the fitting and machining sections there is a mobile crane. Apart from the production
of new parts, all workshop repairs to mining equipment are performed here. Machinery in
the workshops is about 75 percent new. Motive power for production in the HDB Sokolov
workshops is supplied by ejlectricity, and compressed air.
2. Approaches: The enterprisl is approachable by a railroad branch line, and by the Cheb-
Sokolov highway, which skirts the installation. I do not know the numerical strength of
the factory guard, but guards are on duty around the enterprise, and all employees entering
or leaving the premiseS are checked.
3. Personnel, wages, etc: Approximately 250 persons are employed at the enterprise: 215 of
these are men, the remainder women. Of the total number approximately 190 were workers, 60
clerical workers, and three engineers. Workers on the production line received about 4,500
crowns per month; master workmen and time and motion men (sic) earned about 8,000 crowns per
month. Of the total enterprise staff, approximately 20 percent were Communists. The enter-
prise normally worked on a two shift system, though a third shift was used occasionally. Tha
morale of the workers (mostly the you E ones) was poor because of low earnings. Fights and
demonstrations frequently occurred on paydays, which often necessitated calling in the
factory guard. Workers constantly demanded higher pay. An all-enterprise meeting for all
employees was held twice a month, and was normally attended by only 25 percent of the
employees. The considerable quantities Communist propaganda circulated among the workers
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by factory radio) leaflets, various meetings, etc, had virtually no effect on the
workers whoopmerely laughed at the Communists and, zirlong each other, cursed the regime.
The propaganda which claimed that the standard of living today (1952) is better than it
was under the capitalist' systemwas not credited by the workers, nor even by thosa,
Communists who were true to the regime.
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ENCLOSURES: A: Sketch-map of Cheb
B: Sketch of the HDB Sokolov Central Workshops
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