RUMORED TANK ASSEMBLY PLANT NEAR JANSKA

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000500100007-0

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RIPPUB

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December 16, 2016

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August 25, 2003

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Publication Date:

June 25, 1953

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REPORT

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r 25X1 25X1 UVAFjLM0TjjtL CENTRAL INTELLICENCE AGENCY 1NFORMATjON REPORT SUBJECT Ro.,54, Tank Assembly plant ?fear 'Tanaka 25X1 PATE OISTR.a Jun 1953 N ++r ..ItCr r+.rrr. ?I,.....C.CYI\..? ? ?.r ?.. ?$C+, \.. 1r, Y! 1... \? ..s .. r. twr. ...aY\Y. 1t. .\Y~ICC1\. 1 \C.C. N.1\..I 1.r CY.utr h Y \u\1.+ ., .....aa.Alna ?\.p. ?. 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/01 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000500100007-0 HIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1 NO. OF PACES .Z. NO. OF ENCLS. SUPP. TO REPORT NO. "A military plant is rumored under constr.ction asar the v111sge of Janata (Jcdbssh), northeast of 3ecin in narthern Bohemia. =is report is dated spring 1"j. 2. *Prior to '.fond War II four small artifical silk stills were in operation now Janska. The Oerrtan military authorities took theta over during the war for the producti.n of spare parts for airplanes. Tunnels were thriven into the hill (70 motors high) by the mills and an,undergrotstd pant was built. It is said that the tunnels stretch at least 1,000 meters. Several hundred forced laborers worked in the plant. A barracks camp was bull: for thaw in the neighborhood. The laborers had been brought from the Rabenatein Concentration Camp.? 3. "After World War II th_ entire complex was taken over by the Czech authorities. The machines were dismantled. Production of finished concrete products began in one of the former silk mills. The other bu!1dingc were used a:. corn silos. Po- tatoes and vegetables were stored in the underground inst.-llationa. 4. "In May 1952 a military ccission arrived free Prague. It ordered all the cord and vegetables removed from the complex within three mono.,. :.Ygateen military trucks brought more thar. 1 . sol&terr, to work on t:1 o protect. The whole area was surrounded with a zoufrle v.re fence. It is rumored thvLt t ' inner Y-r,ce is electrified. ;iearchlightc have bee.n installed- introit are on 2+-~?m'- iuty between the two wire fences. 25X1 CC FILt2"TI.f.L 25X1 a1: r1. c. w ~1.-r - r111n relx?t It for the u:' a?Ithtn the GSA of t e Irtelhttence con or:enta of the Dept.rttr.rnte .?r ` "??. ?.'r :+.dl:a:c f :^r e It tf r++ +^ n, t?"nr rn Moe overre:u. without the concur. rncr of the ortp 1nattnr: orT:r, tt`+ou{th the Autatant Director of the QR1cc of Calectton and Ireun,:n,U.a, k..,. Approved For Release 2005/06/01 CIA-RDP80-00809A000500100007-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/01 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000500100007-0 r 25X1 5. "Reconstruction of the railroad siding at this point started in early 1953. The -tracks bad been disseaatled in 1945. 6. The local r mar is twat ticks 1111 be assmbltid in the tactary buildings. Machines have been installed. It is estimatsd',tbst by rs r 1953 Fro- dactioL rill start with saes 9*1 workers. 'ie German barracks-camp has b--en rebuilt. Sams coopulsary labarars are alrsa4y 1i7ing in oar or the buildings which tormar1y belongtC to the silk mills." , L C OAF 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/01 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000500100007-0 25X1