SOVIET AND GERMAN ADMINISTRATION OF LAND MECKLENBURG

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 29, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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INTELLVGENCE REPORT oxsrn5.r:_
COUNTRY "e:! rza (tu iar Zop
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This document is hereby recd a'9oi
CONFIDENTIAL in accordL :~c : w:t:l t:,..
ref 16 October 1J($ Corn t''F
p cto o Central Irr eti;rer~ e LO
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Archivist of ,:re United S.a:es. PAI
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The Soviet A.d I ,Astrration of Land Mee'kie burgv; located on ? -Oss<
atrasse,0 Sc hee a:.nq Include n the :`ol o a a
Chief of ~~ ~'- Major Genera(. Trttfano'v'
Chief of c? 'A for Trade and Sup iya Frt Lut I . c 71 .tug?
it .3? ,r cup IL t u t' la, c,oalonel M 1W ,t.lllov
h ct o : the ~ : 1.ttc a Tact . on Co onel "air bri kt
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~j ~W ,p' ,! y' g.he GY'(,c/~ W.y~onba+n, o. yh .c.y;.on,~^ r~.y: t 7ia pjoq~ ~ p~
chief o No be A3~.
Land ckleiftu .s div , into three ~ ~each wit
otrendatura
x ~ 'Ir + I rtali?. rclu ~ g Krei ~`''s a'Y' e 'ifl h .ge T~anr.t~ J . k~i.ix fad
and Pa:t'4:b.tii &M::~ll lax datu 'i ,":i. ad
1rc' 1,3 I.Ai trow, arr en,,o !i:nlchi,~.n.$.
and Nkeabrandenbm'gs ko Ten+edatura headed by
:b.: r; i ]. Ba age yan
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# i~' ;xr~a.fewald includ1.nk~ Krcis R11gen; Strt&lsund,, V ,,,d j,
' . t n g kxra .f s ial Ankiarn Ueelcorr6 de and o Y " $I
,k.vx e..datura a:headed by Colonel c ;:, esn ko ,.
There are K.:r'e ,;~, ko a;?ndatur ? 'Co the strength of sixty to e"
men in The . .
7?TBl'~ ~{ S. A.iyy the i~ L.R.''~~F 1~~ 4~ Staff In 3.3 1 ji .~i. /' .,,,l.I111.A?VAL+~,y^- for 'b.~.#1Ku'LGLL,.A1W , iS \?i~?~. '1 i 4a~LAe..
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a t.a[lrrit:: ndan N.a Lt,,, Coll-..one . `t.'' thehka i
:Ce :luty Ctx't" la'~dant an e. Offi,co."? for Ec enomic Qu? st 1onr ,
for Economic ,uestio . , Captain Mathkov
Political Off ieor , Major Rosh1cov and Major P11 ene v
school Qu . Aion ? r.Lt.0 Colonel Sai,tzov
f *,,..; e1 fn), o ; .1azE,,tion, 11"t Dav1.tic
'tnano ia. ,(4~Le s, lot Lt, bronoase
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4. The Krei s komendatura of Sch5nberg, located in August-Bebasl-Strasse,
is commanded by Lt. Colonel Denilenkov. His staff includes let Lt,
Ryabzhun, head of the political section,, a professor of to Lenin
School in Nosoow9 and Major Shorrin for agricultural questions,
The Kreis 14D is commanded by Captain Suchenkov; its headquarters
is the former police court in Amtsetrasse.
5. T
hekrovertunent of Land Mecklenburg is called Landeeregien: rtg
Air
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'he f.., Yn ~ !"?Jp(!~L1fS nCd nt ~ Lt, Colonel ivancr, was reca: t'Lad to
Moscow because of fraudulent financial accounts and the aNcldalous
conduct of his former political officer, Lt. Shukol. Although the
present comma.r,dant arrived in Grirnmen in February, Ivanov did not
depart until s ; May 1947 o
ac
enburgo it consists or the minister president and seven state
ministries, bearing the designation Landesregierung des Staats-
ministerium,. Each rr. nistry is designated as Landesregiextlng
Mecklenburg., M,Ministerium fur ... The minister-;president and each
state minister signs for his ministry with his name and office
designation; the deputies of the president and ministers sXgn with
the notation "Representing" (In Vertretung or IV); and all other
signatories use the notation "By order of" (Irn Auftrage or U),
The right to s gn documents is establised, according to t1. line
laid down by the minister president, by each state minister for
his own juris dictione
The members of the overnment of Land Mecklenburg are:
a. State Ministry: Minister President H$cker, SPD, with the
sections
State Chancellory: Ministerialdirektor Sieber,
Legal Section: Ministerialdirektor Heinrich, CDU
Control and Information: Regierungsrat Kollwitz, KPD
Statistics: Ministerialdirektor Rebachliger, SEP "Tormer-
I Y Bpi))
f. Ministry for Trade and Supply: Minister Starosson, SPD `honest),
with sect~~ana
Trade and Suupply: Ministerialdirektor Siebert, S-,
Land Mobilization Office: Dr. Decker, SPD
Fuel Supply-. Minke
Industry: Ministerialdirektor Lohr, KPD
'.,'raffle: Dr. Str ling, SPD (former Nc.zi)
Agricultural Administration: Schadow, KPD
b. Ministry for Administration: Minister Ydarnke, with the, sections
Communal Section (Kommunalabteilung) : Ministeria3 .irektor
Dr. 3E liex'atett, SED
Personnel Section: Ministerialdirektor Kundermanr:, K8?
