CONSTRUCTION OF SKODA ARMAMENT PLANT AT BANOVOE NAD BEBRAVOU

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006700360003-0
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Construction of Skoda Armament Plant at NO. OF PAGES 2
Banavice nad Bcbravou
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1. The construction of a new armament plant for the Skoda Jorks was started at
Banovec nad I3ebravou in the fall. of 1949 by the Czechoslovak National Building
Enterprises of Bratislava. About 20 buildings of various sizes were planned,
as follow :
a. 4 large halls, 450 x 120 m
1 large administration building
c. 1 largo building to house single employees
d. 10 houses for employees with families
e. Plant kitchen., stores, etc.
2. Under construction at the beginning of October 1910 'wore the four halls and
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and the building for single employees had been laid, the masonry of one of
the halls and of the ten family houses was already completed. I.iaehino.ry had
been brought into the hall but remained unpacked. Construction of a second
hall was nearing completion. All the buildings wore to be of ferroconcrete
construction and were to have cellars.
Architect Houska, a. Czech, was supervisor of construction. He is stated to
be a good friend of Antonin 7apotacky, the Czech Prime
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wore in a concentration camp to .;ether. Ilouskats deputy was Ing. 1 clhubcrt.,
a Czech, who handled the construction plans. Those plans tore locked in a safe
in Schubert's office., and only Schubert had access to then.
In October 190 there were about 11,50-.500 employees working; there in two shifts
daii-,r without interruption, I.Toat of the construction workers r, re Slova..;s;
the majority of the technicians and office e-, rt h
~loyee,~ were v2eC.au. Chairman
of the Communist worl mrs t organization was Chrornil 1.
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Stanislav Swan, cadre trustee was itobida, a Sloval~, and his de put'ty was ~.?ir
also, a Slovak. (dominated for county cadre trustee with the rank of inspector
was one I.1odek, a Slovak.
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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5- The plant had already been encircled by a fence and entrance was permitted
only to those with identity cards plus photographs which were issued to employees
by Iiouska. The plant was watched by guards r, aring blue overalls and armed with
pistols; they also wore on their am, s a red ribbon bearing the inscription
"plant guard".
6. Morale of the workers was bad, especially of ter 1 October 1950 when they wore
forced to work according to new labor norms, which resulted in Much lower sages o
All other methods of mge payments tore prohibited.
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