SOVIET SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS

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• Publication Date: July 6, 1950
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REPORT
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY GermeW eian Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet Supply Installation
PLACE ?
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCOUEWT COATADIS INPOO/ATION APPECTfWO TIE NA"OUAL DEPEISE
UP TIE DITIHD OTATEB WITHIN THI HEAHIIO OP THE EOP1OIA0! ACT SO
U. S. C.. S/ AND SS. AS ANEID!D. ITS TDAASHIOOION OR THE NEVEI.ATI03
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1, Annaburg (I1 52/E 66), Ordnance depot.
a. A branch depot of the Jessen (td 52/iti 56) ordnance
depot and repair shop was observed in Annaburg in
early March 1950, Guns and rocket launchers were stored
and repaired in Jessen and machine guns and carbines were
assembled and sighted-in in Anriabur The woreshop was
in the forr`:er NCO candidate school in the old castle.
Rifle butts were also manufactured there. About 150 fteeiane
and 30 Germans were employed,
b. The former Ani.aburg fuel depot of the Gem an Luftwaife
was destroyed. (1)
2, Alt Luedersdorf (N 54/U 60). Ammunition and ordnance depot.
a, Large former potato bunkers in which tree %ODI anti stored
anununition were on both sides of the road from the Alt
Luedersdorf railroad station to "eu Loegow (IV 54/U 60) in
mid-iebruary 1950. Lacn bunker had four doorways for trucks.
on '-wo gi.0es> 'hese installations were of stanaardized
0ern^ai type with Lne bottom about 4 meters underground, and
the top about 5 meters above ground level, '':titer containers
and fire extinguishers were fixed to tae sides of triese
bunkers at 5 meter intervals. Ammunition boxes (60 x 40
x 30 can) and berms (5 to 8 x 0025 x 0,25 meters) were stock-
piled in the enlarged area of the northern cart of the
dumv)< sentries guarding the dump wore red-bordered black
epaulets. Some of the officers nad artillery insignia. (2)
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b. About 15 double-disk tank boogie wheels with a dia-
meter of about 60 cm and one stockpile (:: bout 2 x 2 x 4 me-
ters) of tank tracks (60 Lo 65 err. Wide) were stored at
the freight shed of the railroad station in mid-February.
1950, This material had been stored there since late
December 194C' or early Januarv c)!'
carrying troops with black epaulets, was repeatedly' seen
between the dumpy and Oranienburg i 53/Z 67.4
3. -borstel (:.", 3/Y 75). munition dump on the northern edge
of the airfield.
rnents of material and/or ammunition. Passenger car
,and barns. There were neither incoming nor outgoin, ship-
c. A 150 peter section of the street-front south of tree
road from the Alt Luedcrsdorf railroad station to the
east was closed in mid-February 1950. The closed area in-
cluded four farms with their accessory buildings which
served as, billets for officers and eilisted men. three
other Arms and one inn adjacent to the northern side of
the road were also closed. 'I'ris area, in the northwestern
corner of which was an about 15 meter high watch tower, was
closely guarded. d'i're extinguishers vjer.:, fixed to the stables
dump. (3) I _..-, - ..., ,...,, _% Z% I I I JIVI
On 1 :larch 1950 there was an arriunition dump on the northern
edge of the korstel airfield. Judging by its size and
the activities observed there, it was an organizational
installation supplying the units s-:ationed in Stend'tl
(Z 53/Y 85), One two-story brick building rahic;i noused
the guard detail and one about 80-meter long cantonment
building were in the dump area. The sentries wore black-
bordered red epaulets, The trucks driven by
The depot haa a railroad spur track which carne from the
i3uckau railroad station. The depot was said to have been
installed in a former :.enra-in an-Turaition pant or explosives
factory, the installations of which were tpartialiy under-
ground. The guard unit aasigaed to this depot allegedly
nurta,be?'ed 300 troo,s. An air force soldier ordered, on the
date of observation, a l.`con.otive of the railroad station
to rick up eight loaded boxcar's at 9i r,rn. Tie did not
give any information on the destination of this shipment. (4)
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huckau (t, 53/Z 11). area, Ammunition depot. (Annex 1)
a. An ammunition depot which extended from tae Koepernitz
W 53/4" J,1, - 4iretzen L. 53/1 il, highway as f'r.r as the
Buckau - hoepe.x=ritz railroad line was identified in toe
dense woodland near c~uckau on .4 :;arch 1950. The depot
area was enclosed by a double barbed-wire fence. A watchtower
was in the northeasters; corner of the depot. This instal-
lation was guarded by air force troops. ao motor vehicles
operated in this depot. All the lacorydn outgoing ship-
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b, Another ammunition depot in this area on the Ziesar
tM 53/Z 01) - Glienicke (N 53/Z 11) highway, between
Ziesar and Herrena-muehle, was abandoned according to
local residents, (5)
Cottbus (N 52/Z 57)o fuel and ration supply depot on the
airfield,
as One fuel and one ration supply depot were, on 17 February
1950, identified in the barracks on the Cottbus air-
field, north of the highway leading to Burg IN 52/A 47).
