RAKOVICA MOTOR FACTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400350002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Production in the Rekovica I"otor Factory can be divided as follows.-
a. Casting of engine blocks and engine heads for tractors.
bar T"anufacture of riscellnneous bolts for the assesbly of tractors
c, t'anufacture of gear boxea:.,
d:. Manufacture of gasoline tanks,
f, Costing of wheels
g., Cut::>ide orders for the repair of truck and tractor engines,,
h,_ T'anuf'acture of electric pumps.
The factory has two plants. Plant No? 1 produces tractors, while Plant No. 2
in concerned ^ith multiple activities and contains the following depnrtr:ents.-
a,, Repair section for zrachinery contained in Plant 1. This section has
from 25 to 30 ..?rorkers.
b,- Sectiin for hardening of rr.etalsa
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General r.?aintenance of factory for the rranufacture of office furniture.
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e. Storage for snare parts.
The machinery in the factory is of Gerran, English, Swiss and Czechoslovak
rranufa.cturea The post recent, :P;achinery, however, was either supplied by
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iTt1"':T,A or i as ohtnined frog:: Gerrnian rcawnrntions..: The factory has nn
estirated tc s1 of 2t0 r,achines, The nurber of rachtnes used directly
in the prod'3ction of tractors is approxiintoly 'Sa The condition of
the :---nchinery is rcnortedly poor, and the repair section is constantly
erployed. in repr.irs to and r-aintenance of the rachinery.
Two :aroclurction of tractors is sons odic ^nd depends upon the 7vailability
of rateri?rls and t'-e con yition of the factory r-iachinery, I'raga engines
of 6') horsepor:er and six cylinders are r.anufactured for the tractors.
The engine heads and engino blocks are made o" enst iron smelted from
scrap,. Prior to 1.248;, engine heads and blocks were rranufaetura', from
aluminum,. The rain crankshaft.
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finished in the factory,
Tests of air:raft? engines are rare in a section which is handed by en
rsrry o?ff ?:er,, and ??hich is undor military control The staf'f' of this
se,tiorr four to five roan. Production of aircraft engines vrr?
scorzt.inr'.en in "'cverber i'~n
The production of trucks ;hich vas begun in 1.147 -7a s discontinued in
ili+:i +F~.'r~ber 1.'15 and it is ,,. ileged that nroductiors of trucks has norr been
transferred to Nis., It is assured that not pore than 1.(~tYa trucks were
produced during this time., The trucks crere equi.aped .Ath Prnga en-=?ines
of fJ'} ),:cdrseoo:.er and six cylinders. The personnel in this deoartrr~ent
Vera trri.nod by Gzechosl.ovn': and Soviet, re' chrni^s 9rior to 1748,,
The 'actory 'as n total of from 1 .1,100 to 1,210 workers.:. L further 2'O
~rorkers ^:re er )loysd at a subsidiary foundry in the villa-le o" `akoviaa.
o night -ork is Torte In the factor,, unless tractor pro'uction is
;zr ert1 reciuirr l.. The surer schedule is ?ror! r until 14 grad
.he ~r inter salie rule is from '3 until 1 In rodent y ai s the
'ol.icy hr, been to lay of' workers because of the sc^rcity of r'a.terial.o
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