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DYNAMIT-NOBEL CHEMICAL PLANT IN BRATISLAVA

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R003400080011-8
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
5
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
December 12, 2011
Sequence Number: 
11
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
September 22, 1949
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003400080011-8 COUNTRY SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF I u,6-. JI . IC;T+_I,u v .1,y 50X1-HUM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPO II FORMATICN REPORT CD NO Czechoslovakia DATE DISTR. 22 September 19k9 Dynamit-Nobel Chemical Plant -' in Bratislava 0. OF PAGES 3 NO. Or ENCLS. 2 sketch ea feren gel nun SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. -I* e0O01gEA7 CONTAIUS INPG3ilATICit A gCni g rAC t3 .TIOPIAL CEf *S8 07 THC C8IT= YTA.TE3 CItTUIN THU UCGA130 OF TUC E3PIONACC ACT 60 0.3. C. 81 AUO St. AS 4 NGED. IT3 T2ANSCRISSI0 OR THU EIIFELATTOQ OF IT3 Colmar rd any $AwUn To AU 0NAu7110ElzzD PESSott 13 TOO? tUIRITED 01 LAW CEP2O00CTIOn 01 TBI$ FOEti II FEO$IC111VD. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION i of tii plant: "Chem icke zovody .D narmit-Nobel - fl 1i. " t II Jyrwlizi.t-Nobel 1-ationaiized Chemical plant) 2-? i c.)O.-A ion: .`1t "v: he nor tihern outskirts if i~ . ill l.ll.11I (f':iZ.;3...i3d.t i) 4'17X 99), at trio . T13LAVV_uli,Li~.~ (. 50/0 92) 3i line and at the 3.i": i:.i:WV.k-i.i-11.kV.4 (.2 49/T 22) Ai hway (25 miles north e,rc t of 3~La I1 ~:L r.VA) .., '1 ant area t Approx.t .. taly 2.300 z 4 OCO .0-1 a rt in.. t;:'lia vionu: S~ ir11 c1{A4Y tJS:iG' AftR1Y EXCISED BEFORE PUBLIC RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT. , dei)urti ent .w.na"ei:.ent bc'i.L .tin b-a.:zitais wr lion buildin c ?: LO bol z`i, Go~'ies a ., JiatkiJ 114zi.on d.t :)arti.en t t'roN .i n:; and cru;;niri do )artment ? ~oii cr iiot.u e .E3, 2o';i r :it; t1otl j ;, or lii ti3 1e pa rt-ient k., i3il._,3t;~i of tae miiit-.ry .-,,uard l.. i:ora~e de!)ot _-ii t.9 i%,4 No _ l inn .tJ(?d 0' a.t gate 'iou1 with military ;uar.t Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003400080011-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003400080011-8 s.. U.S. 0ri;ICZLLS 0A Y CEI1TflJ.L I IT1 LLIGLNCE i .GI ICY -2.0 n. Lode of ;ate Iyo. 11 with 2.i4iB ward 4. Security: i;lo plat; t i i aurroui.ded by an 3-foot concrete will. 5. i'.rui is facilities: plant has :spur tra.:its to tac main ii_*1 lire. 6. Valnarable inL;tellations: - Ti1e3 spoiler &:tation and the ctora, e dap of where 39600* to 4#20J boxes of dyn..a:1it :, ecraoit, and "pano;iit" are usually stored. 7. 2roduction: at Production fit urea were kept top aocrct ani could not be aecca.rately learned. Only thu Liana-in enyin :ers know tine accurate daily proluction arsounts in the different departments.. 50X1-HUM b. the total. dyna:iu. e-, ecrasi. e, and pano a production a:aourt may approximate 4:500 k in 3 .ours {one yai f t) . i'orty- five trolleys of 100 each were convoyed to the cortiu department per si.ift. 8. Raw materials; tihi o;lento of raw ma teri;:ls :such as raun6anece dioxide, na necium, nitro lycerirLe, sulpiur, and phoophor arrived in boxes, eac1 holding 75 ks. ''?i.: ohipmants were under mill nary ward. 9. Jiapatcht 'a.o explo;;-.,t co were usually delivered to coal mines and quurri-:;s. since about uctober 1943 small snip?- ments also leave foe Iiun?ary and 2oland. Such pro- ducts are shipped in i1un,arian and eoli-Ai truc'lc. 10. iIana ernen.t: Tne :nano, or 13 can inccr e = Y (Slovak) 11. ,fork force: on 23 .t'waruary 1949: 740 iorkiaen, 29 civil oervants, 6 ctr; i~l::cro, 23 e ieiaia tc and 7 foremen. All of them are Slovalks exavpt 90 ;Ioraan ; and 15 Czecas. 12. 4?l in ,uari : 25 men of the Si B. 13.1 JIo::L.ont: :sketch is for- waraec sho--1ln, tie p` arillayou in 19 ; 6. 'ute plant inutollat1vt'u :iavc not nluuh Chan "cad wince that time. ,.dot of ta.ic buildinU;j- are solid z tructuresp only the fuze department is housed in wooden can in;ier;t buil.din; s. 2.Ze 3ep irtiaen i; for

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