DESCRIPTION OF THE SOVIET COMPOUND AT KARLSHORST, EAST BERLIN

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COUNTRY East Germany/USSR
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Description of the Soviet Compound DATE DISTR. 16 1
at Karlshorst, East Berlin
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1. The Soviet Compound located in East Berlin-Karlshorst is the headquarters
for the folio'ring major Soviet Units: KGB Rezidentura, RU Strategic
Rezidentura, the Agent Operations Section, RU GSFG, and the Berlin Soviet
garrison (Soviet Kommandatura). The Compound also serves as a housing
area for all major Soviet units in East Berlin including,in addition to
those units mentioned above, the Soviet Embassy to the GDR, the Soviet
Trade Delegation, the 83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment located in Ber.lin-
Karlshorst, and the KGB Signals Regiment located in Berlin-Weissensee and
Berlin-Friedrichshagen. To service the Soviet.installations and billets
in the Karlshorst Compound numerous German units have also been established.
to provide a summary of information[
The information rovided in this report is for the most
part current, though at times have drawn on older reports for the sake
of lucidity.
PEYSICAL:
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2. Attached is a current map of the Karlshorst Compound indicating the changes
in the physical size of the Compound since 1954. The first major reduction
in the size of the Karlshorst Compound was undertaken in 1956, when the
area bordered by Zwieselerstr., OhmKruegerstr., Roemerweg, and Dewetallee,
was excluded from the Compound and returned to East Berlin authority.
Some of the headquarters area buildings were also relinquished to German
ministries at that time. Another slight reduction took place in mid-1957
and an even smaller one again in 1958. The Soviets have recently gone
to considerable expense to rehabilitate existing fences and to establish
new ones. If the Soviets continue cutbacks it is believed they will follow
the past pattern of releasing houses on the edge of Soviet-controlled areas
and withdrawing into an increasingly smaller perimeter. Waldowallee con-
tinues to serve as the normal entrance and exit for vehicular traffic,
although Zwieselerstr. can be used as an entrance point for Soviet vehicles
only. Pedestrians continue to use the Waldowallee and Rheinsteinstrasse
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entrances as well as an. entrance :located on Bode:mnaiserweg and a part-
time entrance located at the corner of Godesbergerstrasse and
Weselerstrasse.
SECURITY:
3. Prior to May 1958, responsibility for security of the Soviet Compound at
Karlshorst resided with the Volkspolizei. (Revier #256). During this
period, however, the fence was allowed to fall into disrepair, the guard
force was poorly directed and inefficient, and it became accepted
practice among Germans living in Karlshorst outside the Compound to enter
the Compound illegally in order to purchase commodities unobtainable
elsewhere. As a result, responsibility for Compound security was trans-
ferred to the Ministry for State Security (Ministerium fuer Staats-.
sicherheit - MfS). In conjunction with this change, a new guard force
for the Compound was supplied subordinate to MfS Headquarters at
22 Normannenstrasse, Berlin-Lichtenberg. The new guard unit established
.patrols around the entire inside per phery of the Compound arming their
guards with both rifles and machine pistols. At night these patrols
were accompanied by dogs. Roving patrols were instituted throughout the
Compound interior. Telephone connection boxes were located at various
points in the Compound in order that'guard.s could report promptly. A
guard house was established at AmRo.landseck 5, and the dogs were also
kept at this installation. A liaison office for the guard unit was
established in June 1958 in the building on, the east corner of
Grafenauerweg and Bodenmaiserweg (marked #30 on attached map),
this unit as the "Sonderkommando SSD Verbindungstelle USSR/DDR9V
although this term is not completely accurate.
1s. In conjunction with this newly secured fence line and guard force the
MfS assumed responsibility for the issuance of passes and established a
pass office at Waldowallee 35. This office operates in two shifts - from
0600 to 1+00 and 1.00 to 2300. Since the MfS took over the office in
May 1958, it has been managed by circa three men to a shift who, though
they wear civilian clothes, give the appearance of being military types.
No Russian personnel have been reported in the new office building. New
passes were issued valid from 1 June 1958. Blue passes were issued to
Germans who resided in the Compound, green ones to Germans working
directly for Soviet units, brown ones for Germans working for German
units and miscellaneous types. Soviet residents of the Compound were
also issued new passes, the Soviet women receiving a small white card
carrying a passport photograph in the upper left hand corner, Soviet
officers a rose colored card carrying no photograph, and Soviet male
civilians a red identification card approximately 10 by 5 cm. Vehicles
were also provided with new passes which could be affixed to their sun
visors and were stamped to indicate whether the vehicle was to be con-
trolled or allowed to proceed without control.
