DENIAL OF PRODUCTION OF 'KREIS' TRANSMISSIONS AT CHEMNITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R004400080004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R004400080004-0
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CLASSIFICATION S"XITIi.1 /C jiTROL IJ o O,r ICL~
CENTRAL INTELLIGEHCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATIo PORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zoned
SUBJECT Denial of Production of "Kreiscl
Transmissions at Chemnit1
PLACE
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OF TNS G1N.T?SD STATES :ii211 WIN WBAli?:O O. T1i1 E1W1011t a8 ACT 30
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OP ITS COIiTH14T4 10 AMY E:AWN@. TO Ala OUACITROUraD masoii 13 P@O^
Rily11120 iiii LAW. G?pROiiCG lou Or T.i:3 M13 W iR a.lII: ate?..
For three months the If a_ Plant in 51/:, 68) has been 50X1-HUM
raanufacturinf a component porta `ihch is a first prioritV
1t ira by order of a soviet a,ency-
Tlh.e part consists of two pieces of : h Crad.e cast ut:ccl re-
rnindinC one of journals (swinging bearing) used in the ;rout
wheel suspension of the , teyr motor care However, these pieces
obviously are meant for a heavy vehicle as can be inferred from
its d4rnensions (for sketch of the, work piece see Annex). About
10,000 pieces h.-:ve been produced so fc=r0 The .,oar cuttinp. ;NTOq rot
made in c.l".~: ;a=TITL but in the fl a Plant in LIE,BLRTi;G111dirlTZ (1V 52/
E 20) near LEIPZIG, the former Koellmann Plant?
The Ifa Plant mentioned in this report is the renowned former
auto-Union Automobile Plant which was turned into a zonal plant
after its sequestration and is not part of the VVV (G) with
the plant number 33/360/1004. The i.I ;B T':iGL - ;1TG Gear Plant
(..oellraLkOrn Gear plant before its expropriation) producing gears
and transraissions was also a rzi.ned to the same VVB (Z) under
t' plant number 33/386/l0ol e The -1jj ,:iNITG automobile . L'nt prin-
cipally manufactured spare p,'r 7 for .;andorer automobiles 4 During
'-the war the plant produced s.i 1l--c liber .,;; guns and spare parts
for '_ianderc-r j D1 ;7 and ;;teyr ::e trraacht trucks. The present pro-
duction_ of the plant is comprised of automobile spare parts.
mac,:,ine spore pat .??nd tools. The plant i3 said to have recently
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