SOVIET SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE GDR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004101070007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION2 ._._PLACE OBTAINED
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DATE OBTA N`ED- DATE PREPARED
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In early 'ovexnbei. 1953, tiles ar
Gorgast near Kuestrin, which was constructed for the VP, was, almost,
completed. A wooden kitchen building with administrative rooms, a wooden
adrtini tra tive building, a recreation building, two buildings for quarters,
each 25 meters long four watch towers with ssearchli.;,hts and a coal bunker
were erected outside the ,::.oat. The whole installation war surrounded. by a
wire fence. The casernates in which artillery am.iuniti,n had been stored
during the war had a 4-meter concrete ceiling covered by a 1--deter layer
of ear th.1
2. In early Deceilioer, the depot for explosives at Gorgast had not yet been
taken aver by the 'IP. Finishing work was done by electricians.l
4, At the beg .ruing of December, about 9 x 8?5-D `m AA guns, several 37-xa AA guns
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a:id sera ral AT guns were' under repair in th.e Strausuer.' o? dnance rcpu~
Ri lee and suomaeh,ne guns were repaired in hail :To 1. T optical section
was also h:)used in hall '3o 1. A monthly quote. of about 12 guns of medium and
heavy caliber were repaired at the L orksho- .1
5? In iyid-December, the ordnance repair shop it Str--u3berg was operated by
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a VP ordnance workshop snoordinate to the HVDVP'
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in charge of the ordnance shop. the depot was supplied with
automatic weapons by the UP or _lance depot in I .rc hi oes:>er.4
In mid- )eceatoer, ' 11 -cehtral workshop for small. arms
was located at Beim iitz Hof estate In Schoencibeck on the L,Ibe River.4
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P ovemmbcr 1,153 to Febru':ry 1954
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In early November, the former concentration camp in Iiavensbrueck near
Fue r etenberg;/fave l was occupied to capacity. Numerous trucks loaded with
supply were daily seen entering and leaving the installation. In mid-November,
a tank repair shop was located on the p reunises of the fibrin factory in
;y. In early Novermber, about 50 field kitchens stood ready for shipment in the
if aanar. Plant for kitchen and hearth installation located on Stras Me_Uer-
Befreiuu.ng in Kocnigsbruack.
10.. In late December, the former Germian army clothing depot No Il ? in Bornau
still quartos ed a Soviet supply unit whose prir?sonnel wore red-bordered
black epaulets. Large quantities of supply can oe stored 1.n the five large
warehouses. A motor vehicle repair shop was housed on the promises of the
former Berggaana Borsi' Plant adjacent to the cloth ink' depot
vulcanizing shop in Gransee
a motor vehicle workshop.?
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seemed to additionally house
12. In mid--Novembar, I I a large Soviet clothing depot was
located on the premises of the former Deutsche-Gei'aete Baia installation in
Burgstacdt. Aooth,r depot storing signal equipment was located near the viaduct
at iiurgstaedt railroad s+ation. A medical de, s stationed in `'arkersdorf
in mid-move; mber. rmean motor vesicles hauled
drugs and medical eguipnent to the Soviet depot. S
13. In early November, 32 trucks with van-like superstructure which were to be
fitted with elfeetrotochnical instruments stood in the workshop of the V11-2
A slagen Bau, VE: 1_, hagdeburg? 'rucks for the KVP wore allegedly equipped at
the plant. Another 40 trucks and 40 trailers, all with van-like superstructure,
were parked in the yard.:,
I l 0oa ent, The enlar-er,nent for the KVP Gorgast am mmunition depot wns
reported previously. The assign.rent of the depot
could not be eletermi~..
Gor~raent. The motor vehicles belong to the GOFG and First Gds ; ch Ari.y.
o ,lent. Report a Sin confirms the GOFG ordnance and equipment repair
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'g+0 Co ni9nt.. Information is believed, to refer to the former repair shop
in Schoexaebeck?-. ohse which
KV?. The subordination of the depot is unknown
5. Cozennt. The warehouse of the 5th Supply Unit of to Soviet trade
section and r the 'ank repair shop in Fuerstenberg are known.
60 car ,-asnt- Berna.n is known as clothing depot of the G
?,g shop referred to ~robab7 is a troop to
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a motor vehicle repair
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orruaen1;. Information again confirms the clothing depot, signal
depot, and medical depot of the Eighth Gds Ars y in Burgstaedt and
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Iiarkersdorf.
Comment- The TM Anlagenbau !,agdeburg, V M, is known as special
p an for electrical installations. It is possible that the trucks
mentioned aVe "being equipped with special devices to serve as equipment
trucks for the KVP.
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