PLANTS NO. 456 AND 293 IN MOSCOW - KHIMKI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200350001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION U15l,i CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. Al INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY U&h (Moscow Oulast)
SUBJECT Plan-%.s ;a. 456 and 293 In ::oscow - Khimk3
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1ho n1ants were locatod just east
parkin,; site at the oscow Khir-d-ci
the to-.-m of L'oscow-KhirIci, (1)
and Southeast of the aircraft
Airfields just northi?;est of
A high-'ranking Soviet officer who i-ras assist .d t,y a Gorman ongineer,
about 45, with one leg; aiaputated, was manager of all the plant , 0 (2)
The V-wea. ons te,.t station ':gas intended for the testing of "pro-,ul3ive
charge launching s::ts"? The launching tower was a square structure
with a square opening 2x2 motors0
a tank, allegedly filled .dth raothyl alco'io10 Special Studebaker tank
trucks with a tank thred meters Ion; and 11 :actors in dianotcr lade
several trips daily from Plaunt No. 31'7 'to the launching site, where
they were filled with raet iyl alcohol. (3)
Launchin do-vice: Prior to the of the tests a upecial light-
retal a paratus was trucked fro:.: 21ant 'ao ? 31' to the launching to for .
Usually these: a -p)aratuoo wore taken "Lack to the )lant. 1;orxe of thera,
which were da:a:rged and thrown on the scrap heap, were inspected by the
P'30 (4)
?orir ental launchings were ::race two or three time3 d:.ily, and occasion-
ally at ni,?hit0 According to a Gorraan engineer, 3,000 liters of alcohol
were used for every test lau ichin The 3a; a ori' tnocr dated that the
eacpcra gents concurred the te;tin;, of V-2 propulsion unit: and that t-bey-
vrere conducted in a very unskillful mrianer0 The t;oviets had roaehed the
a-proxir-gate status attained by the Germans in 19133. t the ooginning of
the experiment there as a "blubbering" sound, then a long darting flame.
shot from the opeain; in the to7 r0 zftir about one rAnu}.e the filar o,
.7hich -;as accompanied by yellowish-,rhite smoke, disa o2earod a azn0 DurJ.
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the exaeriraents a'.-.out 20 en ;inoors, most of them Germans., and 20 to 30
& oviet technical p3rso:tinel -.ere a: serabled at the laurnchinrj to147oro
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6, The iollowin-,; aircraft wore ot)corvcd at the factor: field:
a. T,,rin-engine aircraft fitted a; th a.ri au iliary powor -) l ant over the
f`uao1a e4 The craft .ra , observocl in the air airiost daily from rii_ci-
19ci`S' to Po"briZar;:' i949 `,!she auxiliary -~)Q.7or )l ant "ra Su-) ortoU ti
two rods al-out 70 cri high, `hose uric a-11 ononin.- at its
ai xilia.ry `)'o,,':ror ;3iant i"rac star te:d i'rh?13 the -..In.ne :raj on the ' 'ourid
'a?th its ,1iston eri"'iik3,':r rui ;li v-,, ii first th;;ro Lot`ie iit:3rndttw_nt
no-ands foliaged by a hii h. pi tchcd vr:if.stlc a the til.c--off th.e
.ilanc: cli: ibod ra,Adly and remaineci aloft for u:i to two hour a (5)
L. .}in-:, e-c:1;"i.ne tors C2''3113 !)' e :rlta rag ?al. en 'ino and Jato units,
Ther;. :iorao olanos of this typo :P!dch ha'..i i;1 use durinc tho
?rar aric1. wore usually callod. f otolin fi ;.ht'3rStt d `n additional rocket
al-o'it one motor long a;'d 3J cm i.:i dia:nieter iaall: fitted indor oach
v ri , "lie Jato unit aar, operated i-,oth at t -ie take-off and in VhAo r:ir.
It hac? a c?o: :'ustion ooriod of &:out t'aree minutes, ::using that ti,:: it
.^.icchar Reed a Jot of yellovr-violet ? ir,, two to Hiroo meters lon , ?. rich 25X1 X
loft a thin and gr eyi$h smoke pluno bx'iind, that the
rockets boosted the speed of Vhc, fi,hter fr, 1.,V h
to over 633 kWh, ,fter t'he b()octor rockets :,ero used the fi _;htors
.could irartodiately land, (6)
cr `i'-,rin-en; ne aircraft with auxiliary- )oaer Aant: ovor tir: f u~ala ;
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