"AREA DESCRIPTION OF PODBERESJE, USSR"

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General Statements /-See Enclosure (A,17 25X1X
2. List of Installations and Points of Interest ee Enclosure (A),
an overlay of USAF Target Complex Mosaic
0154-9852-25M of Ivankovo (approx 560 40 N - 370 091 E);
the Source was able to locate the following sites. on this
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OCT 1951
Point 1 Lake Moscow
There was a gentle slope near the dike (point 2), towards
the center of the lake which probably had aka, average
depth of two-three meters. There was a special channel
marked by buoys for ship and barge traffic. This chan:riel
led from the entrance to the Moscow-Volga canal point
50), in the direction of Kalinin (560 50r N -350 559 E)0
The buoys were red and white vertical striped conical
marker buoys, about 250 m apart.' They were about
.75 to 1.0 m in diameter and had steady lights at night.
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I thought there was surprisingly little traffic on this lake.
On some days there were no ships or barge-trains to be
seen,. and on other days I noticed only two or three barge
trains, I admit that I never watched traffic continuously
for an entire day, so my opinion could be wrong, There was
passenger traffic between Moscow to Kalinin, but I have no
knowledge of volume or schedules, Dredging equipment was
never seen. The lake froze over in winter, usually during
the middle of November, and could not be used by ship
traffic until the middle of March. Ice-breakers were
never seen, I heard from Soviets that the lake had been
frozen completely in the winter of.19LL6.
Point 2 Dike
The water-level of the lake varied from one to 2.5 m above
the ground level of the plant (point 7), depending upon
the time of the year, which influenced the amount of
water in Lake Moscow, The lake side of the dike was lined
with a facing of gray "basalt" stones of varying sizes.
The plant side was grass covered earth,
Point 3 Road
It was a dirt road about five m wide covered with small
stones. It ran the length of the dike. in the northern
direction.
Point 4 Troop Maneuver Area
This area,, consisting mostly of marsh land was used as a
troop maneuver area during the months of August and'
September 2T5X jiver
observed the maneuvers myself b.t heard from German-eye-
witnesses that infantry troops, using light tanks and
observation planes, engaged in simulated warfare, I also
heard that there was a small tent city set up during these
months. Neither the number of troops engaged nor any other
details are known to me, A German who was taking a walk
near the area during this time was held for three hours
for questioning before being released, I.avoided this.
area at all times, as it was malarial and was infested with
adders and vipers.
Point Sand Dune
it was about three m above the water, and about 25.40
wide, depending upon the water-level of the lake, "I.
think it was formed by dredging and not by deposition. The
sheltered area had once been used as.a seaplane anchorage,
according to Soviets. 'There were no sea-walls, There was
an opening at the bend in the dune, and it was about one-
half meter under water in September 1950, The tip of the
dune had a cemented stone tower, about 3-4 m high, one meter
in diameter.. There was no light or bell indicator seen.
Point 6 Fence
Three m high. Dural sheets formed the bottom half of the
fence; spaced ducal extrusions formed the _top, akin to a
picket fence, It was in good condition and completely
enclosed the development plant.on three sides,.
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Point Plant Area
This was the area' of Development Plant No 1 (Zavod #1)
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Point 8 Road
Concrete 10 m wide. It led from the main building
(point 95, over the dike (point 2)s and into the lake,
It was used to transport the EF-l O (V-3) from the
plant to the airfield at Borki. This was the only time
while I was in Podberesje that this facility was used
for transporting material,
Point. Main Building
It contained the workshops and some of the offices of
the Junkers and Siebel groups.. The mosaic was not sharp
enough to show the definite "I"-form of the building.
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Point 10 Building
This group of buildings was no longer standing
Poi. Building
This buildings the former plant boiler ho a.se.9 was no
longer standing It was raeplgA
by another boil,
Point 12 Fire House
Brick buildings 30.x 20 x 8 m with a slate covered
gable roof. There was a 16 m high wooden tower
continually manned by a fire look-out. The fire depart-
ment had one fire truck with a motor driven rump and one
fire truck with hoses, Further details are not known..
