SOVIET ACTIVITY IN SAMLAND, MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, AND ECONOMIC

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001100020007-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 13, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUN'iRY USSR (last Prussia)
SUBJECT Soviet Activity in Sss;landg Militsry, Naval,
Air, and Economic
DISTRIBUTION
STATE
WAR NAI JUSTICETR & E
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a. Powayen (ZI16)u working at fall capacity; produces naval ammuAltion.
b. Blumenau (Z46)t produces azwy 'ammunition (including field artillery
ammunition),
c. taller Wald; produces high-caliber army eimnnition,
d.. Large amounts of aminition, chiefly heavy-caliber naval, are stored
at railroad stations and along railroad lines in Samland, especially
near Kra]su,
a. The former Wehrmacht coastal defenses in Samland and on the Frisch*
and karisohe Nshrung have been repaired.
b. The defenses at Pillau have been increased and all the former Wehrmacht
defenses have been repaired, Fort Stiehi.e, at Pillau, contains very
heavy artillery. The heavy coastal defense troops between Pillar and
.F'isehhaaxsen, particularly in the Lochstlldt area, are ready for action,
a. As the whole of Samland is a defense area,'very little agricultural
work is undertaken,. All bunkers have been, repaired and the Prische
and Kurisohe Nehrung have been evacuated of civilians,, with the exception
of fishermen at Sarkau 479) and Crane (169),
d, AU defenses at Brandenburg (Z55) have been repaired: barracks have also
been repaired. Coast artillery and tanks are located here.
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e. lischhausen (Z36) is strongly garrisoned, particularly by coast
artillery.
f, Pillau and KaUningrad are now jointly supporting key defense points,
Al? defenses between the two cities have been repaired, especially on
the Ualtgaarben (Z57). A line of bunkers, full of ammunition and eouipz ent..
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r-;ain runs north south across :;fnilaza, # loci; e-Grltj;arben hills.
g. The fuel cLiap a.t Galtgaarben is in full use. auict the former tilehrmaeht
builuin s sif ve been repaired. fuel t.viation gas is held at this dump
anu soviet .tir Force bowsers supply the field in $tmla:nci from this
point,
Order of Battle
a, The Stziland Roamandaantur, formerly at Granz, is now located in Lauth (476)?
b. All SzQala nd is garrisoned by defense troops. There are no front-line
formations.
c. he Soviet garrison in 14-liningrad is stronger than the strongest
Wehruacht pre-war garrison. which was cowvosed of aprroximaetely one
division of front-line troops. The troops are chiefly motorised and
are equipped with small tractors,
l;conomic Information
a. The following, are the only factories in operation in i:a:linin{grad:
Zelistoff AG - Wood
Ialzmtthle . Foodstuffs
Steinfurt slag gonbeu - Tank re,,F irs and orders in connection with
defenses.
Schichau Yards - Construction of snt:.ll warships. Torpedo boats were
seen here recently for the first time.
a:.. Thera nays been extensive Fir pctivit,r over ;sJ~lrnci reeentl;r. :'orrac:r
Geriaan air Force planes are used for traiiiinr; purposes, while the
operational a{ircra:ft are: Soviet k)la:nes. The few four motor nlpries Pre
chiefly used as trrno;,orts,
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b. The following railroad lines have been converted to ;.tuasian-gauge:
Kali ninj,-rz;.d--?illnu
kaliningrad-Cranza converted in iday r-nd June 1947
Cranz-4ieukuhren (459): conversion began in Il - 19} 7
c, it is reported tn?.t tire, rt~ilroad lines now bein : converted to :,us:;ian
f;auge are tee remuiuder of the line around Srmla.nd (the '?:;autila:nc?.ktistenl,c,lizi
built by the GerLians in 1938), the i+eukuliren-i3rusteroot (Z39)-t'a.:l13nicken
(ZjES), iinc_ the i'a~lmnicken"l'ischiia.usen lines. All of tiles a lea ;>at k
d. All important road and rail bridges in Suileind have been rena:ired. Rods
a.re in poor condition, but railroads are in a. ;ood st;:te of retar_ir.
e,. f,hu ro: aura rail swing-bridge over the 1 regal River in 1:,=liningra.d (the
only rail bridge over the i'regel in the city) is being repaired on a
permanent basis.
5. Air t+ctivity
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Kaliningrad/1)evau
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Remy twin-engine jet fighters observed in flight
Fignters
Training
Training
Former airship station; now repair base
Bombers
Fighters
Airfield and seaplane station; used by Soviet
far Force. The runways have been lengthened
a'i.llau field, on the eastern edge of the town,
has become a marsh.
a. The only aircraft observed in use in exercises in the Quenz Parachutist
Training; Area were two-motor planes, similar to German Air force bombers.
Six men _Jumped from. each mane. from an altitude of several hundred
meters. One paraciuite, bearing; a maximum of two to three hundredweight
of equipment, was also released from each plane. No heavy equipment,
such as guns, was droppede
13aval Activity
No dredging is being carried out in the A1iningrad Seekanal. There
were no ice-breakers available in the winter.
b. No major warships put in at Ealiningrad. The heaviest vessels in the
area were those of 5,000 tons.
i'illau Harbor has been completely repaired and is used to fullest
capacity. There is extensive naval activity in the harbor, where
ti-boats are stationed.
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