Gasoline drums were store in a large motor vehicle storage
hallo Fifty to eighty large barrels were beside this stor-
age hall., Stockpiles of gasoline tanks were beside the
barrels.
bo Rations were stored in two three-story buildings, one
of which had a loading platform. The third floor of these
buildings presumably served as troop quarters. The troops
stationed in this depot wore black-bordered light-blue
epaulets.
c. The army units of 200 to 300 troops (total) belongin;;
to these depots were quartered in the neighboring barracks
and in buildings in the woods west of the landing field.
A motor vehicle repair shop was allegedly in the barracks
north of the highway to Burn,
e, The following other motor vehicles were identified: (6)
ruck, going out, loaded with about 12
troops who wore red-bordered black
epaulets
truck, leaving in the direction of
Burg
truck, coming in, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black epaulets
truck, coming in, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black epaulets
truck, coming in, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black epaulets
Dresden-Neustadt (N 52/F 29), Medical depot in the
industrial area.
ae The Soviet medical main depot for Last Saxony, includ-
ing the Grimma (r 52/E 40) military post, was, in l4arch
1950, identified in four large buildings in the industrial
area of Dresden-Neustadt. The depot was allegedly previous-
lv in Klot:;sche (.J t -;;,.IF 29),,
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ba Three freight cars carrying drugs, dressing-
equipment and medical instruments, partially equipment
of the former German Armed Forces, came from Karlshorst in
1949 to be distributed to hospitals. The number of freight
cars carrying hospital needs supplied from h:.rlshorst
and unloaded there between Christmas 1949 and March 1950
was as high as 20. Poisonous medicaments were also picked
up at Karlshorst by special messengers,
c. Several thousand first-aid boxes were prepared in the
depot in : "arch 1;50, Dissecting instruments were steri-
lized, soaked in lanoline and wrapped in lanoline-impregnated
paper. Several hundred stretchers as well as canvas, tent
accessories and rubber beds were ready for use. Dental
field equipment, X-ray apparatus and immense cuantities
of dressing material were also stored there. Large earth-
covered dexni-johns containing medical alcohol were stored
in a shed which was constructed for that purpose.
d. Physicians wiio had worked in the depot for several
years were called home and replaced by junior personnel
after early March 1950. The families of the married physi-
cians were also shipped away, presuwably to the Soviet
Union, They took their. furniture and aousehold belongings
with them. (7)
7. Dresden (N 52/F 29), Fuel depot on Albers. Canal. 50X1-HUM
a; A hundred and forty-seven rail road tank cars were cuun-
ted entering the fuel depot on Albert Canal between 5 and 20
March 1950. Tha outgoing fuel was, in t.,e same period-
trucked away by tank vehicles of the Derunapht.
These trucks were driven by soldiers wearing red-bordered
black epaulets.
b. Between 20 and 25 :Larch 1950, 63 railroad tank cars
were supplied to the depot from gspenhain (N 52/K 29),
Sohwarzheide, and the Leuna works, The outgoing
shipments were made by tank truck in this time,
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8. Erfurt (M 51/J 36). Transportation Company on Nordhaeuser-
strasse, i&arbach ration supply depot.
ao The following observations were made between early
r ebruary and mid-March 1950:
(1) Soviet Transportation Company in Erfurt, Nordhaeuser-
strasse, at the corner of Veilchenstrasse.
Officer in charge:
Motor traffic:
7 February 1950:
truck, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black
epaulets, outgoing, loaded with
boxes
truck, driven by a soldier
wearing redbordered black
epaulets, incoming, empty
9 February 1950:
truck, driven by a soldier 50X1-HUM
wearing red-bordered, black
epaulets, incoming, empty
truck, red-bordered black
epaulets of soldier, out-
oink;, loaded with seeks
ruck, driven by a soldier
Baring red-bordered black
paulets, outgoing, loaded
14 February 1950
trucks, .riven by a soldier me ring
red-bordered black epaulets, incoming,
empty
truck, soldier wearing red-
bordered black epaulets,
incoming, empty
truck, soldier wearing red-
bordered black epaulets,
outgoing, loaded with barrels
15 February 1950: truck, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black
epaulets, incoming, empty
truck, driven by a soldier
wearing rod-bordered black
epaulets, inccmin,.
truck, driven by a soldiez
-wearing red-bordered black
`CONFIDEN'1'epaulets, incoming..
