LOCATION OF SOVIET ARMY QUARTERMASTER SUPPLY DEPOTS IN EASTERN GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200410009-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SFOM/SEoCURITY INFORMLUM
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR/Eastern Germany
SUBJECT Location of Soviet Army Quarter site-r
Supply Depots in Eastern Germany
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1 G One of the largest depots for artillery tanks, and. aaimvmition was to rated,H up to
July. 2948 .~n the region of Rathenow L2?36' .' 12?2050. A storehouse of
spare parts for tanks and artillery was also located there, as well as a
repair shop for tank motors in which more than 150 specialists, all of them
military personnel, were employed. Workmen from among the German population
were not allowed there. All the war materiel left by the army and units
transferred to the Far East was stored there too.
2. Tank motors and spare parts were stored in the hangars of a former airf .eld
between the towns of Ludwigelust 53?l9 L1?30j and Grabow 53016?, llo3j .
There was a railway branch leading to that storage.
3. There was a large storehouse of clothing and sanitary supplies in the c-i.ty
of Magdeburg Z5_20101, 1104017, which supplied the current needs of the
3rd Shock Army.
4. In addition, there were tremendous food supply depots in the city of
Magdeburg for the current needs of the 3rd Shock Army, with a permanent
yearly reserve fund.
59 A storage depot of ?'NZ provisions was located in the town of Schwerin
53038', 110235 at the railroad freight station; it was subordinate to
the 3rd Shock Army.
6. The largest storage depot of the occupation army in Germany was located
in the suburbs of the town of Schoenebeck 52?Ol', 11?4+527, 18-20 kilo-
meters from the town of Magdeburg. It belonged to a group of occupation
forces and supplied all the Army depots. Here were concentrated all the
clothing, hospital supplies, the equipment for the Army and Division
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bakeries.. mobile kitchens for all the units of the groups, medication,
and rubber for the motor vehicles.
In the town of Schoenebeck itself there was also a storage depot of
Group provisions, kitchen re9 and china.
A truck and spare parts depot was located in the town of Greifswald
L? 9, 13?23j.
In the village of Tangermunde 52033', 11?575, on the site of a former
artillery range an assembly shop for aviation motors was built underground
during 1916-1918, which was to go into operation at the end of 1948.
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