SURVEY OF THE LIQUID FUEL SITUATION IN THE DDR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011700290010-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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Germany (Russian Zone)
DATE DISTI 13 May 1952
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Survey of the Liquid Fuel Situation in the DDR
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1. An ahalisis of latest inforlaation indicats that almost all the fuel required by the
oviet occupation forces in Germany is furnished by the Soviet -,e refineries. The
monthly fuel requirements of the !:;oviets are estimated at 25,000 to 35,000 cubic
meters, including 6000 to 10,000 cubic feters for the army (ahollt one complete
-replenishment of all containers); 15,00;) to 20,000 cubic meters for the air force;
and 3000J to 5,000 cubic meters for the !Lavy. The 1952 fuel production quota for
Soviet zone refineries was set at 711,03,! tons of gasoline and 4770000 tons of
Diesel oil or 570?000 cubic meters of gs;oline and 5600003 cubic meters of jiosel
oil. The fuel requirerients of the Soviet armed forces therefo--, represent 30 to 35
percent of the Soviet Zone fuel output. .:Jurin,7, the last six months, only about
1,000 cubic meters of fuel per month wei shipped from the upsa. to Soviet supply
dumps in Germany Those shipments, whicl cover only a minor oart `' the nonthly fuel
requirements of the Soviet Occupation Luy, a22ear to consist of staial fuels or
admixtures and anti?freJzo agents. Fuel deliveries from Azaania Lave not been
observed in the last nine months. On th! other hand a trade agreulent has been
concluded with Austria for an annual dtlivery of 120,000 tons of cr-Ade oi. Zrom
Zistersdorf, Austria. This contract is supplemeited by the delivery of alogedly
4J0030 to450,000 cubic meters of to )ed crude oil, ap7roximately 20,333 railroad
tank carloads, from.,;istersdorf, for firt.ter refinin into gasoline, Diesel oil
and petroleum qowever? accordinc tc.anothor report, only 1200003 tons -if toped
crude oil are to be delivered from ziitersdorf in addition to the crude oil
shipnnnts arranged for in the trade n Tooment nontioned above.
Fuel is usually shipped from the ,fovt :one refineries to the lan::e fuel delots
iron whore it is sent to the ar:ayc310 or to the sithelds In individual cases,
f-Ael is also shiped directly from ne hroceAstion plants to ar.:2y de-)ots or
airfields. The existence of the forovin rain fuel de)ots1 tare 1:1101721 25X1
G0V0 installations.,
Velten
Dresden
Sch3.eife
Strassgraebchen?Aernsdorf
.iadensleben
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The two latter do-oots were c.,7tablishod in 1951. Ihe fuel do ot in Strassgraeb?
chen?Pernsdorf? 10 km north f Kamenz in'iaxonyo vas filled in January and
Zebruary 1952, It has supali:-7 army dunps since early LIarch. '-cne fuel dung-) in
!?adensloben0 12 km solltheast i'.7-71:7+2in in ciclorlb.urf-;, ? ho 2nit
operation soon- It has rece.-iv., fuel o::17).ix:ntc since mifiar&, It is ',)olio.11d
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that these two dumps are scheduled to reelace the fuel deeots in Velten and
Dresden which miht be deactivated or are to servo as aexiliary depots in
the event of war, 'ach of the two depots has a storage capacity of 4,000 to
5,000 cubic meters, The Velton and Dresden installations have a stereo?
capacity of ahout 30,000 cebic meters each, but this capacity is not needed
present,
Installations IL' the Thenty-eourth Air Amy.
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Aken
Riese (fuel for jet bombers)
stray installations,
Llaedeburg-Harbor
Nuenchenbernsdorf
Fuerstenbergirecklenburg
Sberswalde-Eieenspelterei
Kurnorsdorf
Dreeden-:tadebaul
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A definite pattern in the..ceographical location of the laree iuel depots of the
GOFG is not discernible, l'uel deliveries are made by these depots depending on
the requireleents of the army dumps or troop units, It is interesting to note that
the army supplies the air force vehicles with fuel.
Soviet Army corps are not included in the supply chanaolo nor do they maintain their
own supely dumps, This also applies to Ile air force. The air force depots in Riese
and Aken belong to the Twenty-eoerth Air Army, and the depot in Jueterbog iv believed
to be an installatioa serving the local air unit.
As the fuel requireeents of the Soviet areec: forme in Lerrany repreeent only
about one third of the tetal fuel output in the :;ovict Zone ef Gonlany and Oar: an
civilian consumption of fuel is strictly rationed, sizable fuel shipments levo the
3ovint Zeno of Germany either as reparsthns or export deliveries. Shipments arc
reported on periodically,. These shinments consist of fuel and bi-products euch aE
gasoline, benzol? !..aosel oil tar oil, special asoline, parafJ:in solvent, paralde-
hyde and similar products,
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