SKODA WORKS IN ADAMOV (OLD PLANT)

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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 97
• Publication Date: November 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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INFORMATION REPORT
1. :ocatiun ,, tb, j,.eiu ..ur.:L; i..nt in ...lar;ov is shown in the enclosed plans
z7ee Elcio:-uru:; t,i) L d
1 - J - ? > - c% on ti:e right spie of the iou,,i(:-
treck raii:r., - o :;ccl o;lova : .?L; Liiresds ds srro - ?damov - Liansko, to
the Hurt': ?rc.m t'.c ,,11 ct f-e pi an.-, is 4ivided into three ).,rts as
i oiiows: G. Li i lant l _ crr:ariY Brio io%"r ~avod
y); rew riant (nedly hT:ilt); and
c -,nt LK (fcr.ri.rly i.:::rtruktivi, br. i'c ccn:tructicn plant in :,,iamov). The
a idress c,-' t'.;
J. l.,n . UV ,-c.inerr ,arks
,ationa, dor, .or.. Lio2 in ,dancv,
T .e mart _.:e, ammanit;.rn . r 'uns of 1,
.; 1.20 ac:.: ; C millimeters, T'Y:e
"'niched -L ^ - : ::. e ?.oia ?.crkc in i'ilsen h
explosiaes, ere t, _y are filled :+ith
iitic r. to t,? e a muni+ion pro,uctior,, The zaant rakes,
lesser extet:t_ err .?~ to a
the
oroducticn out ;t is to rer t.? :m h- a,...as ; ierc are many abortive products
and plsnty of :'aste.
Tia r rat.-:ri:ii Ccr t!-c nla:;t is -,up:)lied by the iron works in Trinec, Vitkovice,
and in `:radek. !'e raw material for t.e production of a^.muirition :tomes in bars
three meters lone. . e diameter o;' these tars is 170 330 The bare cone in cc,en .rei;?ht cars. T;e frei?. i u and 100 meeters.
T~t car is put, urder r acraraa::e
(electric (-rane) LSeccribed un.ier point 23 i clo.nure (D) and under foiuts 13
and 14 of enclosure (C)j the unluaded material is sc,rted accordin- to the
:uaiity nd diameter. he
ualitv is marked or, the material by numbers and name
of the metalturaical plant. :1.is :.,texial is then sorted further and stored in
the stcrehh uses r;ae ruint 23 of .:nclosure (B) and point 15 of Enc.Losure (Cv.
.\on-ferrous metals are stored in the on-en in shelves 1see.(oint 26 of r.nctosure
(B7 or in the central storehouse o material fee Point 20 of Enclosure iB17.
From the storehouse, the material roes into the cuttin- division where the
material is cut by auto,encuc cutting ,achines into pieces of demanded length
(approximately iO centimeters), rrom t:,e cutting division (called "lamarna"
which means hreakine), t}e materi.al is forwarded to the presses Lsea Point 8
of Enclosure (0)7; ere it is warmed in electric ovens and forwarded under the
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hydraulic roses +.r
.or uriei then ;; --- t., times. 11E! s'-ells are
'ine tool , it n; a -e ror'ed on in divicions r1 ? I L ,e
i rint 1L of Enclos re i?-j7 and , Il Z,-ee c tint 9 of ,,nclosure (i37. Here also the
copper rir, s are out on oni tie e i> ed are under tle: presses. il:ese nnno r
made in the o_ant (rin-?_; ' 37
cnrlosure 3 o; coj:;r;r canes see rc'
( ~. ~n tY is sire bi: t1iinr au rent ices' - r
works' op are a-so located./
From the -,oci-.ine tool all, the shelis are : oruar.ied to tie second floor of buildings N-I
ana n-II .There they are varn .r?hed. nftcr it ,
under ~he 1 -c : rc','ed;u~e, the aT,r:ur,itior. is again placed
resses and alter ;., 1
i? ,1 ac. lr, lo'
on Frei ,ht cars. :, certain part of
t e ar^unition is processed it t' :r ream ne tool r-a_i of tie .-K p,aut because t}e presses
of this (:K) plant are not in r7e. aci:d.ne tool hai 1,
nclosure (01 aru ?. l of t e K plant is shown under
Point 10 of Eno
otsure of re;sE s of. the . K ;runt are shown under Point 11 of
e, tressed ,arts ma e cf non-ferrous metals are a.ade in the ii
cf Enclosure (32. In this the press hall see rcint lb
tin a store.cnse for non-ferrous metals is also located.
