SITUATION IN MINSK: 1. FACTORIES 2. LIVING CONDITIONS 3. PW CAMPS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000500200010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 16, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY USSR (Byela ssia)
?Authi _ A R T.~7!1763 - . r4ILILI1 I IHL
-]OFFICIALS ONLY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
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NO CHANGE its Class,
] DECLASSIFIED
Class, CIA:= TO; TS
INTEWGENCE REPORT
W$XCT Situation in Minsk.
14. Faotories
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The h automobie.asseebly plant in Minsk is turn nngg out X0.-4 Ford and Mack trucks
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dal yo The plant inoludes a German 1 t
as bly, `installed in the apring` of
1946? "30 numerous Geri m" lathes,, Coaoeents Possibly FAMO, Fahrrzeug.
, whose Breslau plant was
Mo Wa smnn the Raasslaneo) There are
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s a s l lines conveyor belts in operation s.t the ant and five more
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c~re is a shortage of art,., Pa, rtioular y
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are ~. s . o._... , .., ,
e$ completed vehicles often have to be dismantled partially later to provide
parts for urgent jobs. Threemsand-a-half ton trailers are allow assembled` but they
Comment: A report of September 1946 stated that there is a new motor
Ve . c o an traqty faotary in Minsk which is under the same management as the
tats factory and produces vehicles solely for military purposeso)
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20 Workers area, chiefly Komsomoltsyo Although they grumble at they daily wage of
five rubles, they - like working in factories, where they can steal metal,, out of
an carry only It tons etfeotivelyo They are turned over to the communal fame.
articles in good supply.
{gas-story houses, each with two entrances, are being bui t rapidly for factory
workers, Esch entrance opens onto four rooms, with one kitchen for two families.
Rooms are 4 Q by 4 rao
oo -ro uasvoun' suer .es 15o.ua rezurnia nussian sosaxersposers nave peen put
P V Camp 168/1 at Minek holds 4,000 Sena while in the neighborhood are twe1ve50X1-HUM
A small bioycl
factory and a textile mill are to be erected. at Minsk.
Food v ms scarce with the exception of bread, which was plentiful. The October
as ix olu ed l i o sac per person and 1 kilogram of meats Hous hold
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goons? S.
'101, as glass plates and cooking utensils, can occasionally be bought but
generally there is a great lack of metal articles. A spoon costs three rubles
and a needle one ruble, Tires, made from Russian syntheItic rubber, are the only
up in Minsk about the bad conditions in 4ermamy; these are illustrated by pictures
seal er,oe s. (Noe ?L6812-13). each with 80 to 150 men employed in workshops or
+vau fs z o Comment. Camp Hao 168
at 1Ciusk as holding 2, + men in p ym ugust 1946. The prisoners are of cerssn
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