SOVIET SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE AREA OF FUERSTENWALDE, KETSCHENDORF AND BAD SAAROW

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August 13, 1954
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Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP8O-0081OA004800510006-0 Cd SSlFlCArm- Suc T. COUNTRY ... Last Gevviany ?'C+P13 Soviet Su- ?;ol.y Installations in the Area of Fuerstenwalde, Ketschendorf and Bad Saarow FNALLJA.TiON__, )PTE =OB'FAENED PEFERENCES... ~ REMARKS~ M r ins r~c~ j~aoc` 1~r~ . nrp~-i :3~.d h`'6 i ditto, with legend This is UNEVALUATED 619616 I . In early December 195.5', the Soviet quarters and ,supply depots south and southwest of the Deka Reifen Fabrik (tire factory) north of Langewahler Etra$se in F'uerstenwralde were occupied by about 400 to 500 soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets.. Several groups were frequently engaged in training s.:uth of the cantonment 1On 4 December 1953, a train of 6 g)ndola cars a n d boxcars loaded with 2 x 122 field guns, 5 x 769 field guns and two trucks stood at the Ketschendorf freight station. 2. In mid-December 1953, a Soviet supply depot, 600 x 200 meters, was located between Berkenb:ruecke.~ Chaussee and the Spree River, south of the drill grounds at the e .ste { ., perimeter of Fuerstenwalde. The depot consisted of 10 large wooden Nu ldings, 2 open sheds for hay and straw 6 earth bunkers and 11 a rtm nt houses On 25 May 1954, 8 lig:.t ZIS-3 field guns and about 32 x 57-snirn AT guns were loaded on the premises of a factory west of the tire factory in Puerstenwalde. InMay, the cantonment south of the tire factory was occupied by about 400 soldiers who wore red-bordered black epaulets. Four 37rm AA guns w me determined in the AAA emplacement. In late May, two low wooden buildings and a solid, four-story building were erected near the emplacement. Boxes and sacks were unloaded from truck In mid-June 195.49 abort 35 prime movers were parked in the prime mover workshop south of Berliner Strasse in F erstenwalde. At the same time, the Aufbau Schulp (high school) on Berliner Strasse qu ?tered an estimated 200 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets. Twelve prime movers and about 10 trucks were parked there. 4 In m .d- J ;; ; not less than 12~' light Al guns and about 20 guns of a still smal: a were seen :o_n halls of the ordnance depot n F'uerstenwalda, ` ticks were seen at the inst 11.ation. 1 S^I(.,ASS ~Y/P 1 Y)N S 1, dRE$ / Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP8O-0081OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SCRET, 6. On the evening of 28 June 1954, nu ns tracks of track laying vehicles led from the former Henry Hall Faqiory to the Fuerstenwalde freight station. The station was cordonne off by sentries. In the morning of 29 June, trucks continually drove from the factory to the freight ? station. They carried boxes and motor vehicle tires which were loaded onto freight cars. At noon on 29 June, 4 prime movers were loaded onto flatcars, 7. In early June, it was learned that; the quarters of the engineer depot in Fuerstenwalde were to be reconditioned and reoccupied by about 300 Soviet soldiers, who had hitherto been quartered in a building outh of the point where the railroad line crosses Langewahler Strasse. The engineer equipment depot was 3 square km in size and was occupied by a guard unit, administrative personnel and workshop personnel. The quarters have room for about a battalion. About 70 German workers were employed in the repair shop which was supervised by a Soviet major. Work done at the shop included general repair work on engineer equipment and bridge building equipment. 