VLTAVA MILL, SOUTH BOHEMIAN PAPER MILLS, NATIONAL CORPORATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP93B01194R000900100063-3
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2002
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: October 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
DATE DISTR. 11 r Oct 52
SUBJECT Vltava Mills South Bo'.:emian Paper Mills, National NO. OF PAGES 2
Corporation
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The Vltava Mill, South Bohemian Paper Mills, National Corporation, in Lovcovice
near Vyssi Brod (Jihoseskc papirny, Vltavskv Mlyn) is located on the river Vltava
in Lovcovice. The exact location is shown in the enclosed plan fee Enclosure
(A,7. The plant is enclosed by a wooden fence two meters high.
2. The plant now 1 -1 produces wrapping paper, parchment paper, paper napkins
toilet tissue, cel iulose. etc.. It is planned to extend the production of
cellulose ani, in the event of war, the plant will produce cellulose exclusively.
The factory produces mainly for export, primarily for the Soviet Union,
Switzerland, Ho-! !and , Australia and Germany. uniy a -small part of the production
is destined. for th home market.
The plant has three Diese:L locomotives for narrow-gauge railway; from trucks
(with LJiesol motors) five tons each; three passenger cars (two Skoda-Tli(iors and
one Tatrap:Lari). It is euiuped with five large paper-mr,king machines. rlachine
Nc V napes parchment oa per. The output is TO thousand kilograms in eight hours.
ilac nE loo VI also o.;ro:.iuces parchment paper with an eight hour output of 40
thousand kilograms. ::.ach machine is served by four men (one fcreman, two helpers,
one supervisor;. FF,anni.ne No II makes "crepe" paper with. an output of 30 thousand
ki-+oi*rams in eight hours. hachine No I produces colored paper with an eight-
hour output of S thousand kilograms. Machine No III produces wrap; ing paper
with an eight-hour c->utput of 100 thousand I.-ilograms. The production o- archuaent
paper reaches 900 auintais in three shifts. The parchmenl. paper is desti:nea
mostly for export. The production of dyed )aper is ap,;roximateiy 1500 quintals
of paper in three shifts. The main ,,art of the ,.roduced paper is exported to
the Soviet Union and to iiarraburg (the r cods are transported by river-boats).
The producti on of the "cre-ce, paper is annrximately 900 quintals in three shifts.
The uroduced roods ?o to soviet union, Hungary and Bulgaria. The production
of wrapping paper reaches approximately 21:(;U quintals in tbrce shifts. The
produced goods are T c >crtc. -i.e the Sc vier. i,Tlion, awitzerland and other countries;
a hart is used for the hcnu T1 ;:i- , I.uction of cellulose has been rather
small. -rn the c urse .'i ne.. . , W. ~I () tl.:,tr i4 1! freight car .toads were
delis Y e rec to a :aa :er mill in - ? . ova, iu an , . i,, addition, also to the pa :?er milt 2.n
Clsany (haoravia, .
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The directorate cf the plant is located in the plant i_tseif. The manager o2 the
plant is Mr (f nu) Kaucky; the labor-manager is i%ir Josef rerat, formerly a butcher,
a devoted Communist. The total number of employees is 1200 workers, working in
three shifts. Of these about 200 are skilled workers, 300 are administrative and
technical employees and the rest are helpers. The highest wage of an unskilled worker
is 6000 crowns per month; the lowest wage of an unskilled worker is 2500 crowns per
month.
5. About 50% of the workers are organized in the Communist tarty. The workers are genera
dissatisfied with the present regime. The Communist Party calls a plenary meeting
once a month; the local branches of the Party call t}eir meetings three times a week.
The vaun?er workers are disinterested and do not attend the Party meetings. The same
attitude is shown by the local po^ulation w'o dislike the Communist regime, listen in
to the foreign broadcasts and expect the fall of the Communist rule any time.
6. The plant has its own factory guard who wear black uniforms. The members are armed
with pistols and number about 30 men. There is also a factory militia in the plant;
the members wear blue uniforms with red arm bands. The militia has approximately i0
members. Its commander is Karel Dusak. The factory guard patrols the plant at night
in the following composition: two men of the factory guard and one man of the State
Security Corps TSNB). The members of the militia are armed with rifles; the members
when not on duty leave these rifles in the plant. The plant has also its om fire
company with a fire engine and an ambulance.
7. Timber is sup?lied from the near-by forests. A special po.rder for the production of
cellulose is imported from Italy. Coal is supplied by rail from Ostrava and Duchcov.
.later is ta'.en from the Vltava river; drinking water is purified by special e.;uipment.
The plant is driven by electricity which is supplied by a power-plant in Austria. The
plant has its o;m boiler hall which supplies the whole establishment with steam and
hot water. From the Vltava river a concrete canal five meters deep and 10 meters wide
supplies water for a water`tuxrbine.
~;NCL0SURE (A): South Bohemian Paper mills, Vltavsky Nlyn, in Lovcovice
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SOUTH BOREMIAN PAPER MILLS VV AVSKY MLYN IN IDYCOVICB
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South,Bohesian Paper Mills, Vltsvaky Mlyf in Lovcovice fear Vysai Bros.
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