VEB IFA AUTOMOBIL-FABRIK (EMW), EISENACH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300120003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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TEHS IS UNEVALUATED INFO MAT ON
The Tfa -9 type eda wea t into produet.1o~ the V Ita ?i ramo ti-Fa3 r. i
t6d ? in i ,e ct3 tl ur inr? ea:.r.ly ranu ary 295G While plan- ., f,
? roduct i rif' 4cj r. r'. 125 k'11. $. r e daily r-
.an.~..y 125 ears had left the plant. -prior to 27 l tax ;:~
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recejve r ?stber as ~,31d4r, or jeep t7,-pe
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? r1, eoMr, L te:i there. in early February., pz'e!;arat ions were male tc nit
a37edhl-iryg ol.e.rations in Eisenach. For this purpose, a four-story asdemhling
271CId was zcheduled to be completed by March 19r-13. 2,
liirery v'm.,T e,.*r od,er bodies, were -produced. at the rate of 10 to 20 per Jay.
ebr ua .ry 1953, a Belgian order for chassin and en ;inns x?or~ caters oz tj) .s
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yai ?.nzd r executt.on, he production of this type was sch- duied to, end in
M9? 6a ? 95_ ., While the n bring of vehicles of this type * ,
T"ca .~>~ ,~?5f3 uas t~mpl.e:?tel on 27 ~'el?ruy 1953, t~ r . ~.xz bvc. 25C!00,
r t other export. deliveries,vehicles scrr to s ippe tG the USSR50X1-HUM
had to be, packed in large boxes. It was rtiuncred that p1 was nlanntxig shortly
:; ;;ari. produci.nk=, a new EMI type 342 sedaan, 3
P for to late Febrt r , 1951,, the daily production of 350 cubic centimeters
s' T ra ic, c r` l ffi"ua.?, e3tiinated to he about 3' tc 1.5 : otorcyc.le8,
o: }" l 'e 953k the production was generally h .,ere . by '
a; the re U.lt that pradact:i,on was aor ti halted fo one c.r tz;o
c : a. ! o Ya ty a~ s)O_l !Ac t''i Ti ? in Swie..s a1 %Jbat.ituteH in. #'c-c` ~n of n i . d.? r
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The procuction of runwoy plates
` .uned ty lack of materials occurred in the ver`ri hing shot)
occasionally had to stop working for two to four days per weak.,
in January-1953 1 had a labor farce of aboixt
workers inc 1huding about 29406 women, The number of apprentices wihtc h ee n r :t::t.1y
amounted to about 1,200 during 1952 was increased to about 2,000 in late 1950
prior to late February 1953.
1 bare proved unsuccessful. Other bottlenecks
In earl 1953, the VEB IN Automobil- abr1k ( } in Eisena: h reported to
0r Gum, i./Asbest in East Berlin a. demand for '3L'?? tires of 5..0O - 16 type;
7,800 tires of 3 .. a new type Y ;y an';
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