SOVIET FUEL DEPOTS IN EAST GERMANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF CONTENT - September to 12 Novembpr 21.952
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In mid-October 1952, the Soviet fuel depot at achlelfe was onera.ted by
about 100 soldiers who wore block--bordered red epaulets. A major and
Ca,)tsin Koften (fnl) were apparently in coTdtlt r d of the unit. The depot
was guarded by sentries on four observ..tion towers and -?etrols with dogs01.
Resi-ients stated that the i-r;stallation had been demolished by the Soviet.;
in 1945 and 194?6k Several workers who were working on the reconstruction
of the instal.latioy- the new depot consisted of about 100
contni-,er?s which wer ter. ed in groups of three about 1.80 meters in the
ground. In the summer of 19529 39 addition l conta.iners which were larger
than those of the regular railroad tank crn.rs;d were shipped to the depot
and redispatched toward .aoremberg by roil so--!e time later.K The :.=;:satl1_a-
tion was seoarc.ted from the former Gerr,arx depot by a board and wire fend,,
A spur track from an undeter'ined location enters the depot.
2 On 29 .August, the Schleife fuel depot received 19 tank car loads of gespline
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In September 19';,?,, only sever x e.ilroad tank eng with 10) tons of fuel were
dis -)itched fro--. Schleife, to Velten. In October 1952
1 railroad tank car with 9 tons of fuel was dispatched to Felton,
and 2 ?:pox a? with 19 tons of fuel in 17 rreis were dis-iatched to I'l -senthal,
4 An almost coma,1?te coverage of the traf':ic from and to the fuel depot at
R 'ensleEe_-n indicated that no r? shipments were ..ia.r,~, "t ) ed fro:, or arrived
atry the depot in. _'entember and October 1952?4
- Pn inconapiete coverage of the Falkensee fuel depot ~^eveale, the=t 17 railroad
trek cars with fuel arrived at the depot between 8 e , tember rnd 1.2 NovE amber
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6., The following shipments arrived at or were disnatcheci from, the
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October 1952;
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Date
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3.3 September 14
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8 October
with Gasoline
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Cottbus
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Outg9jp Shipments,
1. September
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1 Cottbus
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7* Outgoing shipments in September 1952:
Date in September Number of Railroad
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of -;asoline
1 tank car with 12 tons Strassgra.ebclhe;.,a -fernadorf
2 boxcars with 15 tons
of gasoline in barrels
Cottbus,,
10 1 tanky car with 11 tons Strass raebchen-i3ernsdor.f,,
l 3. boxcar with 3 tons
of gasoline in barrels
1 boxcer with 4 .tons of Strd.itz Alt,
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repoi' ed in D cember 1.951 o The .nf cr mat
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is indicative of either an error n spa xng or an exchange of
d; aIraaged containers.
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3. or ent.The small volume of outgoing shipments coeirm previous
a.ssurrptionsaccordirg; to which the ..ach l.eife depot is carried chiefly
as reserve fuel depot.
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.omam nt ro is believed to be a GOFG reserve depo
54 Cora rent. Falkensee is the fuel depot of the 1st M%Dcz Div, It is
to be assumed that the de~Dot actually :received orals the amount of fuel
indicated in the renorta Most of the notor vehicles belong to units of.
the lst Meca Irv; but 1 vehicle belongs to the Twenty-Fourth Air Armaayr,
1 to the :Rear Services of the GGF 2 sr Icicles to the 2d Arty Brig, m d
1 motor vehicle
6. Go?=ent a Kurlmraer?sdorf is the arcr fuel depot of the Third Gd.s Macs
L q. The information on incoming and outgoing shipments is gi fr n ere-
donee. unite of the Third Gds Mearz Ar,rt and were con-
firmed at an earlier date,
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A. Area with demolished bunkers.
0G Fuel de'ot.
C, School - or mayors
Leto 5ry Foundaticn walls of demolished low wooden bmLldings.
6. Athletic field.
7. Barracks building.
8. Guardhouse rind quarters.
9. G rters,
10. to 13. Demolished bunkers and.
19,, to 23. Quarters,
~8. Guardhouse,
14. to 17. Watchtow:crs.
I, Il III Gates
IV and V
Board fence with barbed wire
"1 Lighting masts
7 Propped-yap tank
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barracks builing,
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