CHRONOTECHNA PLANT, JABLONEC NAD NISOU: LOCATION/PRODUCTION/RAW MATERIALS/PERSONNEL/LAYOUT PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500410133-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 133
• Publication Date: February 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Chronotechna Plant, Jablonec nad Nisou: Location/
Production/RTew Materials/Personnel/Layout Plans
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2. "The Chronotechna national enterpr{se in Jablonec nad Nisou used to be called
Doba. It is expected that the name will be changed again to Elektrocas!.
Location
3. "The plant la situated at the corner of Gottwald and Novoveska Streets, about
30 meters west of the Starokatolicky hostel (the old Catholic Church). To the
north and west of the plant are streets of the town. To tha west are barracks.
the south are gardens.
4. "The plant was not damaged during World War II. It was scheduled for enlargement
during 1953. A new section was to be built in the yard of the plant.
Management
5. "The director of Chronotechna is (fnu) Pesek. The deputy director is (mnu) Janda.
The production chief is (fnu) rub . The chief of the technical offices is fnu
Papiorek.
6. "The plant has 140 employees, of whom 80% are women.
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7. "The monthly salaries in the old currenc prior to 30 May 5J were 3500 - 4000 Kcs.
The salaries of the persons in 'accord' eic7 work were 6000 - 8000 Kcs. per month.
There was one Stakhanovite worker (fnu) Rehak.
8. "Most of the factory officers and workers live in the town or neighborhood of
Jablonec nad Nisou. They eat their meals in the canteen of the power plants of
Jablonec nad r'isou. The food there is good.
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Production
9. "Following is Chronotechna's average monthly production:
Item Tie
Electric chronometers SH 3.
('casomeric' fe'i-J)
Kitchen clocks H 4
Hall clocks H 4
Alarm clocks N 6o
Spring alarticlocks H 1
Spring gramophones MGS 1
500
300
2000
1000
10. "I know that Chronotechna also produces time mechanisms for army ammunition, but
I do not know the rate.
11. "The plant fufilled 75% of the quota set for 1952 under the Five-Year Economid lAri.
Raw Materials
3.2. "The ylant has no trouble in getting supplies of raw materials from Czechoslovak
1 factories.
13. '?. great deal of the raw material delivered by the Czechoslovak nationalized iron
works was '. :dly stored and rusted. The spare parts manufactured from this rusted
mater'-? r-aid not be used.
Equipn :z.'
14. "All the rnchines i. :,.ie plant are clean and in good condition. The technical
persunnP: are not, however, qualified to handle the more complicated machines.
Distribution
15. "The clucks of all types are sold and shipped to the Chronor firm in Prague, the
Chronor firm, in Brno and the Chronor firm in Bratislava.
16. "The gramophones are sold through some Slovak firm to Communist China.
Power
17. "The plant is supplied with electric power by the power plants in Jablonec nad
Nisou. It receives three types of electric power: 360 V, 220 V and 150 V.
Security
18. "The plant has a militia consisting of six persons. The gatekeeper is armed with
a pistol.
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20. "Most of the sabotage occurs in the section where the finished electric clocks
are inspected. The electrical wire to this section has been cut may times. That
delays the whole production Of tha section for three or four deqe because the clocks
must be exam' asin_iriSht from the start.
C ommtmism
of
the chief
122. "The plant in 1952 had only one dangerous CP member, (fnu) Burianek,
the plant militia. He was an STB informer.
Brigade Work
23. "In autumn 1952 all the plant workers were ordered into the fields in voluntary
brigades to cut the sugar beet crop.
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ENCLOSURE (A): Diagram of the Layout of the Chronotechna Plant in.Jablonec nad
Nisou
(B): Two-part Diagram of the Layout of the Ground Floor of the Chonotech-
na Plant, Jablonec nad Nisou with Legend
(C): Diagram of the Layout of the First Floor of the Chronotechna Plant
with Legend
(D): Diagram of the Layout of the Second Floor of the Chronotechna
Plant with Legend
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Coal-.depot
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Joiner' s
workshop
MaintenEu ee
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(udrzbar a)
for
machine
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Tool-
maker's
workshop
store of
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Boiler
house and
electric
sower, one
story,
10 x 20 m
Layout of Plant
Offices, three-
story building
20 x 15 m
Gate with' ^tcc
gatekeeper's
room
Shipping depart-
ment, two-story
building
15 x 15 m
Ramp (platform)
The main factory
building, three floors,
120 x 30 m
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ENCLOSURE (B)
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II - Chronotecbna, Jablonec nad Niaou Layout of Ground Floor of Plant
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II - Chronotechna), Jablonec nad Nisou
Laycut of Ground Floor of Plant
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Legend For Diagram II - Layout of The Ground Floor of Plant
?' -!?~ .,_ .::.;. Warehouse
2) C c:rridor
3) Staircase
4) Dressing room for car mechanical engineers
5) Car engineers' workshop
6) Depot of products from turners and frazers' workshop
7) Depot of products from turners and f razers 'workshop
8) Staircase
9) Office of the masters from the turners' and frazers' workshop
10) Bookkeeping office
11) WC
12) Ramp
13) Staircase
14) Packing department
15) Shipping department
16) Warehouse of finished products
17) Warehouse of finished products
18) Passage
19) Gatekeeper's room
20) Offices
21) Mechanical workshop equipped with 16 automatic turners(o1' this number three are
of German production 11 years old, 12 are new Swias turners, and one a completely
new Skoda turner)
22) Small frazers and turners
23) Fully automatic Swiss frazers
24) Four new German turners
25) Presses (four)
Lsome numbers of legend missin7
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Legend For Diat:ai III - Layout of First Floor 1JS Second Floo!J of plant
1) Warehouse of half-finished material
2) Warehouse for tools
Rl Main production control
3a) A big Swiss microscope fot on diagram
4) Corridor
5) Small blacksmith's workshop
6) Working hall
7) Bookkeeping office and the office of the department master
8) Issuing of tools and forms
9) WC
10) Corridor
11-15) Depot of products ready for shipment
1.6) Working tables
17) Planing benches
18) Turners
19) A big automatic grinding machine, grinding with precision of 1/10 mm
20) Varicus machines
21) Borers
22) Watchmaker's turner
23) Borers
23a) Handpresaes
24) Working table fn-ot on diagram
25) Grinding machine
26) Cot on diagram
27) Working tables
/o legend given for the 29, 30, 36 indicated on diagrsm_7
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ENCLOSURE (D)
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Legend For Diagram IV - Layout of Second Floor fU_S Third Flco]
1) Main 'regulation' Z3ic7 room
2) Corridor [see bracketed note on diagram on page
3) Working hall, final assembling
4) Working hall where the clocks are packed into boxes
5) Inspection and Regulation here are regulated the military spare parts for the
use of Czechoslovak Army (casovaci atro, k)
6) Depot of electric engines ante pegs for the engines
7) Dressing room
8) Regulation room
9) Corridor
10) Regulation and checking of granwophoae?
11) we
12-15) Working tables
16-18) Bookshelfa
19) Storekeepers room
20-21) Working tables
22) Regulation and checking of electric clocks - all clocks are checked 48 hours
before they leave this room
23) Tables."
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