VEHICLE REPAIR WORKSHOPS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007000540009-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION ORS
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COUNTRY Gerraar ? (I^us^iaa zone) DATE DIS R. 9 MAP 53.
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1. All 3ovict vehicle repair organizations and wor'shops come under the control
of the Uc'n i cle .: d-mi niotration of the Soviet lanistry of ",rmed Forces in iloscovr,#
Directly subordinate to the cleparttinnent in T'oscovr and res-'on: ible for the whole
vehicle repair organi:ation in Cer iany is the Vehicle ", chi-'_nistrat+on of the
Group of Occupation Forces cc am. The exact location of this Departa;aent
is no?~ known. The inspector of the Potsdam Department is 50X1-HUM
'.iajor Dogachev. ? zor personalities are known.
2. :'~cpairs can only be carried out by vror?cshops in the Soviet one of Germany on
tiic basis of written instruct-'oizs from 11'otcc an.
3. An ua 1ahovm nm. ber of officers of the Potsdam Departrmcnt are permanently stationed
in Brest-Litovsk, They receive trains carrying vehicles for repair from the
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, iUe the rC.I.Oa.C~.1Zaf, of vehicles on trains destined for Geraany, and
issue instructions as to v, hich of the Soviet Zone workshops the vehicles are
to go. ]cpaired vehicles either forma part of a reserve at the disposal of
the Potsdam Department for allocation to units in Germany, or are sent back
to the USSR by train. In the latter case the officers in Brest Litovsk supcr-
vise their reception there and arran~;-e -'or their forwarding to vehicle parks
in the U? -
4. Jorl.-shops are located in It 8nigsvsstcrhausen (for repair of 'Chevrolet', 'Docl;_o I,
7i31ys ~, and ' 7,IS-5' trucks) and in Halle (repair of cars only).
In Leipzig, a headquarters is located in the former missing '.!once, Lir.&nnstrasse,
which controls the workshops in the Iii z' area and 1--fii dl~ itself is directly
subordinate to the Potsdam,: De-aart.nnIt has f our work-
shops under Its con and 50X1-HUM
6. The .Iurzon iror,.shop, one of the four shops subordinate to the Leipzig headquarters,
has a capacity of 100 trucks a month, and in general 150-1CO vchi cles are
re aired there each month. Three hundred fifty German civilians are e..pployed
there. They are not allovrod to leave their era;alcyuent without permission.
Tcro eight-hour shifts arc worked in the lathe shop (Drchcrci) and one eir ht-
hour shift in the. other shops.
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`r Vehicles for repair normally arrive at the Jurzen workshop by train: occasionally
they are mowed in and on rare occasions arrive under their own povicr. Vehicles
arrive eithor from. the USSR or from Soviet units and departments in the Soviet
Zone. Those arriving from the USSR are frequently sent back them et'ter repair;
vehicles belonging to the Kiev, Lion scow, lhite Russian and Daltic ~:i itary Dis-
tricts among others are known to have been repaired in Jurzon. Each vehicle
nust have with it on arrival a repair certificate pm-p,red by the Vehicle Ad_rin:i.s
tration in Potsdam and bearing the sta; ip and signature of the O.C. cf the unit
to .Much it belongs.
8. Every three months the Vehicle administration in Potsdam allots. to all units
a quota of vehicles to be repaired during that period. Under no circumstances
can this quota be exceeded. If attempts are made to exceed it, a sabotago
twitch-hunt begins. Consequently units in the Soviet Zone frequently have large
numbers of vehicles off the road? because their quota has not been sufficient
to keep pace with the accident and damage rate.
9. Vehicle transport trains from the USSR are usually in the charge of a senior
N.C.O. or Junior Lieutenant. The vehicle guard consists of 3. to 7 enlisted
men. The guard and the officer or N.C.O. in charge return to the USSR on
the next av,..ilable transport.
10. The rorkshop guard at :Jurzen consists of 21. Volkspoliziston under the command
of a Poliniei rwachl r jster.
11.. The following norms wore laid down by the Vehicle Administration in Potsdam
for the ~iurzer. wworkshop : complete overhaul of a '?ord' truck was not to take
More than 106 working hours, of a 'Studebaker' not more than 235 wort ,.ng hours
and of a ' ZIS-5' not more than 10 working hours.
12. The Jurzen workshop is subdivided into the folloning shops:
a. Gasoline tank shop
b. Vehicle superstructure shop
c. Paint shop
d. Turning shop
e. Cabin repair shop
f. Shop for repair of mudguards, running-board, hood and twindmvs.
g. :gelding and rivetting shop.
h. Crank-shaft shop
1, Internal fittings shop
J. Whop for electrical fittings
k.. Vulcanizing shop
1~ unzthy
m,. Disc nantling shop
n. Tire shop
o, As.embly Department
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13. The following parts and com; odities sere frequently in short supply and caused
hold-ups in the repair work: sheet steel 0.5 - C mm; cornea-irons of various
sizes; U irons; steel for springs; spare parts for turning benches; electric
cable; Schleifhexen; bulbs; nails 16-20 ma; steel for turning.
Conrivnt.: In February 1950 this ministry iras dissolved and replaced 50X1-HUM
by a ;jar 7.1inistry and a Navy Ministry. This may indicate that this information
predates February 1950.
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