THE JASENICA FACTORY AT SNEDEREVSKA PALANKA

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002400160008-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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November 16, 2016
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March 23, 2000
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8
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Publication Date: 
February 23, 1949
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REPORT
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CLASSIFICATION Sf fi/COflTROL M U. s. orris i s ~IILY 25X1A2g 25X1 A9aAppr ved For R -2 'q IEA82-004 2 0 I FOR ATI E PO T CD NO. COUNTRY Tugoslavia SUBJECT The J*senioa Factory at Palan]ta 25X1A6a 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? 25X1X6 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 25X1A6a 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