URANIUM MINING NEAR KOWARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R012900130007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM Na. 51-4AA
FES 1952
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.CLASSIFICATION:
COUNTRY Poland
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORM A 'ION REPORT REPORT NO.
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SUBJECT Uranium lining near Kowary
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1. Before 191+7, the Kowary mining area produced low grade iron ore. In April of
that year, however,iron ore mining stopped and, the extraction of uranium ore
began. The area had been inhabited by a large number Qf German nationals; these
people were resettled by the Polish authorities between April 1917 and.
October 1949.
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2. Administrative headquarters for the uranium mines are in. Kowary. About.40 percent
of the administrative per. son nel. are Russian; they are quartered in a residential
diBtriet of the town called Wysoka=Laka. The section has been built up by the
Russians and now contains teri_nd.a courts, swimming pools and similar recreational
facilities.
3. The 17 mines adminimtered from Kowary are located as follows: five mines near.
Kowary, three near Ogorzelec (Staedti.seh Dittersbach), two In Wiesciszowice
(Rohnau), two in. Miedzi.ana (Kupferberg), two in Ciecha-nowice (Rudelstad.t)l two
In Swidnica (Sc?hweidni.tz),. and one in Szk#arsk Poreba Dolna (Ni.eder-Schreiberhau).
4.
The production of uranium ore reached a peak in 1951; at. that time 7,000 miners
were employed in the area. Since then, output has decreased.
was planned that one third of the miners would be dismissed.
In June 1952, it
5.
The uranium ore is transported by freight train to Ogorzelec.
There it is washed.
by manually-operated water hoses. The processed ore is packed in metal containers,
70 centimeters high arid 30 c centimeters In circumference. The containers are
manufactured in a. plant in Kowary. After being filled, the containers are loaded
onto trucks guarded by Russians and sent to an unknown destination.
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The mines are guarded by Polish soldiers who are billeted in old farm
buildings near Kowary which have been conver?t& d into barracks. There
are about 2,000 such guards. They are distinguishable-from other Polish
military units by their red striped caps
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25X1 A 1.? Comment: See for details concerning the mines near
Ciechanowice where five mines are allegedly in operation.
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