SOVIET FUEL DEPOTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100470004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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GENTl~AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CUUM'R1? cesms,~y. (Rrass3Ean Z~,na)
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[SATE ifllSTR, 1~ A~,t?ch 1951
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(?J ~2/F ry~~ an~~~ contains nureerous stationarf Duel tanxc;;a 'hc entire
cYeaot :~r;:~a rra:s uurro+anc?ed ~,~r a (once Ln 1:~to Octal~er any' *Zi.c?-idovezbcr
l~>0, anc? the ward at the :~^xn ;;ate -.oro red-bor~Iercd I-;1acl: e~~au:L:;ts?,,
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Dresden t~l}~srtha.fen Fuel '~e;~t.
1~ "'he Soviet Duel de?~ot an fiha former ~ro,~issos ai' Ln~ ;~lxoll and Standard.
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A fire e~ctxn ;u~.shxn~ aci~ony~~ration lvas held be~ore a ?raup of 20 :;ov~,c~c .-__
o~ficc;rs autUidc~ the daaot area, east of Yaf?itzcr Drid;e, on the %lbq ~,
.ij.vor ba~L,, bet:~en 3430 a:ad !x:30 ~.m? :~'urninn fuel ~?ras crtin~uislied ~ _4
kr,~ :leans oa f'aar;! axon, vishers l4 ourteon railracacl tank cars ?rrerc ~~w.~.~,.a:.
standing, an tha siciin;s ,just no: th os the Catholic comet?r,~,
:~cl't1,Qife Fuel ~7epata
3~ After faici: Nave~~.~er, the secur~.~:=~ ^~caeures at t'~c~ ;;clzloi#"e (G ~2/~'1 71~)
fuel de .sot ~rere ti~;Iatenec:o xll the ci~~ilian erorl.eru ~r?~viou.~l;~ e:a,~Zo;,~ad
t~~crQ :sero :#.ischarCecl c?~arin t.le second :,:,L-`:' of .~otabero Jurin,; t'ie
far; od fro: 20 to 2~ llove::~e~?, tha ue sot alas ~,~arded i,y a :~ovic~t dc;tai~.
of 2~ rsen, Fran 200 to 2~;0 ^~r.~~a:~ y~olice, rak:out haL-: oi' thers z~o~n, r~~rvd
~.nto the :~ettlenont housQS at th~a t~restern c~xi?~ of tlzQ tom abut tlio enc?,
of "dovcral.~er a2? tha bt3g~,riri-iT~; of Decor.-ber, Ger:3ar1 police arx?. cri Final
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tinuall;~ checlcal all the stroets and c_?irt raad.a noar tha cle_~ot.~.e ~e~?
condar~,~ roads Troia Grassucben anc? T.,iosl:au to Sc?ileife tirero ~sluc?cod to
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S~3CA~/CO1q~A0L .?' t1. So C~'FIC IALS 01~1LY
C Zt11T~::~~~CE A~iFNGY
V'elten Fuel. Ne-sot m
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!~~ fo3.lo~tinf; observations ~rere made at the ~lelten (S~ x,3/2 GG}
s.tchi.n~; s~~~.tion from 1!~ ~daver~ber to 10 Decea~berr
am On 2~, :~ovember~ a train of 3~. fue;l tank cars and ~. bo:scar?, ~nJhich
~ae~ ~+,t~rded b~,~ t~vo soldiers ~reArin~ red 1~ordered t~laek epaulets 8x~d
i?~i~x? rai 1 ^oad ~olicea Baas standin;; tx~t~aeen the ~pe~.ten ar~d
~joYc~.asehoe~ai~~~ railroac' stati;~:~z, ? ~~.ve fuel tazx~: ears of this
tr.,, ~n had alread~r been dispatchee3 to the arm fuel depot o
bm C: 19 I`7ovembop-?, ~9 .fuel tanl> cars a.nd 2 ~~oxcars ,vere oar?~ed on
;;?~e sidin~s~ ~;~iarded bar an ~P senior lieutenant,, I~. soldiers tiro
,f them vrith .? i~ht bloc epaulets the other t:JO =r~.th x?od-tuordered
h3ac1;; e~joata7.?~ts? and. three railroad ~o1~.cea
r.< A train of ;9 erffpt~ fuel tank ears and a.n escort; coach left the
s~itchin~ sta~cion o1~ 20 Novc~rnber.
