CONSTUCTION OF MINSK AUTO FACTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007500090002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CEN1RAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY rIEPOR
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COUNTRY USSR (1,:insk Oblast)
SUBJECT Construction of Minsk Auto Factory
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DATE 01'
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Location: The Minsk auto factory, north of Minsk (530 ft,' N9
270 3'7E), is located in the area used bY the German armies es
a tank repair installation.* After th German retreat w:rt of
the area was damaged, and the build and installations left
standing form the nucleus of the f, .!Tory. The vactnt pro-
nerty between the city and tie
the construction of other indt he:factory is pc pular-
ly called MAZ. .
torWs to be used for
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cokl, uction of large shcPs was
'er0Mrts of the vast area Russian
m Pl-cs, worked on construction
oq14, hops are under construction, some
Irl and some erP in operation. In
ndri es shoris for making Iron nnd fray cast-
ings, machine sho forge hammers, presses, and stampinr machines,
In many -cases machines were set up simultaneously vith
foundations end onpration started; in ci:her oases work Etarted
before the roof was covered.
Torkbenches from the Oerman tank repair works, reparation machin-
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machinery (such as cutting lathes from which square iron nuts
. are made) constitute the technical equipment of the auto works.
roduc+ion: T he Minsk auto worksProduces six-ylinder Diesel 50X1-HUM
trucks, copied from an American model. Motors are deliv 1
rfro7 Yaroslavl by truck and asmi.zia-jcd at the auto works.
heavy differential, housings ana chassis being produced,
and it is Probable that other parts are also manfacturee. 50X1-HUM
F01117 to six finished trucks of this type leave the factory daily.
Also rroduced is a smaller type, four and ona-holf ton Ounp
truck with six-cylinders (2) and an hydraulic .dumping rFloha,itsm.
This rodel d1solars large sir suct-Ao fUters; A primitive
truck trailer Is also made in the auto ractory _
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Auxiliary industries: Tn the northern pL7rt of Trinsk 1et4een
the ctty and the auto factory, construction is .nr--
ceeding on other industrial sites which in all nrobabily
will. bp auxiliary industries of the alto works0 on the ht
side of 'hP rond.from T'insk to auto works the f-un ticF. for
a ball bearing factory were started -vember 1040. T-te
architect directing the ball bearing lrolect 7as a (;:nu)
2awalkat, a overnment architect by nrof63ssion, from Konigsberg.
He was released and sent home on 2 D'ember 1040 and is report-
edly living in the environs of Cross-ersuo Another "T, (mu)
Kaubel, also took nart in this project but was later sen..enceei
for sunnortinr the Hitler rerime.
Also in this area Is a completed stre4,t car denot; howev!!r,no
tracks to this installation have been laid. 'Then in oration
the street cars will probably carry workers who live out;ide
the factory settlement to the factory
It is nlanned that a bicycle factory, a section of the anto
trust, will be built in this area Accding fn reports this
factory will he connected with the TirTnnabar factory in
Rrandenburg.
Factory ?settlements: Large settlements for workers are ourit5.:
in the 1ate vicinity of the auto factory. ?Stores end
nthlIc buildinrs ar under construction to service the sttle-
ments.
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Comment: th.e. 41.1.to f,.ctorv. 50X1 -HUM
is Locate southeast or lainsk on the road to lobruisk (53-09W, 29-14_6).
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