GM VEHICLE PHOTO TRANSMITTAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001900560001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 10, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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DATE: 10 May 1955
1. We searched every possible record file of the Dodge Company,
domestic and export, trying to locate a photograph of one of their
3/L ton liXL military units which was close to the GAZ-69. The closest
unit we could locate is the old Dodge T-2114 and, if you will refer to
the Standard Military Motor Vehicle Book, dated 1 Sept 1943, on page
172, you will note a unit This is the same unit as per
the picture being f orwarde . 25X1 A2g
2. The picture being dispatched with the same view as the ZIS-110
Taxi is the same photograph which the Packard Motor Car Company submitted
with the analysis report This report therefore will give you
complete specifications on e -110. 25X1 A2g
3. General Motors/Truck Division: Difficulties existed here in
regard to a bus similar to the ZIS-151, the reason being that the view
of the Soviet unit indicates an early 3600 series CIVIC unit but some
variations have been inaugurated, such as the slanting windshield which
throws the model into a later 3b00. We are, therefore, sending two
photographs to show both CSC units. Incidentally, 0MC questions the
passenger capacity of the ZIS-154 indicated as handling approximately
60 passengers. The way the bus companies figure this is by the number
of windows in the bus. An eight-window bus will accommodate 3b pas-
sengers, a nine-window bus will carry Lt0 passengers, and a ten-window
bus will carry 45 passengers. In looking at the Soviet picture, and
assuming that the windows are more or less of the same width as those
used in the US, the capacity of their bus would be roughly 3Fb passen-
gers, or a maximum of LO.
4. Chevrolet Motor Co: This division feels that there is a bit of
confusion as to your comparative models to the Soviet units as against
those of the Opal Kapitan, or the Opal Kadet. The reason is that the
specifications on the TT-20 cover a four cylinder unit with a 2.12 rating
as against the Opal Kapitan rating of 2.714. They feel that the Soviet
unit has stolen more features from the British Standard Vanguard and the
French Puegot. They also pointed out to us that the Opal was never made
in a station wagon type, but they have given us pictures as close as they
think will give you comparative details, including pictures of the
Vanguard.
5. These photographs may be retained unclassified.
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