Political Section: Chief of Landespolizei Halle, i
Planning: Ministerialdirektor Dornberg, KPD
?afice for Property Investment and Sequestration: ".ire
g-'tpreche, KP, previously in the Free Germany C T unittee.
All the responsible men in the ministry ar KPD
members o)
ca Ministry fo.,;y Finance, Minister Strasser LDP
d. Ministry for People's Education: Minister Gr nberg, KP., with
the secti. ones
Culturo: Ministerialdirektor Simon,, KF, previousl ; Free
C ez'many
Peop.io w s Education: Ministerialdirektor Manthei, ".IT
e0 Ministry for Econmay* Minister Witte CDU, with the so `=ions
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g., Minisb:,y, for ::.octa?. "Te1fare: Minister Burmeister, CDi',
the seeticns
Labor and Social Care: iiead of the Labor Office,,
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Health Matters: Ministerial.direktor Dr. Redetzk.. (no party)
Resettlement Office: Mtnisterialdirektor Brinke:', KPD
h,, Ministry for Justice (final appointment conditional)
The Kreise of Land Me c?k.lerburg,, totaling twenty-one, have .he
following councillors T
Ax iamn Hdve..asmanl,, KPD Rostock: Kruse, SPD
Dernznin: sch ra.nz, SPDj R'1gen: ii .i~ner, SPD
Greif swald: I4Iresse,. SPO ach8nberg: 3chreibors CD
Grim, an: Unknown Schwerin- Reichardt. K.PI
i h'_ loft. Stralsund: Kobarz, KPI3
4 persons
12 persons
16 persons
5 persons
2 persons
(iuatrow: sorv,en C y r:nk
R.agenow : l al scher., SVD iUeckerm de a Mrs. Maria ', Kill
xudwigslust : Schult, KID Uss #
leader ofih e n l 1LCLIU? (F' ,;,iurg
tior
Maichim: Unknown
Neubranderzburg: Giese, 3 PD Landtag?)
Neustrelitz: Piotrowski, KPD Warren: Baiser SPDSP17
Parchim: August Hasse, KP",
Radow: Ur.*nosn
8. The Kreise together form District Councils (Kreistage) w: to fifty
deputies and eight Kretsrats,of which the chairman is the Landrato
The seven additional llrets Councillors are attached to t~,i ministries
representing internal Administration,, Culture and People'-s
Education,0 Trade and Supply, Agriculture, Economy, Finance, and
-Social Welfareo These are constituted similarly throughrut Land
Mecklenburg.
9a The Landrat Offices follow a structural plan and have 22" personnel,,
divided as follows:
a. Direction
ba General. Section
cn Personnel Section
do Section for Communal. Econc2y
0. SectiOll for Culture and Health.. Affairs
f. Section for Culture and People's Education
g. Agricultural Section
4 persons
Direccti On
Planning and Statistics Dept. 9 persons
Economy and Planning 13 persons
Veterinary and Stock Breeding Dept. 6 persons
h. Section for Eu siness and industry
1, Section for Trade and Supply
Dir$ection
Trade Departn.ent
Mobilization Department
:Food Economy Department
Fishery Affairs
Financial section
Dirootiou
Tax Department
Budget Department
Price Control
Treasury
Depte for Communal Econamny
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29 persons
7 persons
8 persons
19 persons
3 persons
persons
persons
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persons
persons
persons
persons
persons
9 persons
persons
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Sccti.on for social Provisions 6 persons
J., Registrar's Office 2 persons
m. Resettlement Section 7 persons
n. Section for Traffic 4 persons
The total of the figures here given is on .Mr 220,
Possibly "the remaining seven persons are t..he
Kreieratse)
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the Espionage Act 50, U.P.C. 3,1 and
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