THE VSETIN BRANCH OF THE MORAVIAN-SILESIAN ELECTROTECHNICAL WORKS (MEZ)

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2003
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• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
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SUBJECT The Vsetin Branch of the Moravian-Silesian
Electrotechnical Works (MEZ)
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5. The Workshop Militia of the MEZ Vsetin factory consists of about 80 members,
including women telephone operators, etc. The militia drills frequently in
the factory yard with rifles or automatic guns. The Workshop Security Guard
consists of about 15 members who stand guard in shifts*
employees., Bubela and Zizala, were awarded the "President Gottwald State Prize"
for their improvements of grinding techniques. As of August 1951, approximately
80 percent of the total production was being delivered to the USSR, the rest
to Soviet satellites, mainly to Hungary and Poland.
The factory workshop is constantly being enlarged., and in August 1951 a new
boiler house and power station were under construction, The former subsidiary
workshop of Kablo,.situated on the opposite bank of the Becva River, forms a
part of the MEZ Vsetin factory, The Kablo foundry furnishes part of the
necessary castings, and it is planned to stop deliveries from Svit after the
reconstruction of the Kablo factory.
2.. Exact production figures of the MEZ factory in Vsetin are not known, but three
to.four carloads of finished products are shipped per day. In 1950 the factory
fulfilled 90 percent of its planned production under the Five Year Plan. Two
The factory., which was formerly the J. Sousedik factory., specializes in the
manufacture of small electric motors. Individual parts for the motors are
manufactured in the factory; only raw materials and semifinished products
are obtained from other Czechoslovak factories- for example, profile iron
from the United Steel Works in Kladno (N51/L59j, castings from Svib.in
Gottwaldov (P50/021), copper from Slovakia and cable from Kablo in Bratislava
(P19/x99)..
.percent were women, No Russians were observed in the factory.
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In August 1951 the subsidiary factory of the Moravian-Silesian Electrotechnical
Works, National Corporation, (Moravskoslezske Elektrotechnicke Zavody)- MEZ)
in Vsetin (P50/043), employed about 2,000 workers., of whom approximately 30
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The following is a partial list of the leading factory personnel:
Workshop Manager Karel Moudry, age 50; 165 cm, tall, an ardent
Communist since the First Republic.
Political Secretary Gustav Orsak, age 38; 165 cm. tall; an ardent
Communist; a member of the Workshop Militia since
the beginning of 1951.
Chief of Plans Rohac, age 32; 178 cm. tall; a mild Communist.
Production Manager Jan Martinak, age 3!; 180 cm. tall; a Communist;
production has increased since he took over the
management in January 1951.
Workshop Superintendent Petran, age 45; 175 cm, tall; a Communist profiteer.
Chief Bookkeeper Strnad, age 50; 175 cm. tall.
Chief of Purchasing Frantisek Chovancik, age 38; 150 cm, tall.
Department
AA=, age about 45; 180 cm. tall.
Superintendent of the Martinek, age 52; 175 cm. tall.
Boilerhouse
Security Officer
Frantisek Dobes, age 40; 175 cm. tall; an ardent
Communist; teaches political education and Russian
language at the factory.
Attachment: Diagram showing location of MEZ factory in Vsetin,
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nravi An-:Silesian Electrote~-,hnical Works, Nat. Corp. , Workshop
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Hrozenko
Railroad to
Zbrojovka Vsetin
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1, 2. Main guardroom.
3. Workshop kitchen, office of Workshop Council
4. Store of chemicals (varnishes, petroleum etc.)
5. Manufacture and assembly of electric motors
6. Press room, welding room
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Basement: Store of metals; State reserve of copper
Ground floor: Testing and control of electric motors
Second Floor: Calculating offices, booking office
Third Floor: Manager's office, planning department, teletype, etc..
8. Repair of damaged electric motors
9. New boiler house and power station under construction
10. Warehouse and preparation of material
11. Store of switches
12. Factory railroad
13. Wire fence
14. Old road into factory
150 Main factory road
1618. Side gates
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