EAST GERMAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE BUILDS NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

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• Publication Date: October 17, 1962
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17 October 1962
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EAST GERMAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
BUILDS NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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EAST GERMAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
BUILDS NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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East German Ministry of National Defense (MINAVE) presently is
building for its own use and possibly for the use of the East German
Air Force a microwave radio relay network between outer terminals
near the cities of Neubrandenburg and Cottbus. Two inner terminal
stations are included, one near Wolsickendorf and one near Muenche-
berg (see the accompanying map). Initially the network will be pro-
vided with one set of East German RVG 934 equipment, which provides
22 telephone channels. One or more of these telephone channels will
be arranged to carry an unstated number of teletype channels.
The equipment at all stations will be housed in hardened, under-
ground concrete bunkers "for protection against air raids. " Self-
supporting towers of a maximal height of 25 meters will support the
antennas, and easily erected replacement towers will be available at
each station for emergency use. The towers will be topped with "ro-
tating parabolic reflectors, 1. 5 meters in diameter" for purposes
that are not stated. Connections to the microwave relay line from un-
known distant points will be made by underground, multiconductor
cable. The cables at the north and south terminals will accommodate
22 channels, but those at the intermediate terminals at Wolsickendorf
and Muencheberg will accommodate 88 and 110 channels, respectively,
to take care of growth in the capacity or coverage of the line.
The decision to build the southern half of the line, known as RF 2,
was made late in 1958, and the decision to construct the northern half,
known as RF 1, was made in 1960. The equipment was ordered early
in the projects for delivery in 1962, but the manufacturers, VEB Rafena,
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It is speculated that the basic purpose of this new network is to pro-
vide a private, semibombproof telecommunications facility to serve the
command-control structures of the East German Ministry of Defense,
if not of the government, as a dependable alternate medium to other
available networks in the country. 2/ The East German Air Force,
presently deployed in a more or less north-south line in the eastern
portion of the country where this new network is located, may be one
of the principal military users.
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The most significant aspect of this new network is the placement
of the two inner terminal stations. These stations have been located
east of Berlin near Strausberg, the major headquarters of the East
Military establishment, and near the 'Strausberg Objekt'' (the main
communications center of MINAVE) at Kagel. The location of these
stations, together with the provision of an entrance cable with a much
higher capacity near Strausberg and Kagel rather than at the two outer
terminals (near Neubrandenburg and Cottbus), suggests that the net-
work may be intended to serve the Strausberg Objekt in emergencies
as well as normal head uarters at Strausberg in peacetime. 3/ More-
over, recurrent, reports during the past several years indi-
cate that nearby Ruedersdorf may be the planned wartime command
post location of the Group of Soviet Forces, Germany.
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Analyst:
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2. CIA. CIA/RR ER 61-25, Planned Development of Telecommuni-
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ions in East Germany, 1959-75 May 1961. S /NOFO
CIA. CIA/RR CB 62-57, East Germany Extends SED Command-
Control Communications Network into All Kreise, 13 Sep 62.
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3. Ibid.
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