COAL MINE ANTONIN, NATIONAL CORPORATION, IN SOKOLOV (FALKNOV N OHRI)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200790005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SEuRta/bbuuniTI
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT
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DATE
ACQUIRED
Coal Nine Antonin, National Corporation, in
Sokolov (Falknov n Ohri)
in ON et N. ND
DATE OF INFORMATION
THIS OOCUNENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFPECTI HD THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEAN INS OF TI TLE IS. SECTIONS TSS
AND 704, OF THE U.N. coos, AS AMENDED. ITS mmmmmm isms OR stvr�
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT SY AN UNAUTHOR I VED PERSON IS
� NONI SI TED DY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHI SI TED.
DATE DISTR..1,clikty 1953
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1. The Coal Mine Antonin, National Corporation, is a part of the corporation
Brown Coal Mines and Brickett Works (HDBS Rnedouhelne Doly a Briketarny
Sokolov) in Sokolov (Falknov n Ohri). It is a surface mine and uses large
excavators. The mine works in three shifts and produces 1,600 tons per
shift. The major part of the coal is transported Cy a rubber conveyor to
a power plant located near the mine. This power plant supplies the mine
and the city of Sokolov (Falknav n Ohri) with electricity. The remainder
of the coal is forwarded by rail to various industrial plants in Czecho-
slovakia. The director of the mine is a former worker, Mr. Vaclav Encl,
and the technical manager is a Soviet, Michel Andrejkiv.
2. The technical equipment of the mine and the sorting plant can not be con-
sidered modern. Nine excavators are used, three being driven by electric-
ity and six by steam. The only modern electric excavator was made by the
Skoda Works in Pilsen. The mine is connected by rail with the railway
station, Citice. The mine has its own narrow-gauge railway with cars
pulled by chains.
3. There are about 450 employees, of whom 40 are administrative employees,
100 are miners and the rest are unskilled workers. In addition, there
are 20 apprentices who are accommodated in a boarding house at the mine.
The lowest wage of an unskilled worker is three thousand crowns per month.
The average wage is four thousand crowns per month. The highest wage of
a specialist working with the excavator is seven thousand crowns per
month. The director receives 10 thousand crowns per month. The morale
of the employees is very bad due to the fast tempo of the work and the
relatively low compensation. On the average, the norms of individual
labor output are fulfilled by 90%.
About 80% of the employees are unfriendly to the regime. Communist
propaganda, which consists mainly of leaflets, posters and general praise
for the stakhanovites, does not seem to be very successful. Once a month,
a plenary meeting of all employees takes place but this is attended by
only a small number. Everyone, regardless of Party affiliation, tries to
find an excuse to avoid such meetings.
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5. The guard consists of six men on duty at the gates. The militia, corn.-
posed of workers armed with rifles, has 20 members on duty at night.
Enclosure (A): Map of the City of Sokolov (Falknov n Ohri) and the Sur-
rounding Area with Legend
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OF THE CITY OF SOKOLOV (FALKNOV N OHRI) AND TBE SURROUNDING AREA WITH LEGEND
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Enclosure A
Legend to Enclosure At
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(1) Wooden military barracks which accomodate: an artillery unit
and an automobile battalion.
An old castle used as barracks for an artillery unit,
Former Franciacan monastery.whiCh serves as garrisqA 1e4dquArters.
Brick artillery barracks.
Antonin Nine.
Power plant. A high tension wire was recently erected to Ror
Slavkov.
Conveyor belt from the mine to the power plant.
Chemical plant.
Civilian airport of the Aero-Club in Sokolov. There is a wooden
hangar which houses five gliders and two powered planes. The
planes are used for dusting crops. The surface of the airport
is covered with grass. By the end of September 1952, the air-
port was not yet occupied by any military
(10) Approximate boundary of the military training center. Along
the boundary are signs warning the population that here the
military zone begins and that entering such is strictly for-
bidden, The civilian population -was forcibly evacuated from
the area.
(11) Roads leading to the military zone. Each road has permanent
sentries.
(12) Village of Kirchenbirk. This village was forcibly evacuated
and now serves as the command of the military training camp.
(13)
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there is a military ai7porthsomewhere in the
area of the military training camp. a number of single-
engine military planes landing and taking off in this area. 50X1
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