6 8. In early Tune 1954, two AA batteries of 4 x 37 guns each were observed along the road to Langhl, between the prises of the former Asuko Plant and the former Cable Plant, which was occupied by Soviet units at that time. 1 9. In early June 1954, three buildings of the former Waldfrieden sanatorium south of Fuerstenwalde airfield quartered about 400 soldiers. A fourth building housed a medical depot with officers, nurses and administrative personnel. 7 10. The following is a list of rail shipments which arrived at, or were dispatched from, the railroad stations of Fuerstenwalde and Bad Saarow in, May and June 1954:' B - Boxcar; F/S Flatcar with Sideracks; G - Gondola ear; RRy - Heavy-Duty Flatcar; T - Tank Car Incoming went . Date Number of Cars 1954 8 3B From military goods Brest Litovsk Fuerstenwalde-South Fuerstenvalde n 10 3 MS ?~ Fuors a a] de. math 14 3B s~ 23 1 RRy tP n gg n P: ~ 4& 25X1 LJ/\ I 1 ?30 8 a, 32 F/S 7B Schoeneweic a Fuerstenalde- South, Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET, -3- 2 FIS insulated wire South 2 F/S rod iron Eisenspalterei I FIS sheet metal Thale P4 1 F'/S Hettstedt 2 B varnish Magdeburg .1 F% military goods Grosswolteradorf 6 B Fuerstenberg/Havel 3 B Ziesar 2 B s8 Schwerin 4 F/S sawn timber Neuruppin, 4 B . accumulators Rummeieburg Ftierstenwalde- 18 6 FIS I B I F/S 19 34 F/S 68 x 12 mm guns 3 R military goods 1-30 5B Bredereiche military goods Brest Litovsk Fuerstenwa'? de- South " Strausberg .tenhain if Leipzig I B insulated wire F" .auen 23 2 B military goods .seen 9 3B South harbor 9 B foodstuff 6 B military goods 5 F/S 231 2 B Stendal 21 3 B it Wildpark 1 - 30 10 B glass articles I:enau 3 B chloride of lime X31 tterf eld 2 B ',bandages Mittweida 4 B military goods 8e-tenberg 4B SECRET/ if 8chleusingen Fuersterrdalde, ?Wald f'ri eden Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET/ JUIX 4 B cupboards Rauenstein 3 B tables Steaken Fuerstenwai 2 B empty boxes Chemnitz 4 B military goods P1auen, Leisnig, Osehatz, Magdeburg 14 6 B fl 1 - 30 4B Brest Litovsk Fuerstenwalde, exercise books Halle paper Gruenhainichen ' ass Dresden 1" iitary goods Guestrow 14 1 B 33 F/S 16 1l B. 17 ]- B Steinach music instruments Neukirehen I -B military goods 29 , 1B . 5 1RRy 11 2 B engines military goods 13 iRRy 14 10 B cupboards _' 1 B military goods l B 17 F/S 20 1 B sheet metal 28 1 B fim.J.itary goods C~:~~ox~ Shims?nts~;, 1 _ 31 4 B military goods 3 F/S 3B 3 F/s 3B 'SECRET, Klingenthal. Sieveeadorf Heidenau Neubuko-vr Finow Tangerhuette Loecknitz Burgstaedt Eisenspalterei Brest Litovsk Thale Gransee Fuerstemmlde- South, to Fuerstenwalde Fuerstenwalde, Fuerstermalde- Ziesar Freienwalde Leipzig Magdeburg Biesteritz Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET/ cupboard s 16 25X1 LOA I Waldfrieden, 3 B ta'~'ea Staak. n 2 B empty boxes Che itz 4.B wilitary goods P1auem, Leisnig, Oehatz, agdebg "yo 29 R uen9te; f? Brest Litovsk F ierstenwalde, Stela aeh Neukirehen Xlingentha1 Si-~ere~~do~~ ~ Heiden-ma ea Heubukow Fuerstenwalde Finow FuPrst~nw9alde, 1 RRy 10 B cupboards ail?e I B military goods 17 F/ a 20 1B Tangerhuette Fuerstenwalde Lceakr itz 11 Ih=gataedt Eisenepalterei Brest Litovsk . Bad Saarow, sweet metal Thale 28, I B -mi' x.11-t, y goods . Gransee 31 4 B military goody a3 F/S 3B 3 F/S 3B SECRErj 4B engines military goods exercise books Halle p',pe Gruenha .nichen ' t ass Dresden ' 1 .tary goody Guestr,?ow s. B music instruments .s 1 B military goods F,,;er aide, Fuerstenwalde- Zf.esar South, )!,,?eienwalde 4)Ipz1g sgdeburg Bissteritz Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET Friedri.ah, t9.d: , Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 ..d6i ~c.