1. IRON FOUNDRIES AT GLIWICE AND WALBRZYCH 2. LOCOMOTIVE AND FREIGHT CAR REPAIR PLANT AT GLIWICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008300350006-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 14, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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SUBJECT 1. Iron Foundries at Gliwice and DATE DISTR.
Walbrzych l December 1955
2. Locomotive and Freight. Car NO. OF PAGES
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
1. The iron foundry in Gliwice (Glewitzf_ N 50179E 1110) formerly known
as Alte Huette, is now called GZUT (Gliwice Technical Equipment Plant).
Mobile cranes with a carrying capacity of up to seven tons,, grates for
locomotives, brake blocks for railroad cars, large ship pumps with two
cylinders, small air-hammers and large cogwheels are produced here. There
are no smokestacks in the plant, since all smelting is done with coke.
Approximately l9000m19200 workers work in three shifts at the plant.
2. The iron and steel foundry at Walbrzych (Waldenburg - N 50469 E 16.47)
is named Huta Karol. The nearby rail line between Gliwice and Jelenia Gora
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Approximately 100 workers were employed in the foundry.
3. ZNTKK (Rolling Stock Repair Shops) in Gliwice is a locomotive and freight
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