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15 rebruary 1950: passenger car, parkinL at
16 February 1950:
18 February 1950:
truck, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black
epaulets, incoming, loaded
with boxes
truck, empty, at. the en-
trance
truck, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered
black epaulets, incoming,
empty.
truck, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black
epaulets, outgoing, loaded
with sacks
truck, driven by a soldier
wearing red-bordered black
eoaulets, incoming, empty-
(2) tAarbach elevators
(a) There were four five-story warehouses, each with a
loading.; platform and a railroad spur track. There was
also a garag:. compound with nine entrances. The guard detail
and the kitchen were :roused in a canton. ent building. The
guard detail consisted of about 40 troops wearing red epaulets.
(b) Detailed observations:
Four empty railroad boxcars were shunted to this.instal:ia-
tion on 9 February 1950.
In front of two elevators two boxcars each were loaded with
MMft on 15 iebruary 1950. Truck was, at the 50X1-HUM
same time, loaded with sacks from anotn4r elevator. This
truck left in the direction of Erfurt,
passenger car carrying a nigh-ranking officer 50X1-HUM
wearing golden epau s, left on i ?'ebruary 1950.
Three to six railroad boxcars were seen on the railroad
spur track of this dep.:t on ;c0, 23, and 27 February and
on 3 and 6 -arch 1950. Civilian workers ded these box-
cars with sacks and boxes. Truck as loaded with 50X1-HUM
sacks on 24 February 1950,
Three to six railroad boxcars were identified on the rail-
road spur track on six different days between 6 and 18
March 1950. These boxca-wegun11y loaded with sacks, some
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It appeared remarkable that railroad cars were regularly
l.;aded during the entire time of observations. However,
only limited motor traffic was seen.
b. The following data were secured between 6 and 15 March 50X1-HUM
1950:
(1) Two ooviet agencies, each commanded by a major bind
having a pay off'ele of its own, were at 26 and 27 Nord-
haeuserstrasse.
elevators, located in the direction of Marbach (two containing
grain and two cereals, potatoes and vegetables) and the cold
storage house where meat, butter and oil were stored. Fifty
to sixty aoviet tEM who were ouartered in the mentioned houses,
were employed in these installations. Fifty-eight Germans
worked in the silos and 65 others in the cold storage hoi,se.
(2) Shipments to the .arbachration supply depot came from
Frankfurt/Oder (453/V 63) via Lrfurt-Nord, usually in
sealed boxcars.
(3) These two agencies allegedly supplied rations to the
areas south of Erfurt and, north and northeast of Lrfurt,
as far as Halls Ut 52/D 92) and Leipzig (N 52/E 21).
Falkensee (N 53/Z 65). Fuel depot
On 10 March 1950 a fenced-in area was identified between
the Faikensee railroad station and the sjuthern exit oi.
town. This area bordered on the !Aitropa repair shop and
served as a doviet fuel depot. I railroad spur track
was available. Tank trucks were
identified inside the fenced-in area. These trucks were
filled with fuel b a motor pur:rp. (10)
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10. Gersdorf (N 53/V 18).nunition depot. (.Annex 2)
The following data were secured on 18 and 19 February 1950:
a. An excellently camoui]aged ammunition depot was in
former German ammunition bunkers, so-called "Maxberge",
north of Gersdorf. (See annexed sketch).
b. Iarly in the morning of 19 February 1950 trucks 50X1-HUM
left the depot on the hig way
to Hohenfinow (N 53/V 16). They were driven by soldiers 50X1-HUM
wearing red-bordered black epaulets and artillery insignia.
c. A motor pool of about 10 motor vehicles which made
shipments for this depot was identified in Hohenfinow.
Tinned sheet iron, tin, and zinc had recently been shipped
to the depots Ammunition had been shipped before. (11)
11. Jessen (N 52/L 56), Ordnance depot.
The following data wer:: secured in late March 1950:
a. The Jessen ordnance depot and the quarters belonging
to it were in a fenced-in section of Jessen. This area
bordered on the road to Elster (N 52/1!, 57) to the south-
west, the roads to Schweinitz (N WE 66) to the south-
east and the road to the railroad station and the railroad
line to the northeast. In this restricted area were a
villa, 10 to 12 apartment houses, the former plateware
factory, 18 sheds, 40 to 50 meters long, and 5 sheds, 80
to 100 meters long,
b. About 35 split-trail guns of about 100 mm caliber
(type similar to the 1118/40" light field howitzer. of tre
German army) were stored in six sheds between the rail-
road line and the highway. Three other sheds were empty.
