TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A004200040022-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: September 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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ULASSIHUAIION CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICTATA ONLY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Telecommunicatiom Facill les
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRE
DATE OF
DATE DISTR. /$J4051
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO.
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The old post offF I
loc-ted on St toroNa'm
Rc,ustruciun is of brick
reinforced with concr. JuIldirg is approximateLy one hundred meters long
by 60 meters wide. Heigh.f, z)A;ori raE_ first floor is devoted primArily
to post office bustness. Ffiur '-,houartd teleptoae rcults are located on the
east end of the first flvor. Tt!e se-:)nd floor has six thousand telephone
circuits, telephone 9.3.3 ti-egrapt line jun,Ltion zenter, repeater center, and
telegraph offi..77.e., Th tnara fiDor has Jong iistance telephone switchboards,
an auditor tum andc fi es261, LoLlg distanc switchboards are thirty in number,
Of one hundred circuitts eacE. Fourth and fifth flc.3ors are devoted to office
space.
2. The new post office
Is le(;ated or Slotody Nagm
It faces directly onto the squae um the north end,
and is approximately . hundred meers long by sixty meters wide. :Height iB50X1-HUM
eleven stories except for a ',.t!ectios, on the east end which is only three or
four stories. There are three or four baeement floors underground.- Construction
is of irdn-reinforced concrete.
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the main trunk line for Bratialava emanating from the old post 50X1-HUM
office runs dovu Holotovova Ut. Tvo, typ! osbles are used, one vith a 760 party
capacity and the other with a 920 pszty &opacity. Cro s section area of
tadividuzU. Tires is .07 mm,20 Cables are usualizr laid in pairs.
4. The old. post, office telephone exchange is capable of handling 1250,000 local
calls per month. From 12 o'clo,sk midnight to 7 o'clock A..14. service on all
calls, both long distance and local., is cut to 15% of daytdme capacity. Service
Partially 'reduced begiiining at 7 o'cicck P.M. Long distance calls from
Bratislava to Ptague'take ,* average of i5 mutes to put through during
evening hours. In the de7:-;ftme,ser-Tios b layed frm three to four hours.
CLASSIFICATION 00 ,IDENT,TAT,
STATE
ARMY
NAVY
AIR
NSRB F- DISTMBUTION
FBI
OFFICIAlii ONLY
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In the old post officepSiemens equipment is used for the building only (for
internal communications). Rotary equipment is used for outside calls. In the
new :post office,. Siemens equipmprt was to be installed for overall use. Five
numerical digits are utilized for local-dIaling.
the end Of World War II, the Soviete-. removed telecommunications equipment
underground cablefrom vaxehousee and transported it to the USSR. They
did not strip equipment in use.
TelecoM administration in Czechoslovakia is arranged by civil districts. In 50X1-HUM
Slovakia there are five civil districts and five telecom Administrative
areaso
The main varehouse for telecom equipment storage in Bratislava is Iodated
ne$ct to Tungsram Radio Factory0
l'sztory t Pardubice produced Rotary and, Siemens equip-
ak factory at !Cain producedIficrofona equipment. - 50X1-HUM
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ment.
COEFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY
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