5. Prior to the issuance of new passes all German employees were required to
fill out new employment questionnaires for screening by the MfS. Sections
of these questionnaires were devoted to ascertaining the identity of
relatives and friends in the West. The MfS is systematically placing
informants in all German units inside the Compound, (i.e., East Berlin
Housing Administration service and repair units, all private firms doing
work in the Compound, BEWAG, GASAG, etc.). The Soviets have reserved
to themselves responsibility for Germans employed directly by Soviet units,
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but each of these Soviet units has a KGB/SK or KGB/00 security officer
who actively recruits his own informants from among the German work force.
There has also been a concerted effort on the part of the Soviets during
the past few months to summarily release those Germans who occupy
responsible and knowledgeable positions in the Karlshorst Compound. Many
of these Germans were loyal employees, who had worked for the Soviet
forces since 1945- Quite obviously they are being released because they
have become too knowledgeable. These vacated positions have either been
abolished, or have been filled by Soviet nationals or Germans known to
be either pro-Communist or under KGB or MfS control. In order to avoid
the two week notice required at the time employees are released, the
Soviets are paying each one two weeks salary in advance, but are not
allowing them to work during this period. The purpose of this procedure
is to deny disgruntled employees further access to Soviet installations.
6. There is also a continuing pressure from the Soviet side to remove from
the Compound those Germans who were previously allowed to reside inside.
Of the total number of approximately 300 Germans initially allowed to
move into the Karlshorst Compound only 170 remain. The process of
excluding German residents has not proceeded as rapidly as the Soviets
had expected because of the housing shortage in East Berlin. It is
believed that all Germans will eventually be relocated with the possible
exception of a few high ranking individuals such as Willi STOPH, Ernst
WOLLWEBER, and Erich MIELKE.
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Although there has been some relaxation of the stringent physical security
measures imposed on the Karlshorst Compound by the MfS in June and July 1958
(i.e. the dogs have been removed from routine night patrol, some of the
patrols have been disbanded), the Karlshorst security picture at the
present time is grim. All Germans with access to the Compound are
thoroughly screened by the MfS on a continuous basis. Security checks
are run before passes are issued. The two meter high fence and patrols
prevent access to unauthorized persons. The introduction of "spitzels"
(informers) forces all German employees to be distrustful of their
colleagues and to consider any Western-oriented approach to be a provo-
cation. In this way the Soviets and the MfS have attempted to prevent
and have been to a certain extent successful in preventing Western
intelligence service attempts to penetrate the Compound. With continued
pressure by the MfS this situation is expected to worsen.
GERMAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS:
8. Sub-Section G of the Lichtenberg Section of the East Berlin Housing Adminis-
tration, located outside the Karlshorst Compound at Waldowallee 28, is
responsible for the administration, maintenance, and repair of all
properties located inside the Karlshorst Compound not serviced or admin-
istered by Soviet units.
9. The Regieburo, subordinate to Sub-Section G, is responsible for the
maintenance and repair of all billets in the Compound under the jurisdiction
of Sub-Section G. This unit has its repair shops at Grafenauerweg 13-15
between Koepenickerallee and Dewetallee.
10. A requisitioned property (Schadensfragen) department has been established
by the East Berlin Housing Administration, Lichtenberg, for the purpose
of administering property which has been requisitioned by the Soviets
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inside the KKr?ls aorsl, b u-, snot place--~ un.rie ? the administration
of Sub-Section. G for security reasons. The majority of these billets
and installations are off_llmits to German. personnel. The requisitioned
property department receives only a portion of the rent on their
properties from the Soviets. The Soviets apply the remaining portion of
the rent for repairs or other work which the Soviets handle themselves.
For the most part, the installations and billets handled under the
requisitioned properties department belong to the military and to high
ranking Soviet officials i.n sensitive positions. There are indications
that the KGB is transferring large portions of their billets to this
unit for cover purposes.
11. HO stores inside the K.,a,rlshorst Compound. were either closed or taken
over by the GSFG retail sales organization (TORGOTDEL) on 16 August 1958.
TORGOTDEL has its local Headq;a,rters at Ehrenfelsstr. 9. German
personnel of the HO were either released or transferred to other HO
installations outside the Compouknd.. Only those who spoke Russian and
were 100% reliable were retained. The reason. behind this transfer of
responsibility appears to have been an effort to avoid the higher food
prices faced by the Soviets due to the end. of rationing in the GDR and
was in line with the general policy of eliminating as many German
personnel from the Compou=Aas poss:rble. It is believed that circa
4+0 Germans were riffed as a result of this cutback.
