KVP FUEL DEPOT AT HOHENSAATEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008400920004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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ORMATI',')N REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
S-E-C-R-E-T/NOFORN
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT KV' Fuel Depot at Hohensaaten
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29 November 1955
1. During October 1955, three new fuel containers, each of 3,000 liter capacity,
were dug in near the Oderberg-Hohensaaten road, about L400 meters east of the
Saaten-Neuendorf-Oderberg railway line.
2. Fuel is transported by KVP units from the depot. During October, amongst other
shipments, one of eight trucks was observed. These had arrived empty from Halle.
3. KVP Lieutenant Colonel Birke from Strausberg makes a monthly inspection; on the
last occasion on 10 October he was accompanied by a Soviet major and captain. The
political/cultural officer of the KVP unit at the depot is Major Mller.
4. Survey work for the enlargement of the Saaten-Neuendorf station is being conducted by the
Eberswalde railway authorities and the Kreisbauhof, Eberswalde.
5. A radio transmitting station, under the Ministry of the Interior, has been
installed on the Pimpinellenberg, near the radar station, The height of the mast is
30 to 40 meters.
S E_C-R-E-T/NOFORN
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