SOVIET COMMISSARIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400150005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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In the sir r er of 1952, there existed one Gross Basa each (central store)
in Leipzi and Dresden. The two installations cooperated with the
Koris,=.v'er nd (Association of Cooperative Stores) (KVB) in Brandenburg?
K11B was cc,m xiped of s. Soviet and a German section. To the latter
:section were assigned the so-called Zivilverwaltungen (civil agencies)
(`Z,V) v such as ZV I In Leipzig; ZAP III in Potsdam. The ZVs were organized
into departments,, The 6th Departneot of ZAP III was in Cottbus m The Vs
and their departments had purely adni_nistrative functions, while the,
;supply with good, was toe responsibility of the Gross Basen and Basen
The V's and their depar-tmreats had to furnish Gerr;an personnel, furniture
and oth=er pertaining inventory to the Soviet magazines. The ZVs were
given U 4 percent of the turn-'over of" the Soviet magazines which they
served, From this monoy all their expenses had to be covered,
2. The i asen (stores) settled their accounts with the Gross Easa in Dresden
This Gross Basa normally delivered goods only by railroad carloads. In
urgent cases the individual Soviet commissaries picked up goods in trucksr:
Scare articles were distributed according to a special key. The managers
of the commissaries tried to obtain the maxima possible amount of
desired articles such as bicycles and sewing machines. The commissaries had
also concluded contracts with Ger^rnan agencies and enterprises such an
da y.ri.es cooperative shops for the delivery of meat and meat products and
wi th farms for the deliv;-~ry of fruit and vegetables. The accounts for all
these products had to be settled with the Basa concerned:, Occasionally,
the rianagers of Soviet cormissaries also purchased goods on tho free
iarkotfl which was forbidden,.
The 6th Department of ZV III at. 55 Thaelnannn l.atz in Ce tttbuus was headed
3 y one i'fovotnik (fnu) and served the comriissar les managed by Ju ni.or?
Lieutenant Shurunov (fnu) ; Captain F1senkov (f nu) , and Major Ofi'chea: ni.kov
(fnu) (phonetic spelling) a Cormiissary Shurunov was delivered its good:,
fr^o' the Basa In "erder, occasionally also from the Basa in r cr. st-Zinna,
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xl c;arreed Cottbus and Prand airfields ,, The co3: :i s iary head&ti by
`` : cnko iiios ?:le_ uty was Cartath ? a1 (fnu) served the 3dried
N1;" ry un-11-ts in Cottbus and 1eisswasu- ser, w }- 1?r the coft^.miss ry headed
Y y effc-,mr. njkov served the u sits s ,ationed at Finsterw?lde airfield
S txrtmov and 3ffcher?nikov were knaun
>: ae = .cus1y,, They supply the boy-her units in Fin terdrra.ide and.. Brand
i't'lh conrwncr goods,, According to recant 1nfor'ration, the two
c4:..mmiissa ies are to be nergedn
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