MORAVIAN IRON AND STEEL WORKS, OLOMOUC PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700070002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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:i. ~, TZh ; 0;~ o tc :Ltc (Ol m etz - P5O/98 r r plant of the Moravian Iron and Steel
t"erks (4oravske Ocelarry a Zeles &i3y) is of posite the Olomouc r.i.li ay
tion. The plant consists of a faundx y and several production
1 .epartnent l $ Production includes: caterpillar tracks for mill to
ieh.$ cies of all kinds? crank shafts for aut~maobiles y, axles for railway
cars and various automobile parts Cceskomaovavska Intone Oanek In
Prague is the jc customer for these products,
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As ,,,f I June 19:50 the factors enr?-zZoyed eknrn*o-z#mte1%r 15030 w^-n1--W ,a
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Whom. a bout 300 have been assigned to the workers t Militia. In addition
to . hd:se. 150 convicts are on loan to the factory-. About 40 par.-ant
of -cho convic.ti a-ne under sentence ,or, minor political crines s 4':3 -ercor
are rxor ns. and 20 percent are crix final convicts. They a e interned
in a iecsrs within the punt and are ;= carded by the workers 3 raillti .
In addition to the workers militia there has been established a 25X1A
pari:'e,nt militia who 3e du-Gy it is to guard the mains entrance to the
p!,, st end the convicts day and night. From 6 AU until e FM they are
on c. lr?,y guarding from the wzj.tc a to;Jors and guard posts in and ar ur
the plant. At n-tght, only four members of the pert neat militia aro
an guard within the plain and one at the -rain gate. No person is
perrai"sted to enter the :plant without an identity card. The militia
mambe.,?s wear plain c3 otY es with a red ribbon on the left sleeve, and
area : .` with a CZ 7.65 rn pistol with one clip. The guards are
chang d. every tt lve hours.
The ea ris room iv located on the ground floor and at present contain o
apprrr,;,- .to1p 350 ri:f Les, several hand grenades, a few &iesitw sub-
mach i ne ? pans (7..62 rare) and some light machine guns. The arms room in
the ')l nt ed inJ.stration building contains a considerable supply Of
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
totter 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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