THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY IN WARNEMUNDE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600400001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLI ENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Ger?marq (Russian Zone) DATE DISTR.
SUBJECT The Meteo'ol.ogical Observatory NO. OF PAGES
in Warnemunde
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PLACE
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21. August 195;
The meteorological observatory of Land i.iec.?;1enburg was in
a villa at 15 Strandiromenede? ~.arnetnuende0 It was headed
by ISinisteriairat Professor Fallkenberg;, Key l.ersonnel in-
cluded graduate jhysiciat Dr. Bols (fnu), head of the ine-
eorological research section; Dr. Knauer (fnu), and Kneike
(fnu), weather forecasters; and ketevon (fnu), head of the
synol,tics section, :t~
This observatory cool.erates with the central observatory in
:cotsdam and a Soviet naval office in :'arnemuende. Daily
weather reLorts and other concurrent observations are de-
livered to this naval office by messenger.
30 The Soviets seem to be keenly interested in the work of this
meteorological observatory. The Soviets also use the British
weather bulletins to check their own forecasts.
-A The .large new administration building of the 'Tarnow Shipyard,
vvernemuende, has been coct leted and all rooms have been oocu-
tried.
Construction of an acetylene super-,dent with a carbide cab
,L.acity of Soo kg has been started in the yard. It is meant
to be the largest acetylene _lant in the Soviet Zone of Ger-
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6,, In cool,erati.on with the Buetxow oxygen works, the erection of
a new oxygen. rlant is being lrel,aredQ
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The erman weather stations seem to have been inoorL-orated
Into the meteorological networ k of the Soviets and also
assigned sj.ecial research work.
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