SUPPLY OF ANTIBIOTICS AND PHARMACEUTICALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013800180001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB'1952 51-
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INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Supply of Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals
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DATE DISTR. 12 September 1952
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING CF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The only_antibioticbeing manufactured in Cze hoslov_ sia was penicillin. The plant
at Roztoky manufactured penicillin in crystalline form; uutil_early 1952 the crystals
were yeow; since that time they have been white. All the penicillin produced
at Roztoky was regarded as thermolabile and was always kept under refrigeration.
Physicians were allegedly reluctant to use the penicillin produced at Roztoky because
it caused pain at the site of injection. The Roztoky plant was not producing 25X1
streptomycin as late as April 1952 although its manufacture was under investigation
2. In 1941 an opium manufacturing plant was built at Hlohovec L7826N-1748E7 near Trnava;
it obtained its raw materials from poppies. In addition,,six or eight other kinds
of raw materials were prepared and sent to Czech firms for in.eor ( .ration into
pharmaceuticals.
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3. The Maizena plant is located at Bolerag8N-173OE :,, a town about 1~ km from Trnava.
It manufactured corn products and IeUt of its output to Roztoky.
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,-During World War II, the Facet factory in Piestany 836N-'17547
() manufactured vitamins B__and C, iron products, aspir n, calcium,
r anti-Deztussis agents, anti-asthmatics, aluminum acetate, ergot,
he .arin and i erazine .
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5.. The supply and use of antibiotics' was-very strictly controlled.
Antibiotic reserves of penicillin'. strepto cin, ohloromeetin,
and aureo cin 25X1
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Health Institute (Statny Zdravotny Ustav - SZU) and at its branch
-institute in Bratislava. A pharmacist, Zuffa (fnu), was in charge
of the antibiotic store at Bratislava.. One doctor in each hospital
was assigned the resp?npibility for distribution of these-drugs; '
Each section chief had to submit a written request to the responsible
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y of the antibio
ic. Each sec
ion ha
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doctor for a supp
a record of patients receiving the drug. and the reasons for the use
of the particular antibiotic in preference to other drugs. This
record was sibmitted monthly'to the responsible doctor, who, in
turn, prepared a report which was forwarded to Zuffa.
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LCommento It is not clear whether Maizena furnished corn-steep liquor
togs her with other products such as glucose.
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