KOVOSMALT, NOVE MESTO NAD VAHOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005400460004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT k,o7vosma3.t,, Move Mesta nad Vahoia
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la a.>a forz er firm feral at Trove ' eSta nad Nahum (x149/AT36) was nationalized
in 194 8 and vras placed under the rm is e::ent of :ovosrnlt Trnava (49//22) o
Tae plant e:.]ploy s 315110 workers end is the most modern factory in the GSIR
for the production of tin cans (suns made of sheet steel. lined with tin)
After the war four vncIb Lnes were purchased from England (13liss) at a
cost of four dllion crosas o The plant's present ca -aci ty of approximately
6603000 cans per shift cannot be used fully because of a shortage of thin
steel shec t ngo The factory bui:Ld.ings are nw e of concrete and the
p_' arrl-, occupie s 4.90,00 square meter v- in the center of Adove esto0
2. T ie former firm Reiss located in i ove ?esto 3.s also under the management
of :.ovoe,alt "rn'AW", Employing *280 ?rorkerss. the plant produces pitchforks.,
S."'16 V-016 ,gelded chains and -nought iron nails: Despite the fact that the
buildings are on Vic point of collapse production is economical and
'!: t,isf ct: ry
This document Is hereby regraded tot
CONFIDENTIAL, in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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