SOVIET EMBASSY:
12. The office buildings of the Soviet Embassy and Consulate are located
respectively at Berlin NW Unter den Linden 6365 and Schadowstr. 1B.
These buildings are not :inside the Karlshorst Compound. However, since
the majority of Soviets assigned to the Embassy are quartered inside the
Karlshorst Compound, Embassy support units have been established in that
area. These include: (a) the Embassy Billeting and Maintenance Section,
(b) the Embassy Hotel, (c) Embassy School, (d) the Embassy Motor Pool,
(e) the House of Culture (DOM. KJLTURY),, and (f) the Trade Union and CPSU
Offices. All of these units are directly under the control of the Embassy
Administrative Chief with offices in the Embassy building on Unter den
Linden 63/65. The Administrative Chief until July 1958 was Sergei F.
DYACHENKO.
13. The Embassy Billeting and Maintenance Section was formerly located at
Andernacherstr. 3 and 14 but on 5 June 1957 was moved to Rooms 5 and 6
of the Volga Hotel at Rheinsteinstr. 14. This unit manages the Soviet
Embassy Hotel, assigns billets to incoming Soviet employees and
supervises German maintenance and service personnel who work in the
160 billets assigned to the permanent Embassy staff. The Chief of this
unit in August 1958 wad'Antonia STEPANOVA, whose husband N. V. STEPAN07
was Chief of the KGB Hotel. Fray STEPANOVA was returned to the Soviet
Union and has been replaced by Nadya (L NU). The Deputy Chief is Frau
Vera FLINT, a Russian emigree. A total. of 21 Germans are employed by
this unit, six cleaning women for the hotel, three firemen, five wash
women, one plumber, two carpenters, one electrician, one decorator,
and two transport workers.
11+. The Embassy Hotel sstem includes the Volga, located at Rheinstein-
str. 1 and the Lux Hotel (Haas 7) located at Koenigswinterstr. 7.
The Volga contains 32 rooms, and the Lux, which is predominately for
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VIP's, con,aiws = i_x of the hotel include not only
Embassy personnel but military and. civilian groups as well. The 00/KGB
Operations unit at 23 Rheinstein.str. has made frequent and regular use
of the Volga. Hotel for agent meetings. The Volga Hotel contains a
restaurant and beauty shop on t,h_.e gro-and floor. All of the hotel rooms
are located on the second and.third.floors. The hotel system also has
a laundry located in the basement rooms of Drachenfelsstr. 8 and 9.
This installation handles laundry for the Volga and Lux Hotels and the
KGB Hotel as well as for the Embassy installation on Unter den Linden.
Private laundry is not accepted.
15. The Soviet Embassy School system main office is located at Gundelfinger-
str. 10/11. (An entrance is also on. Treskowallee 70). The school
directorate consists of Director A. DEGTYAREV and Deputy Director A.
BELOBORODOVA. The Administrative Chief is Sergei Petrovich SHUVALOV.
This system comprises a kindergarten located. at Rheinsteinstr. 85/87,
a vocational school located at the same address and a primary and middle
school located at Gundelfingerstr. 10/11. The student population which
includes all Soviet children residing in the Greater Berlin area regard-
less of their parents position is estimated to be circa 600. The pupils
ages range from seven to sixteen years. The Soviet faculty of this
school numbers 25 to 30. The school employs a chief fireman, three
regular firemen, four cleaning women, and one driver, all German.
16. Soviet Embassy Motor Pool is located east of the intersection of
Rheinsteinstr./Koepernickerallee inside the Karlshorst Compound and is
composed of three Niessen type huts and one small barracks type building
which houses the administrative offices and the drivers waiting room.
Circa 20-25 passenger vehicles, six trucks, and three buses are report-
edly assigned to this organization. Approximately 25 drivers are assigned
to this motor pool as well as six to eight mechanics; of these, 12 to 15
are Germans. The Chief of the motor pool until January 1958 was a Soviet,
V. M. or V. I KUZNETSOV. However, this individual has returned to the
Soviet Union and has been replaced by another Soviet.
17. House of Culture (DOM KULTURY) Headquarters is located in the Dram
Theater building on Ehrenfelsstr. at the entrance to the Karlshorst
Compound.. This unit supervises the activities of the Dram Theater,
Letny Park amusement area, the Kinobaza (a film storage and distribution
center), and a library located at Rheinsteinstr. 31/33. The Director
of the House of Culture was Nikolai. Ivanovich FEDULOV until his return
to the Soviet Union in September 1958. This position is now occupied
by Sergei Mikhailovich SOLOV'YEV. This unit employs nine Soviet personnel.
