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AVIN ARMAMENT PLANT IN KUNOVICE

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R004000200009-0
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 12, 2001
Sequence Number: 
9
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 21, 1949
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2001/03/17 : Cl `tgQ4~5gg4p902 CLASSIFICATION " , T/Cola L S. 0=2ILI.1La 0 i~7L CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY Czechoslovakia SUBJECT Livia armament Plant in Kunovice DATE DISTR. 21 Dec. 1949 NO. OF PAGES 2 25X1 A RETURN ' NO-OF PLACE TO ENCLS. ACQUIRE ~~' ? LIBRARY (LISTED BELOW) 25X1A DATE OF INFO,_ 25X1X :''member 9~$ SUPPLEMENT TO 1.:, Location About 1 mile west of the KUNSOVICE railroad station,, 2,, 7vorking Time Two 8-.hour shifts. Labor Force 400 per shift, 4_. Production Document No L f Dec Class, C. QMt~9: Date: Only repair twrork on pistols, machine guns, aircraft engines airplanes, chief?..;; of the .l>rado type,. 5, 3 s llveri es Chiefly to 1.1agana, remainder for inland use, This document Is hereby regraded 25X1X CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with letter of 13 October 1078 from Director cf Central Inte;l;gence to Archivist of t'inu United sates. ="l U4 s ~~? Next Review Date: 2003 1 6. There was an aircraft repair shop in KUNOVICE~ b rth" mem ered that from the PARD[7BICE airfield damaged Me--109s,. Spitfires 6 and 9, and La-5s, had been sent there, After repair, the planes were tested by SIKA, a test pi? of 25X1A comment: The Asia firm erected a repair factory in 1938 -blch gradually was to hneorne an alternate factory of Avia4 _ CLASSIFICATION ai/COI3TROL - U.S. OFFICL LS ONLY STATE N Zkf rJSR6 I DlSTi21Eil1Tiltfi} ARMY n ......i_~~AP r oNF1DENTIAI Approved For Release 2001/03/17 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004000200009-0 CONFIDENTIAL ,ppproved For Release 2001/03/17 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004000200009-0 a T/CO1 TROL - U.S e OrTICULLS ONLY C1 Tfl L IIdTELLIG WC AGENCY 25X1A A he intended completion as a rzanuf ac turi :, plant as not- done. The ronort states that the factory 3s still used as a repair plant This report confirms the use of La-5 planes in, Czeo1os1.ova;2J as The title page of the Czech. journal ::lase vojsko, 15 1 rlj 1949, shows La-planes attended by Czech aircraft mechanics, U ;~,r s=T.-0 ':" OLf i?3 O +'. ICI,. L"? O LY CONF!FIT!AL Approved For Release 2001/03/17 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004000200009-0

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