RADIOTEKHNIKA FACTORY AT RIGA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001700700001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 11, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/07: CIA-RDP82-00457R001700700001-9
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THIS 0OCUNENT CONTAINS IIIFO:C'iAT:VN AFFECTING T?1: HATIO IAL OEI'EtISE
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INFO
USSR (Llatvta)
Radiotekhnika Factory at Riga
The Radiotekhni.l:a Factory (.t d:I.ot;ekhni.ka Zavod), located at Riga, Latv~.an SSR.,
manufactures ratio receivin sets. The factory, which existed ?-efore the war,
is controlled b'- the :'.inistrY Ior Local Industries of the Latvian SSR'. In
1917, the faci,~;ry 77ror?uced a small quantity of very cheap pocket cr'rstal sets
which, if yawed by the st:.te eor; iss:. on, nil be put into serial production
In 19-"X". It .:s smaller than the Vf factory at Riga. 50X1-HUM
2. In i)45 1 a i:fe -valve rec:'Lvinp set was designed and constructed at the factory
It was -),it into serial rer:nstruct.ion at the 1-cgi.nni.ng of 7.946. The serial con-,
s ,; i Gion of ;!T1 s set coY':'.nues to the present time.
Since the ruddlEl of 1947k '.As nine-valve set haw been improved both technically
and in out:;ard nn-)earance. Since July 1947, the improved model only has been
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