SOVIET MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP PROGRESS IN ZEESEN

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CIA-RDP80-00810A007100230001-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 21, 2016
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June 24, 2008
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1
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Publication Date: 
May 23, 1955
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REPORT
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CJN, TOPIC Approved For Release 2008/06/24: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100230001-0 F,$ r t t:#rma r.y REPORT SrV1.et Mntnr Dwhie1p RwnA:ir .Rbnn "Prr,sre! " In Z4a&wv% EVALUATION DATE OF CONTENT. DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED 23 stay 1955 REFERENCES PAGES 1 REMARKS. PLACE OBTAINED_ ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE) 25X1 1; In April 1955, vehicles which were overhauled at the branch of the motor vehicle repair shop 11Prc.ogre9s" in Zeesen included 64 ^?tudebaker, 40 ZIS, 40 tank trucks 20 jeeps and 15 small buses (Pionier). According to a conservative est-.mate, about 2,000 vehicles in need of repair were still parked in the fenced-;n area,: 25X1 2, On 12 April,, the general wna ihetd__pregiauslp.. been observed,: again inspected the installation,, The general was accompanied by a lieutenant general and about 20 officers of various ranks, On 12 April.. a commission includingA general and 14 officers again visited the "Progress -repair shop in Zeesen. he general who allegedly c&e from Karlshorst was about 45 years old, about 6.,2 feet z:all and very broad shouldered, Be wore a Cossack frr cap and a sabre Most of the other officers had field grade r nk s inspee L on'QOnt uec_ throtiughcut the day and included' the not built-up and staked off gyres wear :,hP neiallat:.on and all aect:.one of the repair shop which were to be rel,u d A ds..e of the beginniz:g of an enlargement of the iinsta].latijjt wa, not krLowiue Al.. Soviet Young Mcr, who worked as students at the *'.palr shophad donned uniform during the visit by the general They wr;:re red-bordered black epaulets with motor transport insignia, The young men who became rather openm-minded were employed in s.11 branches of the repair shop, Some of the students spoke Germany Approved For Release 2008/06/24: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100230001-0