STATE SECRETARIAT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF STATE RESERVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004800580007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COUNTRY East Germany
61501
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, T0,10 IS, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
SUBJECT State Secretariat for the" 'Administration DATE DISTR. 22 September 1954
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
(NOTE: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by
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1. The following thirteen depots were in use for the storage of industrial
products under the direct administration of the State Secretariat for the
National Reserves on 15-1,2V 1954z ' " '
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
Niederau, Weinb8hlerstr. 7
Forst, Gubenerstr, 5
Oranienburg) Zeppelinhalle
Velten, Hafenstr!
Gornsdorf, an Wiesengrund 3
"auedergc oi~f -,014in :tzstf-, 10
Ostritz (Jutespinnerei)
Stassfurt, Bernburgerstre 1A
Ro0owisch, .tiler .iess;ruenderstr,
Capacity in m2
211,220
7,517
39,000
35,000
8,480
2,000
45,477
15,500
unknown
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Location
Capacity in m2
Guben,Feldstr. 2 - 3A
6,000
Dresden I, Brehmerstr,
unknown
Leipzig.I, Wittenbergerstr.
1B
13,140
Tangermuende, Angeburgerstr, 37 unknown
Stores held at these depots included pharmaceutical and metallurgical products
(ferrousane nonferrous), chemicals, paper, timber, raw and manufactured
rubber (including ti--?-'s), leather, cotton and building materials. Food
reserves, which are administered independently, are not stored in these depots.
2. It is planned to spend 300,000 DME during 1954 on reconditioning the buildings
of the above storehouses for nonidible reserves. Of this sum, 90,000 DME
have been allotted to Niederau, 29,000 DME to Ostritz, 25,000 DME to Leipzig I.
and the remainderyin porportion,to the other locations.
3. Coal, coke and mineral oils are still held at one or two of the above depots,
but these stocks are in the process of transfer to the normal distribution
agencies (Deutsche Handelszentrale, Derunapht, Deutscher Schiffahrts-und
Umschlagbetrieb) where they will be he11 at a restricted number of depots
under the indirect control of the State Secretariat, as followss-
Coal and Coke: D.S.U. Fuerstenberg,Neuer Hafen
D.S.U. Rissa, n5chatzstr. R,,
D.S.U. Dresden, Magdeburgerstr 58.
Mineral oils: DHZ-KM/Derunapht ?1'yDr.esden
to Potsdam
to Erfurt
1? Schwerin
It Magdeburg
A central oil storage depot under direct control is, however, planned at
Berlin -Adlershof, Koepenickerstr 1, and negotiations are now in progress to
take this over from the East Berlin City Municipal Authority. All other
indirectly controlled depots (the so-called "Fremdlagert1) will be given.up
by 31 May 1954.
4. Returns made on 30 April 1954 showed the following stocks held by DHZ-KM/Derunapht
or their subsidiary units:-
(a) Dresden motor gasoline 1,967 tons
Diesel gasoline 35 11
motor oil (Buna) 1,663 11
none
motor oil 15 tons
Diesel gasoline 991 tons
motor oil 36 "
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(e) Magdeburg motor gasoline
motor oil
3,685 tons
30 "
Schwerin is scheduled to issue 4,280 tons of motor gasoline and 1,850 tons of
Diesel during the period 1 Jan - 30 June 1954 on behalf of the State Secretariat.
The following quantaties of coal were distributed the D.S.U. on behalf of
the State Secretariat during the period 1 J nuary - 31 March 1954:-
D.S.U. Torgau 3,538 tons
Dresden 5,980 tons
Riesa 57,615 tons
Dessau 59267 tons
Barby 5,511 tons
Magdeburg 5.035 tons
82,946 tons
This was 106% of the original plan, laid down at 77,701 tons. In the same period,
6,981 tons of coke were distributed (against a planned figure of 21,000 tons),
1,534 tons of paper (plan 1,475 tons), 1,346 m3 of railroad ties (plan 1,200 m3),
and 10,000 tons of building materials (as planned).
6. The following stocks of tires were held by the State Secretariat on 1 January 1954:-
Car tires 2,637
Car inner tubes 5,3.69
Truck tires 168
Truck inner tubes 3,902
Motorcycle tires 19278
Motorcycle inner tubes 472
13,826-
These were held at Tangen rice Niederau and Gornsdorf.
7. In April 1954, the State Secretariat purchased 500 grams of crystal insulin
from abroad for a price of 100,000 DM. It is planned to purchase a tot a'tw
ing 1954.
8. Attached Appendix "A" is a sketch map showing the distribution of depots under
the control of the State Secretariat as of May 1954, and Appendix "B" is'a
table showing the organization of the office in Berlin, as of the same date.
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DISTRIBUTION OF STATE RESERVE DEPOTS IN DDR FOR NON&DIBLE COMMODITIES
(MAY 1 )
(Directly-administered depots are underlined)
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VELTEN/ORANIENBURG
TANGERMUENDE
kUEDERSDORF
bkERSHOF
POTSDAM~ zts~a
4UESTENBERG
LEIPZIG
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GORNSDORF
RODEWISCH ,?_"
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Deputy: Emil Mader
P.A. Ingeborg Hartwig
State Secretary: Kurt Stoph
P.A. Irmgard Such
General Administration:
Finance: Kurt Seidel
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ORGANIZATION OF STATE SECRETARIAT FOR ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL RESERVES (MAY 1954)
{fnu)
Planning: Walter Weihrauch
Staff: Richard Jahnel
Registry Hanna Synatschke
Translators (for Russian) Leonore Hamster
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Industrial Products Division
Food Division
Heads Emil Mader Head: Herbert Mathe
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Acquisition and
Disposal (Ein-und
Verkauf)
Head: Eberhard Waschke
Pharmaceutical
Storehouse Acquisition and
Control (Lager- Disposal
verwaltung)
Head: Fritz? Lippold
Deputy: Frl."-Priebe
products:)
Chemicals:
Metallurgy:
Engineering products:
Textiles, Leathers
Paper., timbers
Cowl, coke:
P.O.L.:
Building materials:
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Contracts:
Metallurgy
Engineering products
Coal, cokes
Building materials:
Paper & textiles:
Chemicals:
P.O.L.:
Differt (fnu
Daehnrich (fnu)
Neuiber'b (fnu)
)
Foerster (fnu)
Pharmaceutical products:)
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Storehouse
Control
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