SEA POLICE DEVELOPMENT IN PEENEMUENDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000700500002-7
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTEL-LIGE.N_CE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
(e) Kapitaen
(f) Kapitaen
(g) Kapitaen
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-SECURITY INFORMATION
DATE OF INFO.
East Germany
Sea Police Developments in Peenemuende
(d) Kapitaen Leutnant Peter Wunderlioh
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DNINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. At a staff offioers' conference held at Peenemuende at 0900 on 18 November
1952 orders were given that all staff officers were to have moved their :.
families to Peenemuende by 9 January 1953. Officers taking part in the con-
ference were:
(a) Kapitaen zur See Fritz Elsohlepp
(b) Fregatten Kapitaen Walter Bau
(o) Fregatten !apitaen Heinz Schreiber
Leutnant Hans-Georg Riesohke .
Leutnant Gerhard Slippstein -
Leutnant Gerhard Soheffler -
(h) Leutnant zur See Lothar Berge;
(i) Kapitaen Leutnant Werner Elmenhorst
(3) Ober Leutnant Kurt Loge
(k) Kapitaen Leutnant Helmut Tamm
(1) Ober Leutnant Rolf Feokenstedt
(m) Ober Leutnant EaYls Gervasi
(n) Ober Leutnant Heinz Hamner
This Dooumsmt eosihln&. Inform motion affecting the ita-
tlonsEDetones of the United states, within the mien-
151 of Two is, $ectioms* and r4. Of the U.S. co". as
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DATE DISTR.
2 April 1953
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REFERENCES
Senior Officer of R & KS Division
Divisional Political Officer
Divisional Political Officer
Senior Staff Officer of R & KS Div,
Divisional Engineer Officer
Divisional Operations Officer
Divisional Signals Officer
Aist. Divisional Operations Officer
Senior
Officer, 'R-Boats Section
? -- Political Officer, R,-Boats Section
.Senior Officer, ES Boats Section
Political Officer, KS Boats Section
? Chief of 3 R & KS Boats Section
FE Officer, KS Boats Section
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2. At the same conference it was annouuoed that craft of the lR & KS Division
would not put to sea during the Christmas leave period, and that crafts
were to be held in readiness for sea duty in an
The allocations of officers' leave was discussed and it was annr noed that the
the senior officer of the division had been ordered by Admire.l Waldemar Verner
to take the first leave period. During this period Kapitaen' Leutnant Tamm was
to take over command of the Division, and would be responsible-in conjunction
with Kapitaen Leutnant Wunde3rlioh for the preparation of the orficerst leave
roster.
Crews for the above: mentioned five duty craft would be supplied by personnel
not on leave, and Kapitaen Leutnant Elmenhorat will assume tactical command
of the Division throughout the second leave period.
6. The first of the new KS boats have now been delivered by the "Yachtwerft Berlin"
to VQolgast for fitting-out. WWather permitting, it is planned to have )these craft
ready for acceptance trials during the month of January. The acceptance committee
will be headed by Kapitaen Leutnant Tamp, assisted by Kapitaen Leutnant'Bi6sohke,
the divisional engineer officer.
7. Personnel of the eYachtwerft Berlin" have arrived at Wolgast in connection with
recent transfer of the new KS boats. These personalities are mainly electrical
and machine engineers and includes
(a) Herr Habernann (fnu)
(b) Herr Szinzoak (fnu)
(c) Herr Strohmmeier (fnu)
Patrol Boats
a machine engineer
a machine 'engineer
a machine engineer
8. The first six patrol boats have arrived at Peenemuende, and acceptance trials
under the command of Kapitaen Leutnant Elmenhorst are already underway.
Wol.gast-'Builg KS Boats
9. The. KSS boats under construction at the "Peenewerft Wolgast" are already behind
schedule, and it is now estimated that they will not be ready for acceptance
trials before the end of January 1953.
McKat. Boata
10. The first M.L.?R* hull has arrived at liolgast from the HVolkswerft Stralsund",
but its completion date is now dependent on the delivery of the two Diesel
engines from the "Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock". The profesSiondl oompletion
date for the craft is placed at about June,-1953.
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