MINSK AND YAROSLAVL AUTOMOBILE PLANTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700550012-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: November 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
USSR (White Russian SSR and Yaroslavl Oblast)
REPORT NO.
CD NO.
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DATE DISTR.
13 Nov. 1950
SUBJECT Minsk and Yaroslavl automobile Plants
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
NO. OF PAGES 3
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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Minsk Automobile Plant
1. Use of parts imported from America or Western Europe in this plant was not
observed during 1949.
2. All tires used here come from Leningrad and are American made.
3. Sixty percent of truck production is allegedly destined for the Army. Forty
4.
percent of the trucks go to the domestic market.
A shipment of trucks was sent to the Soviet Zone of Germany.
Yaroslavl. Automobile Plant
5. The trucks were delivered to Soviet Army details.
6. The trucks were allotted to the Soviet Army.
7. About 75 percent of the output was allotted to the Soviet Army; the remainder
was for the civilian economy.
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STATE
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Comment: Sources were questioned for information regarding the
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use o ~~ or western parts in these plants in 194?3 and 1949, and on the
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
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Next Review Date: 2008
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