SOVIET FUEL DEPOT AT AKEN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100510001-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY East GP_rT'!TZ
Soviet Fuel Depot at Akan
.REPORT NO.
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? VALUATION PLACE OBTAINED _._,
26 July to 21 October 1953
+3ATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES-
3AGES._...~..I
REMARKS
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---DATE PREPARED.________
ENCLOSURES (UO. & nPE)._.___.
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1. At the end of September 1953, tank trucks I I with 25X1
ttailere picked up gasoline at the Aken fuel depot and took off toward
Bernburg, 1
The following is a complete list of Soviet Incoming and outgoing rail
shipments observed at Akan fuel depot, during the period from
26 July to 21 October 1953:
1.
Incoming i err :.s
Date
1953
Number
of Cars
July
31
24 T
34 T
August
3
40 T
5
15 T
24
55 T
26
29 T
29
30 T
Sentesnber
27 T
17
18
27 T
24
35 T
26
43 T
gasoline
"
Boahlen
Rualand
gasoline Boeblen
n n
" about 1000 tons
" about 530 tons
" about 860 tons
gasoline Boeblen
about 480 tons
" 740 tone "
gasoline
about 735 tons Ruhland
gasoline
about 940 tons
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1 30 T gaso:_ine
about 630 tone
3 36 T about 690 tons
16 41 T about 750 tons
18 17 T about 740 tons
19 17 T about 740 tons
2. Outgoing Shi aejj .
6T
5T
5T
2 T
gasoline
Croseenhain
Faikenberg
Lindau
K1susa
urrc'eter:.ined
30 2 T
u st
1 8 T
17 lOT
1 8 T
14 r T
17 4 T
1 8 T
16 6 T
25 7 T
1 6 T
12 IO T
1 8 T
2 2T
20 10 T
25 9 T
1 2 T
2 4 T
21 9 T
1 6 T
16 3 T
25 6T
1 6 T
14 1 T
25 6 T
13 8 T
14 1 T
16 5 T
.25 8'_r
16 5 T
25 3 T
18 1C T
23 9 T
26 5 T
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Nier.Yeburg
H
Fa].kenberg
Koethen
t.
Lindau
Jueterbog
ft
to r A1tes Lagei:
Orossenhain
Klausa
t9
Brandenburg
t
Gorden near
Brandenbvrg
Brandenburg
Weizow
a
Borstel
ft
undeterrmined
ft
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September
5 10 T
14 9 T
18 6 T
10 7 T
18 8 T
11 7 T
18 7 T
26 4 T
10 6 T
14 5 T
17 5 T
18 6 T
14 6 T
17 6 T
4 10 T
8 5T
gasoline
it
October
3
9T
it
21
4 "r
1
8 T
Koethen..
3
10 T
Grossen.hawn
9 T
Jueterbog
15
8 'T
if
It
21
4 T
13
5 T
Klausa
14
10T
Brand
17
8 T
tser seburg
21
3 T
Brand
14
15
2 T
12 T
undetermined
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Grossenhain
it
it
Koethen
It
i-,,er seburg
it
Jueterbog, Altos
to It,
Falkenbarg
Brand
undeterml reed
Lindau.
- Ta* car
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1.. Cbunent- The two tank trucks belong to the unidentified engineer
regiment of the GOFG in ?ernburg.
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2. Co:mmento Akan is an air force fuel depot which, almos
th
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serves the flying units of the southern Ftr Corps, The depot
following supply traffic during the period of observation;
July
August
September
1 to 21 October
Incoming hi,~ente
136 tank cars
169 tank cars with
about 3,500 metric tolls
132 tank cars with 2,895
metric tons
141 tank cars with 3,550
metric tons
Outt1zoin L nts
181 tank cars
196 tank cars
107 tank cars
99 tank cars
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The number of incornirg and outgoing tank. cars cannot be compared,
since fuel from the hydrogenation plants to the lain depots is
usually shipped in small tanks with a capacity of up to 25 cubic
nete:cs and in Medium tanks with a capacity of up to 45 cubic mete-,^s
while fuel bound for airfields is usually shipped in small t cars.
See Annex 2. To rake comparison possible,
retort the tonnage of all incoming and outgoing shipments. Compared
with the preceding report, the- volume of` incoming and outgoing shLpments
increased and, after a. tern o ary decreare, continued normal.
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