NOTES ON KOVO, LTD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004700580001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Kovo, Ltd. (Praguo, Vaclavski nanQ 6) commenced its activities on.1 Iiovenb?r
194r% The Director General is Ing. Vlad. Kratky, former Vice Director General
of the Let?allur..cal and :Lachine Enterprises (Cz. Z.avody iCovodelne a "tro jironeke) .
Kratky is a career politican, like the director of the "econd Section, Ing. Kondr.
Folitical conditions in the Second section were, a short ti' a ,!o, the best in all
Kovo.
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY C{clx~2 slovaicia
SUBJECT Iloto,s on Kovo, Ltd.
PLACE
ACQUIRE
DATE OF
INFO.
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The Food -keno of thin
firm xras dar^arad by the ne li.hance that occurred in the nsse^rbly and the packing.
It often hhppons at Skoda during the packing of autoratic nachines that instru
r:onts and spare parts different from those orrdered are racked +writh the roc .nery.
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2. The fornor Director of Cadres, Ilorsk;r, a S'eoda errr~loyn
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4.
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Of the 150 officials in the Second Section, 75 percent are menbersof the Canaanist
Party or are candidates 'for nonbarchip. The others are !?rithout political affilia-
tion. Of the 75 re,rcent, hardly ten percent are convinced Com nists. The others
have signed ur. from fear.
Attendance at the ROII (trade union) neetings is lair and frequent excuses are nado,
de-pits 1 many reprirKmcis. Only tw-ront;five rersons ^rom the enterprise attended
the ""Assembly for. Peace"" held. as a counterpart of the Paris Congress for Peace?
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5. The nachine tools exported by Kovo (from .Skoda, Zbrojovtea, and Flauert) have a
world-wide fang. As regards their construction, they are a now, the best, but
the : at-lrial is defer .vow The steel used for gear wheels is of, poor quality and
these .-heels break frequently. Thei'o are ma con plaints about the electrical
equipr.ont.
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to iho
Archivist of the United States. Next Review Date: 2003
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60 The factories are failing to fulfill the'Plan c far as the large Machines
are concerned. On the other hand, the warehouses are full of light chinexy,
especially lathes, which it is a2nost impossible to sell.
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