18. The Dram Theater is not only used for theater and movie performance but
also contains a sewing and music school and a language instruction
department. Large receptions and banquets are also held in the Dram
Theater and on occasions the theater building is used by Satellite
personnel.
19. Letny Park is an amusement park located in the area Rheinateinstr.,
Waldowallee, Andernacherstr., and Koenigswin.ter. This park, which is
open only during the summer months, contains an open air theater, play-
ground area, a gymnastic field, bicycle rental shop, billiard room and
reading room. The billiard and reading rooms are located directly behind
Andernacherstr. 9 in a small rectangular building.
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20. The Kinobaza located at Koenigswinterstr. 28 serves as a film storage
and distribution center and handles disposition of films to all
Soviet military forces stationed in East Germany. The Director of the
House of Culture and the Chief of SOVEXPORTFILM in East Berlin screen
all films arriving from the Soviet Union to determine their general
acceptability for showing to Soviet troops and East German and Western
European audiences. Distribution to East German and West European
theaters is handled through SOVEXPORTFILM. The film library has a
Soviet Chief Viktoria (LNU), a Soviet female bookkeeper, two film
splicers, one Soviet and one German, one German cleaning woman, one
German male expeditor.
21. The Embassy Library is located on the ground floor of Rheinsteinstr.
31733 and was supervised by Vera Mikhailovna KAPINUS, until late
August 1958 when she was replaced by Nina (LNU), A Soviet charwoman
is also employed in this installation.
22. The Headquarters for the CPSU and the Trade Union organization has been
located on the second floor of Rheinsteinstr. 31/33 since October 1958.
These two organizations are responsible for the organizing of the social
and cultural life of the Soviet colony in Karlshorst and direct the
Trade Union and Party membership activities in that area. The new
Chief of the House of Culture, SOLOV'YEV, was formerly in charge of the
Trade Union Section and may actually still be occupying that position
though he is also serving as Chief of the House of Culture.
SOVIET TRADE DELEGATION:
23. Only those units of the STD organization which are physically located
within the Compound fence are included in this report. Like the Soviet
Embassy to the GDR, the main offices of the Soviet Trade Delegation
are located on Unter den Linden and only housing and support units are
situated within the Compound. The only exception is the Wismuth A. G.
Liaison Office which is mentioned below. In October 1958, Trade
Delegation personnel occupied 175 billets inside the Compound.
24. The Administrative Section of the STD controls and is responsible for
all support offices and facilities operated for the joint benefit of
the various sections of the Trade Delegation. Such facilities include
the Real Estate Section, the Motor Pool in Berlin-Weissensee and the
Rest Center in Zeuthen near Berlin. Chief of the Section until October
1958 was Yevgeniy Ivanovich RAKOV, who then returned to the USSR. RAKOV's
successor is Aleksandr Alekseyevich BYCHKOV. While the STD motor pool
and Zeuthen Rest Center are not physically in the Karlshorst Compound,
it should be noted that the number of German employees of the motor pool
has been reduced from 34+ to 25 since 1957. Only two Germans are reported
working at the Zeuthen Center.
25. The Real Estate Section is located at Ehrenfelsstr. 40, having moved
from Ehrenfelsstr. 37 in early 1958. It controls and administers real
estate holdings or rental properties used for or by the Soviet Trade
Delegation to the GDR. Other personnel known to be employed within
this office are Fnu KUZMINA, Galina Petrovna KOZHINA, and a Soviet cashier,
name unknown. To service and maintain the STD billets within the Karlshorst
Compound circa 20 Germans, charwomen, craftsmen and janitors are currently
employed. Six German employees have been released since late 1957,
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noticeably those who were completely familiar with the STD installations,
personnel and procedures, and who had long worked for the organization.
Known "spitzels" were introduced into the German labor force as replace-
ments in some cases, in others the positions were filled by Soviets.
26. The Berlin-Wismuth Liaison Office of the Fourth Administration of
Wismuth A. G., a joint Russo-German stock corporation for the mining
of uranium in the Siegmar-Schoenau area and its trans-shipment to
the USSR, is maintained at Koenigswinterstr. 18A and 19 in the Compound.
The office appears to function as an expediter to assure swift and
uninterrupted supply deliveries from GDR industry to the Wismuth
organization. Such liaison possibly concerns itself with the actual
day to day problems of material allocation, supply, and delivery problems
as they affect Wismuth operations. The Soviet staff of the Karlshorst
Wismuth office are as follows: Aleksey Pavlovich ZATSARINSKIY, Chief,
Vladimir Sergeyevich GORDEYEV, (fnu) SHAROV, and Vladimir Semenovich
PUGACHEV. Four Germans are known to be currently employed at this
installation. No German dismissals or resignations were reported in
1957-5a,
KGB REZIDENTURA:
27. The former St. Antonius Hospital located at 39-57 Koepernickerallee has
served as the headquarters building for the KGB Rezidentura since 1953?
