RAILWAY SPUR AND FUEL AND AMMUNITION DUMPS IN RIGA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900850003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 22, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION, REPORT CD NQ.
COUNTRY USSR (Latvian 3 R)
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Railway Spur and Fuel and Ammunition
DATE DISTR..
22 June 1951
Dumps in Riga
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Railway BXAWh Llne
l A new branch line, which starts to the north of Tiltu ielasexends approxi-
mately as shown by No. 1 in the attached plan of Riga L.ezapark. This single--
track, broad-gauge line had a short branch to the north which was mainly
used as a shunting siding. The branch line was believed to serve only the
fuel and munition depots described in Paragraphs 2 and 3 below, but at var-
ious times between summer 1947 and autumn 1949, armored trains Here obser-?
ved standing at the siding, Two captured German armored trains, each of
six to eight cars, were there from June to mid-winter 1947, Thereafter
the siding was used only for shunting parposes until spring 1949, when two
Soviet armored traits . were observed, each consisting of six to seven cars
and two flat-cars mounting guns with very long barrels, These trains left
during the summer and returned again in the autumn, and were still there
at the end of October 1949?
Fuel 2eoot
2.; The fuel depot was built by the Soviets 50X1-HUM
early in 1947,? It contained fuel exclusively for the use of the armed
forces The fuel was delivered in tank-cars by rail and, occasionally,
trains of up to 20 tank-cars were observed. Fuel was collected by units
of various branches of the Soviet armed forces, including the Air Force.
3. The depot covered an area of approximately 100 x 200 m, and was surrounded
by a single barbed dire fepce two meters high, guarded and patrolled by
military sentries,. The fuel was reported to be stored in arched concrete
underground chambers; nothing could be observed above ground,
Munitions Depot
4, The ammunition and explosives depot wjas 50X1-HUM
located approximately one kilem3ter east of the Koknese -~rospekt, s street
with trolley lines which, rumor had it, Caere to be replaced by trolley-busses,
5, The depot covered an area approximately 200 x 250 m, and along two sides
contained a row of seven wooden barrack-like buildings approximately 11
stories high, 4C m Tong, and 12-15 m wide, with theet-metal roofing*, and many
'lightning conductors,, Beyond there, among the trees, t.hern mere se;ri.-ur,-?50X1-HUM
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derground stores approximately two meters above ground level, roofed with
turf.
6,, The area was surrounded by a double fence of barbed wire, guarded by mlli?-
tary sentries, and the approach roads were barred to civilian traffic In
an adjacent area, beyond the fencing, excavation work was in progress,
reported to be for an extension of'the depot,, Jithin the depot area there
was also a guard house, with a permanent strength of some 20 men.
7. Ammunition was brought to the depot by road, in trucks with one or two
trailers . From these it was loaded on to rubber-tired flat platforms,-which
were then hauled by hand,, Deliveries were not regular; they might be ob-
served coming in all day long, or there might be several days at a time when
there were none,, Supplies were taken away from the depot only very occas?-
ionally..
8. The unloading of the following items from trucks for storage in the depot
was observed:
a) Shells in wicker c(_ntainers:
Length about 60--70 cm, lifted by one mane
Length about one meter, lifted by two men,
b) Jooden boxes with cord handles, length about 50 cm, lifted by one or
two men..
c) Boxes about 1.5 m long and 40 cm high, believed
weapons,,
d) A variety of other boxes, details of which were not observed.
to contain50X1-HUM
Ammunition Depot
9. The ammunition depot was almost entirely 50X1-HUM
underground; and.,with the exceptian of two concrete bunkers approximately
two meters high, each guarded by a sentry, only the entrances to the under-
ground storage chambers ;rere visible. The area itself did not stand out
from the surrounding woodland.
10o The depot covered an area approximately 200 x 300 in, and was surrounded by
a double fence of barbed wire about two meters high, outside which, on
three sides, were watch to~vers, one of which was sormetimes not manned during
the da