SOVIET DEPOT AT FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000200290004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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:!ovibt Clothi-mg Depot at F'rnn1,()irt,/0APs
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DATE OF CON
DATE OB`}AINI
REFERENCES
-PLACE OBTAINED
PAGES _.. 4 ENCLOSURES (NO. & INPE)? s~pt.ch 2r_r~ i i t.el
REMARKS
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The unit in building No 5 of the Hofbaue :? t aserne was transferred to the
Si'?hhorn Kaserne. The vacated building houses the personnel and sentries of
the clothi.ng depot. 2
The following rail shipments were dispatched from the Frankfurt/ Oder clothing
depot, in October 1952:
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3 Octp 2 boxcarloads of military goods to F'irowfurt,
25X1 C
2,0etobe 1 boxcarload of military' goods to :'resden--Neustadt, _
October I bo''car. _ osd of military goods to -Jueterbog--Neues Lager,
23 Octob r 1 boxcar?oad of military goods to Dresden.-Neustadt,
25X1 C
27.0stober 1. borcarload of military goods to Firiowfurt,
25X1 C
25X14 Cp en C,_ The transfer of clothing depot was reported in
20A1A of Frankfurt/Oder. For sketch of Hofbauer Kaserne, see Annex?
25X1A 2.
~Ca entz. So far as is known, the 7'.arters in section C are usr-d as
transit camp for soldiers com'ng fr-n, or loavin' for, the U.S.O.R. It is
there 'ore nnlausible that one of there bui' d `mad- should have been assigned
to the clothing depot.as quarters. It has not yet been determined whether
the transit canmr was transferred to the gichhorn Kaserne. Build;nwrs Nos 17
through 19 in s ction C'presumably hi-use a no*or vehicl?- repair shop of minor
CLASSIFICATION SFr:[.-,,l
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1. Prior to maid-September 1952, the ovi.et clothing depot- was transferred
frnm Bernau to the Ho"bauer Kaserne on )iirnb-aumsmuohle (formerly Birnbaumanuehlen--
weg) Frankfurt/Odor. The depot occupies five buildings of the barracks installu-
tion.l
2. The material depot of the Kech moved from the buildings now occupied by the
clothing depot to the new w- 'oden cantonment south of the clothing depot.
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Annex to
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25X1 C
A. Soviet clothing depot, in the Hofbauer Kasernes
Frankfurt/Oder
1-4 Warehouses
5 Quarters for personnel and sentries of the.cloth~.ng depot
Sentries
B.
Kech depot
7
Carpentry
8
Sawmill
9-12
Material depot
C. Transit camp and repair shop
13-16 Quarters
17-19 Garages
--x x x-x Barbed--ti;ire fence
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