The building consists of a full basement, two full floors, a somewhat
smaller third floor, and a small fourth floor. This installation is
surrounded by an interlocking series of wooden and wire fences protected
by an alarm tripwire and is guarded continuously by six guards. While
the general Compound security is now the responsibility of MfS Security
Troops, the security of all KGB installations is maintained by KGB-
controlled Soviet guards. German employees of the KGB are no longer
assigned permanent work in the headquarters building and only occasionally
is a work force brought in to repaint or for some major or specialized
repair work. Within the headquarters building are located all elements
generally necessary for the existance of a self-contained intelligence
unit. Aleksandr Mikhailovich KOROTKOV is the present chief of the KGB
Rezidentura.
28. The KGB Administrative Section includes the Billeting and Maintenance
Sections, Finance and Procurement Sections, KGB Policlinic, KGB Hotel
and KGB Motor Pool. The Administrative Headquarters is located at
Frankestr. 4/6. This is a building with three full floors and an attic.
It is about 100 feet long, 35 feet deep. Though the two buildings,
4 and 6, are separated, the walls have been pierced and they operate
as one unit. The Chief of the Administrative Section is (fnu) VASENIN,
who replaced Petr A. PETROV in late 1957. Until August 1958 the Deputy
was G. S. VATULIN. No Germans are employed in this installation.
29. The Finance Section, also located at 4/6 Frankestr. is headed by (fnu)
FAL'KO and his Deputy is Mikhail P. RYBAKOV. Valya ASTAKHOVA is the
Chief bookkeeper.
30. The Billeting and Maintenance Section Chief is (fnu) SHUDAKOV who also
sits at 4/6 Frankestr. This unit controls the 550 KGB billets inside
the Compound. The Maintenance Section itself is located at Frankestr. 11,
which is a two story house of circa 10 large rooms. The ground floor
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accommodates a painting, carpenter, upholster and glasier shop. The
second floor is occupied by the maintenance office, electrical shop
and various storage rooms. The head of the maintenance organization
is Vikor ROMANUKHA who has held this position since November 1956.
ROMANUKHA is usually referred to by residents of Karlshorst as the
supervisor of German employees. This maintenance office is perhaps
the best known of the KGB Karlshorst installations because of its
daily contact with indigenous personnel. It serves as the overt
employer of KGB German employees and handles all contacts with German
firms. The official designation of this office is the "Wage Ofice
of the Soviet Housing Administration No. 1, 2, 3". (LOHNBO DER
SOVIETISCHE HAUS VERWALTUNG NO. 1, 2) 3).
31. The KGB Furniture Storage Warehouse is subordinate to the KGB Billeting
and Maintenance Office and is located in a building at the KGB Autobaza
in Rummelsburg. In addition there is a furniture repair shop in the
basement of Ehrenfelsstr. 12-13.
32. The KGB Polyclinic is located at Marksburgstr. 48, and provides minor
medical and dental aid to KGB staffers. It is subordinate to the
Administration Section. Dr. Petr V. KARELIN is the director and is
assisted by (fnu) KARCHEVSKAYA (probably the pediatrician) and one or
two other Soviet nationals.
33. "KGB Hotel" is a term arbitrarily applied to the row of apartment
buildings extending from Ehrenfelsstr. 12 through 15. It houses both
transient and permanent KGB employees (primarily bachelors). Until
August 1958, N. V. STEPANOV, husband of Antonia STEPANOVA who was the
Chief of the Embassy Billeting and Maintenance Office, was the head
of the Hotel. He was replaced by (fnu) PETROV. STEPANOV had a certain
amount of autonomy in regards to funding repairs and maintenance, but
was responsible to VASENIN, Chief ar the KGB Admin.
34. The KGB Autohof (not to be confused with the KGB Motor Pool located in
Rurnmelsburg located behind the KGB Hotel at Ehrenfelsstr. 12-15
serves as a dispatch point. A Soviet dispatcher and two Soviet
mechanics who do minor repairs, auto washing, etc., are stationed here.
It is directly subordinate to the KGB Motor Pool in Rummelsburg. From
25 to 35 vehicles use this autohof as a dispatch point.
35. Until May 1958 the KGB had a clubhouse at Rheinsteinstr. 81. At that
time furniture was moved and the building turned over to another
unit's control. In October 1958 this club reopened in new quarters at
Koenigswinterstr. 3. The KGB also has an'adult education center at
Koepenickerallee 60/62 and a Kindergarten at Koepenickerallee 70.
