SOVIET AMMUNITION DEPOT AT WULKOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010700260005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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_REPORT
? OPIC-- Soviet rrr;iunition De:not at ::ul_kow
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES-
2
PACES --ENCLOSURES
REMARKS...
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1? ? The following ship: rontv
19529 consigned to
arrived at V:u?koi botween I :)ecer or 3.951. and 1 January
1 Decedbor 43;
13 December 46;
22 Decombor .33;
1 January 16;
'ItRa
s ; station
~r ankfurt/tier-Borctor
Drest Litovsk and
F~,a nkfurt/Oder
Brost Litovsk and
I~ r ankfurt/Clew
Brest Litovsk and !,ran.',S-art/Cd0r
No outgoing shipments were observed durin,-; the time covered by the re,ort0
2? Residents, familiar with the situation at the installation, stated that only
artillery and tank ar;?;aunition and no infantry an ,unition :aras stored at 'the deoot0
A Soviet lieutenant of the escorting detail of the shio.-u;rr-L on 22 December said that
the shipment consisted of artillery ammunition, mortar shells Ra: AJ\A armaunition?
The depot was allegedly filled to capacity. The installations necessary for the
production of amr.7.unition had been torn down by the soviets in 19145 and i%.6 and
have not been rebuilt 0 ' -k
25X1 (;ors:ac:nt The irtfox?r7. Lion confirms the .J:avict are n.uaiti on. cio of at ,;u11ko z
unta tic i;:inning, ~
of January 12522 The :incouiir^ shipments rwcrc listed inrepor.ts
25X1 on rail move.annts,., a
dispatching office at Iq ?an ur Corn the era aunition depot,
25X1 ;ulitc>~rQ .`t,s the report appears credible. the im-orriation threat no ar unition was
dispatched by rail from Jlakorw durints Joccraber 195.1 is can;aidercc' corr;ct. T!,,ho
increase of incor?i.ng shi9amnts of ari_:unition f'-on the UoSeSo a,) ac was generally
observed is believed to be in order to fill. uya the depots.
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at 5u ko~a t~ra& believed to store exclusively ~r ~i13_~ r;r a .i nuiition. The
pre:;ont re.port, ho iovcr, indicates that not only artillery,, but also
tank and AAA I, a'a:iunition is beinf' stock-piled thorn and. that,., ap7arc.ztlf~
no light infantry aiz,iunition is ,;torod at the c1r:,?oto This i. _ f'or;:za uion
is considcroc1 poszialc,
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