.Point _U 3 Post Office
This wooden blockhouse, 24 x 8x 8 m, two-storied1 gable
roofs slate covered, housed the post office and also a
bar.
Point 14. Police Buis
This was a wooden building 24 x 8 x 8 m, two-storied,
gable roofs slate covered, It housed the local militia
of the MYD.
Point 15 Club House
The building material was unknown as it was stuccoed and
painted white. It was 35 x 15 x 5 m, slightly gabled
wood roof, tare apes covered. It was known as "Flub
Savoda" (Plant Clu ), It was used for Communist Party
meetings, dances, court sessions, movies., etc. Germans
could rent it for concerts or other presentations,.
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Point 16 Barracks
This was a German PW camp prior to September 1947,E The
buildings were later used as living quarters by the
Soviets working In the development plant.
Point 17 Blockhouses
Three wooden blockhouses, 22 x 7 x 8 m., two-storied.,
gable roofed. They were used for Soviet dwellings.
Point 18, Market Place. I
It was open every day but only foodstuffs were sold..
Point 1 Roads
Most of the roads in Podberesje were paved.. LOn the
enclosure of this report, the streets and roads are
coded to indicate the ty e of surf aces The one
indicated as "brick dust , was covere - with finely
crushed bricks from the torn-down church, (Point 20).
It was known as "Kirchstrasse" by the Germans. The
"dirt roads? were just that., for all practical purposes.,
even though some of them were covered with small stones
picked up frown the nearby fields and thrown-on the roads
This field stone (feldstein) surface sank into the mud
during thaws or rainy seasons The road leading to
Kimry (560 441 N - 370 18" E) was of the dirt or field
stone type from Point 20 ono It was about 6 m wide, It
was impassable for cars and trucks during the thawing
and rainy seasons a During winter, all signs of a road
disappeared and communication with Kimry was out off
except for sleighs? I do not know whether any of the
streets had names or not.: The name "Kirchstrasse" wa
applied by the Germans and was definitely not official
Point 20 Former Church Site
During my stay in Podberesje the church was torn down and
there was no building standing there in September 1950.
-Point 21 Athletic Field
Point 22 Plant Restaurant
Brick building, U-shaped, two-storied gable roof covered
with red tiles. The base was about 45-50 in long., the
north side about 35 m long and 12 m wide, the south side
about 25 m long and 10 m. wide. Known as "The Hotel".
it had rooms which could be rented for various purposes
parties, chess club meetings, etc.
Point 23 Garase
Brick building, 80 x 80 x 8 m, two-storied, slightly
sloping flat roof, tarpaper covered. Each wing had a
triangular, steel frame glass skylight running lengthwise.
,It contained four 705-tarn Mack trucks, five 5-tan Mack
trucks, fourteen 3-ton Zia trucks, and two 1.5-ton Zis
trucks; eight passenger cars, all of German make; two
snowplows and two caterpillar trucks; and two 3-ton fuel--
tank trucks, used for hauling liquids used by the Siebel
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group from the railroad siding near the locks (point,35),,
to the plant (point 7).. The second floor contained,
offices., inc 1.uding the plant telephone exchange, There
were six women engaged as operators, with three shifts.,
and two operators per shift. The telephone line to
Moscow went through the administration office of the lock
(Point 35)? and calls were only xant through if the
operators there "felt like it".
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Point 24 Agartment BuildjUs
The corner buildings were four stories high, built of
brick, and had gable roofs covered with grey tiles. The
others were two-storied, The buildings in the center
were a school and a nursery for Soviet children only.
. Point Dwelling Houses
Wooden prefabricated houses., inhabited by managerial
German personnel,
jo-jat. 26 Dwelling Houses
Wooden prefabricated houses, inhabited by German
personnel They were smaller and closer together than
those in point 25 and regularly spaced.
