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SKODA PLANT IN PILSEN, NEW LOCOMOTIVE TYPE

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R005000280001-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
October 13, 2000
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
May 4, 1950
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
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c "I LASS!I=ICATION Approved For Release 2001 EVALUATION. DATE OF CON DA71 E. OBTAIN REFERENCES - - 25XfAea ._..--. DP UE PREPARED, PAGES,,__?.--,__ ~?air. 8. TYPE>....-.___._...-,.._.._._.- REMARKS SOURCE .. txucti_ar: of a new loca'.qotivf3 was completed in ,-tie rrnaf,.a ~... s~ eor,,fi ,;ikOda Plant in Ii."+ sen fear:Ly in January 1950:: 2? The locomotive k:ad the followi.n sl;e~~if`i cations esi.gnatian at type 476. O ?rhhigk;.t of tender. 1(6 tons Cutout :End 100 km per hour ',aint, Cherry red with a white horizontal stripe, on its front a five-'point red star'., ~. The en ,ine was tested for to leoa-s Hs a freight )-oca !jati_ve 3Ii t1 e 11't3 OV i1 OC1.ctV ine.:, Since 21 Janua: y lei 0 it is said to be used asan express train locomotive under the The plant 39" on trio x xerav ~ ~~r~~zls line has already. :-, ,art;.3d the consti'UC t1O..} of add. ?..O2a?.~, r 3:1?;1;es of this tyi:e 25X1A6a (`LASSIFICATION This document is hereby regraded to CONFIMN' iA! in a:,ordance with the letter of 1978 from th 00iiiillli" ME Archivist of the tanned Staten .1 ((( ~7x-11 1. -F: . N. eIange iii t a-. flectassiicd !1 th.: IR Dai.z a_S ` Next' Release 2 01/03/05 : ?.,. C?TCiinC to an Cfl.I1C)i1YI.Cet C~Cl of the oiant C1~4YlaE~,t3meflt of the ;kode T l.aant in 1 J.Isen. dated 1` Nov emhex: 19 r, the ;;lcoda Plant; :ras to build a locomotive, type 47660, as a gift for Jti::1ln?; The locomotive vas schedulCd to be com feted by 15 i.950 01-9 Approved For Release 2001/03/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R00500028L SECRX/CONTROL -. U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY -2- 25X1A2g b4 The paint used on the locomotive described in this report might indicate that this locomotive was the gift intended for Stalin* c. The technical data indicated for the type 476.0 correspond to those published by the press. SE ET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2001/03/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R005000280 t-

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