ZEESEN MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800040009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCES
PAGES 3 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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1. Ths tolloWing maters of actor vehicles arritrod at and left tLe geessn
motor vehicle repair shop in October and ~Toveabsr 19x4,:
a. Incoming:
t bsr
Trnolu ],31 ]46
Tank trucks b8 48
seeps 32 38
Ous scat of the tank truclc~-only a pa~oteotivs mating for tl~e ral~ lntid to
be installed.
b. Ontgoingi
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Tracts
1
22
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Tank trucks
43
52
Repair shop truaka
16
6
deeps
38
42
2. The following production quota was tiz~ ter Rovabers
109 trucks, including 36 ZIS, 2? Chevrol.ts and LF6 Fords
60 ~eepa
32 tank truck oontaiaers; tank truck chassis were iaolnded 3a the amtber o! trwlri
200 door looks
1,500 sets of battery supports.
This quota was Daly ftiltilled by 4 Deoembar because of a shortagr of material.
The tollowing production quota wsa tiered for December:
110 trucks
~,A deeps
!.0 tank trucks
40 tote bo~oss.
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. Material allotments for 1954 have already been need up. Material required
until the end of the year has therefore to be ealvagsd !~o' waatyl'
material which delays repair work and malosa it more eecpeasive. Tbhee sorts
shortage is greatest fa sheet aetal of all kinds and point robber. Card
board need as substitute for point rubber proved vmauitable ainoe it becomes
soaked after a short period.
4. The xork force new exceeds 650 persona. Nsw~y employed personnel mainly
oanaiata of yaeng men ~ o escape being r scraited into the KVP?while they
are employed is a Soviet enterprise.
5. On 1 December, 40 more young Soviet students el leged~y from Moscox and led
by a Germn-speaking oftioar, arrived at tl~ plant. All of them xore un~.forms
with red-bordered black epaulets none p! theme tdti ii~si,~ As vea
6. 1! eoeedi ion of 6 ettieera ~d a geasrs3 adz
Dame from Moaoow, inspected the Zeesen plant aff~sr they had
inspected the plant is Obersohoenexaide. The interest of the officers waa
mainly oonoentratsd oa the already surveyed area outside the plant. Fors
on the transfer of the Oberechoeneweide plant to Zeesen were stronger attar
the inspection.
7.
b. Captain IIahlw (fnu), chief of the axle and gear construction aectioa will
return to the IISSR in the near future after afive-sear stay is t3era~asiv.
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c. Fritsahe (Pnu), highest SSD functionary at the Progress plant xaa arrested.
8. In November, ea additional 50 worbera were to be employed at the plant.
91 A commission lad by a general inspected the plaint recently. It waa believed
that the same comaissioa had inspected the Progress pleat.
10. The Soviet work detail waa relieved receat~ and about 50 new xorkers were
employed in their places.
11. On 16 November, 25 NElW and 20 Meroedea sedans xere seen is the Teesen plant.
The vehicles were newly overhauled A number of empty railroad 25X1
cars xere seen at the acme time. It xas eve t these sedans xhioh
were overhaulea at another place were to be loaded at Zeeaen.
12. On 30 Noveember, the following numbers of motor vehicles in need of repair
xere present at the pleat:
800 3tudebekers, 400 ZI3~ Chevrolets and Fords 200 jesps~ 300 tank trucks
100 0! which were parked in the pleat area since the sew parking lot waa
occupied.
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