Point Sewage Disposal Plant
There were eight basins for sludge treatment.. After the
water had been removed., the remaining material was trucked
away to be used as fertilizer by a kolchose in the vicinity,
Poi8 Dwelling Area
This area was covered with wooden blockhouses inhabited
by the Soviets, The block houses were of various
dimensions ,, since they were built by the people living In
them, They were about 5-6 m from each other.
Point 29 Spillwaxs
There were four spillways, each about six m wide. They
were separated by reinforced concrete constructions about
six m wide. Soviet fishermen angling on the north side
of the Volga River told me that each spillway supplied
water. to two tbinesg and I believe that the construct.oin
was large enough to do so, There was about eight in
difference between the Lake Moscow level and the Volga
River level,-Water care out of the turbine houses in
continuous flow -- there were no separate outlets. The
steel spillway gates could be opened, but I do not know
how, The asphalt road over the concrete arch spillways
was about 3.5-4 m above the level of Lake Moscow, depending
upon the time of the year, There were two heavy portal
(jib) cranes? full revolving, running on three tracks on
the Lake Moscow side of the spillway dam. I assume they
were used to replace turbines., but I do not know their
.capacity? They were electrically driven,, but I never saw
them in operation,
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Point C Hydro-electric Power Plant
Name unknown ? brick buildings about 150-200 m longs
width nknowns about 79 m high9 gable roof covered with
7 red. tiles, The northernefiwas .most all windowso
about 5 m high and 2 m wide, I saw no equipment outside
of this building. I heard nothing about damage received
in World War II. This plant supplied power to Moscowp
according to rumors heard in the development plant.,. and.
the high tension line (point )42)5 would seem to sub-
stantiate this belief. I assume that it was constricted
during the period when the Moscow-Volga Canal was built.
This plant also supplied power to Podberesje, It went
through a transformer station in the plant (Point 7) and
a switching house in Podbere je, I do not know holy C A
big freeze in 1946 affected power production,. I have no
information about ca acit s equipment, labor forces
security, etc,
there that the voltage coming to the 'plant (point
was 10, 000 V,
Point 31 Dam
Vertical on both sides to the water level,. I do not know
what the bottom configuration was. It had a grey "basalt"
stone facing,
Point 32 Breakwater
3.5 m above water level. Faced with grey basalt blocks,
No lights, were ever seen on the tip of the breakwater,
Point 33, Staff
.3 m high statues of Stalin and Lenin, standing on granite
bases about 2,3 m high... They were floodlighted at night.
Point 3 4 Teel.
This. tunnel under the Volga River was for the road from
Podberesje to Dmitrov (560 171 N -'370 30 E) and Moscow.
Its overall length was about 150 in. It was 10 m, wide
which included a 1 m sidewalk on each side of the road,
A sign 'in Russian stated that trucks could not be above
4,25 m high when going through it i- The tunnel had
concrete walls and arches, The approaches to the tunnel
were faced with grey basalt stone blocks. I do not know
the depth of water at the deepest point above the tunnels
but thought it had to be at least 2.5 to 3 m, in order -tai
allow Volga River passenger ships to clear-1t, There were
recesses inside the' tunnels but-their purpose is not known,
Telephone or fire equipment was not observed in the tunnel.
The guards at each entrance had telephones 4 It had.
natural draft ventilation.. I have no details regarding
traf?f ic, except that Zavod #1 trucks could not go through
the tunnel during the hours of 2200 to 0600 without the
Soviet Plant Director getting special permission, I do
not know if other traffic during these hours was controlled.
Snow fell in this area from mid-November to . mid-April,. but
there was no peak snow period and the tunnel was never
blocked, There were no fog periods noticed, I have no
information on drainage. There was a guard house at each
entrance, containing four-five military guards, who wore
Soviet unifor s and were armed with carbines, They
operated toll-pike barriers at each entranced.
