SKLO-EXPORT (GLASS EXPORT) NATIONAL ENTERPRISE AT PRAGUE: DEPARTMENTS/EMPLOYEES/MAJOR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS/SALARIES/TOP OFFICIALS/SECURITY MEASURES/POLITICAL TRAINING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500250094-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 94
• Publication Date: November 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION DEPORT
COUNTRY Czechotilovak.a
SUBJECT Sklo-Expr1 t iglBBE export) Natior.a,. wterorise at Prague
DeparttmeneB/Employees/Major Foreign Cu=.to rs/Salaries/
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Deecr'ption of physical Set1ap and Departments
i1Thr Skbo-Export firm at Fraguo is a ghee exporting firm and aTnational c has i o
It is located ir. the Palei.a koruna on Vaelav Squar , Pr$Gue as t&Mn
over the whole building. Below in a floor-by-floor braaIcdown Of its dapartme
(a) "Ground floor: depot for samples
(b) "First floor: management, room for foreign buyers, sales department, control
department, organization and mail department.
(c) "Second floor: personnel and sales department, as well as the political depart-
ment.
(d) "'Third floor: sales department
(e) "Fourth fl~or: sales department
(f) "F'ft;h floc_: ealee department, photo department, propaganda department.
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is for the the use within the USA of the fntelllgenc components of the Departments or
This report
Agencies indicated above. It is not to be transmitted overseas without the concurrence of the
originating office through the Assistant Director of tine office of Collection and Dissemination, CTA.
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.,:,I-La, na. of whom 65` are -women. Only l:QP of th.-
"1'here are >~ = trat jve -- qualified for rtle job. Another a=e
sales and admire=atreti office=n are f.:.ay unq?;;.ea_-l.ifxd former workers a d ho craftmen who do not urderotand the work from
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either a production, selling or administrative angle. The remaining 20% are general
workers and helpers.
4. "The enterprise sells the glass m?aduced at the following glass factories: Kemenice,
Senov, Navy Bor, Jablonec, Pode,.raa,,; Teplice, Svetla nad Sazavou.
Major Importers of Czech glass
5. "The USSR ai.d her Satellites receive cbout 60% of all the goods produced. South
Africa imports mostly pressed glass --- about 10%. Central America imports 10%
(luster glass). South America imports 10% (luster glass and lead crystal glass).
Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands together import 10% (mostly glass for
laboratories, b?,iiding glass, luster glass). About 40% of the total exports is
returned to Czechoslovakia as d:fective goods.
Supervibion oy Ministry of Foreign Trade
6. "The business activity of the enterprise is supervised by the Ministry of Foreign
Trade which provides all necessary documents for the export of the glass. The
number of goods to be exported is reported first to the Ministry of Foreign Trade,
which has to then approve the quantity s d the prices. After the export has been
approved, Sk1c-Export, Praha, transfers th,., production order to the factory in
question. Mc?ot foreign orders should be fulfilled immediately and paid for
immediately.
Procedure for Handling Complaints
"Sklo-ixport is not affiliated with any ministries other, than the Ministry of
Foreign Trade. Only in the case of complaints are some reports sent to the Ministry
of Light L^duotry, which has to check on wheth-:r the complaint was really well-
founded.
8. "The five-year economic program i.: f?trilled by A-4. The chiefs of the departments
are held respon--ible for the fulfillment of the f'' :C s:ai ononi.C rv rsa and
their bonus payments as well as their monthly salary depends a great deal on the
results of their supervision and checking of the five-year program. Because of
this incentive, the chief of the department is trying hard to conclude as many
export sales as possible and it happens very often that the concluded agreement is
later reneged on by the foreign importers. However, even in this event the leading
officer of Sklo-Export receives the bonus and is not obliged to pay it back. In
some cases the goods have already been exported but they are returned from Hamburg
or Trieste because they don't comply with the order.
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10. "The general marag=,?r of the firm vas Mr /fnu7 Ruzicka, a former glass-worker.. The
busin:as-manager was Mr /fni/ Braur_, a paper-Com_mZ1 t. The deputy-manager was
25X1 /-fnj, Matousek, , a dangercu member of the C P. The chief of the control department
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The chief of the crystal-glass department is Mr fnu Sob likesbierjanaeppert and a
paper -Comm.;:lst who enjoys the cu_iiidence of thu C P. The chief of the luster-
glans depcr.rn~"i. was Mr Josef Kalvoda, a member of the C The chief of crystal-
glass (lead-cr.7.tal glass) deLa-tment was Mr Lfn_7 Vesely, a dangerous member of
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the C P, i'he personnel managers (kadrovy)
were a rove and fnu Cerny, both dangerous members of the CP. The chief
of the department of luster-giacie destined for the US was Jan Domanek, a non.
Communist. The chief of the 1ustsr-glans department for the countries in the sterling
area was Oskar Fogel, a paper-CL.^R*uulet. The chief of the department of luster-glass
destined for other Iron Curtain cosutr.ies was Jaroslav Hutov, a non-Communist. The
head of the transportation department vas Mr 9n7 Fechtner, a non-Communist.
Security Measures
11? "All employees were forbidden tc take work home, +
locked in oaf ea at night. The working All ~lo~ for products tables of the employees were carefully arefully had to be
checked
by security officers to see whether they were following the above-mentioned orders.
Near the gate-keeper's room are two gate-keepers wLo occaeionaily check some
employees to insure that they do not take any documents home. It is possible to
enter the building only with a permit received from the gate-keepers. The kadr-
department (kedrove orideleni) is in daily touch with the State Security Corps and
checks the background of every new employee, being especially careful to check on
whether the new employee has any relatives in Western countries or a relative who
has recently escaped from behind the Iron Curtain.
12. "The employees have no confidence in each other and they are not satisfied with their
low salaries. All employees eat their meals in the enterprise canteen on the
Narodni Tr.da, the former Polaaek Coffee House. About one-third of the employees
reside in Prague in flats which were taken over by the -enterprise..
Political Training
13. "The local branch of the SCM (Svaz Cea M-Madeze, which is the Czechoslovak
Cormnuni t Y
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week? These meetings last for two hours."
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group) gives political schooling two times a week, always between
6400 and 7:00 am. The local branch of the Communist Party has meetings once a
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