1. POL STORAGE DEPOT AT KABLOW 2. EAST GERMAN ARMY CAMP ON THE NIEDERLEHME - WERNSDORF HIGHWAY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A044500400001-3
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 23, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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East Germany
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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1g. U.B.O. Sam 7p sad 1W, the tefasmisdon or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthoefaed person In prohibited by law.
1. POL Storage Depot at Kablow
2. East German Army Camp on the
Niederlehme - Wernsdorf Highway
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DATE OF
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tanks and the information that three more tanks are being const.
East German state reserve depot. The report gives the location of
the depot, the number and approximate dimensions of the existing
tallations in the Koenigswusterhausen area:
a. A description of the POL storage depot at Kablow, believed to be an
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b. A description of an East German Army camp on the Niederlehtne - We dry orf,..
highway which was occupied on 12 July 1958 by a Fully mechanized signal
unit of regimental strength.
c. A sketch (not to scale) showing the layout of the POL storage depot at
Kablow.
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EAST GER IIANY
MILITARY/ECONOMIC
P.O.L. Storage at KABLOW and E.G.A. Signals Unit
(1 - 12 Jul 58)
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1. The P.O.L. sto
and there is no Rus
reserve (ST.,..'-TS RES
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2. The dupot is t
o be ext
ended and enl
arg
ed.
Targ
et date
for the
completion of all i
nstallat
ions is 1961.
3. A railway conn
ection t
o the depot ,b
ran
ches
off t
he BEESK
OW-GRUNOW
line
This
sid
ing ha
s, w
ithin th
e depot,
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four lines that con
nect dir
ectly with th
e u
ndergr
ound
storage
tanks.
4. There are four
undergr
ound storage
tan
ks ne
wly c
onstruct
ed and
already in use. E
ach tank
is aperoxima.
te1
25 m
etre
s to
10 metres
wide and 7 metres d
eep
25X1
5. Three more tan
north of those desc
ks are a
ribed in
t present und
para. 4 abov
er
e.
const
ructi
on 250 m
etros
6. A new concrete
roadqay
enters the d
epo
t
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I
(25
0 metres
25X1
cast of the railway
bridge)
. This road
ru
ns no
rth t
hrough t
he. camp
and is
be
ing ex
tend
ed furth
er north.
25X1
7. The depot area
is boun
ded to the,aro
st
by th
e ZER
NSDORFER
LANKEN,
25X1
skirts the village of KABLOWER ZIEGELEI, is bounded by the Autobahn
to the north and to the west by the track running south from the Autobahn
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to the railway 25X1
On 11 Jul 58 at 1200 hours 20 x 2-axled cistern stood
at the siding within the depot.
9. There is a large E.G.A. camp, occupied as at 12 Jul 58. by an
L.G.t.. signals unit of regimental strength., The camp is situated to
the east of the road NIEDE?1LEHME-WERNSDORF
10. The entrance to the camp is off the Chaussee NEEDERLE U -WERNSDORF.
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11. The a..mp is well laid out and includes:
(a) Approximately 10 x 2-storied accommodation blocks.
(b) Canteen kitchen/recreation rooms.
(c) Garages.
(d) Petrol point (underground).
(e) Underground storage facilities.
(f) A W/T station with numbers of interconnected masts.
(g) Various other small buildings and sheds.
12. The occupying unit is fully ;mechanised. Approximately 100
W/T trucks are st i-tioned at the c unp. Those trucks .-.re mainly 2-axlod,
'.tiith normal closed box bodies.
13. The masts of the W/T station stand on concrete platforms, are
roughly 20-25 metres high and have dipoles at the top. There is also
a radar GAGE-like apparatus standing separate from the masts.
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