do On .21 Novc~sliex?, a train of 1~?3 full i'uel tank cars arriveds warded
bar soldiers Nearing crimsor~ epau? et:;.
ea On 22 N~rember, a total of 13.9 f~zel tank cars, the i number
of 1~.te1. ta~vk czars obsea^~ac. to dates per o observed a t the ~lelten rail-
. road stations 11dc'titional f.'uel tantt cars Deere set,n at the armor and afr
force fuel tank do;xJts o
fo Dn 3 ~eoember., lII fuel tank cars crax?e standing at ?i;ho Volten rai~,road
stationo Additional taut. cars ware seen on sidings bet~oeen the Velter
anc~ Nohenschocr~pin#;en raailroad stations,
g~ On 10 ~cer~ber, a train. of 3~ .fuel tang. cars a~n.:l a~~ escort coach ryas 50X1-HUM
stasrd3.ng on a siding bast;~en Vel.tez? znd ~lohenschoe;~pingen, Tmro soldier
rerc~~ved fi,he old shinp~fit labels and attached near ones bearing the in
uC~?Lj3t1o}3 rrel~~tUr from 7et.ten to ~b,rf (~Zgbm ~ 1'~u~elsb~iarg)v Six fuel
ax~y"a enQ eras
n the titickers f.:xed on the tank cars,
inn ;:t~~ty trat.n of_ duel tank cars left on ~ecembar
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Leo traira.s i of fuel ~Ia:a~.tc; oars ar?~zve ev~ex^; T t^~~: a tho aova.et fuel
de?9o Ass a ~~{, f
The _~`0l3'.otv~..ng ~rere 0 at the arm sertion of the Velten 50X1-HUM
fuel de~s~t bet~en ~ ` over~er a;~d " 0 ~ece~iber 1950:
as On 3_~. l~ovemb~:rs f:tve tan? car3 Keith shipping labels bearing the in--
scr_i.~tion ~f3'am ~'rankfur,%/Oiler to Qaltentt arrived at the depot4 The
oer~~onn;:l af? the svitchin~; loconotiv~es, escorted by t~aJO soldierst
tivho wore red ~aordex ed bla ck ~et~aulets, and ttiro railroad Ali ce ~ lverca
received by a lieutenant nearing ;olden epaulets with red stripes
and a t~lack hand arotrxsd l~.s ca~~o Trucks observed at the deA~ot
~rsad~ nth sight 200-liter barrels; roc
with 20 liter containers; and. t_~?trck
~itYi trailer' both lc+acled Frith t~vo ~Ofl-liter containerso
b o Nine:. rai ].road tank c~ rs, ti~.ck ~~ and truck the 50X1-H U M
latter load~:d ~-e~~.~ht 2~~0~-litex? barrels, va'ere observed at .the depot
d o .~sn~,?ty truck
tank cars a:~d five boy;ca:~?s ~rere standing on a second sidl.raga The vnard
~nterai the de~7ot on 3 Aecember 3.;~~O~ 50X1-HUM
the ins?.lla Lion on lt7 IlecercI;r
carr?srin ~sarrelss left
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S~Ra~T f CONTROL ?? IIu S, OFF YC IALS CNLY
CEI~TrRAj. Il~ITI~.LIGENCE AGENCY
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6a The following observations ~rero made at the air Force section
of the. Velten fuel deoot between lI~ ~over~ber and 10 I?ece*etber
195th:
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