INFORMATION ON THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP IN ZEESEN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300180008-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Information Or ehe".eni'..ral Motor Vehicle Repair Shop in Zeesen
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_PLACE Or:MINED?I
1:Ji,TZ. OF CONTENT Septembc: 1952 to j une 1953
At N ED ? __DATE PREPARED. 7 Aug.est 1953
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From November 1952
20 tank trucks, and
Central Motor Vehic
ment was moved ::'TOTI1
plete overhaul et Z
th pacity cf the
roriew, For thie re
avilary parts was
gun. Source beleeve
of spare parts, sue
theeadline for a .
no shortage of pers
mained parked for a
by tbe Soviet units
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01.3120 June 1953, a monthly average of :0 to 60 trucks,
IC to 15 x 1-ton Ford ambulances Jere repaired at the
le /epa:ir Saop in Zeesen. In June, the jeep repair depart-
Oberschcansweide to.Zeesen. About 25 jeep: underwent cm-
,
-iesen in Juae. Although only one'8;-hour shift was worked,
1i13tal1atim was not fully utilized during the period under
sol, the mmufacture of ol/pans, engine cowlings and other
stirted. In May, the machining of tank bogie wheels was be-
% Llat the production of the plant suffered from a shortage
a.; bolts, high-quality springs -Ito. Trucks oftea were on
klre; time before they could be repaired, although there was
Anne1.0n the other hand, repaired motor vehicles often re--
loig time it the installation before they were picked up
whtch had =reed them in.
2. The following numbees of motor :vehicles underwent general overhaul at
from September -::952
SepteMber:
OctOeer:
NoveiAber:
Decembere
January:
Febrnary:
Narete
April:
May:
Junel
60
75
60
50
45
6C
64
50
60
60
the.ough June 1953:
rucs and
15 tank trucks;
40
40
15
15
10
14
12
14
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and 15 x 1-tOn
and 15'x 1-tort
and 10 x 1-ton
and 20 x
and 5 x 1-ton
? and 20 jeeps,
Zeesen
Ford aMbulancee;
V.
DcA' VeilWrI4Va4erN9018/i2tIV:61ORPON6LOO8f0A166?3151MOVorar-V in for rePai?
from Leipzig. Er ealy Pay. 1953, the majority of thes,,,i vehicles was returned
to LcApzig alongsid 10 ambulances, which had net :Tet been returned.
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Cn i,be average, 201, to 250 engines in need of gene:aJ?erhaul nr1 beirgied
in every ,Tonth. These engines are forwarded to Oberscer.oenewatdc, the
tu,-ned in by trcop unAts are replaced by other enginc;.., Since rad-April,
shop trucks have been provided with vulcanizer. 3 '?'_n late Ncv.Imber,
unCinished tank tori.e wheels arrived in Zeesen from pzig Tb c )ogie viacLt .
ed 38 kg, had a diumeter of 35 centimeters and a thiolness of i:ouly cenVaa:v.
Th.lir rim was reinabrced. The bore had a diameter of " centimeter]. In early
another 4,000 urfills;xed tank bogie wheels which had diameter of:' 40 cenUw
an-ived from Ketsollenflorf. These bogie wheels were te ')E1 machluzA in Zeescn, 4
In mid-December 19:,2, Major Mazarov (fnu), chief of ac.i repair :1-0p, was 1.,?:P
by Lieutenant ColoPel Koshkin (fnu). Mazarov alongsif'r, of Major Iasnerke
Ca2)tain Zadski was transferred to the USSR. 5
1. L77:1CoElent. The da4a on the monthly output of the fAstallaticu agrees uM
previous information.
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4. j IGOmmeht. According to available information, rpair rork CD motor Trtvr..c
is organized as ro.71ous:
Og Central .42Fq.lx
Obarschoeneweide blanob plant: Overhaul and manufactul.o of motar3z
manw"acture of epere and Fup,..rs xreti-et
repair shop trucks
general repair on bus:;
snd prior to 31 May le,?3, also re lir wtr1
Zeesea branch plarn,: Repair work on trucks F 'e sedans;
overhaul of tanl true;
efter 1 June, repair .o k on it:cps and TC31 ib. y
manufacture of superst172ctures foT repair r')ep tzlIL- I
Repair work on trucks nO sedans;
overhaul of tank truci and ambulacices.
504, cer4F-4_RecOr q*M:
Leipzig Platt:
Comwent. RepEir
of minor repairs,
4, E.::=LCculent- The
spare parts, whi.,:14
shop trulks are aseigned to troop units for the peri'rnee
correctness of the inrormation on the manufactre of telk
is received for the first time, ir doubted.
mflent. All the officers mentioned were known 1
transfer to MOSCa4 was already- mentioned in May- 1952,
Malor Krasnnko Oberachoeaeweide acted as Majol
latter was on leave in March 1952.
was observed in :loosen in December 1951.
Colonel Koshkin, wee as1gned as major tr., the 54th Cel
in May 1951. Hil transfe:(
credible.
cL-oriously. Aajor ffazleov'v
Mazarov's deputy whE
' (C;aptain Za6-3k
? LieuteneLt
Repal.T. 3hop in
Ze3son tiaarefore apee
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