KEDZIERZYN NITROGEN PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004200020002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCEr AGENCY REP(T
I N FOR ATEON REPORT
yUBJECT Kedzlerzyn Nitro:ern Plant
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ACQUIRED
DATE Cir
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reality the reemnatxuction wi11rt=,Z Ve _ f raishcd' #ort`-the end of 1954_
^nd production ; :'.==t be aib1e bQ#V :l 1 "t ire, - -Lately. the
ineers worked.- the installation mode r4, and powe' }I ,xdno
rians,
?n 15 January 1954 tae plant was -offJcit'., ,y 10_ b0gi.n rod ,ictn, but in
~"ast Germans, -Roles worked on the r onstruction.--_
and, O.RX.
A special team of engineers composod',qf ,Russians, Cz , Au
(Building Union' (Opoiskie PrzemyslowQ. ZjednoczeAr*6
in 19_45. I3 rin{; 1953 the plant was feconstruct
-t was formerly a branch of I.(3 "ar en, ~di
Raciborz (Ratibor)-Kedzieryn railfoad linee
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A nitrogen fact.Qry (Zaklady Przeny u otoWteELo
(Blechhamae ') .
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-? after the plant! &aNW on.struction is c Spl ted,Tit is expected to ptodl.t e
twice as much fertilizer as all Polish plants before 1939. The water-
i?or the plant is? ned from -the ca> (formerly Adolf Hitler Kbmal!
-past of the f The current is supplied by;the plant at Blacho;+TUa
The p! giant has a t cTl detachment of .ar-2O trs ? ,s at its di osai
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,as ,veil as trucks Thiade in East Germariya, ?'
settlement for app iraately 50,000 _rsons LLis alSd included in the
reconstruction plan. _*1t is already beg WV-k_ on. At Tresent S.P.
brigades from all over the country lid ruction teems from the
3pole Industrial Building Union afe 6r
Pho following personnel were employed tho;-ant:
CLASS! FICATION
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QISTRIBUTtON
Ideated gong the
acoty an+ era
led? i the R-ussi
the -Ope .e dus a
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ba Xuoinski (fnu' L security chiell
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7. The compound i-- surrounded by a barbed wire fence approximately 2s50 meter.,-
high. An industrial guard detachment is on duty there. A U0Bo security
office (counter espionage) under the command of Kusinski is located in
he administration building. The workers 'lave special pauses and
cards issued by the :plant administration The trains with which the workers
commute are checked by special patrols between Reciborz and the
Czech border.
Enclosure: 1 sketch
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+itro,,~en Factory (Workers Y-uar-ters r Oci 1e Robotnieze) - : aer
caonr iructxan at Kci zierzyn.
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Sketch - 1/4' of Plant area
Total area - 86 sQ. 1cm.
elant rail lines - 3) ko
Pipelines - 2;i i.m.
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