DISPOSITION OF GAS BOMBS AT LOSSA (ECKARTSBURGA) AND MOCKREHNA (TORGAU)

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200230001-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. It ie reported that in J 1945, there wore 56,504 gas bobs of varia~s
~s storod at Lassa (J-3n tk~e Soviet Zone of Gerd. These inalvded
thQ fallowing in ap~oxiimts amputates:
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CONFIDENTIq(.
DATE DISTR. 5 awn 1949
Disposition of c~as Bombes at Lose3a (Ecl~rtsburga) N0. OF PAGES
and t~ioolsrehna (Targau) , ` ~~
6,000
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C.A.P. ltahite crones)
.413
500 ~ `
C.A.P.
34 500
2 `4 !rg
Trilon S3
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254 2cg
Phosgene (men cross)
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254 ~'
Sorttaer.'lost (yellow cross)
Sg2~
X50 kg
Wl,nterlost
36,000 ~
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Ch2oraraina (bluQ crops)
Ohlorrarsine,
2. These bombs ~,ror+s disposed of in the fallowing ways
a. The C,A.P, supplies were co~3.ately daatro3red by fire at Losses
b, The Triloaa 53 bombe ware dispatched to Tiockrehrla (E53), where they
were repainted with fresh 'brown protective paint. Thc~ ire f.hen
tranesported to Wolgast. Two trnir~7.oads (about 60 cars had pre3rious~r
been taken Proms Lossa 'ter tha3 gnerieans.
ca The phosgene bombs ware decoz~posed by water and ohemica].a in gravel .
end lime pits near Losacto
da The Somrtsrlost eat Winterlost brnnbs were Mont to Worst aztd then
dumped in the Balt3.c off Bornholm.
ea The Chlorarsir~ bombe were sent to ~~oakrehna..
t+ia.r ga~$, iaaludizsg Triloezs, w~ro taYcen from Loses by ~ the Soviets in 1944'7
to a aheatioet~. ro:earah inestitute in Potsdam for testing.
!~, I?Sa~or Kopalonkov, waisted bg an. Estonian rYamed Qrrdin~.sch, rasa in charge
I_~~_ the des s _ .ion of ear ,~*w s?a a Y ~a.xa F~o#h a_s~ neLr t~ t~et ~,~?,~t,~
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CETITRAL TNT~T~1~~~ ~~r.E~3C3C
~? tie~or t?~rorengo (now i=t Wittenberg) wr~s in charge of technical ~ttar~ mt
3~ase end supervised gener~e-31y. :~ta~or Igo2 Ivanav~ was the Soviet speaial~.sta
iJo wer-des scientists ar tachaici~?~.ns z~emain there.
b? N~sohsl was the German specia.iist at t4ockrehna? 50X1-HUM
fosr~ar colonel ~Jecker is st sere. ~,.... ......
7Q It i e rQported that .65,,000 empt~t Y~tnbs remained at I,asse in Jatzuax?~ I9l~S.
These were being cut into three Qr four pieces sash '~9' Fe. Dietrich of Calbe/
Saute (Y45), w~ZO established a vrorkshap at Lassa for this purposeM Th?~scrap
was then sent to various firms far xesmeltiag.>
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