SOVIET ARMY ORDNANCE SUPPLY DEPOT AND ORDNANCE SHOP IN BRESLAU

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003600130013-8
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 5, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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The following information on the Soviet Arn ordnance supply
depot in LR`c:SI,EcI7- ?aSLC3 -~ TG . (P 52/C 42) (former ordnance supply
depot of the German Armored Corann.and) was secured:
a. Location: Abcut 11. miles east-northeast of Ofi S':,A1J-, A:>LOL1T~,
on the vies ern bank of the Oder River,
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Soviet army headquarters in LIE L12Z
c. Depot area: About 3,30') x 3,300 fcet.
d. installations: Six lar.o brick-warehouses, twelve wooden
cantonaent bull n; _s, (each about 230 by 80 feet), one con-
crete bunker (about 65 x-30 feet), two four-story concrete
structures with 50 windows. in front, several annex bulldinf;sa
e. security: Double tarbed-wire fence and wall with barbed-
wire on top, with a 7-foot strip of trip wires in front
About 90 aruard personnel.
f. Coj.n:iandant: Since 44arch 1949 a Soviet colonel (name unknown)
g. kersonnol: About 80 German k6s as laborers; unit of 800
troops, of v:ho,a about 120 were asst. }'p1?d to :uard duty and the
others to w irk- TTt.e troops wore red-bordered, blue epaulets
witJ.i artiller-,/ ir.sii;,nia.a More than 50 officers, mostly .zajors,
wcarirL? :rolc or silver epaulets.
h. ;tr ocks : in two large warehouses : Piles of 20 boxes each
(eac:~. box: 6x2 feet), each box containing either 12 rifles, 12
sujm achine . uns, or 6 aachine tna.Tas.. in one larr-;e warehouse.-
Heavy machine ,-uns, water-cooled, with protective shield 47-man
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guns. 8U, 125 and 160 m4 mortars. in one ler-X warehouse t
Truck ew'incs (on two?-thi '::s oJ'? the floor s-once); gans up to
200 a.:. caliber ( on one-third of the floor space.
In two lar ,e warehouses: - ulia of 150 to 200 a... caliber
without li..bcrs; two-axle trailers with 50 to 80 inri anti-
aircraft uns; heavy antitank "urn (f about ICU .-iv. caliber,
with ot..blo tires on either side.
in two woos en cantonment buildin s z Specital -aachinery fro=
.ae ri uiny; azot or bout en..;ines; assault boat engines; (no
,aachiner~j' :end en:.iraes have a:rived since 1947. the material
was shipped to the east in small lots).
in three wooden cantonment buildi ru s : ?Litibers and en ;incer
tools.
In one wooden cantonment buildin-_ and one concrete bunker:
oils, fats, etc.
In .tber wooden cantormie t bull6in~a: Leather articles, mess
utensils, furniture, eleanin; anaterial, fire fightin equip-
iient, etc.
in two lar; a co':.crete structures: Quarters for about 800
NGOs, and AV. Optical ant: Si'.:'n 1 equipment was also stored in
the depot. Lri-ineer equipment, tanks, medical supplies, horse-
drawn vehicles and ur iforan wave not available.
i. Pose of, the depot: Soviet offiecrs who supervised
load. n .~ crews states that the depot supplied the Soviet a:~:ay
in ; Llesla and troops in tL.e Soviet Lo a of .)e ary. The
depot was always stocked to caoacityf. Out 'oinp -.uaterial
was i,:::ediately replaced.
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2. The foil of in n :in.f or;&w1t l on zn the So c, i e t ordnance shop t n
r3is,sasaiifl ,i~SL LIT'.. ryas secured:
a. Location: On the premises of the former Jor?.aan teAr-deltfe
Plant, borderw_: on the ,aentioned ordnance depot.
b. Superior headquarters: Same as supply ordnance ftot.
c. Installations: i'our-stoa--.y administration buildin7 (about
260'2 51 eye ; three four-stop, workshop buildin1s (about 260
x 50 fe- t ); one wooden storm-;e-house (about 200 x 30 feet);
one railroad on .ne shed; one target range; several annex
buildinns; railroad spur track.
o. Security: Sawa as ordnance supply depot.
o . Cog, audant : Un known .
f. J ernonne L: About 30 01er?,aans of both sexes ant soldiers
of t:?e urit currtered iri the ordnance supply Copot.
Pu,: ooae of th shop: Repair of weapons belon yin ? to
troops In testa ric in the Soviet Gonea of ar..:,, ny, as stf.ted
b;r .zzn workr en. inco,,ain an ov.c eW ship;:ierits Weve
traxi r carted by rail uric truc'?.
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repair shop, Navin:- o work force of a.3?uut 350 {. r ian r;:s up
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U. LILJI i.LTZ: So', ict array headqunr cry ur 'r,: t:h ca:rt r. C
a .:iars ~a of the Soviet Union. About 10 Soviet general
asai ?ne;d to this heat. qu .. rte! s.
b. IN :~141 j-PCi,I:'s ")WIC (P .52/C 41 j ? Se-Ant enotor, Tr
Other aovi=t t,_.-_y irisballatir,.:is
(P 52/C 42) i Sov-1.r.t ala.tur,.ition depot,
Davin; a wor orce off' about E30 Jeraan Pvts up to 12 July 194'J..
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a. Trio report c.-'ntulns valuable data on Soviet Arny supply
installations in i'iE3 SLAII.4i
b. Tile LIEJXVir headquurters of the Northern ''roup of k'orces,
c?o _:-an eci by rshal ,t7tCC% O1;Sit_, is indirectly confir; od up
6e o aid-July
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