36. In December 1957 the KGB Billeting and Maintenance Section carried 44
Germans on its payroll as service and maintenance personnel. By
March 1958 this number had been reduced. to 30 and by the end of Sep-
tember 1958 only eighteen Germans remained, of these nine were craftsmen,
four char women and four were firemen. Even Germans who had long served
in trusted positions with the Soviets were not spared. In almost every
instance those Germans fired were replaced by Soviets or their jobs were
left unfilled although there was a recognized need. There has also
been a noticeable reluctance on the part of the Soviets to allow German
employees to enter their installations. The German maintenance force
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at the present time is limited almost entirely to the servicing of
private billets. Several of the Germans retained by the KGB are inform-
ants of the Soviet Colony (SK) Section of the Rezidentura.
38. The KGB/MfS Liaison Office: No Soviets are attached to this administrative
organization located on Dewetallee 32 (outside the Compound fence line).
It is included in this report because the office, although located outside
the Compound, is responsible for the maintenance of circa 20 billets in-
side the Compound. These billets are for the most part occupied by KGB
officials who serve as advisors to the GDR Ministry for State Security
(MfS). These advisors are subordinate to the Advisors Section cf the
KGB Rezidentura under KOROTKOV. This office is headed by a German male
and a female with circa 10 Germans employed as the repair and maintenance
crew. It is known that this unit is directly responsible to MfS Head-
quarters on Normannenstr. The MfS bears all financial responsibilities
for these billets.
39. KGB Communications Installations inside the Karlshorst Compound are believed
to be located at Building in the Headquarters area, in Frankestr. 4/6
and at Ehrenfelsstr. 16.
BERLIN SOVIET GARRISON HEADQUARTERS (SOVIET KOMMANDATURA)
40. Headquarters Buildings:
a. Building #2 (Marshall House): Since circa November 1954 following
extensive renovation, Building #2 Stabs Area (also referred to as
Marshall House) has served as the Headquarters staff building for the
Berlin Kommandatura. The offices of Major General Nikolai Fedorovich
ZAKHAROV, Kommandant of Berlin since February 1958, are located in
this building. Marshall House is a two story T-shaped building circa
100 feet long. In addition to housing ZAXIIAROV's office and immediate
staff it is believed to be the location of the Office of Deputy for
Diplomatic Relations, Office of the Chief of Staff, and possibly the
Operations Section.
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b. Building #3: The Kommandatura Signals Center is known to be located
in this building north of and next to Building #2. There is a
Message Center in the basement and first floors and the Kommandatura
offices are 'Located on the upper floor. The building itself is two
story, circa 120 feet long, 35 feet high and 40 feet wide.
c. Building #4: Located directly east of Building #3 in the Stabs Area,
this is the site of the Kommandatura Administrative and Supply offices
currently under Lt. Col. Vasiliy Ivanovich MAKAROV. The building
itself is three stories and of approximately the same dimensions as
Building #3. In addition to the Administrative Office it is believed
that the Political Department is also housed in Building #4.
d. Building f8: The left half of this two-story building is occupied
by a Field Branch of the USSR State Bank (GOSBANK) which is under
Kommandatura Control. The building is surrounded by a fence and only
one of the two entrances is open.
41. The Kommandatura Administrative and Maintenance Section is responsible for
the maintenance and general administration of Kommandatura Headquarters
buildings and the 130 Kommandatura billets within the Compound. The
present chief is Lt. Col. Vasiliy Ivanovich MAKAROV. He served as Deputy
Administrative Chief under Lt. Colonel NAZARENKO from 1955 until the
latter's departure from Berlin in late 1956 or early 1957. The maintenance
crew's workshops are located at Rheinsteinstr. 113 and are under the
supervision of a German who in turn is directly responsible to MAKAROV.
In late 1957 the Administrative and Maintenance Section employed 22 German
employees. Since that time the number has been reduced to circa 18.
42. The Kommandatura Hotel system includes the nine-room transient billet at
Zwieselerstr. 9 for bachelor officers, the main Kommandatura Hotel
building at Godesbergerstr. 5containing a minimum of 12 rooms, and a
six to eight apartment building believed to have facilities for at least
30 at Godesbergerstr. 6 which, although used by the hotel, is also the
billets for the single Soviet females employed at the various Kommandatura
installations. The first floor of Godesbergerstr. 5 is also the site of
the Kommandatura billeting office and the hotel administration. Sgt. (fnu)
SMIRNOV was the director of the hotel until circa June 1957. A (fnu)
KOSTYANIKOV is his successor. A Soviet female bookkeeper is the other
employee in the hotel office. Two German and one Soviet charwomen work
at Godesbergerstr. and one or two German women at Zwieslerstr. 9. The
hotel system also has its own fireman.