^e+y A l 2 F/S r ?1=i.tcry goods iN-Ie 'stc w e- z e South, I F/s 2 B I F/S 2 F/S f?, ewat y 2 S 3F/S. 5B. 2F/S 1B 2 PIS ALtenburg W-Ildpa trk Markei?sdorf Jueterbog Fuusre tenwalde- F-aerstenberg/Anvel S ?th, n ae 4 B 1 B 2B 25 1B, I B, 1F/a 2r0 /S .odors', 25 :16 D 31 14, 1 B, "'Z , -,,/,c; Fueret ife- deg, 11 1.D Alerats t4a.lde 1 9 1 F/S motor it e 1e Py!sratsnual.de, 2 ar.,d 2 T azipt'y aaeratan r .de 2=0 harbor., 25 2 B '.military c ocd 28 1.2 3 29 7 and ' 2 B edio-di equipment Fuersten ide-. 18 Wa dfrleden, Doberlug, UP A '.tenhain FM ege1in ede:;,-au Blase 3tha1 J - te:cbog B:,,!est. Litovsk Al.t?n.grabow Brest Litovsk A1tengrabow Ste al., Bergen, ] -Neu,st ft 4rseburg ? .Stmm A . ngrabow !r 'snkfurt/Cder , ba,undary Bergen 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET, NAY 10 2 B medical equipment Fuerstenwalde- Waldfrieden, 11 2 B 13and 2B 24 tons 14 . 4 F/S 14 1 B " 15 1 B 18 1 B 19 1- B " 20 1B is 24 1 B 14 1 B military goods Fuerstenwalde- klaldfrieden, 31 1 B 13 7 B Fuerstenwald? - Waldfrieden, 17 and 2B 20 . 17 1 B 18 1 B " 19 lB 1 B 1 B 21 1 B, signal equipment Bad S ow, " " 14 3 B. F/S ", 22 tons 29 a p 23 tond 1 F S ", 2 tons Fuerstenberrg/ vel Dry -Beustadt, Jeseen, Leipzig, hospital pasueourg-Drueoxx e.La, Guestrow, Bad E1sterl Beelitz, Ebersaalde, Ahlbeck, Chemnits4liilbersdorf, Markersdorf, Potsdam, Puerstenberg/Ha' ml, Jueterbog, Koenigeborn, Burgsstaed1' Burgsta%t, Finowf, Warder, Che nnit~ Wildpark Dresden-Weustadt " Leipsig Wahren' SECRETS ? Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 } 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET/ MM 15 4F/S 17 ands F/S signal, equipment Bad Ssarow, " 9 51 tons 19 1 B military goods 1 F/S 23 tons 20 and 6 B, 2 PIS ", 83 tons 29 20 1 F IS ", 4 tons 3 B.5 F/S " 2,4 tons , 3 B, 6 F/S no 47 tons 26 and 6B 2F/S no 56 tons 29 25 4B 27 3B " military goods 25 tons 2 B, 1 F/S 10 9 2B 14 15 4 F/S 15 and __10 B _,I Vs 19 18 2 B, 1 F/S 25 4 B. SECRET/ 40 tons 20 tons ", 27 tons 42 tons 43 tons ", 60 tons ", 20 tons 30 tons 148 tons 30 tons 27 tons ".. 40 tons Fuerstenwalde- South, Kummersdorf Eberawalde Luckenwalde Burgstaedt Koenigewuaterhauaen Coswig Fueratenberg/Bavsl Altengrabow Apolda Roederau Dresden-Neustsdt P Zgdeburg-Sudenburg Dresden-Neustadt, Asokov Ruiimelaburg Leipzig44ahren Freienwalde Kimmersdorf Ziesar n Fuerstenbekg/Ha4el Brest Litovsk Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 15 3.9 2 26 19 28 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 ilit*y goods 1 B, 6 F/e/A 15 tow t-s 75 tons ", 75 tons "S"40 tons ", 70 tons 95 ions 4.5 tons 85 tons 70 tons 95 tons " 5 tons ' 25X1 F uere enwa1de. - Leipzig S th , 25X1 ou E9erowa1de Sp?enherg Akan Alai uedersdorf Roederau A1tengrabo Apolda, ! enko Lieberoae Vogelsang F arste~- 12 tnnen% 1de South f F/4 " 6 tons 60 tons " s 25 tons F/S , 60 tons " s 5 tons 43 tons , 6 ton. 50 tons 70 tons F/`' ?0 tens F/ 14 tans toy 90 tons 1. B, 6 F'/E 0; 58 tons ft Cottbus Jueterbog- A .tes der Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECT/ I B. F/S military goods 36 tons I B 0-~ F/S '?, 10 totes F/S 1 F/S 6 tons "?, 5 tons 40 tons Fuerstenwalde- South, 2 B, 31/s ", 30 tons 1FS " 20 tons F/S 40 tons 7. 