SVERDLOVSK CENTRAL OBLAST PHARMACEUTICAL WAREHOUSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600020152-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 152
• Publication Date: May 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Central Oblast Pharmaceutical .warehouse for Sverdlovska a is
located in Sverdlovsk just off the Eighth of March Street.
position of the warehouse.
radius of several city blocks is as close as can p ace the
2. I visited this pharmaceutical supply depot twice to obtain
stainless steel (the quality of the
s';,eel kept here is reputed to be e best in the Soviet Union
I- I, Although I cannot name
apecific pharmaceutical products which were stored in this
warehouse, I'believe that surgical instruments were kept in
supply.
3. The stock which the warehouse contained was most probably
received from the Sverdlovsk Pharmaceutical Factory flocatinn
unknown to Source7. This factory, called a Farmzavod, pro-
duced penicillin, but beyond this fact I have no idea what el.ee
it manufactured.
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SUBJECT Sverdlovsk Central Oblast Pharmaceutical
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The building was rather small and, like other oblast city ware-
houses, was not on the scale of an army warehouse. It was two
or. three stories high, of dark grey brick, and occupied the
space of one-quarter of a city block. A pass was needed to enter.
Because of its small size, it might be only one part of a
larger establishment, although there was nothing to indicate
that- other.branohes existed.
S. I do not recall whether the warehouse was under political
control. If it were, I believe it would be subordinate to the
Ministry of Health.
6. I heard also of a military medical warehouse. which was located
outside the east section of Sverdlovsk, completely isolated from
civilian dwellings and well" guarded. This .military warehouse
was staffed with a garrison of its own, which,although not
attached to a division, was "subordinate" to a division.
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