43. The Soviet Officers Club (Dom Ofitserov/Gloria Club) is actually located
outside the Compound, but is used by the officers living inside and is
under Kommandatura control. The Administration T:J-.lding is located at
Treskowallee 85 and. the auditorium and club rooms at Treskowallee 87.
These buildings are separated by Treskowallee 86 and the intersection of
Doenhoffstr. and Treskowallee. In addition the Club maintains the stadium,
swimming pool and gym facilities located in the northeast corner of the
Stabs area of the Compound. The Soviet Photo shop formerly located at
Ehrenfelsstr. 46 was also under the Club's direction. Until February 1958
this shop was managed by a Soviet female with one German female helper.
The shop has now been closed. Usually four officers are stationed at the
club along with circa six enlisted men who serve as guards and drivers.
Circa eighteen persons form the German staff of the club, one driver, one
interpreter, four laborers/watchmen, seven charwomen, two firemen, two
craftsmen, and one woman who operates the HO Snack Bar in the club.
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44. Soviet Officers Mess (Casino) is located at Rheinsteinstr. 7880. It
serves as dining hall and.open mess for Soviet officers and is referred
to by Soviets and Germans alike as the "Casino." Operating hours are
from 0700 to 2300 and only Soviets are served meals at this installation.
The normal staff is composed of a Soviet female manager, two Soviet
waitresses, one Soviet female cook and a Soviet sargeant and a private
who are in charge of the issuing and warehouse in the cellar, two German
dishwashers/kitchen helpers who alternate, and one German charwoman.
45. The Military Polyclinic is located in the large irregular shaped building
on the corner of Weselerstr., Drachenfelsstr., and Rheinsteinstr. Only
the Drachenfelsstr. 12 and 13 entrances belong to the Polyclinic with
number 12 being closed and 13 serving as the main entrance. The Poly-
clinic has a dental and pediatric section, and treats only out-patients
for minor injuries and illnesses. Folloiwng the dissolution of the
Soviet Trade Delegation Polyclinic in January 1958, STD patients are
now treated in the Military Polyclinic. Medical cases requiring hospitali-
zation or more complex treatment are sent to the Central Military
Hospital (formerly St. Elizabeth's) in Berlin-Oberschoeneweide, Treskowallee.
Soviet medical staff of the Polyclinic is estimated to be circa 10. The
Polyclinic comes under the administrative direction of the Central Mili-
tary Hospital. Lt. Col. Nikolai Grigoryevich ZAV'YESNIY was last reported
as Chief of the Polyclinic.
46. A Hunting Club (Jagd Kollektiv) including a shop selling guns and
ammunition is located in the small villa at Rheingoldstr. 44. Although
the Hunt Club is under the control of the Kommandatura both it and the
store are patronized by Russian civilians, Chinese, Koreans, and other
Satellite nationalities. A German interpreter assists the Soviet in
charge and manages the target range maintained by the Club.
47. The Military Prosecutors Office which is attached to the Kommandatura was
located at Koenigswinterstr. 36 from the end of 1956 until May 1957.
The present location of this office is Koenigswinterstr. 6.
48. The Kommandatura Bathhouse inside the Compound at Waldowallee 85/95 is
administered by the Kommandatura for the primary purpose of providing
bathing facilities for the Soviet troops in the Karlshorst area. Units
use the bath by schedule. The Tank Unit on Hegemeister Weg, Kommandatura
personnel, and the Separate Guard Battalion which occupies the Bunker
area in the northeast section of the Compound use the bath each week.
A German is in charge of the Bath and is directly responsible to the
Kommandatura Administrative Chief. Five Germans formerly worked here
as"heizers"and charforce but they have been replaced by Soviets.
49. The 133rd Separate Guard Battalion is quartered in the extreme northeast
corner of Karlshorst Compound and is responsible for guarding certain
military installations inside the Karlshorst Compound, providing the
necessary honor guards for the Soviet Military Headquarters, the guard
force for the Spandau Allied Prison and. maintaining boundary control
points on the U.S./Soviet Sector/Zone boundary. This unit consists of
some 24 officers and 300 enlisted men. This unit is directly under the
control of the Soviet Military Garrison Berlin (Kommandatura). The Chief
of this unit is Lt. Colonel (fnu) PAVALYAEV. The unit is sometimes called
"Administration/SHMELOV" after the administrative officer of this unit
Major (fnu) SHMELOV. This unit is also referred to as "Plan 89" although
the origin of this term is unknown.