25 ", 160 tons 1B 3F/S 16 tons I H. 1 F/S 6 t ons 3B 3B 12 and 7B 26 3D 14 2B 26 28 2 B 3 B 4B 3.D 5B 4B SECRET/ ", 12 tons 7 tons , ", 13 tons " 9 7 tow "9.37 tons 8 tons tons ", 130 tons ", 21 tons " 15 tons a tons ?a, 15 tons 21 tons 14 tons 60 tons ", 22 tons Beustrelitz Crawinkal Gotha Lossa gelin Bmelsburg Vogelsang Brest Litovsk Burg Grinoft Dallgow Koaigsbrueck Weuruppin Nechterdtaedt Beustrelits Haidensleben Cottbus Diesenthal, Justerbog Satskorn Berms Vogelsang C-erwisoh Schwerin 'inow Ohrdr u Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET, bm 28 .2 B 26 1 F/S I F/S? 1 F/S military goods 10 tons ", 12 tons 11 tons 29 1 B, F/S ", 20 tons 9 1 B 'medical 'eauiy rent 18 1 B 19 and 2 B 29 29 ra f 8 tons ", 11tors- 6 tons 5 . a1 BI--,F/.l signal equipment 60 tons . 6 tons F'/S, 22 tone 10 2 B, 2 F/S It, 26 tons 16 19 10 -tons . ", 12 tons 12 tons 14 tons ", 10 tons Fueratenwal de- barbor, Fuerste ra lde, Baryuakl.n l zeratenwaide Fuersten,,a1de, I r$te alde Ftzersten a1de Faterstenwaide- Weldfrieden, Bad Saarow, orf SDerenb-- rg, Biesenthal. lsbesa, Neubukow, 1"a erhuette, . DresdenBeustadt , liburg-Brueckfeld, Zberswalde, Popov Chennitz Harkersdorf, F ierstenberg/ vel Jessen Luckenwalde cosswig Eberswalde Altengrabow t - staedt =`escen Neustadt Fuer$teh:?z~?~ dial Straus!berg Al t ongra1 ow SECIIrT/ 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 4 u4 SECRET/ 3. 4. Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Comment. For sketch on the supply depot north of Lea ge ahl.er Strasse see Azane :. Report refers to installation No 6, in Annex The depot houies the. ordnance and equipment park of the r , and the motor vehicle spare part depot of the GSFG, Alm and subordirtion of the depot could not be determined Co Report refers to installation No 12 in Annex ent. has. re redly been identified on documents in Fuerstenwalde since 149. belonged to the 5th ads Rifle Regt of the'3d ads Rifle Div in Wt A . Near the and of the war, the division was subordinate to the Second ads Army which is now in command in the Noscow lD. There are no indications that the division was deactivated after the war or that it is still in existence in the Fuel area, Baltic MD. C >a . The prime mover workshop and auartera on Barlinc 5t"i~xQ 5, ent. The identity of the depot could not be determined. The former is an iron foundry on Max Behnke Strasse. __... ........viva v6?ws~.8ltlG7al1~ cxrr3JJV~Y. y/. ? , 4 mm=. The shipments from Brest Litovvk trarp Q9nvtArmg vnr?rss n i i is installation. No 5 . The medical depot of the G3FG in Fuerstenwalde-Waldfrieden is installation No 11 SF-CT/ Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Ordnance S'A and gui,)ment 11e,)cat Land -otor V Part 1 enot at Fuerstenv aide Not *0 sca/e 4T - 1, --'- \ \_ 'C? Le.-end: see next DaCe . Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0 SECRET, 1 two-story permanent building with wooden roof 2- 5, 8 and 9 24 quarters, concrete foundation with wooden roof 6 and. 7 wooden 124 quarters 10 two-story peri.nent building 11 guardhouse at the main entrance 2 and 13 factory halls 14 shed and'railroad spur 15 storage halls with saw-tooth roo: , permanent building with wooden roof 16 hall, solid foundation with wooden span-roof 17 two-story building with concrete foundation 18 two-story building with concrete fouidation 19 AAA emplacement 20 officers," billets 21 gates 22 t quarters, se?perzaunent structure SECRET, Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800510006-0