TANK REPAIR SHOP IN NEUBRANDENBURG

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/04/08: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005500330008-0
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
I NF'ORMAT3N REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Tank Repair Ship in Neubrandenburg
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 14. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMtSSIOM ONREVEL-
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DATE DISTR. 17 December 195+
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Tie. desigsation Repazaturwwerk Neubrandenburg am Tollense-See (Mecklenburg) _
is a cover name for an enterprise lwhich serves solely for the repair of tanks
of the East German military forces . The enterprise employe between 1,500
and 1,800 workers, who work in three shifts. In addition to skilled laborers,
soldiers and technical officers of the military forces are employed. Russian
advisors are assigned to the enterprise; they wear the uniform of the East
German military forces. The enterprise is surrounded by a high wooden
fence which prohibits any view of the enterprise from the outside. The heaa
of the enterprise is a German Lt. Col. 25X1
2. The tanks repaired are principally of the Soviet T-34 type. Usually each
tank received a general overhaul i~epresents a value of 500,000 DME.
Approximately 30 tanks a month are overhauled? The enterprise is well
equipped with tooling machines of the most recent construction. There is
no lack of matla>ial or modern tools or measuring equipment. The only notice-
able lack is that of skilled labor. Laborers change frequently and can be
obtained only through labor offices.
3. All employees of the enterprise must be politically reliable and they are
severely watched. They must constantly be aware of the possibility of being
under surveillance. In connection with the,--iMt- Orman governmental elections,
of October 1954, Minister of the Interior ph went to the enterprise
and gave a speech. He was constantly surrounded by:several Russians. Young
employees and soldiers are often fanatic adherents to Communist goals while
the older employees are mostly opponents of the-Communists. Among the latter
there is discontent caused by what is regarded as the hesitating position of
the West.
4. Tank and engineer units are stationed in Neubrandenburg. Most of these troops
have new camps and barracks. Soviet tank troops are also stationed in
Neubrandenburg.
5. A tank repair enterprise similar to the one at Neubrandenburg is located in
Ludwigsfelde-Genshagen, approximately thirty kil meters so V .of Berlin. This
t
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erprise is a former Daimler factory.
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