SOVIET UNITS AT FUERSTENWALDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A032400070001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 25, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
ARMY AVY IR
report concerning 25X1
This material contains Information affeoting the National Defense of the united states within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
14, U.S.C. secs. 793 and 794, the tranamLsion or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited. by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Soviet Units at Fuerstenwalde
DATE OF
INFO.
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DTE ACQ
Various Soviet Army units at Fuerstenwalde. These are engineer and administrative
units. Names of Soviet officers in these units are included in the report.
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MILITTAPY
TWO SOVIET UNITS LT F URSTEN WALDE
(12 De,C'::,b(;r56)
Cinema, Unit at Ste:;inhoflor Str asso .
1. This unit is loca.t d at Steinhcfl:r Str .sso
(383 043) in a t,.;To storey bin ding and consists of 5 or 6 officers 25X1
and. -,bout 30 men. The emit is comr,:.rded by Lieuten .nt Colonel
SURKOW (CYPKOB) ; ho 1 -roars the uniform of the tank corps. Senior
Liouten..nt Boris NILMIJENKO (F:YI;!Ei1T LK0), >ho rs rod/rod
shoulderbo:.irds, is the 1,:-.ye .st:.;r. of the unit. The other r,.n'as
:r engineer corps unifor-.:.
The unit is r,rs,,onsibla for r:,p ,i ring, A-1int wing and distributing
to Soviet units throughout the DDR all manner of rircl ss-sets,
loudspc,.kers, projectors, films, cinemetorr phic equipment, screens,
etc. Units in FttRSTEIT,^v'ALDE, POTS M11, EB7,RSTVI,LDE, M1IXFURT/GDER,
hI RLSHORST and LEIPZIG are known to n_.ve received equipment from
this unit.
Garman technicians also assist in the repair and :,rainte,Z..nci of
equipment.
" Lutobauhof" unit.
The so-called "Autobauhof" unit is located at 371 991. It takes
its name from the fact that the former Gurn.an ,","ehrmacht ueed to
riaintain . vehicle repair ror;.shc , at this place.
5. The unit is under the co_::._:and of the engineer park at FTRSTLIWALDE
and is regul..rly visited -,..ad inspected by a colonel -and a senior
lieutenant from this engineer park.. Both officers ear black/blue
shoulde.rbo rds. The lieuton.::nt's is SKUR3Iuv0 SKI(CI,YPPAIOBCK).
6. The "Autobaurof" consistin, of 4 -,cards and 64 German .~ora_ rs is
cone. xdod by a irsajo- a:ssiste.;d by a senior lieutenant, Russian
ro::.ian -;rho acts as int,~rpretor end a Russian woman rho controls the
output of the unit and sets the working-norms (TAAN-Sach'3o ,rboiterin
i.e. Tocnnischo = Arb,.;its = Norm).
7. The "Bauhof" carries cut repairs and painting of vehicles, pontoons
and tractors for dr.-.-.Tin; pontoons (Pont onschlapr)_r) .
0. Delivery of v,ehicle..s and equip) e nt for repair is :.most .;iitir-ly
from the FfRSTEWivALDE .re..~ and only occasionally from further :.field.
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EAST GER11L' 'Y
MILITARY
Soviet Units at FJERSTEI~'WALDE 12 ]Cec 56)
1. On 4 Dec 56, the engineer barracks at Gartenstr FUERSTENWALDE
received a delivery of tank ammunition which contained explosive
and incendiary filling. This type of ammunition had not pre-
viously been held by the unit in the engineer barracks.
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2. The head of the administrative unit TROFIMOV (ASSUCCO) 'n nS FCUERSUERSTEN
56
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WALDE - is as at 12 c ,
wear black red 25X1
is offioer, who is aged about -
P_ unit repairs 1 ries and
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tractors and keeps a stock of spare parts
3. Only artillery pieces and rocket launchers are repaired in the
the type of equipment
to b artillery
depot. is
to be e seen on P
equipment has been seen there.
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