SITE LAYOUT OF PLANT 88 AND SURROUNDING AREA, PODLIPKI

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• Publication Date: September 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY USSR (Moscow Oblast) REPORT
SUBJECT Site Layout of Plant 88 and Surrounding DATE DISTR.
21 September 1953
Areas Podlipki
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Page 2, Point lit Komsomolskaja should read Komsomolskaya
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8 of Plant 88, Podlipki
Institute 88 (NIT 88) was thf ralair0150X1-HUM
an administrative notion of Plant_00 (Zavod 88). (Point'in).
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of
interests arose
points are
of Kaliningrad
This
-kept park, was
marked on an overlay
Guided Missile Plant, Mosoows see Enoloinaos
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area, which had several buildings in a 10/00
surrounded by a two-meter high wooden fence.'
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Mall
Sanatoriums
well
FIEUK0 present president of the DAR, had lived here during
War II, Dm PUTZE and SCHWARZ, Germanmaptoialials, who.
for the Soviet Air Ministry in Monocle. lived here until
World
worked
1947.
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Point 2 Road. .It was about 10 meters wide and covered with gravel.
It was in poor condition, although it was the main thorough-
fare in this area. The traffic consiated mainlg of trucks.
It led to Mamontovka and Pushkino t(156 1? N-17 51? E) by
way of the suburb of Taxasovka (55 58? N--37 50? E). 50X1-HUM
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Point 3 :Road. .This girt road was about six meters wide. It led to
Bolshevo (55 56? N--37 51? E) and Valentinovka. This road
passed,a group of atone buildings about 15 minutes ride from
rtheilalanitthey were barracks because Soviet soldiers,
trucks and jeeps near them. The soldiTs wore the usual Sovieg
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army uniform.
Point 4,
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Unknown plant0
the entire area was surrounded by a two-meter50X1-HUM
high wooden fence.
A'plaster statae of Lenin was standine in .front of the
:sant 5
entrance6 Until 1948
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Istrounn of Carman PWIp coltprinp thp AFAR..
where
were usually about a hundred of them.
Was two meters high and surmounted'
were no watchtowers.
Fame. This wooden fence
with barbed wire. There
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Residential section. Small, wooden houses 'flooding in a wooded
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Residential oection. Three-storied brick houses.
they
were inhabited by Soviet ciVilieno.
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Residential section.
Throe- or more-atoned brick hauler
were
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being constructed her'
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Point .9
Railroad,otation. This
wooden building no about 10 x 5 x
miters. Iti.had a low pitch roof 50X1-HUM
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veiny 11). wickets could be purchased here, but they were not
needed to get on the train. Tickets were shown to railroad '
employees on the train.
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Point 10 Overpass. This wooden construction crossed over the railroad
tracks.
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Railroad. This electrified railroad
the-Germans working in Podlipki.
.20 minutes
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was called the "S-Bahn"
they were all painted dark Rreen.
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Trains in one direction ran about eveami_wimA
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No train identification was seen on the ,50X1-HUM
coaches. The, motor received its power by means of a pantograph
touching an overhead wire'suspended.,by wooden poles. The time
required to travel from Podlipki to the Eomsomolskaja station
of the.S-Bahn in Moscow was about 35 minutes. There were four
other statione east of Podlipki.
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Point 12
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Larder. This establishment consisted of three or four simple
wooden buildings, which were used as a distribution point fervi
potatoes and vegetables. These foodstuffs were given out5?X1 -HUM
according to a list available to the employees here. Other
warehouses were located east of the plant
Point 13 Plant 88.
in 1926.
War II,
that time,
the
the plant had existed
the plant during World 50X1-HUM
produced military equipment during
as the plant belonged to the Ministry for Armament.
plant as Plant 88 only
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It suffered no damage during World War 11,
cranes werebuilt in the plant
flatcar-loads
several
of agricultural machinery,
There was coal stored in '50X1-HUM
corner of the plant area (Point 36)
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roads i were apouc six metexe iide 50X1-HUM
the northeast
n the plant area
paved MU
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or asphalt0
as well as. Soviet trucks,
some Studebaker trucks,
Railroad engines coming into the
plant were steam-operated, I
the total labor forced was divided -almost 50X1 HUM
equally between sexes. The working day was from 0800 to 1700
hours, mith,3/4 hours off for lunch, six days a meek,
department in the plant
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fire
all large plants have
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44" 000 E) and vicinity.
it was not definite if Plant 88 was going to.be moved tnere.
Point Railroad spun_
this track
railroad oars'Itanditi on
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the FMS-train was usually standing on this track
when It was not in Rapustin. The German specialists going to
Gorodomlya were loaded into the passenger coaches of the EMS-
train, but they were no different than other sleeping-cars.
