MERCHANDISE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND WERDER AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014900210006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 22, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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O?'Id Merchandise Distribution Center and erder A;irfield
VryVALUATION_W.. 5X1 PLACE OBTAINEG.=. X4
ATE OF COI" SENT .:ryi Jttl,Y nlar to 25 .?1l' ust 1457
DATE OBCAINFD
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RAGES rn'rl OSURES (tvo. & TYr E)-
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The merchandise distribution center in ;-,erder , ;.:D:=erred to a :B'?-
ajori.ty of the -.ovict Air ",orce installation:: 'i e G a~, th general
m , su the
gene~,era1
tyre merchandise such as teytilec, epaulet mi> ; t a~tern ..errnaxa, ?
radios CG'+!7=^s .~ ry belts,, she-r srjit ca. es
are, soap etc In ac.dition6, the enter del- vered C.'o-eri.oL_ to air
force installations located in the vicinity of .arderk, The aver;q
the center amount e,.1 to approximat(:>l r nine rnY'illina eastmarks, ; TaJ rl
of the merchandise
char lox 7.avrentje is if
center.
{1 The center shirred the mercha.ndi.se to 1,11e i . ore>n `-.ores:
, ., can, The store: carried the name" known as
s
t re separate the officer in char-.:e ,? therm;, There
stores for officers anz for
R-7. ox The stores for Ell
Larjak? (2) The large retail store in ;'erder was kcnowr ati UNIV were ER ~A1 t, t.zt.~.own as
a .
mar-asin) a This store; sold artythin? vea?T'F~e
a ciepartr~ent store normaLly woul:,. '1
e
grocery store for the Russians in :Yerder is known as Ca; trom. (3)
The administrative offices of the merchandise center are located in the re;rictea
area in :derder? Ltr Col. Fedjukov9 presently on leave in i:un ia headed .ths
administrative office,, ivhile on leave Fedjukov is being re.,lac; ,
25X1 Major Kulikov who was observed using s- air. fo ?o
~, per, en.c:r oar
5hinrrents to the follr.,win~. store were observed during July and r',ugust 1-95'::
/'e of Rank of officer Location of
store in Char ,e store
Boldovski Cast to f F
Volevatsch
Gitun
Corshkov
Jevn,enkin
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CLASSIFICATION grrRrT
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randenburg and
Jueterhog
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of hank of officer
1:carc-N rz c harms;
s -nA shakov
'tr s s,'ikov
"a.iajev
.hernov
Cart? ::F
Location o
store
Doll 'ow 11 lc ebe ri l
>choenwa.ide
Fineterwalde
icaken
Dain.:Z`arten
l ro ,senhain
k 1.[ C`..,3 .... 'dusterhausen
f.afta4} an 12
I'1ct SL(rir 8
TKn. verma
j e-: n OM
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order
.,eider
Verdor
in in:id..Jv.?y li'S2, a new commander for ,er.t:c.r milit;~r' pout was arnointed., The- new
coy *:*nder wac a major? The billote in the restricted area set.raed to be occupied. to
w ^riC.cit}r, The total ctren -th u.-,m esti,itater to be betureen l* 800 and ?,OOO men., here
sere just ac many ofJ'.i.c- r as trod,,, .'_ laxf e number of the officers were ].iva_r.; with
2r;' .r fa.~ni].ie4 in requisitioned hou:oe in the restricted area. The ara~;cr of
de..>c>ndent hotels decreased steadily, Mere were no new arrriv'alE ! of of -4.5.cer~ depenidents.. Two
ie2Z- hL erc a~.tr'ailable ~o fjcer visiting; `.order ?."?, ti l'..'::.cial %.J a nf:v-c c, (5)
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x uc ..: loaded With c:iil.atin ; equi;.'ment were obccrved le.av:.r ; the
awrfield area., The trucks involved In this move did not belon : t; any of the
mss
Since lip J IL(,;. 1 7_.e chan.?es ap'ear' eared to be under~tva; at the ' , . . erde:r airr1eldp
`~'u`lcrou~ t 4
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,T&,-'z ruse" as a warehouse for m'erchandis'e uo be sold to /~, ra ~ )
4/\i v.J..tt V3.ro i/'.: e '4.
a c .; `.'1ickkinr- up merchandise were cont nuouslyF obncrvctd in fron" of the.,
wor ehou:z7 a l-non " others trucks corn n, from 7+c? t?."i 4 berawa de and Finow
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Until about ..nid??July 1C%S>,, a E va..et .-eneral eras 1 .win, on the &'tr ci t at the
am ee:, ':nn armed ,guard w.; permanently potted in . .rrnt of the house, (7)
:'here was very little fl ,--In,-- acti vit,,,r at {.erder airfiolda On 13 'n::ust 1952
4:, von or ei.Fht men were observed arriving in a. thin-en;-ine aircrc,. t,. (C)
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in early r:ut?uct In 2w it w a- learncu that Colonel ; r.
.:ozastbuct;ion etaft' in ,;order way uf_ferirlL' from tube rcz~l.c~~ is of the lug -s and
that he woul.d? not return to his old job. The colonel) original x?e?,I1ace.;cnt.,
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,I tau) .1 :t;, Col:., wzn.irn r n transferred and the nosition is n ].1. h v or Ivs.'in.
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- n .s entc rni ris believed to be similar to the PX system of the UL Az fe
The retail outlets (Y3irtschafton) are known by the names of officers of the
unit concernoc3
Thi
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s apparently is done for security reasons it is believed
that the morchandi e center in :.erder stlpr lie 1 the trod, units on divis-iorr level,,
J.lac location
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nf' thc~cra
1),) 'TIT individuni
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(stun - From the inf`erm,a-tion that this. in-ta nation supplies ;ra.no'enburi, airfield
a well as J,rc tore o it is concluded that the subordinate units of the
041 division with head" uarters in Brandenburg arf.. connccte: with
installation Gitun~,
G-cr hkov .. Assume to be colr:ccted with the transnort re., iraent statl.^r