The former plateware factory was in operation, supervised
by the Soviets. Production data could not be furnished.
c. Another cantonment was north of the railroad line,
northwest of the Jessen railroad station. It consisted
of nine cantonment buildings which were EO to 100 meters
long and about E. meters wide. bight of them were empty.
d. The guard unit which belonged to these depots consisted
of about 300 to 400 troops who wer,ti 20 to 2 5 years old.
About 70 percent of the troops wore artillery insignia,
20 percent red-bordered black e;:;aulets and 10 percent black-
bordered red epaulets.
A soldier booked a motorcycle at the lessen railroad sta-
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eo These two depots were lighted at night by search-
lights installed at 50-meter intervals. along the wire
fence, ' attthtowers equipped with light machine guns
were at the northwestern and northern corners of the
large restricted area. Mushroom-shaped guard stands
were along the fence at 100 meter intervals. Only one
out of three guar-d stands was manned in the day-time.
12. Muellrose (0 53/V 52). Tank spare parts depot. (Annex 3)
a, The annexed sketch of the guellrose tank spare parts
depot was made on 16 March 1950.
b. No activity was seen at this depot where an engineer
unit of about 2,4 troops was stationed
A soccer team was carried by trucks
to games held in Frankfurt/Oder.
13. Neustrelitz area (N 54/U 54). A munition depot. (Annex 4)
An ammunition depot was identified northeast of Neustre-
litz in mid-February 1950. Three cantonment buildings for
the guard unit were in the southwestern part of the area.
Six more, about 15-meter-long cantonment buildings were
enclosed by a special barbed wire fence. Fire extinguishers
were fixed to-these buildings. Numerous concrete bunkers
with steel doors were behind the cantonment buildings in
a elightU ascending woodland. This depot was strictly
guarded. A truck parked near the entrance
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the driver wearing red-bordered black epaulets.
14. Pinnow (N 54/Q 21). Ammunition dump. (Annex 5)
~. Soviet ammunition dump was identified in a woodland near
Pinnow in mid-February 1950. .6ight brick structures
(30 x 8 meters) were in the dump which was guarded by
a German Volkspolizei detail. Soviet troops or Soviet
military installations were not identified there. (15)
15. Potsdam (N 53/Z 63). Fuel and ammunition dump on Sorn-
stedter Feld. (Annex 6)
The annexed sketch of a aoviet fuel and ammunition dump
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on bornstedter Feld near kotsdam was made in mid-lyebruary
1950,
b. The dump was strictly guarded and lighted with search-
lights at night. A telephone line connected the dump
to the Delius k.aserne. (16)
61. hadebeul (t 521F 19). Fuel depot. Annex 7)
a. A fuel depot was identified about 500 :Haters V-NW of
the Radebeul-d"est marshaling yard on 29 and 30 March 1950.
The following installations were seen;
One three-story brick building, in the northwestern part
inscribed with "Betriebsstoff-AC, Dresden" (Dresden fuel
joint-stock company)
One large tank about 6 meters ,high and 5 meters in diameter
was in front of this building
Two cantonment buildings
Several stationary, longsfuel tanks, of the saue size as rail-
road tank cars, west of the cantonment buildings; the exact
number of these tanks was not learned.
One long, lean-to-roof covering about 300 x 200-litter
gasoline drums,
b. The following motor vehicles were seen:
29 March 1950:
30 March 1950?
tank truck driving in the direction
of Dresden
tank truck driving in the direction
of Dresden
tank truck driving in the direction
of Dresden
tank truck driving in the direction
of Dresden
truck driving in the direction of
Dresden, loaded with gasoline
drums
17. :Yathenow (iv 53/z 15) area. Reidefeld ammunition dump.
a. Infantry ammunition was stored in the tieidefeld
ammunition dump south of athenow according to information
obtained on 25 March 1950, A large ordnance shop was also
said to be in the dump. Infantry weapons were allegedly
overhauled there.
b. Incoming and outgoing shipments were made by truck.
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18. Roederau (' 52/"181). Ammunition depot. (Annex E)
The following details were observed on 4 April 1950:
a. A strictly guarded aquuunition depot, about 1,000 x
500 meters, was 11- krn north of the loederau railroad
station.
b. A huge stockpile of empty cartridges was dumped in
the open in the southwestern corner of this depot. About
1,000 100x100x30-cm boxes, made of viood or sheet ;t-etal,
and allegedl}r containing artillery ammunition, were
stored under a lean-to roof. Two smaller dumps were
covered with planAs so that details could not be learned.
No motor traffic was seen. `'one of trio sentries wore red-
bordered black epaulets, some black-bordered red ones.
(19).
