SHORTAGE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES/PRIVATE CONSUMPTION OF PETROLEUM FUELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001300620001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Rele
Country: USSR
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9109110 : CIA- EDP83-?0423
DATE 7 Jan 54
Subject: Shortage of Automotive Vehicles/Private Consumption
of Petroleum Fuels Supplement to55X1 A2g
Place Acquired: Kherson/Odessa/Tuapse/Other Black
Sea Ports
Date Acquired: to Jun 1i1
Date of Info : to Jun 4+1
Responsive to
25X1X6
25X1A2g
1. In regard to trucks and other automotive equipment in Kherson particularly,
also in Odessa, Tuapse, and other Black Sea ports as of 1941, there was a
serious shortage of trucks and automobiles all over the USSR. The roads
were very poor. As a result, it was often considered preferable to build
a railroad spur to a new factory rather than an automobile road. In Kherson,
the trucks were either very old US-made vehicles of varying sizes or the
Soviet GAZ (Gorki Auto Plant) trucks. Most of the latter were 3-ton trucks.
Both the US and Soviet trucks ran on gasoline. I do not know how many trucks
there were in Kherson or in the other cities. The trucks belonged to various
organizations, such as those engaged in construction and trade.
2. As to private consumption of petroleum fuels, there was no oil consumption
except for kerosene for a primus stove, and there was very little of that.
It was purchased in city stores and was difficult to obtain. A family used
about one litre every three days. When kerosene was not available, one
cooked with wood, coal, or charcoal.
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