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Point 35 Look
Reinforced concrete construction, l5Oml7O m long, 12 m
wide, It raised or lowered-ships about 8 ran, The gates,
thickness unknown, were hinged at the bottom and swung
westward into the water. I passed through this lock on
a passenger ship once only and remember-that it took
about fifteen minutes to raise the ship. Lights were
noticed on the eastern end at night. Soviet Navy guards
were stationed at each end of the look, armed with carbine o
Point 36, Gate Houses
Two buildings, housing the electrical machinery required
to raise and lower the look gates, were located at each
end of the lock. Dimensions or other details are not
known,
Point , 31 Landing Platform
Wooden construction, 12 x 4 to 5 m, Passenger ships would
stop there occasionally for large groups taking an
excursion on the Volga River, It was also used for.un,-
loading coal destined for the development plant boiler
house. It. was brought from here to the plant by trucks.
The trucks were loaded by hand. No cranes were available.
I' do not know why coal was not brought to the development
plant via Lake Moscow and unloaded at the plant i.tee .ftl,
Poi. 8 Volga River
Used for both barge and passenger traffic. The largest
barge observed was steel, about to 70-80 m long, 6 m wide,
diesel-powered, Other barges were towed with side-wheeler
tugs, coal-fired. Open and hatch type barges were seen,
but I do not know what they carried., Lumber rafts. were
quite frequently seen going toward. Lake Moscow. The
open barges were very low in the water. Barge-trains up
to four -and five barges were seen, towed by one or two
tugs. The tugs sometimes traveled abreast on Lake
Moscow. I saw a barge loaded with truck and automobile
tires while..I,was going through the look (point 35), on a,
passenger ship, Various sizes of passenger ships were
seen, I traveled on one which was 30-40 r long, with a
beam. of about 6-7 m, which I estimate carried about 350
passengers, Its draft in not known, It was screw-driven,
diesel-powered. The Volga was not navigable during
winter, but the freezing period depended on the severity
of the weather, No ice-breakers were seen on the Volga.
Sand-bare or other obstructions were not noticed in the
middle of the stream.
#oint ' Mal
Reinforced concrete, about 150 m long, 8-10 m wide. A
number of buildings were located near it, but their
purpose and dimensions are not known. No cranes were
noticed. I , only passed this point twice during my stay
in the USSR. Passengers going to K,inry, Kalinin, or Moscow
.boarded their ships here. There was a passenger ship
leaving here for Moscow at 0730 and another. 1730. This
trip took about five hours, according to Germans who had
made the trip. There were ships making the Moscow-Kimry
run which also stopped here, but I do not know their
hours. They carried first, second and third class
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passengers. The quay was also used by Moscow-Kalinin
ships; their schedule is also not known. The trip to
Kier took about two hours on the passenger ship
mentioned in Point 38, I noticed motor boats loaded
with buoys heading for Lake Moscow from this point 9 and
heard that they were serviced by men stationed there,
Point 40 Bolshoi Volga
I have no details about this town as I never entered it.
Point 41 Breakwater
About .285 to 3 m above the level df the water,, f aced.
with grey basalt stone blocks. It-had ~ marker light
on its 'tip.
Point 42 High nsion Line 3 1< 1
?' n..nl n 0' 7.
Steel towers, 8-14 m high, varying ac cording to the
terrain. Three .cross-bars, each about 5 in long, carrying
two cables each.. The cross-bars were 1.5 m apart.
'Insulators were about .75 m long,, each with four petti-
coats, The thickness of the cable or its composition
is not known. The voltage is not known. I heard that
this line ran to Moscow,
int 4 Railroad
Single track, Soviet gauge. It ran on an embankment
varying from , 5 to. 4 n above the marshy ground., I
thought it extended further to the East,, so the extension
is included on the accompanying sketch, This line was
not used for passenger traffic as far as I know, except
for one time when the Germans who were returned to Germany
in September 1950 were loaded into trains on the siding
shown. The station was known as the Bolshoi Volga
station, although it was closer to Ivankovo9 aoint 444.
below) I heard from Siebe]. engineers that liquids used.
in their liquid rocket engine were brought to this same
siding from Dm .trov, The liquids were then transferred
to tank-trucks and brought to the plant. I had no
opportunities to observe freight cars olosely and knew
nothing more about freight traffic on this line.
