THE JASENICA FACTORY AT SNEDEREVSKA PALANKA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400160008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 23, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION Sf fi/COflTROL M U. s. orris i s ~IILY 25X1A2g
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COUNTRY Tugoslavia
SUBJECT The J*senioa Factory at
Palan]ta
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF IN
Manufancture of chassis for streetcars and freight carer
bA Construction of small railroad "dump oars" and railway
oars for carrying timber?
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DATE DISTR23 ?obriuary 194D
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
Eusr o BELow
SUPPLEMENT TO
1. The Jasenioa factory at Smederevake. Pala nka is located onthe right bank
of the Jasenica River east of Smederevska Palanka and south of the Smeder-.
evska-Velika Plana road. There are some large Army barracks situated im-
mediately north of the factoryo*
2. Production at this factory includes:
Conversion of Dodge motor trucks into Woos.
The factory has also since the end of the war been engaged in reconstructing
and repairing railway trucks damaged during the war. Several hundred such
trucks have been put back into oo ssion?
4 The Yugoslav authorities are not satisfied with the output of this fIsctory
which,, despite modern machinery and equipment, remains law (particularly
on the construction side).
5o The factory comas under the linistry of National Defense and its personnel
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are militarised., Workers including technicians rnuaber approximately 1,,5000
In addition. 600 German prisanere-of-war (all skilled workers) have been
concentrated in the factory to increase production. These include many
German engineers who have been working on the premises since 19456
* _Covment: The location of the Jasenica factory has previously
ea a Smaderevo, whereas Smederevvska Palanka is quoted as
the site of the B1inda Factory. Clarification of -this apparent
confusion is being sought,,
Approved For Release 2000/05/1 :X A-RDM-00457R 24001'60008-4