COAL MINE ANTONIN, NATIONAL CORPORATION, IN SOKOLOV (FALKNOV N OHRI)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040132-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 132
• Publication Date: May 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Cl.ASSIFICAThJN SECRE
CENTRAL INTELLI
II~iFORMAT'IOIV REPORT
ACQUIRED
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iusTeo ee~ow~
1. The Coal l~.ne Antonin, National Corporatiiory is a part cf the corporation
Brown Cosl Mines and Brickett Works (FIDffi - Hnedouhelne Do]y a Briketarr{p
Sokolov) in Sokolov (Falknov n Ohri). It is a surface mine and uses large
excavators. The mine works in three shifts and produces 1,600 tons per
shift. Tlie major part of the coal is transported by a rubber conveyor to
a power plant located near the mine. This power plant supplies the mine
and the city of Sokolov (Fa]lmov n Ohri) with electricity. The rer~sinder
of the coal is forwarded by rail to various industrial plants in Czecho-
slovakia. The director of the mine is a former worker, Mr. Vaclav Kucl,
and the technical manager is a Soviet, Michel Andrejkiv.
2. The technical equipment of the misie and the sorting plant can not be con-
sidered modern. 1~ine excavators are used, three being driven by electaic-
i~, and six by steam. The only modern electric excavator. was made by the
Skoda Works in Pilsen. The mine is ccnnected by rail with the railw~
station, Citice. The mina has its own narrow-gauge railway x-ith cars
pulled by chains.
3- ?~-?'-'s ""? ~.-ut :i}C au-~iiuyees, of sinom 40 are administrative employees,
100 are miners and the rest are turskilled workers. In addition, there
are 20 app_*~entices ?aho are accommodated in a boarding house at the mine.
2ha lowest wage of an unskilled worker is three thousand crowns per month.
The average wage is four thousand crowns per month. the highest wade of
a snec'-?list ~'-'~-"-b ~~=+ t+`.e :~xaa`atur is seven thousand crorms per
month. The director receives 10 thousand Drowns per month. The morale
of the employees is very bad due to the fast tempo of the work and the
relative]y low compensation. Oa the average, the norms of indavidue].
labor output are=trlfilled by 90~.
!?. About 80~ of the enq~layeea are uafriendly to the regime. Communist
Propaganda, which canaista mainly of leaflets, poators and general praise
for the atakhanovitea, dose not seem to be very successful. Dare a month.
a ~lenarv ,ueg+i,,,...~ _~1 _ , ~__ _ tended by
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oa~v a emr-11 number. 8dexyaru;, ragat~ileas of Party affiliation, tries to
find an excuse to avoid such meetings.
GATE GISTR.~ Hay 1953
Coal Mine Antonin, National Corporation, in No. OF PAGES
Sokolov (Falla~^?? ^ ?.Ihri)
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5 ? Tha guard co~aie0t o>" viz mm oa data. at th. gaga. 7~e militia, oon-
poNd of trorlaz~s Arad d#h scit'lsa, has 20 aa~b~re as duty at night.
Snaloaara (4): ~ at tha City of ~lcoloq- (Fallmov a mr3) acrd the 8ar-
roanding ~a Leith lw~nd
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,r" OF THE CITY OF SOKOLOV (F,~LKNOV N OHRI) AND THE SrigR,OUNDING AREA WITH LEGEND
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Wooden military barraclra xhich accaumaodate~ an artillery unit
and an antcmobile battalion.
(2)
An old castle used ae barraclm for an artillery unit.
~3)
Former I+~anciacan monaatesq which s6rvea as garrisQll he
adquertere.
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Brick artillery barracks,
(5)
Antonin 2+hne .
(6)
Power plant.
Slavkov.
A high tension wire was recently erected to Hor
(7) Conveyor belt from the mine to the power plant.
(8) Chemical plant.
(9) Civilian airport of the Hero-Club in Sokolov. There is a wooden
hangar which houses five gliders anct two powered planes, The
planes are used for dusting crops. The surface of the airport
fa covered with grass. By the end of September 1952, the sir-
~ort was not yet occupied by any m;,13,tary unit,
(?~) APPros3mate boundary of the military training center. Along
the boundary are signs warning the populatiot. that here the
military cone begins and that entering such is strictly for-
bidden. The eitrili+w pegtrlatiou rtes forcibly evacuated from
the area.
`,11) Roads leading to the military. gone, rsach road has permanent
sentries.
(12) Village of Hirchenbirc. This village wan forcibly evacuated
a*ui now serves as th
e aommruxi of the military training camp,
engine mili a number of single-
tart' planes landing and?taking off in this area.
area of the military tr .,...,~ someNhere in the
airing amp