BALTIC PORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010500240005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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Germany (Russian Zone)
Baltic Ports
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DATE DISTR. 13 Feb. 1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCIS.
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REPORT NO.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
in the r:~idulc Of October, the f'o_?_ier c-ermars ;i boats
were taken in b;, Lae 1'1eptun yard for over- .
T ul in ; ? lire ti-rcrk will tai;.e abt. ut three ?T!Ozi.ths 0 The ~Iernan
Volkspolizei crews are beixx_ quartered in the Ulmen barracks
C.aria;: this period. .uurln` the ovc-'-iauli:i; the boats will be
rear:;eda r esldes th s the T,v-7, a.i old German torpedo boat,
is in the yard without armax-,~e.?xt. Al). those boats have two
mine railse The shi , " au4 aCen", snaller than the Gen.~an M
boats, was launc}zed reoontly.
On 2 October, the drifters I were lauax.ched. 25X1
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are ready for 1aunohin . These c+rlJ'ters are
destined fora Koeniusber` 6 In one of the slips, eats has been
cleared an. construction has begun on a large ship, probably
an 8,000-ton freihter0
3v All former fliers and laborers from the lieinkel works have been
red Istered at the yard. There is talk of t1?e construction of
aircraft at Puetnitz, where the fonnor Baelmiann airplane : actor-y
is to be roconstructedo 'j.1Y.!e aroa occupied by the iesel ;;rotor
factory is to be incorporated in the yards
4 Q .rioag took 1 arbor a
Swedish motor sailers still come in 1oac.ed with briquettes.
Some tdest German snips are It actin : for Finland, In October,
several'-trainloads of reparations goods arrived, consistinC
of numerous cases marked :'fTechnQ I, sport LLos? au" Some large
drurlxs about ter) meters long and two Meters across were also
impacl.ed. In addit .onr, t ere were iron true is which co .ild be
used for trains or l.i ;ht bi?id :os, a cone retg.m. xinC machine,
two or three t.i_:xes as large, and two 1arz;o cerwneels on a
sin ;1e axle about a de ter apart. Several, carloads of char s
si :2ilur to: ' u O l ( ' ; a ruins, out oixc:Losed In woo we::-.? T l.s Included,
All these ,r: o d.s were taken aboard by a 3500-ton ship whose
AA's
port was
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5o The feeling of the people generally is that of awaiting
what Adenauer will say about the free elections
6o The Rostock Volkspolizei:
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There are daily exercises with various types of arniorw:d vehicles,
self-propelled anti-tank guns, amphibious tanks and observation
care of the old German type, as well as numerous Ta34'9o
7o The strength of the Volkepolizei units in both barracks is now
about 2500 men, The armament and. equipment has been steadily
improved. The rifle companies are carrying out their formal
training according to the German manual.
8? The combat instruction of the rifle companies is limited at
this time to exercises in platoon and coi1ipany units. Special
Weight- is laid on forest and house fighting.
The people trained for sabotage jobs have partly gone to West
Germany,, but the rest of them have left for unknown destinations.
loo There is less anti-tank training than formerly, For some days
Volkapolizei in.200-men units have been working at 0uerwarnow
at building pontoon bridges. They are equipped with rifles,,-
light mortars,, assault guns, and machine pistols. The Red Army
has delivered some assault boatsaand exercises with them are
taking place at Warnemuendeo
110 Russian Units
New Russian troop units have been observed in the Rostock heath
areas Trucks carrying Russian soldiers are more frequently been
in Rostock than before o Very frec1uontly jeeps are observed
transporting Russian soldiers of Liongolian origin.
12 a ;+arnoti Yard
At the Warnow Yard work is continuous on the high pressure
installations of the three large passenger shipsd They are
being equipped very luxuriously. There has been an extraor-
dinary wastage of material through continuous small acts of
sabotage, such as burning swastikas into wood paneling,
painting words and bulkheads, etc.
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