SOVIET FUEL DEPOT AT MUENCHENBERNSDORF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900410011-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 18, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

A. ox was 210(70 to jp0U0 tons., The :fuel was delivered to the depot from
the 1'3oehlen and Lev= plants. ar?
T}x et, .1 irl.,tollation is no longer in of ~~ret ion rim to the lack of skilled
T,orkuneno The process of etYyli ing '`11W." very tii.:?apln~ ioroatl o tetra`;1-ethyl
lead was poured into the tan': cars by hucketts and stirred n
The `Soviet unit at the dopot consisted of 6 to n, officers and about 100.
guard soldiers who wore black bordered red epaulets.r.ach of the depot
co::andants was relieved after a ;short terr.0 The super^i.or headquarters of
the depot was located in r'otsc?am0 ? a?
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DATE OBTAINED ~..[DATE PREPARED
EVALUATION 25X1X .....PLACE OBTAINED.
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The installation, which trraa abo:;t L0 percent destroyr(,,d by bombing during
v 'C vary contained 2 uncior.,rrrcaund E-assoline p wiping* tntions; 1 boiler house,
no-longer in operation; 1 rc,c:ond tion.ed transformer stc:tion; 2 unser~vicc~-
able undoY',rounca 'oan fire exti.nt-ui.,hing st;itions; 1. water pumping station
with drain rater pond .arid doep wally 1 underground storage cellar for
tetra-ethyl land; Ixxailroad tram; car filling,. sttrtiori; 1. barrel filling
station; I automatic filling installation for the filling of gasoline cars;
1 bottle fillingriachine; 6 abovoground tanks of 600-caieic meter capacity
each; oil pau,pinj..stati.on;..1 locomotive shed; 1 repair shop;. I laboratory;
and low wooden admi.nistrativr buildings and quarters,, The emsrg,cncy power
plants tirhi.ch consisted of a Diesel motor rated at 360 III', s:aci been di;s-
iTaantled a
T'.a.e monthly turnover of [-assolino, Diesel fuel, aircraft ,asoline and lubri.cat-
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.0 it was learned 'ha t a Soviet fuel depot ti ith the
' as located at r'uonch,cenborr drrf. The depots 1 i11ch '"C?r;"`?rl;;r i2oused c"a
branch of:'1co of the Ber'li n, vr.is taken over by the CV A in 1.916
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Class- CIuuiged Tax: TS S
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1ti'e information refers to the large, hydrogenation plants
on and Leuna, viii ch rooular1y aupt'ly T"uench.enbrrnadorf
Corm ent, The information confirms the Soviet f
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tioris and capicity, `non. `crag. a rh 2 indicate, that 25X1A
the depot atnra^:e cal salty is still far el ow its ? revious c capac its*m _ 25X1 B
_belcng.s 'to the fuel depot at A.. ucnchr:nbornsdorf v