SOVIET MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP PROGRESS IN ZEESEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007100230001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 23, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT.
DATE OBTAINED
DATE PREPARED
23 stay 1955
REFERENCES
PAGES 1
REMARKS.
PLACE OBTAINED_
ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE) 25X1
1; In April 1955, vehicles which were overhauled at the branch of the motor vehicle
repair shop 11Prc.ogre9s" in Zeesen included 64 ^?tudebaker, 40 ZIS, 40 tank trucks
20 jeeps and 15 small buses (Pionier). According to a conservative est-.mate, about
2,000 vehicles in need of repair were still parked in the fenced-;n area,: 25X1
2, On 12 April,, the general wna ihetd__pregiauslp.. been observed,: again inspected the
installation,, The general was accompanied by a lieutenant general and about 20
officers of various ranks,
On 12 April.. a commission includingA general and 14 officers again visited the
"Progress -repair shop in Zeesen. he general who allegedly c&e from Karlshorst
was about 45 years old, about 6.,2 feet z:all and very broad shouldered, Be wore a
Cossack frr cap and a sabre Most of the other officers had field grade r nk s
inspee L on'QOnt uec_ throtiughcut the day and included' the not built-up and staked off
gyres wear :,hP neiallat:.on and all aect:.one of the repair shop which were to be rel,u d
A ds..e of the beginniz:g of an enlargement of the iinsta].latijjt wa, not krLowiue Al..
Soviet Young Mcr, who worked as students at the *'.palr shophad donned uniform
during the visit by the general They wr;:re red-bordered black epaulets with motor
transport insignia, The young men who became rather openm-minded were employed in
s.11 branches of the repair shop, Some of the students spoke Germany
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