These parts are later Processed in di.,ision IN-III Zsee Point 1;1 of anciosure ~B]
and in tle M-V fee Point 52 of Enclosure Ir the same buildin; also offices,
storehouses, coctrnls of production ani ;reservation :iorkshops are located.
7. Compressors are ass,,;-bled in t.1 e li-;-_-ion D:-IV wee rcint C '~
second and t?.iri stories of this boil-.in? the ` O j of i
cure lcL . On the
so cc;l)~d
u
ccret p prroo iuctioA n is located,.
are eaten by a certraL system. Each plaza ':as
,L- -e Points 19 and h7 of En? to nare it Own Stearn bailer
r
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of enclosure (Bj/. are garage
in a gra+urd-floor buildin^ CDescribed older Point 33 ofFEctor3,ure (Boiles ar~~ garaged
concerned with the operation c.; Me vehicles are located next to the' garages building
3
`eesPoint
2 of Enclo are (S7 The rasolins and oil depot is located in a ground-floor
'5e Aa
storehouse for transport materials is located in a brick building /ee Point 36 of
Enclosure (D7 and locomotives for the transportation of freight cars within the plant
are --araaed in a ,rick hall Zee Pint 15 of enclosure (6)7.
12. Workers eat in tie plant at the ca. tean and 3ininr room Descrit;=d respectively under
Points 13 and lb of Er;rlosure (i 7.
13. Several factory halls 'ave been built recently. The new "ring-hall" has riot been put
in operation et. This buildin has three stories
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of Enclosure CB Other new buildings are describedJunder2Pointsm 0 and 3 of Enclosur
(B17. In V e ZK plant, a new hall, steel and concrete construction filled with bricks, e
was built recently. Its size is 20 x 1? meters fee Point 9 of Enclosure (co
1l,. The plant has its own directorate as well as its own workers' council.
of the plant is located in a four-story brick buildina, size 20 x 12 meters As Poin
21 of Enclosure BJ- In The directorate,
located. The manager oftte 1 plant is plrt}e administrative and technical offi es are t
his
is Mr avac
engineer. The chief of the division for the producionrofaa tillerypa_m~unizi nkis Dry
Ncsik. The cadre officer for the plant is Mr Dostal. Chief of the production control
in the press hall is Mr Jelinek. The total number of employees is a^proximately 6,000
persons, of whom 200 are administrative and technical employees.
lr. The average wage in the :tress hall is 6,000 - 7,000 crowns; in the machine tool hall
14,500 crops per month. .These wages are piece work wages. Approximately
woe
employees are members of the communist Party, primarily young people, he plant w the
three shifts from 7 a m to 3 p m; 3 p m to 11 = Thorks in
Pm; and llpmto lam.
9. At each entrance tc the )Iant ;?
Points 22 and 29 of Enclosure (L;)' r ana rcuards?irt . ]o7 ie of e*tjj 4'1
r: .: nc a ?iosureuar(d0on)7 permanent duty (See
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10. Tie seccrity division,, as well as tie plat,. doctor an(: remen, jg accommodated in a two-
story building fescribed under Point et` of Enclosure B : Offices
well as t:e o_"ices of army officers i`c are on duty in e plant nareraccorrrmodated inst
building of a for-er cantle L'Sescribed under Pcin? 39 of onclosru-e (b he
U. i?i;rir;tenance wcrksho u
is and electrical acrkshops are located in a ground-floor
Described under Points 3(
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16, The old plant is accessible by a district road, Adamov, - Krtiny. The new plant
and the ZK plant are accessible by the state highway, Adamov - Blansko. All
three plants are connected by a railway track with the in lines of +.he
Czechoslovak S+p+... sea,,.-
,ovaLlon Acamov).
17. The 7)lent is guarded by its own factory guard and by a strong workers' militia.
In view of the high number of abortive products and waste, it was decided to
intensify military control of the plant and to replace workers in the press
hall by soldiers.
18. A great hostility toward the Communist Party and the Revolutionary Trade Union
M"v-'ent rerun in the plant. The oreanizntiors of the above institutions are inves-
tigating the reasons for the small output, non-fulfillment of norms and planned tkrg
ate, without much success however. in. low outprt is caused also by the inferior
quality of raw materi;la.
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ENCLOSURE (A)s Skoda Works in Adamov - Plan No 1 'rith Legend
(B): Skoda Works, National Corporation, Adamov - Old and New Plant -
Plaa No 2 with Legend
(C): Skoda Works, National Corporation in Adamov - Plant ZK with Legard
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ENCLOSURE (A) SECRET
SKODA WORKS IN ADA;:UV ---- PLAN "O I WITH LEGEND
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