SOVIET MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP "PROGRESS", ZEESEN BRANCH INSTALLATION

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CIA-RDP80-00810A006600570009-1
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1
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December 20, 2016
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January 15, 2008
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9
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Publication Date: 
April 4, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/01/15: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006600570009-1 CLASSIFICATION SECRET East Gormaegr REPORT COL'KAiRY- TOPIC ~~.. ~,~. 'viet Motor Vehicle Repair Shop "Progress" EVALUATION P1 ACF OBTAINED DAT'I OFD. CONTEi DATE PREPARED ____.~ D , , 1 , 1 2 - 0BIAMGED REFER EIN CES . a ._ NO.&TYPE ... . RRIARKS-__ E_ This is UNEVALUATED Information) Zeesen Branch Installation 25X1 4 April 1955 25X1 ___~...~. o I zrch 55~ 50 ZI&type vehicles and 50 vehicles of Studebaker ma set 60 jeeps and .0 tank trucks were to be eiit: rely overhauled in the Zeesen repair shop, 2, overhauled vehicle: at the installation included: 50 ZISF-type vehicles,, 25 v hicles of Studebaker ma!~eg 25 tank trucks, 20 jeeps, 4 repair shop trucks and W GAZ-.tom ambulances; Approx ' ~toly 2,000 motor vehicles in need of repair were alit edly stored in the parking lot;, Many vehicles arrived recentlyo 3 ;, Q h%rch. 50 vehicles of ?'tudebaker make were loaded onto flatcars with sideracks, pressuunably for the USSR;, Tho shipment was excorted by 1 officer and 15 to 20 soldiers, who were quartered in a boxcar,- 4o The previous fatigue detail of 50 soldiers was replaced by a detail of 4 to 5 officers and 100 soldiorsr who did not speatc German and had not worked at the. repair shops t~ofoa e? After a short introduction the soldiers were detached to Potsdam to attend courses on motor vehicles;, 5 P b, a a general about 2 waters tall., wh was accompanied by 42 officers of v,srious ranks., again inspected the Installation, he preparations for the inspection took sevsral days., during which work was discontinued? ea,,, ly Ma 6 G s who worked at a Soviet motor vehicle repair shop in Leipzig visited the repair "02 dayso It was rumored that ZI&-,5 type vehicles were to be repaired exclusively in Leipzig and ZIS-150 and ZIS ~i51 ec c1us- vely in Zeesen0 Almost 700 men were employed in the installationo Continuous shortages of materials, howsrer, considerably affected the productivity of the plant o An e y Pebruary~, $0 iron bedsteads were manufactured into angular ironso 0x4 26 'ebruary:. a Soviet commissibir of 1 general and approximately 80 officers arrived in 15 sedans and 2 buses and thoroughly inspected the entire installation including the area in front, 1Nla jar construction work was to be performed rior to 1. 0 tob~r. The angina construction section su'hsequently 'was to be transferred from Oberschc~ene welds to Zeesene 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/01/15: CIA-RDP80-00810A006600570009-1