WILDPARK REPEATER STATION IN THE BERLIN AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A032500770001-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 11, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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Wildpark is a repeater station of great importance in both the static
military and civil telecommunication networks of East Germany.
It fulfils the following principal functions:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the ,Zspionage Laws, Title
} 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the traasmladon or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Wildpark Repeater Station
in the Berlin Area
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.I
a. Intermediate station on the Berlin Ring cable route FK20l.
1. a. Name and Postal Address: Verstaerkeramt Wildpark, Kuhf'ort,
b. Location: Near the Wildpark railroad station, on the jutakirta of MAR'
1937.,
Berlin. See Appendix I for a sketch of the location.
2. Functions of the Station.
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Western terminal of the West Xlerlin by-pass cables M50,* 151
and 153.
c. Terminal of the Naeggelberge - Grossbeeren - Guet.erfelde-
Wildpark coaxial cable route m60 1/2.
Geltow switching point.
Adequate connection is also provided with the Berlin:Kagdeburg-Hannover
trunk route via a spur from FK59 which joins the main cable at the nearby
3. and. Surmnndina Features.
a. Buildig. The building consists of two parts, namely, the original
station, which is a semiunderground concrete bunker., and a brick
extension; which has very recently been built at surface level.
These are shown in plan and elevation on Appendices I and II respectively.
The original building reaches 3 m. below ground level. and 2.5 x.
above it. It bas a concrete roof,, made waterproof with tar an& asphalt.
Each part has a separate entrance from the outside, and intercomaunieating
doors are provided.
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b. Surrounding Features. Bee Appendix I. House."A"is occupied by-.German
repeater station personnel and House'B'by Soviet signal troops
supervising the station. House"Veontains the entrance to an
underground chamber which formerly housed a teleprinter office forming
part of Hermann Goering's headquarters. The chamber still exists
biit is unused.
c. Security. The windows of the concrete building are fitted with
iron shutters. The door is protected by a grill, which may be
locked but at present is in a damaged condition. No such security .......:
measures have been taken with the new building.
4. Personnel.
The principal technical personnel are as follows:
Otto Possier,
Paul Kraatz,
Fritz Koehler,
Rudi Kunicke,
Gerhard Hoppe,
The following shifts are worked: 0700-1500, 0800-1600, 1300 - 2100, 2100-0700
hours. The night shift consists of two men, and the total ersonnel of 12-16.
House"A'(Appendix I) is occupied by Lau (fnu), SRFJ, group
secretary, and his family, and by Gerhard Donzek House"B"contains
a Soviet signal unit consisting of an officer and about twenty men, two of
whom are present day and night on supervisory duties in the repeater station.
5.
Power Supplies.
For layout see Appendix III. Two mobile gasoline engine-driven generators
are kept-in the yard.
6. ui ent.
For layout see Appendix III. It is estimated that about 95% of the installed
equipment is in operation. The provision of five additional through repeaters
is planned. Their intended position is shown on the floor plan. The Z8
carrier systems housed in a small room in the old building just inside the
entrance have been recently installed. The installation consists of four
terminals, each terminal comprising two bays, marked "1" and "2'.
7.
The following
FK150
FK151A
7K153B
FK59
FK201J
FK201l.
FK2OIF
nl60 1/2
trunk cables are brought into the station:
Berlin/Lichtenberg - Wildpark 63 pairs
(BerlinjLichtenberg) - Babelsberg - Wildpark 97 pairs
((Berlin Lichtenberg) - Gueterfelde - Wildpark 111 pairs
Berlin/interfeldstrasse -Ramover 218 pairs, spur from Geltow
Berlin, Ring Cable, Treuenbrietzen -'fildpark section 97 pairs
Berlin Ring Cable, Kildpark.- Biesenthal section 97 pairs
Berlin Ring Cable, Spur to Potsdam
Berlin/1lueggelberge - Xildpark, 2 parallel cables each
containing one coaxial tube plus 17 unloaded pairs.
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The position of the cable terminating bays is ahoam on the fl *= glen
Appendix III. (Kabelauf teilungaraum and Xab~.len3v~ercbltesee) .
8. Circuits.
No information
9. Cdr TMk llatioaas in
Nil.
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The position of the cable terminating bays is ahoam on the fl *= glen
Appendix III. (Kabelauf teilungaraum and Xab~.len3v~ercbltesee) .
8. Circuits.
No information
9. Cdr TMk llatioaas in
Nil.
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