MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE DESSAU-AKEN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001700030007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT
TOPIC.,,~ Militarv Info s.tion from the De sau-Akers rArea
EVALUATION
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1 June 1953
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Dur.'.ng the night of 20 April 1953, 25 boxcars occupied by officers
and EM; and 20 flatcars with sideracka carrying bide-buil-din
oc u: ament and an undetermined number of t s,
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were unloaded at the
. en railroad station. about a. m. on 2 April, 12 boxcars, occupied
by about 200 of "icers and EM; and 23 flatcars- with sideracks carrying
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4 T.,.34/85 tanks.; pontoons, iron girders and
tacks,
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abo'at 140 troops and 14 flatcars with sidera.cks carrying ontoons,
bridge.-building equipment and trucks
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unloaded.
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2. Between 28 April. and 12 May, only sentries, who wore red -bordered black
epaai1ets with to rk insignia, were observed at the Pionida Kaserne in
Rosslau. Although the bulk of the troops had left, training activities
observed were rather intensive. Four T.. 4/85 tanks were seen at driving
practice. On 12 May., about 180 troops awned with carbines and submachine
:runs marched to the Luke firing range. Two SU-1OO guns were seen leaving,
and truck ccupied by about 45 troops; was seen entering, the
installation.
3. On 28 April,, tracks
sire seen en route toward Kochstedt.
abridge construction of steol sections, .>.. from e
autobahn. A large area was restricted.
At 1 ga. in, on 9 May, T--34 tanks were entrained at the 25X1
L.sau railroad station. On 9 y, Camp Gross Kuehnau was occupied only
by a rear details 5 The barracks installation in. Kochstedt, some time ago,
hat. been occupied by Russians,-
5. The shipping of trucks, boards, pit props, sand etc. to the Aker engineer
trE.1ning site continued until 12 May. On 14 Mays, at about 5 p.m., 2 large
conveyur..aho7 t power shovels rand "a Ins-aa v;i-n_.1.iko truck., 12 meters long and
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drawing a scarifier, were seen en route from Dessau to the engineer
training site. No hanges were
discernible in the ssau military post prior to may.-
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he engineer battalion. of the Eighth
s Army and the engineer :a . lens of the two rifle corps of the
arm arrived at theirs r training grounds, known fromm 1952. 25X1
The entraining o
e emen s o e army engineer battalion from the Luetzendorf Kaserne
in Weirmar on 23 April was confirmed
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2e I acmmont , It is fairly definitely believed that the unidentified
tank training battalion of the 7th Gds Tank Div, in addition to major
rear details o f a.l.l units, remained in the barracks installation in
Rossl au.
_.e The recent occupation of the barracks ins `all.ation in
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and. V a rg,
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Camp 1moss Kuehnau on _16 April, is fairly definitely 'dieved to I:'(- at
Letzl.ing Heath, along with the bulk of the division,
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KochEtedt by the 62d MA Div (Us) is conf:.rimed
4~ C m~nc;nt. the bridge const ruction
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