INDUSTRIES, RAILROADS, ROADS, AND BRIDGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001200060001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 26, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/16: CIA-RDP82-00457R001200060001-5
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11 '=us ies ; 1 ailxoadf.; Foods, and Bridges
du stries
DATE
SUPPLEMENT
T)ec emther 2347
?7 October 124Z
I I new industrial center is bei.n ; built at Sum-gait about 60 kr-a. west of ?aku.
'teel and iron TQundries,, Sarre of whieh. tm ve alreadj been completed
3,500 workers,, mainly PV?s and soviet civilian internees. "Torking hours a;'e
from 0700 -- 1` 0i. hours, awl onone shift is worked.
2,_ Froduction in one factor-4y consists of brid''o girders, railroad line, and 'steel.
.f ?.abing'- mare .f; ci;ured from raw ntater.'tals from the foundries. This factory
ronsi_sts of six large construction she-'s, each about 250 meters long. Ot~:er
rants have thirty-five sheds of similar dimensions under construction.
all Fls engaged here
F' { e ~e t.Iat the "steel tubing is for armaments .
!1 rameut e The "r':; }co News of 6 A"Pust 1947 announced th, .t a tit +e rolling
? X1..3 rapidly t,~~k=i gag shape in_tthe Sumgait steppe, will be the country, s Li-,
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upplier of pipes for oil field The article also stated that an iron f'jundr': an
s -,en,-hearth dE partrnent, and rolling mill shops are now under construction,)
Jarman turning lathes transferred from Essen and T tisberg were in use and
.r chT.nery was being installed,
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_16 Oc aver 1947
4. `E(Ie railroad ca-, fcto at :>P ern3 tza (sic) near T(i Pv i st Preerae-nd 4.. 44 .......... a
x-,ra narmat x,o oraaa -augge. There railroad cars are mainly booty
f?'OM the .tt,a,eti:tn '7.nno of ('.r?-- titL_.._L Pn.n . , .
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Hares seized
Ici ifungary, have been converted this year.__
7f~is *?lsnt da~i3y converts tern
r. ?ai lread cars to hrt?ad.' g a?vE
.? .?r:, .... :.w .,..,,, r, a.,, vazc .t_Y uvr L%-, -i&=omea rDV line Iactory i
-U, blast Turn e, 15 lb. east of l rn?! tza.
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6. The railroad from Kiev to Rostov was completed in June 14 ,7.,
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