MILITARY INFORMATION FROM SCHWERINA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001700530007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC,. Military Information from Schwerin
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EVALUATION 25X1,PLACE OBTAINED ?
DATE OF CONTENT 12 April to 8 Marc 195.
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Between 12 April and 8 I4ny 1953,, the TMoltke Icaserne in Schwerin was o :cupied to 25X1
capacity by 1,500 to 2,000 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulet:3, including
some with tank insignia. T-43 tank l entered the installation on 13 April T-43
tanks on 14 April,, and T.-43 tanks
left the installation on 15 April.
2 a Prior to 8 1 , the Krueger Kaserne was occupied to capacity by an estimated 1,200
to 2,000 troops who wore red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia. Trucks
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in front of the barracks gate.,
3. Until 8 May, the Fritsch Kaserne was occupied to capacity, by an undetermined number
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of troops,, About 50 percent of the soldiers observed wore red-bordered black
epaulets, about 40 percent black.-bordered crimson epa;l.ets, and about 10 percent
blue-bordered black epaulet From 70 to 100 soldiers.with suitcases assembled in the
barracks yard on 24 Aprilo hey were addressed by an officer. Seven tracks were seen
nearby,, Motor vehicles identified in traffic
At about 6 p.m. on 21 Aprils 40 to 50 officers
with suitcases wore about to be en rained at the Schwerin railroad station. At 10:30
a.m. on 7 May.' a convoy of 7 trucks carrying coops with luggage
Between 28 April and S Nays the Adolf Hitler Kaserne in Schwerin was occupied to
capacity. The windows were about 95 percent lighted at dusk. On 28 April, 34 officers
and 270 soldiers wearing black-bordered crimson epaulets and carrying 15 light
mortars and IS heavy machine guns marched out of the installation0.At 12,030 pnm
on 30 Apri].Q 60 soldiers with black-bordered crimson epaulets drilled.th carbines
and S officers and 40 EK wearing red-bordered black epaulets practiced aiming with
4 x 37 Hoax AA guns. At 5:30 p.m. on 4 May, 300 troops wearing black-bordered crimson
epaulets fell in in the barracks yard. Three officers and 80 124 with gasoline cans
came running from the Buchholseraald (forest) to the barracks installation. At 6:30
p.m. on 6 May, 6 x 57_mm AT guns were pushed from the barracks yard into the gun
shed by groups of 8 soldiers each.
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equipped with 122-mm guns as, among other units, the 136th Gun arty itegt is
carried as belonging to the brigade 0 The equipment of the brigade would then
be entirely unusual,, especially, this observation would be the first of its
kind after a large number of sources have supplied periodical information from
this post over a period of several years. Although the existence of 1.22 Y
guns is not entirely impossiblee,, the observations indicating 210--ffim guns are
definitely not credible,, as this type of gun has not yet been seen in East
Germany and as even the 34th Arty Div (z S) of the GOFG has no such gun equipment,
The unit in the Pliegerhorst reported by source to have worn black-bordered red
epaulets does not fit into the picture of the occupation of the Fliegerhorst
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Rifle Corps in Schwerin, which was previously confirmed until 11 January 19530
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in Schwerin. Gds o one Verba. (fnu),, the regimental connandera, hUs previously
been carried as lieutenant colonel o
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I Guardhouse
2 Damaged barracks buildingsa except for the heating installation in the
basement
3a Kitchen.
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14. )Four-story barracks buildings, occupied by troops with
5 )red-bordered black epaulets
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7 Motor vehicle gara..ges
8 Billets for officers with red bordered black epaulets
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10 Headquarters building with a high.-echelon headquarters
] 1 )Gina sheds
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13 Dispensary and administrative build.ii3gs
14 Gun shed
15 Kitchen and quarters with troops wearing black-bordered red epaulets
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17 )Barracks buildings quartering troops with black bordered red epaulets
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20 igineer bridge-building equipment,, except for pontooneg piled ups in the
billeting area.
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