EXPLOSIVES PLANT IN ALEKSIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003900190003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 14, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
USSR (Tula Oblast)
ixnlos3vas Plant in Aleksin
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1. Location. The "xplosives Plant is located about lo8 miles
west of ALi1CSIN (37005#x/54030'N), Tula Oblast, north of the
Oka '.liver and the railroad line to KALUG -
~. plant installations: The plant consists of a power fac-
tory, a spiri-tr,factory, the objects 472 and 473, and a
power plant. Object No. 472 was headily guarded. As
soon as its constrixction was completed and the machines
installed, Pods were not permitted to enter the workshops
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Object 473 was equipped .pith two tanks, eccih 100 feet :'high
aims snot out of these tanks when they were put into
Ham-es-
o oration. Several pipelines go from these tank; to
o Cher sections of the plant o adore than 300 of con-
e eta were used for the 11 oundation of each of the t.
anku~
Sant No., 3. the powder factory, had five workshops of
qual size, interconnected by many pipes, some above
;round, others underground The pipes were corroded frog
yellow acid. The workers were continually exposed to
sweet odor, their eyes were burnin and their work
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;lott.?s were gradually eaten away from the contact with
he cheaicalsv i)uring the sus:uaer of 1946 object ..o. 3
.eased operating for one naonth and the inatallatiun was
QUrcq took a drink ? GO~IFIDENTIAL
Object No. 4, tn.e apiri-tS plant, :gad about 10 buildings of
whicht according to soviet statements, only two vve:.e open
rative6 It was noticed,during repair of the ieati-.ng sys-
temp that the workshops not in use were completely e4uipped0
From one part of the plant a liquid was stiipped in bot -4
ties enclosed in wickerwork?.,'om soviets it was lear Ihed
that this liquid was 90 percent alcohol. A~ one Lime
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The power )lant, ?ieetroyed durir,. the war, was recon-
structed in 1945? Two turbirLeo .sere in operation in 1946,
a tiiiri one started operatin; in 1947 4ori= was started
for the inatalletion of three additional turbines. T,ao of
t ieee turbines were to be installed in the turbine house
and the third one viae to be placed in an annex to the
turbine house. The outer wall of the turbine house was
opened to connect the annex with the turbine uouse. the
plant Iv-a .railroad connection with spur tracku lcadin to
eve:.eral plant departments.
for plant layout of object 3oa 472 and the power ,pant
see krnnoxes 2 and 3.
:,o information vise forwarded on the number of personnel
,Orkin; at the plant and its production.
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a. The 'ixplosives Plant in 4L 1bII existed before the war,
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known then under tz
25X1 b. The reported location is nearly corrects The plant i.
locat, i 1.9 miles southwest of the to-'.,in center of AL ...~ Ill.
25X1 The location of the .Iyiihe, ski avod iron plant, formerly
known as Petroveki 1o.323 , fisted: under B in Annex 1a is
also correct.
From a comparison
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it can be seen that the plant which
was heavily da,.ia ed Burin; the :'war was essentially rebuilt
in its previous form. De oartment 1;o. 472, located in the
northwest part of the area9 must be
a co pletely na w install: Lion
d. The report, the first info i. ation received recently
on this important chemical plant, is considered to be
v~alL able ssid credible. Additional information is r~::?uired
coneerninv t1i: obviously nuvi i}eportiac;nt iyo. 472.
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