TRANSFER TO LUCKENWALDE OF BAUMION NORD/OST AND OTHER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE DEPUTY FOR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AT THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400200009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Tran,,f car to Luckenwalde of Aauunion Nord/Ost and other Information
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DATE PREPARED 27 April 1951
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omrugna. It is fairly definitely believed that Major General
:Payer is State Secretary Wi- li Mayer who was reassigned to the
tad istry of the Interior in Ja-Luary 1953 and was ct arged with the
control of the administrative agencies for construction and
billeting. His Tili.ta.ry _-= - k of major general and his activity tend
to indicate that -`aver took over the position of Deputy for Economic
Affairs as sucees;-or to Major general -Bernd Weinherger, who was
discharged from the Ministry of the Interior. T~ e reasons of the
planned transfer to Luckenwxlde of Bauunion lordost in Prenziau are
still undetermined. The construction projects in the Pasewalk area
re not yet I' -s possible that rni' itary projects are
scheduled to be constructer} in other areas in connection with the
activation of additions1 army groups; and that Bauunion Nordost is
charged with the responsibility for the construction of these projects.
It is dt-ubted that 3auunicnen Nord, Kuoste and Sued should be tr insfer?red
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1. Major re' ral 'W J?. _PSa er ., Marcour (f'nu), technical manager of
Bauur.aion Iord/-Ost; and a utz (fnu), his commercial manager at a
r eeting on I March 19!: deter,Aired that Bauunion "lord/Ost move
to Luckenwalde and that Prpnalau be di -.,solved. Source learned that
FFauuoionen 'lord, Sued and Kueste were also scheduled to be trans-
ferr?ed to Luckenwalde for closer cooperation.)
;?conomi..c Pro, lems at the Ministry of the Interior that a . coordination
office to ensure good connections betureen the industry and the KVP
was established in Berlin. a procurement section
under 11M1ajor Loup (fnu) was established in Berlin. The section was
allegedly charged with the procurement of equipment including billeting
equipment, vehicles and clothing for the Volkspolizei and the Dauunions.2
In early Varch, the offic : of the Deputy for
3. In early Mir. ch, a nesting of all. material suppliers
and transport directors of Bauunions `7ord/03t, Nord, >ued and Kueste
was scheduled to be held at Bauunion Sued in Dresden on 10 March. The
meeting alle-redly was to train the econoric functionaries in management
with particular regard to Procur -mant, storage of a?iterials and
employment of tr-. naportation.
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to Lu: kenwalde, aiuce they :ire resp insible for ' construction projects
on Tin g: n Island niid projects of the Air Force in the Cottbus -Kamenz
3au 1..z9fl area.
It is fair"ty definitely believed that the procurement
sa . on.is Bubo. Jinate ? o &he. Deputy fcr conor;d.c Problems.
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