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SOVIET OCCUPATION IN FINOWFURT

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CIA-RDP82-00457R004600320022-6
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date: 
November 9, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 30, 1999
Sequence Number: 
22
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Publication Date: 
March 2, 1950
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 19999/09 :CIIA-RDP82-00457R004600320022-6 ENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION ' '~'~?'C01;mt?~/'1S 'u.. -LC t1~Q 3 _jjjqn~r ----REPORT P~C.wW~_._ _ Y TOPIC..~-:,;oiet Occupation in 1'inowfurt ?k The r inowfurt (N 53/Z 913) castle estate lies 200 meters east - U of the east perimeter of r inowfurtx, between the road to 'snow 53/V OED) and thc: 'V inow Canal. A craftsman employed at th" estate stated that a Soviet signal eon aunication control point was located there. t.iost of the officers were aller!edly Soviet dews who sr'oke German. 3a A fuel dump was in the factory installations of the former Iierrnanri..:ehle sawmill, 500 meters southwest of the i 1nowfurt railroad station. The dump, about 250 x 350 meters, had a rail- road connection to the Yinowfurt railroad station., A Soviet Air b"orcc sentry was posted at the dunapte;. 25X1X 25X1A oTruaent r ao The presence of a sif.;na1 corr~:aunication unit near Vinowfurt is considered credible as another source reported a radio station:. or a radar set from there.* Numerical designation and assignment of the unit are unknown. i t tempts area be inn :Wade t6 obtain fur- ther data u b, '.('he fuel du-?p was reported by another source.*- l. Annex: Two photo