SOVIET SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

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• Publication Date: December 7, 1950
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CENTRAL I~lTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet Supply Installations
the Soviet Zone of Germany
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IOF080ATIOII APP cCT118 THE EBATIORAL DUFXNSS
OP TEE OWED STATES WITHIN THE 0 8 8 11111 0 OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 30
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truc:,s were seen in the Dal lgow arniti on depot which is in
the former artillery eo ii , ont a..a k on 30 August 1950 between 3 .m. and
5 p.m.
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2. Six boxcars T ;,-:re shunted -' nto the area of the : crnau main clothing depot on
The i"dlershof fuel depot, located on the northern bank of the, eltow Cana.,
was guarded by sentries who morel tame insignia on 16 t ugustl95'0 ? Five tank
cars of the Derunapht were soon on the railroad spur track of the depot. No
motor traffic was observed. (1)
Lc raau (IN 53/,z, 96) Clothin- id T rent Depot
7 Aur:ust 19500 several cars were loaded. with steal
heelznotse This s iprment carne from the U. 0S.R., whereas almost all the other
shipments originated in Gernan plants in the Soviet '.one of Germany. The
shipments cominL in on the railroad spur of the clothing depot had increased
during the preceding three weeks. Three loaded boxcars allegedly arrived
every two da;,rs a (2)
About five w eks before 150 1x1 meter boxes wore stored in a building which
was exposed to observation. The number of the boxes presently stored there
was estimated at 800 to 1,OO0o she items, which care in recently and were
stored there, consisted mostly of uniforris 1(2)
4. Increased freight traffic was also observed at the clothing depot branch
Five boxcars allegedly arrived there every two dayso Passenger car
was parked in front of the depot. (3)
Dall Corr = 53L~ 65) A-. =ition Depot in the 'orner Artille E ent_a ark
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31 About 120 boxes conta,Lnin ; medicines, dressing equipment, and rrasgunf,
material were trucked from the depot to the railroad station on 22 August
1950. The boxes, each 80x60 cra, were loaded on two boxcars by several
German civilian workers Grad Soviet troops. These boxcars were attached
to a freight train which 1-ft in the direction of Cher"anitz at 9 p.m. The
address of the receiving headouar"tors ind'i.cated on the bill of lading in
-jerman and. Russian read 11 tettin Sot :ilitar r Ad31.nistrati.on.41
15, laborer in the repair shop in the Groria plant said, on 26 August 1950,
that the fo11o Lnr: shJ nts had r ecentl y come in by rail:
1,000 motor-vehicle tires and tubes
30 complete truck: bodies rwt?hdriver's cabs
200 truck onk me hoods
120 front-o'hee1 mud guards for trucks d (U)
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16? guard compa ;r stationed i.n the Gror:a plant was again iden-
gee, on a corgi :c rcial shipment made on 22 r ugust 1950.. (12 )
17, All dependents of the :iovi ct officers who had lived in the build .ngs north
of " Ittrra daerstrasse left by train for the U.S.S.R. between 21 and 26 August
1950. Only one Husnian woman, who is a laboratory assistant in the medical
depot. remained.. (13)
?flCi "ehna (I'i J2? 3 jhzwwxi ti can Donot
18. The Scv'_et ammunition depot in the former German ammunition depot in Mockrohna
ras observed between 16 and 19 August 1950. ALout 200 German civili.ans, most
ly women, are employed in the maintenance of major German artillery ammunition
stocks ' n this depot. AA:rszunition is not made. The depot is guarded by about
300 Volkspolizei who are quartered in the depot. Four hundred Soviets are said
to be quartered there. They allegedly run laboratories, in which the service-
a1: i1ty o the ammunition is tested.. Motor transportation activities were
not o .served. Aescording to local residents the use of motor vehicles is con-
fined to ration--haul.l. ng.. (14)
I. ioll.ro so (0 53/1 52) rare Parts Depot
The 3ovict tan'. spare parts depot, including a tan'; repair shop, was previously
observed In ,.uel lrose and z :as again identified on 12 ?,ucust 1950? The majority
of the spare :-)arts arc bogie wheels and track-supporting rollers. About 400
troopsnr1C3 100 i.' Ion wore tank insignia, were quartered in
the depot Alle--odly
mostly armored vehi
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,o ~:c re called up for compulsory service, were employed in the depot (15)
Pe rleberg (.' -31
'WT 70) SnveC elahagen .'r riura' t on llenot
2^n, large recently unloaded a'r:r:,~unition nile wras identified in the area ci the
o;,e ?~',c, erg (:: 5)!/T u0) rr_..r.lroad station on 31 august 195;:h about 5 p.m.. This
pi ie ce-_ i 1stcc of boxes t o est l m' ted dimensions of 'Cx6Ox3O cm.. The pile was
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.10 to ?:;C meters long, 2- to 3 meters .-A.dc .and 2 to 2z meters high. It was
C armed g sev n sold=ers who :,.-ore red-i:ordered black epaulets ?-.nd were armed
.;^ C h i1 :machine guns a (16)
liathenow 53 2 15 wnunition Depot
214 ::et,.-:ern l3 and 22 July 1950 armunition was loaded ne.-Ir t, e Ara .o plant in
!ono;':+~T?ridef"eid ship--,cal tr,.ray in the d.' rection of T.eustadt on the Dosse
R; ver (i 53/z 18) One cr.r. nition type was t?.orab-14 .ke 'ne, was ,1a,c?red in
! SCx6:?xGC?-4cr t;oxc::a:_. (17)
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22 , On 13 'UL,,-.u-,t 1950 a :sovict m_i mmunition depot w s Observed . n. a small T.wroods,
s tv CDC ui" 7 -, ?L(,,2 , toad .nt, from ii.athonur to
r `?3' south of aathE'novi a S?CI. ea
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00;,eiin I C.r 'e u ce of ammunition boxes were near the railroad spur track,
The boxes re:re aLout 12Qxleu .3G cm and, presuriai 1y, mere empty., Large stock-
0.les of soft coal were also of aerved there,
23a There w , much motor traffic between Iiathenow'.' and the mentioned .foods, The
fo lav?;..r ~ 0 ,-care identi. 'icd:
Trac': loaded with 120x,0x3G-c,z s mi n tion boxes,
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t".t)wS1s w:. .. eonOre a
loaded on box-co,, go iii; n the
direction of the woods.
~ru.c ::, er l ty, procoding toward the woods.
Truck toadod ammunition boxes, going toward
'ia.theno's7. (18)
Rothm. twin (I: 51/J
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'or ,,,,cr '~;_a :un'i, on lied
The extensive underground installations of the former aymunition depot near
hothonstein were turned over to the VITSO (4oreinigte Volkse:igeno ;: f assung
der 'i,f"k?ufbetriebo) for storing food some time ago, as was learned on 17
Raa. u.st 1950. The depot ; s guarded. by Volk: polizei. (19,)
Velton (i 53/ (4) 'uc1-. Dp,,dot
25. The Jav?.e=:t fu 1. depot in the } l.a.nt area. of the Schiweck r` C:oa exclu-
s~ volyr supplied with. fuel the ;~ovi -t a?'rfield -! n Oranienburg (~`d 53/~ 67), a
forfitr tf'.nnce ai.rf L( t., and the ~.'+r?'iel.d in : chocn:aszlcle (t. S3/: 60)as was
learned on 5 Au ;ust 10"0. Fuel was regularly supplied to this depot 1road
t UU ,,-ru~,~a vu-l-, c.iews oel.onC to air force units0
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