EXPANSION OF THE 21 MAY AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY AT KNEZEVAC

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009900220002-1
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Expansion of the 21 May Aircraft
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REPORT NO
DATE DISTR. Jan 1952
NO. OF PAGES 1
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REPORT NO.
The Vranduk Military Construction Enterprise is reportedly enlareine the
21 May Aircraft Engine Factory, Knezevac, near Belgrade. At present
only one of the shops in the Factory is actively engaged in the production
of aircraft engines. The machinery for this shop, which is situu=.tecl at
the northern end of the plant, is of German origin.
2. The main shop in the 21 May Factory, which is adjacent to the active shop,
is approximately 200 meters by 100 meters in size. An unspecified number
of shops are presently under construction southwest of the main shop.
One of the largest of these buildings is reported to be located near the
Bakovica-Knezevac road. So far, six stories of the building have been com-
pleted, and construction is still _n - on. The directing staff of the
Factory will reportedly be housed in this building.
3o Additional buildings, which will serve as workshops and storehouses for
tools and supplies, are under construction in the entire sector covered
by the plant, from the northwest to the southeast. The plant covers an
area of 160,000 square meters (800x200 meters) and is surrounc:ed by a barbed-
wire fence.
4. The 21 May Aircraft Engine Factory reportedly started operation in the
Spring; of 1949. In addition to aircraft engines, it rep rtedly produces
machinery and essential tools for the aircraft industry. The Factory
is also reported to have some underground installations and, in informant?s
opinion, underground tunnels are being constructed by the Vranduk Military
Construction Enterprise.
5. The Director of the 21 May Aircraft Engine Factory is reported to be Lt. Col.
Slavko Petrekovic; the Chief Engineer is reported to be I& ka Beleslin; and
Badoslav Mirkovic is a staff engineer. The latter was reportedly responsible
for the production of a new aircraft engine which was constructed by the
Factory in honor of Tito?s birthday In June 1950.
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