19. Ruhisdorf lip 53/Z 73). :)epot for storage of former Berman
signal equipment in the fanner ordnance depot (Annex 9).
a, The former Gennan ordnance depot betv~een Ruhlsdorf
and Teltow (N 53/Z 73) was, on 22 and 23 r'ebruary 1950,
guarded by a Volkspolizei detail of 40 tc 60 police and
a soviet detail of 15 to 20 troops.
b. r'omner German telephone eq ent wh4_ch carne in in
19s6was stored in a warehouse 50X1-HUM
:.,ore signal equipment which had been stored in 50X1-HUM
other warehouses was trucked away by the Soviets in 1947
and 1948.
c, Truck) as identified in thi: depot area 50X1-HUM
on 23 February 1950. (20)
20. Schleife (0 52/A 74). Fuel depot under construction.
a. A new ooviet supply depot was b,ing constructed near
Schleife in early iebruary 1950. Fusel, ammunition and
other supplies were said to be stoc:~piled in this depot.
b. Zighty 40-ebrn fuel tanks were installed in t -e depot
area by mid-iebruary L950. Lore tangs came by a railroad
spur track all the time. A total of 500 s Tiliar tanks
was said to be installed there, `t'he fuel tanks were installed
underground connected to underground Lupply pipes and later
tested for compression strain.
c. Numerous magazines under construction were said to be
for ammunition and ration supply .storinb. The target date set
for the completion of the bath of this d,.-pot was -
15 February 190. Tubs and sriowors were to be installed.
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21.. Schwerin (4 54/T 46}, Ammunition depots.
a, (1) The rocket launcher ar~imunition of a unit stationed
in the Hindenburg Kaserne was stored in the ammunition
bunkers of the 5enelfwerder auw.unition dump near Senwerin.
In late February 1950 this ammunition was turned over to the
Sternbuchholz ammunition depot because the bunkers were too
moist. The ammunition was stored in three large bunkers
in the central part of the Sternbuchholz depot and enclosed
by a special fence. The neuly installed Sternbuchholz
special-purpose depot was about 3)0 x 200 meters and was lit
up at night.
(2) The Pulverhof ammunition depot between Rastow (M 54/T
44) and Suelstorf W. 54/T 45) w:=s guarded by Volkspol:izei
personnel in late February 1950. The supplies stored there were
not identified,
b. A Soviet guard detfid.l and a Soviet motor transport column
arrived at the former -Aernbuchnolz ammunition depot in mid-
March 1950. Lieutenant Colonel Romazanov, who previously was
assigned to the former Schwerin ordnance office and was
recently promoted to his present rank, was is charge of the
depot, (22)
22o Sieversdorf (N 53/V 25). riles and map archive in the former
sanitarium. (Annex 10)
A voviet files and wap archive was in the formex sanitarium
in the woods near Sieversdorf in late :.arch 1550. The sani-
tarium was strictly off-limits and there was no co.atact between
the guard troops and the civilian population. A la"ge numbeL?
of boxes containing some material recently came from harlshorst
(N 53/Z 94) (23) 50X1-HUM
23, Torgau (N 52/E 64). Ammunition depot.
A well-camouflaged Soviet ammunition depot was on Highway
No 87 betw-,en Tor ,,au and klitzschen lei 52/ 53)F_
There wex-.
about CO small ammunition bunkers which had a total capacity
of about 60,000 (metric) tons of explosives in a 2 km square
area. Soviet ammunition, German E8-ma.., 1U5-mm and 150-mm
artillery &wuunition, rifle and machinar.gun ammunition was
allegedly stored there.. The depot was guarded K, patrols of a
Soviet guard detail and IX peianent sentries of .Align Vo_i,xsaolize%
unit of about 130 troops woo were com:r::i:ided by three off.icers.
The ''oviet comrr,andant was Major ishinziki a About Z)0 Gei'i an
civilians were employed.. (24),
"T 'O ``f:30L/U5 Or"r'iCIAth 3NLY
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obtained by distilling hard coal. The products were exclu-
of the Soviet array and the Soviet air force. In the .owner
Schiewick & Co. chemical plant, f;solin~ and heavy oil were
Iron which fuel was distributed three days each month to units
b This installation was a ^~oViz:t lard e-scale fuel depot
averaged 80 chm per dav. F el was supplied to the Sc~noenwalde
air base by truck on 22 January 19500 50X1-HUM
vicinity of the depot, especially to those of the uoeberltz
(4) The amount of fuel distributed to units stationed in the
Troeglitz (z 52/K 1 EC) and Ochwaraheide o
s
ue wsa pp1
tank cars flog:. the hydro ,enatior. plants in Baehlen (14 52/K 29)
dump
as iden-
ant '.olonel
pot and tae
45 2L
ank and 10x750-
13,000 cbra All
so ''ed once e reek by a train of 12 railroad
(~) 1
cbm tanks. The total capacity allej;edly was
the fuel tanks were always full
(2) The depot had one large 3 ,000-cbta fuel t
lively destined for Ooviet Amy and Air Vora: units. (26)
": uJ kow d y 53/Z 49) a Ananunition depot 9
and the estate of rOulkoti?a -Jr- :raid-M;,rch 1950.
