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

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CIA-RDP80T00246A044500400001-3
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December 22, 2016
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June 10, 2010
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1
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September 23, 1958
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246AO44500400001-3 East Germany CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This a.afldal .ontafns fat.ematfon of scUag the xafloosl D.Erose of the United States within the meaning of the >sptoaage laws. This 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 REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. PAGES 1 DATE OF INFO. PUCE & DATE ACQ. report giving the fc?lo Ins 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 ~ //50 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. ISTATE O+et.< W-.-'-I- - liblefbeli.a biio.lad by' r, Reid i .8.S.. by "#",1 Ec D $3 SEF 1 U Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246A044500400001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246AO44500400001-3 EAST GER IIANY MILITARY/ECONOMIC P.O.L. Storage at KABLOW and E.G.A. Signals Unit (1 - 12 Jul 58) M1P REFERENCES : All m ap references ar e 1/250 00, 1. The P.O.L. sto and there is no Rus reserve (ST.,..'-TS RES rage dep sian con ERVE). ot ,.t ICABLOW trol. It is is de an Eas sign.;d t Go to rman con be the s cern tate 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, 25X1 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 I 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 SECRET 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. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246AO44500400001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246AO44500400001-3 SECRET 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. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246AO44500400001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246AO44500400001-3 *. fc2 SECRET V% I I 44 frYl fs*N t- (~ ~A w/ 1a S 1 V, 0" Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11: CIA-RDP80T00246AO44500400001-3