TANK AND MOTOR-VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS IN KUMMERSDORF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009000120011-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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GLASSiFICATiON_T'
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Tank and rotor-Vehicle lie air Shens in Kummersfilerf
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
LACE OBTAINED
iDATE PREPARED?? j', entemhe r 1951
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1. Between 16 and 25 June 1951, the Soviet tank repair shop in ',:urreredorf
(N 53/Z 80) quartered 15 to 20 officers arel 140 EY, and employed 75 German
torkers. The number of the staff had not been chanrod eince January 1951.
Occasionally, Soviet troops tere trained there and left on the completi(n
of the course of instruction. The tank repair shop is located in the
buildings of the former German Heeres-Kraftfehrprobunge- und Versuchr-
stone (Army rotor Transport Test and Experimental Station), abbreviate
K-Stelle? in the Panzer Kaserne at the target rane, * 50X1-HUM
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2. On 20 June 1951, truck occupied 1-er two soldiers, wearine red
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bordered black epaulets, was parked in front of the gear shop On 22 jure
1951, in the afternoon, Duessinc truck was londed vith gear
components by three soldiers in front of the sane buildine An administroflee
officer of the armored troops was observed near',y 50X1-HUM
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The committee inspected all installations of the roTair shop ae6 eau the
manufacturing processes explained,
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During the sane period, the rotor-vehicle repair shop, vbich is also located
in the buildings of the K etelle, ',7as staffed eith about 150 officers aid
Er. Chevrolet trucks
ZIS truck and Studebaker truck ';:ere
observed in, and in front of, the repair shop cespectiVely. **
tudeba'l.er
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Comment.
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Tlie present. information confirms previous eepoo.tsl on tie
'ence of a tank and a motor-vehicle re-air shop
Comment, The motor vehicles listed in paragraph 2 1u2lon.': to the CAI,
0 Div7Third Gds recz Army and the 9th "ece Div/Third Cds ecz to-ey50X1-HUM
those in parecreph 3 to headquarters units of the Th rd Cds !'ece Aeny 50X1-HUM
the COFG; and those in paragraph 4 to headquarters units of the Third Cd'..;
r.ecz Army and the Fourth Cds "recz Army; the 25th Tank Div/Fourth Cds Teco
Army; and the GOFG.
CLASSIFICATION
T CO"THeIPS OFFICIAL5 OaY
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