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SOVIET ADVISORS TO THE NATIONAL PEOPLES ARMY (NVA):
55. The Headquarters of the Soviet Advisors to the NVA was established inside
the Karlshorst Compound during December 195+ and January 1955 in the old
Kommandatura building at Weselerstr. 2/3. In February 1957 the advisors
were moved to Rheinsteinstr. 17 where their headquarters was located as
of late October 1958. At the time the advisors were established in the
Karlshorst Compound in January 1955, their staff consisted of approxi-
mately 80 officers, the vast majority of whom were Lt. Colonels and above,
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and a good number of this group were general officers. The Chief Soviet
Advisor was Lt. General Aieksandr Nikolayevich. NECHAYEV. During the
period January 1955 through February 1958, the advisory group shrank to
60. This headquarters received its support from the NVA units which it
advised including NVA automobiles, circa 20 of which were assigned
permanently to this unit, drivers, maintenance and service personnel.
56. Present Situation: Reports during the month of October 1958 confirm
that the Soviet Advisory system to the NVA is being disbanded or very
greatly reduced in Karlshorst and probably throughout the GDR, and the
majority of these advisory officers including NECHAYEV have already
departed for the USSR.
SOVIET MVD ADVISORS TO THE GDR MINISTRY FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MdI) AND
GDR MINISTRY FOR STATE SECURITY MfS :
57. This unit of 25 to 30 Soviet officers under the command of General (fnu)
KAZAK VICH moved inside the Karlshorst Compound to Sinzigerstr. 2 in
March 1956. General KAZAKEVICH served as Chief Soviet Advisor to Major
General Herman GARTMANN of the GDR security police forces. General
GARTMANN is one of the Deputies of the GDR Ministry for State Security.
The officers under General KAZAKEVICH's command serve as advisors to
the GDR alert police (Bereitschaftpolizei), border police (Grenzpolizei)
and the transport police (Transportpolizei). This advisory unit is
also being disbanded.
83RD MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT OF THE FIRST MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION:
58. The 83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the First Rifle Division is located
in Berlin-Karlshorst, Hegemeister Weg on a portion of the Karlshorst
race track grounds (not shown on attached sketch). There are 35 to 40
tanks assigned to this unit. One hundred officers of this unit are
billeted inside the Karlshorst Compound and 24 are billeted outside the
Compound at Treskowallee 94, 94A, 94B, and 94C. The Commanding Officer
of this unit is believed to be Col. (fnu) KARINA and the Administrative
Officer is Lt. Col. (fnu) BRACHIK-0'd.
WUENSDORF KECH:
A sub-office of the Billeting Section of the Rear Services Directorate
of GSFG Headquarters in Wuensdorf called "Wuensdorf Kechtt is located
inside the Karlshorst Compound at Rheinsteinstr. 9, Apartment 2. Prior
to this the unit was located at Treskowallee 103, Apartment 3. The Chief
of this unit until 2 January 1958 was Ye. (fnu) KALISHNIKOV, his replace-
ment is (fnu) DYADENKO. DYADENKO's secretary is M. P. MANDZRIKOVA. This
unit administers all property inside the Karlshorst Compound. occupied
by units detached from GSFG Headquarters in Wuensdorf. These units
include all GRU elements, KGB/00, 133rd Separate Guard Battalion,
83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, Soviet Military Hospital, a small sani-
tation section from the Medical Directorate GSFG located at Rhein-
goldstr. 45/46, (this unit comprising six officers and eight enlisted
men is responsible for inspection of sanitation. facilities, food, etc.)
a small Military Transport Advisory unit to the East German Railways
and the Karlshorst Postal unit.
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GERMAN RESIDENTS OF THE COMPOUND:
60. In November 1957, 300 to 310 Germans were residing inside the Compound.
Since that time the number has been reduced by at least 130-135 through
fence movements and expulsion of German residents from the Compound.
Of those remaining inside the Compound, six are members of the Amt fuer
Technik, nine from the National People's Army, 10 are Ministry of
Interior employees, 17 are from the Verwaltung fuer Koordinerung (formerly
Admin. 19), and 16 are from the Ministry of State Security. Many others
though presently unidentified are believed to be assigned to the mentioned
units. Among the more prominent German residents of the Compound are
the Defense Minister, Willi STOPH, MfS Director, Erich MIELKE, and
former MfS Chief, Ernst WOLLWESERO The former chief of Amt fuer
Koordinerung, General Karl LINKE, also resided inside the Compound until
June 1958. All of these residents have been screened by the MfS. German
residents of the Compound are allowed to receive visitors but these too
are controlled and a record kept of each visit at the pass office.
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