Point 44 IVankovo
I never entered this town., I hea3Wnat it was larger
than Podberes je, but have no information on population,
Point * Bridge
Continuous span, steel plate girder bridge about 80-100
m long.,. Reinforced concrete embankments on each side and
one in the center, I do not know.what the bridge crosssed9
as I only observed it from the other side of the Volga
River, I noticed locomotives with 4-5 enclosed freight
cars, but I can give no further details.
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Point 4+6 munitions Plant
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Approximate location of an ost oible ammunition plant.
'I observed about 8-10 round buildings with conical roofs
from the other side of the river. These buildings were
about 3.5 m high, including the roof, and about 2.5 m in
diameter, They were gray, but I have no knowledge of the
material which was used in construction. These bt ildings
had a 40?50 em space between the side and the roof, and
I assume that these-openings were intended to reduce the
blast effect of an explosion,. I once saw the same type
of buildings in a munitions plant in Germany, I also
noticed a verv high building about 7-8 stories high in
back of the others,(point 47) and assumed this was an
administration building, since it had many windows
(like an office building) facing the Volga River, Full
observation of this area was limited by trees growing on
the plant area and the shore line, I had many glimpses
of this Dlant during in Podberes je and saw it in
M 'I was told by Soviet
wor ers at the development plant that the area. was
restricted and anyone 0a . roachin i. 't was warned away at
the point of a gun. a bar~b(1A
wire fence and a guar tower w en *s e was wa; king in the
vicinityd I considered this plant to be a "munitions
plant", since the Soviet workers in this plant referred
to it by their term for munitions, These workers, ,1te
operators and other machinists, told me personally th,t
they were considering leaving the development plant and
going to work in the monitions plant across the river,
because they could earn more mnnncy. there. I heard that
many lathe operators were required in the munitions
plant and assumed., therefore., that shells were being ,
or were to be produced, -1 also heard, from some German
who had been on the south side of the Volga River, that
they had encountered German women who were penal laborers
in the plant,
Point k Building
Approximate location of ostensible administration building
belonging to the "munitions plant", It was built of a
reddish material, probably brick and was about 150-170 mm
long, Two stories were' visible above the trees in the
area, Other dimensions and roof type are not known.
No smokestacks were seen,
ga e48 Perr
For passengers and vehicles,. It could.carry a three-ton
truck. I .crossed here once on-my way to Konakova
(56?12? N-36?501
Point Road
Led to Eonakov&. -It was a dirt road, about 5 m wide, in
very poor condition,
Point 50 Moscow Volga Canal,
The banks were lined with grey basalt stone blocks. 2J14? not
know if the bottom also was lined, There were. no buoys in the
canal. There were eight locks between'the entrance and Moscow,
but I cannot locate them on any charts,
a boat trip to Moscow,
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Point 51 Road
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This road was asphalt, about 8 m wide, and in good condition,
It led toiritrov and Moscow,
Point .52 Stream
Name unknown.. It was led under the canal by means of a
viaducts diameter of other details are not known,
Point Pimping Stations
one on each side of the canal. I have no information on the
dirnensions9 capacity or purpose of these pumping stations.
Point 54 Few
For passengers and vehicles,
attempted to grow r'ye9 potatoes and turnips on their land,, but with
very little success,. as the soil was too sandy.
Industrial and Economic Characteristics
in 19479 and 11 Soviets died in Podberesje, other epidemic
disease outbreaks did not occur during my stay. The native
.as dye-stuffs. Two blood tests a year were taken of the workers
to see if they were dying the ger?mb Each person also received
a yearly vaccination against typhus, There was a typhus epidemic
color, I do not know if the populace in Podberesje was also
furnished atabrine, These tablets were used by the German wive
soutern side of the Volga River had banks about 4,5 m high.