c^-
tails unit was c='aandec by
was in charge of 5'.iE,rding and oper"atin th`:
black epaulets faith tcnk insignia was stationed in the town
ao A Soviet unit of about 300 tro.:bs t:?marln.g red-bordered
packed arnaaunItion in .rid-Mirrc:h 19501
colonel and
aR;aWnition depot,
b,A hundred and twenty German worker
-150 cads destined for the amaiuxu. Uon
ted to arrive on 1E !.arch 19504
a r if *d 1 Rol tj C&ei cil:LS CI LY
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D.tale were not L-noamo (25)
vas being abandoned
In mid4tareh 19508 the Soviet Tribeeee tropby
24. Tribsees (N 55/1' 22 ~ n Trophy dump.
tified in Velten on 22 Jax:acry Lieutea
Chmirov ('l'ank 'fr?oopu) was i~.n charge of the de
guard detail consisted of three officers and
as (1) A ''oviet fuel deft
25, Velten `N 53/Z 66)0 Fuel .pot.
260
r rankC . ur e r
the train w :s destined for the aa?unut ition depot.
c. A guarded train of eight locked boxcars
road station or. 17 march .i950.
the train had come from
via ?'um e s use: '\ W Z 94).
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
repaired there until early 1949 but the installation
apparently now specializes in small arms and machine guns.
Some units of the installation are housed in the former
stoneware plant in Annaburg. The connection between this
depot and the Jessen (N 52/E 56) main depot was confirmed
on the grouncb of shipments exchanged between the two
installations which may be subordinate to the Third Gds
Mecz Army or the Group of Occupatioh Forces Germany.
U.S, OFFICIALS ONLY
CENTRAL ZTELLIGETJCE AGENCY
It is knoy:n that an ordnance depot and a
repair shop are in Annabur:. Duns and tanks were also
Oomment: The Alt-Luedersdorf depot which was
considered a mixed installation (ammunition and engineer
equipment) is confined and supplementary details are
furnished by this re ort. The passenger car observed
there belongs to the Ha Second uds Mecz Army.
Comment: This installation was not known before.
probably is a small dump serving military post re-
quirements. The identified trucks belong to the 20th Utz
hifle Div and to the Third a.~ock Army.
~oinnleil t. :
,?n na roonthat the puckau ammunition depot was still
in operation in late March is furnished by this report,
It is Primarily the Alten :rabow troop training E,rounds
which is supplied from this depot.
L -a ment:. This installation probably is time
Glienicke depot - frequently also called f3ueeknitz depot -
and is in the vicinity of "Herrenmuehle".
in January 1d~~ms
still in operation at that time.
JComment : According to previous info nnation the
supply installation in Cottbus was an organizational
ration supply depot. As to the fuel additionally stored
there according to this information, it is believed that
only United quantities are in stock. The depot osten-
sibly is an installation of the 9th Mecz Div. The
identified motor vehicles belong to trmis-unit.
2' QN 0L/US O F ICIA-S G ui,Y
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(7)
(8)
(9)
CENTRAL IITELLIGENGE AGENCY
Comment This medical depot was not known before.
his installation is presumably housed in the exuensive 50X1-HUM
wilding compound on rhoeni;=sbrueckerstrasse where marry
supplies (rations, clothing, ordnance, and motor vehicles)
are stored. It probably is a military post or an army
installation,
Comment: By this information the large-scale fuel
depot on Alberthafen which is subordinate to the SCC
(Derunapht) and supplies the Group of Occupation Forces
Gerviany and aoviet civilian agencies, is confirmed.
Most of the motor vehicles observed there belong to the
11th Gds Tank Div, some to the 4th Gds AAA Div and the
air force. Incoming shipments from the hydrogenation
plants in central Germany are frequently reported.
(Comment : The extensive Erfurt-Marbach ration Sup-
ply pot"an.d its three component units
a, Administrative agency on Nordhaeuserstrasse 26/,7
b, Elevators on the northwestern outskirts of this town,
continuation of Blumenstrasse
ca Cold storage houses of the municipal slaughterhouse,
are conf' -rl
toThe F,ajority of
the observed motor ve cles a ong units :and head-
quarters troops or the Eighth Gds Army, the rest bdong
to the MVD and SCCO finis depot probably is an installa-
tion of t
he iith Gds Army,
(10)
Co
ment: YThe F,~.lkensee fuel depot on Stununstrasse
s again
confirmed by this infomationo 'he trucks iden-
tified be
long to the 1st :Ilecz Diva
(11)
Com
ment: T:,e reconstruction of tae Gersd
tion depo
t which was reported late in July 1949 50X1-H U M
is confir
tion arentl is not
med by this report. AmmU
yet store
d and distributed there.
