PARAFFIN QUARTZ CRYSTAL MINE NEAR SUBOTINAC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008800560014-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 4, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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A paraff~~a c,~ust.rtz cry~t~,a. m~.ne vaa~ ~.ocated near the Alek~ina~c-Soko re~a
x~oad9 a fem k~.lo~aeters northwest of the v1.7?l~,ge of ~iauotina.c. At the end .
of. 1949s sappro~ci.zuate3.y 600 pol3~tical ~-risonera~ who had ,been intern?d in
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d At the end- of 19l~9A m3.ne workers began to extract qu~.rtz ci?~t'stal from ~
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k'ourteen ~.e~ela~ or ~].~,tforc~ were con~structec~ froze .the bottom to the topY~4~
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~arnaces, each ~iigh~t r~eter~ luny and f1.ve meters wider were under construct~.on~
"A ~raaa.l a.nd rather pr3aw~.tive oil refinex~t for experiuzsntal purposes h~.d bean
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electricity .for the e~terpri,se s furnished by the. pnvr$r plant of than
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