JELENIOGORSKA WYTWORNIA OPTYCZNA (OPTICAL GLASS FACTORY, JELENIA GORA)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A004800050022-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: April 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO,
COUNTRY Poland.
DATE DISTR. I 4P9.1952
SUBJECT Jel iogorska Wytvorssia Optyczas (Optical NO. OF PAGES 2
Giaa se Factory,, Jeleni.a Grua)
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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1. "Jelaamiogorskaa Vybvornia Optyczna, the Optical Glass Factory in Jelenia Gore., ids
located at, No 10-12 Warynakiego Street.
"This fwt ry mtaufaactures optical glass. and glass equipment for the ni.cal laba ;a..
tories.
30 "The factory is under the control of the Ministry of National Defense. The fac-
tory director is (fuu) Lisa eki. His task,., however., is strictly administrative.
The pr aaaytion is. supe zv ed by de,e aates of the military authorities., mostly from
the Air Supply Branch. At tervalas a Soviet Receiving Comnissioan alaso appeaars.
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for long dl texpce ' pmen .
"The faatary hass two main sections:
(a) The gl..ass-vorkn, which is operating on a three shift scheduler;
(b) Maaufeu.turing workshops, which are operating on two shifts.
5. The raw materials are imported malmly from Eastern Germany. A special type of
sand is also brought from Olszyna in the Lublin district. Chemical materials are
procured from the chemical-industrial central warehouses in Wroclaw.
"About 800 vor.kera are employed. Some 10 per cent are women and girls a Most of
the workers aaa older persons because in this type of industry, long experience is
a prerequisite.
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(a) 30 1aar a wooden boxes containing laboratory glasses and utensils. These
. weigh 40 kg each, thus 1200 kg daily.
CLASSIFICATION SBCRE I
7? `The daily output
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(b) 30 small wrcQden boxes containing optical glass specially packed. These weigh
80 kg each, thus 2 kg daily.
The factory, also occasionally sends glass sheets or plate glass to other workshops
for further treatment a.
8. The bulk of this output is exported, mainly to Hungary, Rumania and Czechoslovakia.
A very smai portion - none of the precision products - is reserved fo- the do-
mestic markets and sent to the warehouses of the chemical industry in Krakow znd
Lodz. The taken by the military authorities are shipped to an unknown
address in Warsaw.
9. The average, wages and salaries in the factory are as follows:
(a) Good. skilled workers in the glassworks - Approximately 900 zlotys per month.
(b) SkiLled workers in the manufacturing workshops - Approximately 600 zlotys
per month,
(c) Employees in administrative departments - Approximately 600 zlotys per month.
(d) Packing department workers and unskilled helpers - 300-1400 zlotys per month.
10. "In addition, all workers receive in the winter 86 kg of coal monthly, at no extra
cost. During the past three months; (Dec 51-Feb 52), the heavy workers occasionally
:re :el e,3. additio al. meat ration cards,
U. The factory workers must belong to the Metallurgical Trade Union. They belong to
the Wroclaw branch. The Chairman of this branch is (fnu)-Pawlik. The Secretary
General is (fnu) Mackowiak.
12. As the factory belongs to the Ministry of Defense,, a special industrial guard
maintains a -24-hour watch. Entrance to the factory premises is possible only with
a special permit. Visitors can be received by the workers only in special, cases.
They mu et be received in the guard-keeper's box, in the presence of a guard.
13. "Active, '"vz amunists at the factory include:
(a) Piati? Lurak, - the present administrative director. He is a former chief-
bookkeeper.
(b) Bronislsw Wasiak - a furnace stoker in the glass-works.
14. "The following translation of a note from the Warsaw Preseedienst, published in
Berlin on 22 February 1952, may be of interest:
$Bottle-glass fr'omTufa (a calcareous mineral)
'A research analyst at the Silicate Technological Institute in Warsaw
recently found while experimenting that the vulcaneous tufa minerals
form a splendid ran material for the glass industry. The tufas of
which Poland. has large deposits near Krzeszowice (County Krakow) among
other places, are especially-adaptable as an additional raw material
for the manufacture of bottles. Here it can replace up to 60 per cent
of the amount of sodium carbonate required. Glass bottles manufactured
with the addition of tufas, show greater resistance and durability
against chemical influences and take a greater polish. This new pro-
cedure has already been widely adopted in the Polish glass industry.'
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