GUN AND COMPRESSOR PRODUCTION AT RESITA

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CIA-RDP82-00457R014100030008-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 20, 2016
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March 21, 2006
Sequence Number: 
8
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Publication Date: 
October 7, 1952
Content Type: 
REPORT
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INTELLOFAX 21 Approved For Release 2006/04/18 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14100030008-8 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. CD NO. COUNTRY Rumania SUBJECT Gun and Compressor Production at Resita NO. OF PAGES i DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED UVI I LLI"ILIN I I V REPORT NO. J 25X1 DATE DISTR. 7 October. 1952 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) 25X1 REFER!!rE COPY OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793 AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE- LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1 1, Before Sovrcm metal took over the Resits, plant the Soviet authorities confiscated. all stocks in the factory with the exception of the materiel which remained as a result of old armaments orders. This materiel was inventoried and placed under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Armed Forces, Among other objects were forged parts, bored barrels, wheels, etcetera, necessary for the manufacture of antitank guns (75 mm), 20 Resita is authorized to manufacture antitank guns (75 mm) even though its production is supposed to be orientated toward piece work, It was granted this concession because of its great success in manufacturing the gun during the war and the fact that there is a large stockpile of finished and semifinished parts left over, 3 Toward the middle of 1952 Resita began the manufacture of compressors (or superchargers), It has been confirmed that these compressors are reserved for the Ministry of Armed Forces, CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY DO NOT CIRCUL_ATF nIeTDIDIITION Approved For Release