CKD STALINGRAD, NATIONAL CORPORATION, PRAGUE-VYSOCANY

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT CKD Stalingrad National Corporation, Prague-Vysocany NO. OF PAGES f'eb 52
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. 91 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. Immediately after World War II, the Cesko.moravska Kolben Danek (CKD) - Stalingrad,
National Corporation in Prague-Vyscoany (50.7N-14.28E) was called Tito works. The
nano was changed in 1948. The CED plant is located on the eastern side of the suburb
Vysocany between the stops of streetcar lines Nos. 19 and 15, not far from the
VYsocany railroad station*
2. The plant is part of the heavy machinery industrial network. Within the organization
of the Czechoslovak heavy machinery industry, the following plants are attached to -
the CKD-Stalingrad plant: CKD-Dukla in Prague-Karlin; CKD Sokolovo in Prague-Liben;
CKD Slany in Slany and its branch factory in Prague-Vysocany; GED Modrany; CED Sokolov-
(Falknov) and other plants in Slov a. The factory itself is divided into nine
sections; each section has a chief The sections
are further divided into subsections and each workshop has a number. 50X1-H UM
3. Personnel of the CU-Stalingrad, National Corporation is as follows:
Jindrich Snobl. manager
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(fnu) Hanus chief of the turbine and compressor research division
fnu) Stetivy, deputy manager
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(fnu) V Hrncir, engineer, works as technician in turbine and compressor research
divisior
Engineer Zdenek l'yska, specialist in thermal energetics and research
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Josef Touska, chief of the auxiliary storehouse; building storehouse and boiler roam;
Josef Siska, administrative employee
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(fnu) Cerny, in charge of accepting and dismissing employees
160cm tall; thin; blond hair; devoted Cammunits.
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(fnu) Jakl, chief of the section VrR'(Vvsocanv 11ectrica1 machinms) in nharpe! of
the first shift
(fnu) Bohuslav in charge of the second shift
(fnu) Tomas, engineer in research institute
fnu) Elavacck, enginee
Engineer (fnu) Kozesnik;
(fnu) Labut chief of one production hall
4. The following men come to the plant every Monday at 7 am for a meeting: 50X1 -HUM
Engineer Vaclav. Fabinger, general manager of the Ministry of Heavy Industry
(fnu) Polda Fabingerts deputy;
Mr Jenicek engineer from the Regula factory,
5. Until recently the plant had 9,600 employees (exact figure), New employees are
being accepted continuously, mostly from the transferred goverhment employes. The daily
rate of newly accepted workers is around 40 persons. Of this number, only 40% are
skilled workers; 20% are women, helpers and administrative employees. The plant
works in three shirts, the day shirt being the largest. The administrative offices
work in one shift. For a while, in order to fulfill one quota, the workers had to
work on Sundays0 sometimes the police have to force transferred government employees
to work in the plant. On the average a skilled worker earns 5,000 Kcs (crowns), an
an unskilled worker 3,000 Kcs per month. As a piec-e wage, the regular workers get
20-35 Kcs per hour while foundry workers get up to 40 Kos, The Stakhanovites, number-
ing about 500 in this plant, get a wage of 40-80 Kcs per hour while the helpers get
15-18 Kcs. Women are paid on the same scale as men. The senior foreman, Mr Touska,
had a wage of 9,000 Kcs a month, (without deductions). His assistant had a wage of
7,000 Kcs. A factory foreman gets 8,500 Kcs. Only 15% of the employees are real
Communist Party members. Most of these are foramen and Stakhanovites. The Communist
propaganda machine in the plant is very active and factory meetings are held to teach
the workers haw to increase individual output. In spite of this, however, the output
of the plant is lower than it should be because of the deliberate slow-down tactics
of the laborers. Very often, brawls and quarrels take place in the factory canteen
'and the factory militia has to arrest offenders. Often the offenders are sent to the
forced labor camps0 married workers are not sent as readily as unmarried ones. "orale
is law because of law wages, longer.hours and higher cost of living. Communist Party
factory meetings take place once a week and general meetings once a month.
