1. CZECHOSLOVAK ELBE-ODER NAVIGATION COMPANY 2. ELBE AND VLTAVA RIVER SHIPYARDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000200600003-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL _INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
Ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person Is prohibited
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Czechoslovakia
REPORT
SUBJECT I. Czechoslovak Elbe-Oder' Navigation DATE DISTR. 2 March 1953
Company
2.. Elbe .and ..Vltava_River Shipyards NO. OF PAGES .2
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1. The administrative offices of the. former Czechoslovak. Oler Navigation,Compa25X1
now a. part ,of the Czechoslovak Elbe-Oder Navigation Company (Ceskoslovenska
plavba labeko?oderska) were in.Moravska.,Ostrava at Valcharskaulice 15.
The manager was,Sodek,((fnu), whose father was a railway employee. There were
about 20 employees in this office and there were branches in Prague, Szczecin
(Stettin), Wroclaw (Breslau) andKozle (Cosel)
2. The company owns the following steamships:
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ARMY I X (NAVY I AIR
III
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The -M) A, .Afi . nd. DI R received :their ,Russian names when they. were. oonf'located'
by the Red, Arm,Y th,,_1915, . They, were returned to .the cony in- September 1952,
dirty, rusty. and -negl tedr The M)B VA was in the worst :condition..of the three
and,. had .to be overhauled, which will take. a -long .time. The ships.will be
repaired. in .East . German .sh s
1L The:OSTRAVA and PREROV were. built after World War II;. their 25X1
speed is the saw as that of the other ships but their cabins and. surfaces are
better.
The 80HW41N is.a small.steam .vessel.
The. company also SAS the follpwing vessels :
Motor barges.
,(1) PETR BEZRUC.
(2) SANA..
(3) OSLAVA.
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Fast oargo.nator barges.
(i),OREL, built
.after World War II.
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.after .Worid War II,
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The QRRL , 8010 L .and. RACEK are vessels : of 360 to 380 tone , capacity. The fast
(3)UCEK, pre-World War II.
(4+) J?ERTRAV, pre -World .War II . 25X1
@ Until Ju i 1952, the ~ 0= shipyards at .Usti aa~d Labem built , motor barges
and-since then.the shipyards hav, been building : ron pontoons for the Army
and have been.under Army, control.
for river transport. The-last barge,
The.Melnik.ihipyards are also to start production of Army pontoons.s}lortly.
They have already, re-tooled_for.the job. and .no more barges are being built there.
10. The Praha Liben.shipyards..are:wovking.on the construction of two motor
barges, the TAT A .and the 8UMAVA.
11. Since the A ring,of 1952, the harbor authorities at Usti mad Labem have been
unsuccessfully trying ',to' lauOh ?two new :motor-barges, the 801 I.OVO and the
.DUW, whose water eels.are unable to :achieve the corrrect,nuaber of revoluti ns.
The fault maybe in..reak .Diesel..engines.. Diesel .engines for the motor-barges
are manufactured in the, 8koda; . Works .
BECK
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