URANIUM PROSPECTING AND MINING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003900540009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 9, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2005/12/05: CIA-RDP82- 0 906540009-5
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Uranium Prospecting and Mining in Czechoslovakia
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CENTRAL INTELLENCE AGENCY 25XIREPORT
INFORMATION R PORT CD NO.
THIS D000OEWT CONTAINS IUFORNATIOR APP6CTIR0 THE NATIONAL D0VSNSE
OP THH UNITED STATUS wITDIN TUB 00ANIN0 OF TUN ESPIONAGE ACT 90
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11 1 the
ians had discovered new uranium deposits of the best quality under the
military barracks at Pribram (N50/L53).
The Russians have been concentrating their uranium prospecting in the area
extending from Japhymov to Rakovnik (50 km. west of Prague) and in the.
vicinity of Pribftm and Tabor.
3o In the spring of 1949 the Russians prospected for uranium deposits in the
vicinity of Milin,, 7 km. southeast of Pribram. Certain areas in the forest
near Milin were made restricted., and the Russians supervised the boring of
ddeppwell test holes. The area of operations was enlarged during the summer.
In the opinion of workers employed here., the ore is of better quality than
that from Jaehymov. The better-quality ore is placed in sacks., while the
rest is loaded in bulk. It is transported from Iiili.n in trucks with no
markings to an unknown destination. Some of the workers live in barracks
near the mine.
40 The Russians have prospected other areas in the Brdy Hills in an area
extending from Prague to Pribram and south and east to the Vltava River,
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