7
(12)
Com
ment: The large Jessen ordnance depot in the
former Fuhnrann plateware factory is confirmed. The
Group of Occupation Forc Gennany a be su;Derior head-
quarters of this depot, 7
e iaentauea
motor vehicles belong to 'he rars t U s L,.ecz Army, the
Third Gds tMecz Army, the Eighth Gds Army, to IV Arty
Corps and the Group of Occupation Forces Gernxanay,
LComrrent*- Tnis installation was known as a branch
of the Kirc4oe.se e:~pt,., aailroad shipments are frequently
- ? :. ~ ?~C i~t , OL/US OF r`ICIiJ- LNi'y
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BEN TRAI, ITdTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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(14
(15
(16
(17
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
made between the two depots. the motor vehicles
belong to the Group of Occupation Forces Germany.
Corcrnent: this installation was known as a
large ammunition depot for soviet and captured German
ammunition. ?he identified truck belongs to the 9th
Gds Tank Div,
Comment' This installation was not known before.
It may be a dump of the German Volkspolizei stationed
in this area.
L Coiunent: This dump is a rail organizational
installation of a division and has limited, local
importance.
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Corrment : The information obtained before on the
Radebeul-l?arundorf fuel depot is confirmed and supplemented.
The identified motor vehicles belong to the Llth Gds
Tank viv the 9th Tank viv, the 8th Gus Tank hiv, the
GOFG and the LrVD.
Comment: This installation was known as a iaediuin
size dv" in the former Arado plant. Artillery ammuni-
tion was stored there according to previous information.
The identified motor vehicles belong to the GOFG and the
Third Shock Acimy.
Comment: This installation was known as a mixed de-
pot for ammunition and fuel and was on both sides of the
Berlin Mesa railroad line, north of ltoederau, according
to previous information. Another report said that the
ammunition department of this depot, east of the rail-
road line, was extended in the Summer of 1949.
Comment: This depot was not reported before as a
Soviet installation. Apparently it does not serve for
current supply but is a captured enemy material depot.
C'omrent: The supply installation reported to be
un er construction presumably is the ammunition depot of
the former German air force the reconstruction of which
was previously reports Thus far the obtained
information was eonM o the construction of an ammuni-
tion depot. The preparations ;wade for fuel-storing are
of recent date. A largo--size depot apparently is under
construction as extensive tra 'S'ic to and from this depot
had, according to railroad records dated January 1950,
to be considered when the time -table was prepared,
Comment: The ~cnelfwerder dump was known as an
organ:Ezat on..i: installation of limited, local importance.
According to all previous information the Schwerin.
Buchholz ammunition depot jiad, by late ;eptenber, been
~
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(24
(25)
(26)
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vacated by the Ooviets and turned over to the German
Volkspolizei for troop quarters. From the reported
ammunition transfer from Schelfwerder to Sternbuch-
holz as well as from the presence of a Soviet guard
detail, a motor transport column and a Soviet officer
in charge of this installation1it is inferred tnat
the ooviets ap_ain use oternbuchholz - possibly only
some part within this depot and enclosed by a special
fences Confirmation is required, The Pulverhof
ammunition depot of the former German air force was known
before. Apparently it contains only captured German
ammuunition which is blown up all the time. Regular
supply shicments have not been observed,
[Comment: This installation probably is the Torgau
i.ncta ammunition depot of the former German army tirfiich
is known to be a large-size ammunition depot of the
Soviets. The capacity of the depot may be :,verestimated
as the former German ammunition depots hrtd a standard
capacity of 20,000 (metric) tons, the capacity of each
bunker being about 40 (metric) tons
Comment: This installation was not known before.
It could not be ascertained what type of captured enemy
material is stored there, rurther information is re-
quired.
Comment: F e iaus ;.nformation on the large-
size fuel depot in Velten is confirmed and suor)lemen~d
by this reor
Thus far the capacity of
the depot was rated at 10,000 to 15,000 cbm, This
information approximately conforms to these figures.
