CONSTRUCTION PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300970005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY East Germany
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 29 June 1954
NO. OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED Information
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Offices (Entwurf Offices)
Planning and designing offices, especially those of the building industry, are
to be reorganized. The total number of employees, both in Berlin and the DDR
generally, is to be raduced and the work is to be decentralized, so that each
Bezirk is responsible for itself. Export personnel will be allocated to work
on the job by the Besirk headquarters. In consequence, planning; offices in
the Berlin area will be informed only about construction in the area itself.
2. Barracks Construction;
A largescale plan for the construction of numerous barracks in various arts 25X1
of the DAR has been in the offing since 1952,
plans:
The constructions vary in value between 5,000 and 150,000
The following locations are among those selected for construction
Gompertshausen,
Hildburghausen (32,000 marks--barracks for
Neustadt, Worbie District (62,000 marks),
Ummerstadt (120,000
Arnoldsgruen
Boehlen
Droesdorf
Gahlenz
Hoeena
Sallmannehausen,
Schwickershausen (77,800 marks),
marks) .
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Kemtau
gotten
Lichtenwalde
Mobendorf
My]au
Netzschkau
o1: er f
Popp
engru?n
Rossnitz
Tirschendorf
3. Stable ' Construction:
Stables are being built at the following locations:
Behrungen
Riche
Hermannsfeld
Ummerstadt
4. Purpose of Construction:
It cannot be stated at this stage whether the military objects listed above
are to be constructed for the Soviets or for the EVP;
5. KVP Construction:
a. Reconstruction of the Oranienburg castle was stopped on 17 June 1953, but
is now being pressed again. The castle is to be used by the KYP.
b. A club house for the XVP is being built at Pasewalk at a cost of 1,238,000
mss tmarks .
6. ?olice Construction:
Object 101 is the planned number of an unknown construction project for the
police, costing 1,500,000 eastmarks.
7. ,L rge-Scale Refrigeration Plant Program:
a. A large scale refrigeration plant building program is in progress.
Government decision has scheduled the and of this program for 30 June
1054. It is believed that a further program will then start. The cones
trolling construction supervisor for the program is a man called Sturm.
Ithe refrigeration
plant could also serve another purpose but that in general it would be
too flimsy to be used for munition storage. The refrigeration plant is
supposed to be used for the preservation of food in certain cases.
b. The following are the locations, costs) of new
refrigeration projects known:
Berlin
Brandenburg
Chemnits
Cottbus
Demmin
Dessau
Dresddn
3,500,000 sactmaks,
5,028,904 eastmarks
4,931,611 eastmarks
3,500,000 eastmarks
3,500,000 astmarks
5,002,000 eastmarks
3,500,000 eastmarks
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Frankfurt
Gera
Goerlitz
Halle/Saale
Leipzig
Pankow
Prenzlau
Stralsund
Velten
8. Deep Shelters:
3,500,000 eastmarks
5,021,052 eastmarks
4,703,136 eastmarks
4,932,000 eastmarks
3,500,000 eastmarks
325,000 eastmarks
3,500,000 eastmarks
5,736,000 eastmarks
334,600 eastmarks
The State Secretariat for Administration of State Reserves is known to be
planning deep shelters (Tiefbunker). The location and precise purpose of
these shelters are unknown.
9. Various Construction Plane;
a. A new transformer station is to be built at Brandenburg.
b. 675,071 eastmarks are to be expended for a power station at Klingenberg.
c. A power station at Sommerachenburg is to be built to serve the Iron Ore
Mine West.
d. A water container for 600 cubic meters of water, with a pressure install-
ation for raising the water, is to be built to serve the 118? Iron Rolling'
Mull:forclight'metal ?at 'Eettsted.t.:. ?Ianee through the:.plant,for, vehicles
*1;th,iron"whesls:,and?a Carrying?dApacity of five tons.Are also to be.built.
e. (1) A 20,000,000-eastmark project for Bulgaria, believed to be a
briquette factory, is being planned.
(2) An 18,870,000-eastmark briquette factory is under construction for
Poland.
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