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STATION Berlin REPORT O. MGB-4559(BSC-822)

OFFICER : C JREPORT DATE : 11 Sep 1947

SOURCE : CAMISADE INFO DATE : 26 Aug-2 Sep 1947DATE INFO REO'D: 3 Sep 1947

EVALUATION: B PAGES : 3 and attachments

SUBJECT : SNB Compound at Berlin-Weissensee, Park Strasse 15

1. Introduction: The attached floor plans of the main SNBoffice building and the attached ground plan of the SNB compoundare sketches only, not to scale. They are intended as a graphicindication of the size and equipment of SNB in Berlin. Additionaloffices are known to be at two other addresses farther up ParkStrasse (northeast) which will be reported on as information be-comes available. Room numbers used an the attached plans are notbelieved to be the actual numbers in use in the building, but wereused by source for convenience in reporting.

2. Attachment "A" (Ground Floor Plan):

a. Room 1: Anteroom to SOLUS' office (cf MGB-4191/BSC-800). Occupied by two Russian women, Frau PORLOVSKI and FrauHOWLER.

L. b. Roam 2:IQUISI---i office. SOLUS, who is believed tohave been deputy chief of SNB, and who was regarded as the prob-able successor to BESPALOV (MGB-4261/85O-803), is reported slatedfor return to Russia.

c. Room 3: Foreign Section. A Russian officer is pre- c,sent in this room during working hours; this supervisory duty is cA,shared alternately between KAPIZIN and ROSENSTEIN. The Germanpersonnel are: 1

NEBENZAHL (cf MGB4261/BSC-803)BUSCH (cf EGB-3508/BSC-755)GRONFAIN (cf MGB-42611BSO-803)GRIFSHAMMER (cf MGB-4261/BSC-803)LANGEFIEGLERFr BRIESE (cf MGB-3508/BBC-755)

d. Room 4: German secretaries: Frauleins BOLTER,HUTER, GLASSNER, HOCH.

e. Room 5: Russian Courier Service. Source was UL-able to furnish any details as to names or numbers of courier'.The couriers, according to source, are civilians. It is in ftisroom that the Yoseow pouch is prepared.

f. Room 6: Teletype room. Personral in this room are, German: Frauleins GLASSNER (not i/w GLASSNER in para 2d obey:),

PULSS, KAINIKE (cf BSC/Ops/116), WEIAND.

g. Room 7: Russian mimeograph room. Russian persunnel,names not obtainable by source.

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h. Room 8: German mimeograph room. German persoLnel:NOAK and Fr KLUGE (nee BORGWART).

3. Attachment "B" (Second Floor Plan):

a. Room 9: Russian secret communications. Containsa teletype (Fernschreiber), radio receiver, radio sender, tele-type (Hellschreiber), and an experimental machine about whichsource had no details. The key to this room is kept in the rosz•Vsession of ROSFITTECITELChief of Communications, during the lay,but is left—IK-t5TlitYpe room at night.

b. Room 10: Source did not know what was in this room.

c. Room 11: Russian typing pool; names or number ofpersonnel not known to source.

d. Room 12: Occupied by KAPITZIN or ROSEUSTEINnot on duty in the Foreign Section. (See para 2c above.)

e. Room 13: Office of MARMANTOV, chief of ForeigrSection (of MGB-4261/135C-803).

f. Room 14: This room, according to source, was untila few months ago a simple office containing a table, chair, sadcouch; it is now sealed and is opened every two or three months,for what purpose source does not know.

g. Room 15: Anteroom to the office of the chief ctSNB. Occupied by Zina DENISS OVA, Olga PETROVNA, and Fr APP2IT(the latter, a Russian, is married to a German).,

h. Room 16: Office of the chief of SNB, KOLTIPIF :cfMGB-4261/BSC-803).

4. Attachment "C" (Third Floor Plan):

a. Room I: Teletype (Hellschreiber) room. Oceupiy1by Ft LEIPOLD, Fri STOLZ, Fri ZABORSZKY, and others.

b. Room II: Radio receiver. Occupied by Herr un- TIP(husband of Ft LEIPOL) in preceding subparagraph), Herr BUSE,and others.

e. Room III: Described by source as communication,3secretariat. Fri ZABORSZKY (i/w Fri ZABORSZKY in pare 4a abeICand Fri ZAWELOVSKI.

d. Room IV: Radio news editorial offices.

e. Room V: Office of the chief of communications,ROSENSTECHER (cf MGB-4261/BSC-803).

f. Rooms Vi and VII: Writing rooms for such of th:editors as want to work away from their offices: Dr STIMER, STIN-INGER, Ft SAMSON, Fri WELL

g. Room VIII: Russian radio receiver. Personnel totknown to source.

h. Room IX: Teletype (Hellschreiber) message st2i isare pasted onto message forms.

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i. Room X: Toilet.

j. Room XI: Press telegraph.

k. Room XII: Stenographic pool.

5- Allaabacat.....22.2-112aesant.L122L-Plaill:a. Rooms A and B: Coal storage.

b. Room C: German paper storage.

c. Room D: Russian Paper storage.

d. Room E: Electric workshop.

e. F: Entrance.

f. Room G: Teletype (Fernschreiber) repair shop,SNB mechanic is Herr SCHADEWALD, assisted by Herr RETZLAFF florathe German Post & Telegraph.

g• Room H: Radio storage.

h. Room X: Toilet.

6. Attachment "Efl (SNB Compound): Source was not cert.ainwhether or not the entrance shown on this diagram is the onllentrance to the compound. It is known, however, one can allcenter through the Press Club.

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