It was reported for the first time that fuel was produced
in this supply installation by coal hydrovenation
Confirmation is reguired_
(27)
probably is com^ ate for air force
units. Tne identified motor veil
11__ _ n icle belongs to
? 3 Cl ?1 1} L~L'a OFFICIALS ULY
Second Gds k,ecz Army,
ammunition depot of ;oosen r German army. All tree
motor vehicle belong to units of the
Comment: This installation was known as a large-
size Soviet anituhition de:;ot of the Second Gas ..ecz Army,
possibly also of the COi'G and was instal-Led in the ',P?ulkow
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10 Annexes:
1 Buckau arrnunition depot
2 Gersdorf ammunition depot
3 iv-uellrose tank spare part depot
4 1beustrelitz ammunition depot
5 Finnow anrnunition dump
6 Potsdam fuel and ammunition dump
7 Hadebeul fuel depot
8 Roederau ammunition depot
9 Ruhlsdorf signal equipment depot
10 Sieversdorf record dump
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1./itnnex 3
Legend to Annex 3
A Spare parts depot
1 Tank repair sho , 100 meters Ion ,
2 Opare parts storehouse, 75 meters long
3 lire storehouse, 75 meters long
4 Zuarters, 50 meters long
5 Quarters, 75 x 50 meters
6 Spare parts storehouse, 75 meters long
7 Guardhouse
8 Crane mounted on a tank chassis
B Cantonment
1 Cantonment building each 135 meters lon.:,
2 Cantonment buildin:, 75 meters long
3 through 5
Cantonment buildings, each 50 meters long
6 Cantonment bui idinF, 3,j meters iont,
7 Guardhouse
8 'jatchtowers
9 Area not exposed to observation
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Annex 1
_
CON94N4`-A8 'ROL - U.S. OFFIGAIP ONLY
Beack.au A a.tion ke"o
Legend:
A Ammunition depot
B Tower
scale 2SOov
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4 1~CONFIBZIJgCONrROL -U.S. IOTATZ ONLY
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Ger doa' aar~3 t,~io e o
3r in 3 A
A
`) HV HtNF/NU -V
rt
A 4 ~32 \
10 .4 4 4
.e,211 4 R
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A A
Legend:
/t
4 14
----I C12 A
n aQ
A it
1 Ammunition storehouses
2 Cantonment buildings.
3. Sheds
4 Shelters.
It
4
ilvf teas( /e
-~- air vv
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Annex 3
19TROL - U.S. OFFIGL L O11LT
kuellse Taxes Spare arls, Lep?t
/ V 1/012
MI/EL 1 ROSE
cr the r/np17
A.
ft
4
LeF,_erlci See ~C~ ; ?'a;
4
A
4
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ONTROLLBD DISTRIBUTION Annex 4
ON~~OTROL ? U.S. OFFICIALS
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/t-
I
It
IL
It
NIL.STREL in
Neustrelit mmunition De
A
4
A
IL
it
Legend:
1 Three cantonment buildings, guard quarters
n
IL
,,ut to scale
2 Six cantonment buildings; each about 15 meters long,
with fire ezingui east on the outside walls
3 Woodland with concrete storage shelters
4 Target ranges
5 Dismantled railroad line from Viaren to Neustrelitz
;/CONTROL U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
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Pinnoti i on Dumu
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Annex 6
Potsdam Fuel, and Ammunitlon Dumo
tb
/vep1 /Ti
r
r_, I
1 U L1 I i
U j,
1,01 to scale
Leg end:
1 Engineer dump- dines and explosives
2 Fuel and oil dump of the Delius Kaserne artillery unit
3 Section of the Delius Kaserne in which the engineer
unit was stationed
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e end?
Radebeul Fuel pecot
1 Three-story brick building with the
~2
inscription "Betriebsstoff A.G. Dresden"
Large tank, about 5 meters in diameter,
about 6 meters high
tanks of the same size as those of railroad
tank cars
4 Lean-to roof sheltering about three hundred
200-liter gasoline drums
5 Cantonment buildings
It'kS>`Ct / n
o/` /?4Dt E ii - `/E;T
reef to Scale
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Legend:
n?f /D scale
1 Cantonment buildings
2 Lean-to roof sheltering about 19000 ammunition boxes
3 Files of ammunition
4 Pile of empty cartridges
5 Terrain not exposed to observation
Annex 8
, VO I `i +1 -U.S. OF IC
hQederau Ammp .tion L~Uot
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ZO
.ceft/ume4t 1 1
a/ RUNE SDOAP ~,.
Legend:
A Former ordnance depot
1 Quarters
2 Three-story, 60x2O-meter warehouses
3 Four-story, 90x3O-meter ~..
warehouses under
reconstruction
4 Unidentified building
5 Soviet warehouse and
administration building
6 Guardhouse of the Vollispolizei
7 Railroad spur track
8 Vbatchtowers manned with
Volkspolizei personnel
B Nationalized plant where resin
crushing machines were made
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rfcsT ltv
Sc le /
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