CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA BRNO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003100030007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENRAL INTELLIGEN
CE AGENCY 25X-REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT fCe koslovon:I . r-"hrojbvka. Brno
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF If
FO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OP THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C., 31 AND S,2, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
NIlITLD B,Y t,AW. REPRQD "!iTiO,, 1,.QF TNI,IS._F .RM IS PRQHIBITED.
coo FIDENTTAT,
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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a. Works Director : Jaromir Mach)
b. Head of W,!orks Council: Schlosaro c
c. Head of Factory M litiat/ Tydl
Sj'b ajddpry .arks
a. There are 22 subsidiary or associated
are:
works,
the moot important
1) `forks III Vsetin
2) Works. IV Lisen
3) Works VII 3rao-Cej1
4) `forks ? Vrchla?i
5) arks ? iIusle
b) 1 for" s ? i folisov
7 'ors Ja?ra-Ja.nace'r
The Obi, . T'urchasinr Office is ).oca ;ed at Prague II, Belehredilao ul. It
is responsible for all purchases of raw iiaterials, imports, etc. used by
Brno.
3. Brno 1 iz-r Works
These Mari? consist of the followinar sactions:
Steel hardening
`>teel - r_es ,inn
Forge
`-lee on manufacture
Hand tools maau acture
"Bri:, &' (forrlex ly 43ren 11. (3. T p)
Galvanizing riant
Electrical .;.rorkshop
STATE
ARMY
CLASSIFICATION
tasting shops
AdrFi_nistration build
Sawmill
Ca.r:entert shop
Tractor plant
Weapon firing and
Rei--,air workshops
Poer station
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a, Production of various ite"rc.s per :month or per day:.
1) T;ype,,n-iters 1,000-5,000 taper month export price 9,000 Kcs
-2) Stoves 700 per month export price 22,000 Kcs
3) Circular meat saws 500. per month e--
4) Tr'ac'tors '(for dome,-,tic u ;e and
export to France and Poland) 1,000 rer month e -port price 100,000 Kcs
5) Rifles
3,000 per month
6) Rifle parts 7 per all types,
Produotiort_in 19,4 equaled ri
. won
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por
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that ahOIAT, 3
event the _.
goods produced are rejected. Ret>orterily 70 percent of the
are are rejected.
5. tr T' atarials
a. Steel comes from Poldi butte, Kiadno. Special trains arrive twhd at 0900 and 1600 hours,t+elvay
b. Power is obtained from the Moravian .electrical Co. (2, E) .
6. Labor Eor_Qe
There are 9,000 workers and 800 officials employed on a six-day T.,ieek. The
majority of the sections work three ,shifts. Tarl er are pail at the new ra"tes
,iiich are 1.50 4er hour less than-the old rates. This is a cause of con-
siderable discontent. It is estimated that , ' 25 percent of the worker- are
Communists.
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