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Point 15
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Institute 88. This sandstone building was about 25 x 20 x 15
meters, had two stories, and had a hipped roof covered with
slate. It contained the administrative offices of Plant 88
as well as the offices of Institute 88. It also contained 50X1-HUM
the offices of the First Department. There was a canteen in5oxi -HUM
the basement. The building could bp pntered only by those
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..:sessinz a special pass0 j
it was not identical to the plan
pass. The elec r c powe ?pply in the institute was never
interru ted althou h there was occasional volt :e fluctuation.
had running water
us w ?.ou ?o intr. It had no noticeable taste
to it, The building had a sewage system. Fire protection was
furnished by portable water extinguishers in the halls, as
well as axes. There was no fire alarm system. The institUts
had a-telephonusystem.
Design offices. This brick, L-shaped building was about
25 x! 25 x 10 x 15 meters. It had two stories and a low pitch
roof coveredWith black tarpaper, The upper story had very
large windows and housed drafting/design offices. German
specialists worked hero during the last months of 1946 but
it was then taken over by the Soviet power plant group of
Institute. 88, which was under the supervision of DREW,. 50X1-HUM
Plant entrance. Entry to the plant was controlled by men and
women. in clothwe
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Plant entrance.
Point 19 Plant road. It was about six meters wide and payed with
concrete.
Polnt 20
Pence, This wooden fenbe was about two meters high and was
surmounted b a strand of barbed wire. It wa no 'i3i.umin5ox1 HUM
ted at ni ht
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Point 21 swrat heaps. The scrap consisted mostly of lathe turnings,
Hand the metals in it were steel,
brass and aluminum. Tnere are also liige pieces of scrap
Point 22
These scrap heaps gave a very disorderly impression.
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Unknown installation. There were several low, buildings
located in this area
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Point 23 Fence. This wooden fence was about two meters high and
surmounted with barbed wire.
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Point 24 Watchtowers. They were about six to eight meters high.
Point 25
Point 27
constructed of wood.
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Market. This open air market had permanent and temporary
booths for the sale of clothing, foodstuffs, etc. A per-
mit was required to sell things here, but there were many
people who attempted to sell one or more personal items 50X1-HUM
without purchasing such a permit.
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Grocery store. This establishment, known as the
"Gastronom", sold foodetuffe without rep r ng ration coupons.
Poliklinik. This brick building was about 25 x 15 x 15 meters
and had two stories. It had a roof covered with a black
materiatail_t_aervad_as a hospital for the workers of Plant
88. number of beds in it.___n4may hai50X1-HUM
been anywhere between 20 and 50. I
e ospital
had eye and nerve speoialists, as well as doctors familiar
with female disorders. X-ray work could be done here. It ?
also had surgeons and dentists. 50X1-HUM
Point 28 Airfield.
rue -loin WAR fAnopd in alnno t.hs 'ran
thn nivrthnrn AVI4
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there were two "old" aircraft on the
field There were several
middle sections and combustion chambers of old A-4 rockets
laying on the ground west of the workshop (Point 29). The
field was restricted to all Germans 50X1-HUM
tint 29 Workshop. This brick building, 30 x 8 x 8 meters, had one
story. Its flat roof was covered Iiith tarpaper The work-
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The Soviet
chief of the German power plant group, UMANSKI, had his
office here.
Point 30 Guard building. This wooden construction, 15 *8 x 6 meters,
had a low pitch gable roof covered with tarpaper. The air-
field guards were billeted here. The guards stationed at
the airfield entrance (Point 31) did not wear uniforms
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Passes to enter tne area were issued by 50X1-HUM
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Point 31' Airfield entrance. There were usually two guards posted here.
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Point 32 Design office. This brick building, 20 x 15 x 15 meters,
had two stories. It had a low pitch gable roof covered with
tarpaper. It housed German design engineers during most
of the time from December 1947 to March 1948. GROETTRUP5ox1 -HUM
had his office in here, as well as MYRACH, JASPER, BAHR, .
REBITZKY, and WUTTKE. Only a few Soviets had offices here.
Point 33
Point. 34
Point 35
Ru41dina.
AA it could be enteked with a special pass
only0 a test-stand
for a model of the Wasserfall rocket combustion chamber was
setup in it and thatburning tests were being conducted.
The German specialists working here were HARNISCH,-PFLANZE,
and FALKENMEYER.
Office building. This brick building was about 25 x 15 x 15
meters, had two stories and &flat roof covered with tar-
paper. It housed the German power plant group as well as
some Soviet engineers. Among the Germans working here
were UMPFENBACH, FERCELAND, 17.77, FRITSCH, E.,
POINTNER, lENDLANDT, SCHAEFER , BERTHOLD. The
German construction group also a s offices here.
Included in this group were JAFFKE, ZEIDLER R.,
FIEGER
and SEIFENSIEDER'
Gasoline: station. reline was stored in wooden
buried in the groun
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barrels
Rtint 36 Coal dumn Large piles of coal were always seen here
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