SOVIET FUEL DEPOT IN DRESDEN-ALBERTHAFEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300160002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 18, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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2R ~rc~Yz l9~Zs it was ascertai.nQd that the fuel depot in Dresden/z3.Y~ert~zaxuA
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=ixin tYz~~ s~criod from late march ~to 7 ~~ay I9~1 an avera;;e of I~ to ? ra~.Iroad cars,
::;each 2oarYrd with l0 t,ons of fuels arrived at this depots alter wily from ~uarar~iao
/.~'a~- ss~:~e ~re:ks~ t'rac bills o.f lad~3~ of those ors have YSeen ret~aoved at the ~resde~=
r;r?;~drichstadu fx~:i~ht station and the fi*za1. destirza-t.ions have been chanced on the
cars Ta~iv:'tda~a3. xai.lroad cars bound for airfields provided arrith spur '~x?acks eras
~lleE Lc~.~.~-m c3etachc:d from fuel trains at this f`rei~ht station,
r.:c>t. of t?~e -fuel arriv~a~.~ at the AlbertYaafen funZ de_,ot is store
Lairsea~;~ ~ anc the rest is transloaded. ia~ato Deruna~~t ta:alti trizcka
`t'he fuel is t?~on true.~ed. to t?ze airfields
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c~.elc'. ~ and. ;,Axe re..~aincier teas truckcsdto I.'.ra:~dis a
~~zxia?,;; the r^lacsrted Yaeriod z;sost of tYze fuel was shin~xd to the Sros:;e~aYaaiaa aix~
F-!~ =~~~ri.~.; td~e ~xr?ioc~ fror,~ 2~ ~~arcY3 to 7 -~a~r 1~~1p t.c fc~Ilot~a.iz nu;.t~ers of raz:Lz~oad
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n Se~~tx?.ty raea.suxes at .the depot are very strictQ the ~~ detai].
:i,s in txza stxe.~agth of about 5p saldiers wearir~ recl bordered gx'esn
anF~ b~.ack ~~-bordered- blue epaulets b y~~g -the reported pei^iad 10
i~a~raaz~ ~orkerv were dischargeds a1.1.e~edly because of political
~ax~re3.ti abi'.~~.1:y~ Two of ~theti are said to have beep arr$sted, ~;hec,
e~i~.er:ing aztd leaving-the installation the workers have to submit
to body che-;ks~,
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crr~~.er~t, Zt has previously been believed th?tt this large
~z~ c~e~c~te~?ned to the ~''irst ids ~iecz Arnr~y or to the (1QFG ar~d
25X1A ~rxat ai.~? ~'e~rce waits wez-e also supplied by the in:~tallatio~s~ fee
25X1A a~~ ar~catn cis ~o irtfor:eation avaa.~.aabZe which co~ir:~s
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nf:se tra~.~s.S as aetua~.?.y Cois~n~, frog. Rur~anaa? ~iciwevers it i ;~o; sible
~~'-~.;~~ they arrivacz .~ror~ th?r?~ via Czec~ansloval~:ia ax~.cl the ~d Schandau
._ 'Soy?der-c;r~ssir~g: poiate '~i:he arrival at ~'~lberthafcn of fuel shipments
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