Coniferous trees were the only trees growing in the area. The
-,ground north of Podberes je was quite marshy, The development plant,
area was one-two m below the level of Lake Moscow, depending upon
the time of the year. Most extreme tempera ?u. c s reached were Minus
450 C in winter and, plus 420 C in summer, Av erage in winter was
-300C and in summer 3500. The district was malarial during the
summer and atabrine was distributed to the workers during this
period. The area was also dusted by a Soviet biplane two or three
times a week during summer.. The material was greenish-yellow in
Physical. Characteristics
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The entire area was quite flat, with only slight elevationse The
(a) The aircraft development plant (point 7). the munitions plant
(,point 46), and the power plant (point 30), were the only
important installations, -The canal and looks, wer;e$ of course$
important for transportation, Those Soviets who were not
employed in one of these places were either engaged in
commercial activities or fishing. As stated previously, he
co tjon of the soil was not conducive to successful farrnix gb
(b) There was no airfield in the immediate vicinity of Podber?es je.
Small courier planes occasionally landed in an open meadow south-
.east of the sewage disposal plant (point 27), There .were no
runways or othnn faci.lities.CSee also Procurement Procedures
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maintaining liaibon with the flight test fields by means of
courier planes.?
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Political and Sociological Characteristics
(a) Podberesje belonged to the Kimry Rayon and the Kalininskaya
Oblast, It had a mayors name unknown, presumably appointed
by Rayon headquarters in Kimry. The MVD had offices in the
southern wing of the plant restaurant (point 22), and in the
station (point 14). The.MVD also had representatives in the
development plant; namely Jurschin and P P Smirnowe I have
no knowledge of the ethnic .background of the inhabitants of
PodberesJe, but about 10% were unmistakably Mongolians.,
according to their features, eyes, complexion and hair.
(b) Most of the houses:were wooden, either the usual Soviet
blockhouses or Finnish prefabricated houses, which were
being constructed in the newer, southern part of Podbereajea
The newer houses had a sewage system, whereas the others,
primarily along the road to Kimry,, had none.. The only
masonry houses were those occupied by the Germans. (point 24).
.1 heard that these apartment buildings had been constructed
by Americans in 1936. These buildings had central heat A
supplied from the plant boiler house, and ring water. Water
(c), tElectricity should have been 220 v, but it usually fluctuated
between 160-210 v, Podberesje had a monthly current
consumptionlimit,and when it was reached the current would
be out off. In order to spread out the allotment, current was
out off at certain times each day.- These times were not defi-
nitely fixed, but.'varied with the rate of consumption and the,
time of the month, Current was nearly always available from
0500 to 0700`,. 1100 to 13009 and 1700 to 2000 hours. In
winter,, current was seldom available after 2200 hours, The
hotel, apothecary, -stores, and some dwellings were'on a 25X1A
special line which. was never out off intentionallyb These
(d) Dwelling houses in the newer (the southern) part of Podberesje
were connected to a water system, Water was supplied-by a well
in the development plant and pumped from the boiler house. The
older part had wells and hand pumps. There was no metering
system, and some inhabitants of - the newer part of Podberesje
had huge sprinkling installations to water their vegetable
gardens.
(e) There were five dsaotore. in the town. There was a Soviet
doctor in the plant, as well as three nurses, for first-
aid only. Serious cases, were sent to wry where X -Ray equip-
ment was available. Dentistry was also done in Kimry.
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The Soviets ` aall carried identification cards with attached
photographs* I have no information concerning travel restrictions
placed on the. Soviets, The Germans never carried identification
cards,.but were not supposed to leave Podbereeje for any reason
without an MAD guard dressed in civilian clothes. This also
applied to the Junkers Chief Designer; Bgggg 9 even.when he was on
off ieiel business and oo pa nied by his .bots,$ the ' Soviet Plant
Director, At Dmitrowg there was a check made - at the ticket
,..windows but not on the trains, To avoid this the German women
would catch a ride on a truck to Kimr7 where there were no controls
and then take the train.through Dmitrow to' Moscowe The guards
at the tunnel are described under point 34r,rit 'mmet.ods at
the plant (point 7),0 are covered in Report 25X1 A
Guards, armed with carbinesp were also stationed a the sp ].. s
-(point 29). the hydro-electric plant (point 30), the locks (point
. 35), and at the pumping stations (point 53),
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