6. The factory has its awn water works while gas is supplied by the gas works in Liben
and electricity canes from power plants in Prague-Holesovice and Ervenice, district of
Most. The whole plant is driven by electricity and has its awn transformer. The
boiler roam has two boilers in operation, Coal is supplied from Ostrava and Kladno
while coke comes from Ostrava. Most of the ore comes from the USSR. Raw materials
and semi-finished products are supplied by the Vitkovice Iron Works, and Poldi Hutte
in Kladno. The perap material supply(which is rapidly diminishing) comes from Eastern
Germany. The factory has its own railroad track with three small steam engines,
40 electric cars, 10 trucks of 10 tons each, three tractors and some trailers. The
plant has the following machine tools; lathes; planes; grinders; electric hack saws;
hand presses; electric presses; vertical grinders; cranes; shears; pneumatic and
electric hammers; centrifugal drills; shapers, etc. Woodworking tools are as follows:
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lathes; sanding machines; power saws; joiners; planers, etc. In the foundry for non-
ferrous metals are four electric furnaces. In the foundry for blue steel ur,, six
furnaces. In the division for production of electric motors there is a testing hall for
electrieal instruments with measuring devices, transformers, switchboards and coil
winders. In other halls are devices for testing tensile strength, hardness and
elasticity. There are also instruments for drafting enlargements, comparators, contour
projectors and "IKON" apparatus. In one department there is a testing tunnel for jet
engines. II, special testing hall for water turbines is also in use. New additions to
the plant are continually being built. There is a large building in the center of the
plant with a red cross painted on it. Besides being a first aid station, it is also
the administration building.
7. The plant ha F its awn factory militia consisting of 100 men in black uniforms who are
armed witA Istols. This militia holds military training exercises once a week on the
Invalidovna field between Liben and Karlin. There is also a 20-man factory guard at
all gates day and night. Two-man guard patrols cover the factory to see that workers
do not talk to each other while working. At night these patrols are reinforced by an
additional militia man. The guard lodges in the field axe manned by strong units day
and night. TWO guards stay on duty in the lodge while two patrol the neighborhood.
At night the guards have two dogs.
8. The following items are produced by the plant: locomotives, crankcases for heavy
trucks, armored cars, tanks and airplanes; railroad car axles; electramotors; railroad
diesel engines; ship propellors; water turbines; transformers; compressors, search
lights; generators; machines and equipment for the mines; electric locomotives;
various machine parts. some of these goods, e g crankcases, are sent to other factories
for further work or assembling. The monthly production was as follows % several pieces
of water turbines weighing 7-8 tons, 10-12 meters high; about 1,000 auto crankcases;
100 airplane crankcases; 200 tank crankcases; 200 electromotors. About 75% of pro-
duced crankcases for tanks are exported to the USSR, the remaining 2* being used at
home. Large excavators were made with 250 hp engines and four direct current dynamos,
In 1951, 20 of these excavators were built for the USSR; 60 electromotors were built
for the Spigska Nova Ves mines and 40 electromotors were built for the. Czechoslovak
State Railroads (Cal)). In addition, a series of trolleys was made for the cities
of Prague and Bratislava. There is a serious shortage of ball bearings in the mining
machinery department. The special research division is working on a model of an engine
for jet planes. The work is supervised and directed by six Soviet engineers. The
parts for the construction of jet engines come from other plants; e g the Skoda works
in Pilsen.
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EgCLOSURES:
(A) Map of CKD Stalingrad National Corporation, Prague-Vysocany, and explanation of
the map.
(B) Organizational Chart of the CKD Stalingrad National corporation, prague-Tieocany.
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ENCLOSURE (A)
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CKD - Stalingrad National Corporation, Prague-Vysocany
(Explanation to the enclosed map)
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1. Automobile Plant Fraga
2, Airplane Plant Aero
3. EMergency housing development
4. Steam-pored Flour mills Odkolek
5, Railroad Station Prague-Vysocany
6. Airport Kbely
7. Air-force Barracks
8. Military radio factory (Radiovka)
9. Testing airfield and hangars of the Acre Plant
10, The Rudy Letov Plant, an automobile and aircraft plant which is located next to the
air field.
11. The Avia Plant, an automobile and aircraft plant.
12. Light tower with automatic rotating beam. The light tower is in operation all night.
Its height is about 30 meters.
13. Concrete state highway toward Pardubice.
14. Railroad line,Prague-Vzetaty
15. Railroad side line connecting the main line with the Rudy Letov plant.
16. Railroad line Prague-Pardubice
17. State highway Prague-Miada Boleslav
12. Radio-station, two iron poles 100 meters high. The poles are equipped with red
light's as a protective measure for the night landing of planes on the near-by airports.
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Organization Scheme of the CKD Stalingrad Plant, National Corp.
Prague- ysocany
Management of the Plant-
Manager
NG - Electro
Management of the Sector
VES-VTRVDR
VEP-VIZ-VTIC
Secretary
Construction Construction
Explanation of the abbreviations:
VES - Production of the Electrical Machines
VTR - Production of Transformers
VDR - Railway machines Production
VEP - Production of Electrical Instruments
VKZ - "Kazet"
VTK - Production of turbines and compressors
V50 - Steel Foundry
VSL - Pig Iron Foundry
VSH - Aluminum Foundry
NG - Foundry
Management of the Sector
VSOIWSL-VSH
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