WAR IN AND AROUND EAST BERLIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002500700001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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On 14 August 1953, the former billets of the VP Air Force in Berlin-
Johann .stha:u were occupied by a new K VI, unit of about f?t) men and 20 to 5
offlcers,. The latter included two lieutenant colonels wearing black and/or
red collar patches. aud. two maior8 -wearing r6ld and/or green collar pdtchesI
2., On 17 August '.953;, Herr`'Koenig, chief of. tine rdr:inistra.-
tive c1ep rtnent of the R ilway :in stry, had only riven his consent to the50X1-HUM
occuration of the i?anquet ha;.). at 311. Voss Strasse by 200 KVP, although the
:VP had ,ninted several rooms in this tui1dingOn 3? tugust, the hall was still
moccup .Ed, he billets were scheduled to :.e partitioned from the offices
of the J'aiiwa r Ministry,, 50X1
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3 Fr w' 8 to 17 l,ugusty the KVP billets on Kupfergraben near
u* ed to ca
thu Friedrich Strasse station of t Ge city
cit~fq ti, MPs wearin pink service color,
4. 2`:oto! r at the hVi' billets at Y+Ja erviehhof. included
truck s
Fro-,. 114 to 17 August -1953, the KVP tent camp in the 'southern section of the
Schlossperk at Friedrichsfelde was occupied to capacity, About 50 large tents
were seen there. ffotor vehicles observed at the installation included trucks
sedan 0 ca.r`rying
Soviets; and sedan cerrying Soviet officers, 50X1-HUM
6., On i8 August 195.3, I the KVP camp at Koenigsheide
had been enlarged a1,out three fold, Since the whole area was closely guarded
and trees obstructed the viewnno details were identified. About ten trucks
were observed in the camp 'area,, 50X1-HUM
CLASSIFICATION SRCRFT
Shtemnier -1953
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of the VP wearing red service col.oro
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Or. 19 August 1953, the }MVP centonrient east of the Stadtpark at lies-
dorf seeped to quarter a higher headquarters or a su}9'13 .po:.nt~
Heavy rotcr traffic was observed at the entrance to the instal3l.atiofl
otor vehicles identified included s . ~?;it! s. four osf .cer ;50X1-HUM
wearing red service col r with 20 r::en wearing red
service color-, trucks whicl_ were
driven by soldiers :wearing blue uniforms; and seen with
one Soviet officer wearing red-t ordered birch eraulets and four of: icers
z On the s .nme ;lay, there was no change in the status
of the KITE camp in the Sc osspar k, a. Friedirich sfeldc" The about 300
tents quartered shout 3'000 infantrymen, At least 50 trucks were parked
in the southern portion of the park., Motor vehicle Didenti.f'ied50X1-HUM
included sedan which was driver. bT- a soldier wearing green
service color, and, trucks the latter of which
carried Soviet soldiers wearing black-bordered red epaulets_ 50X1-HUM
9, in the afternoon o' 25 August 1953, the 1'a. gerviehhof was heavily ?;" rd50X1-HUM
'oy KVPs, Each of the four watchtowers was occupied by two "Men armed
with sutm~achirie gins. luring the tire of observations, deep
in which four officers ,?.ere ridings and three trucks; each of w"~ is
carried about 20' men, entered the cenapo The trucks had side boards
On the sane day,
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heav=y motor traffic involving Soviet and
VP rotor vehicles on Stalin Al ee near ' L' htenl?.ber railroad station.
The VP rotor vehicles included trucks
wh.ieh travelled in the direction o e ri pram a ris a .en
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l1; On 19 August 2053, the previous VP camps in the area of
the r.;rivate garden allotment s, e.'ou 150 meters west of the city-rails-7-y
underpass, on fleldekarr:psweg and on Kief?hclz Strasse, about 100 meters50X1-HUM
northwest of Darlmyeg, had teal torn clown and vacated, while the. outguand
on K1.enolz Stra.sse, about 100 meters northwest of 1-uder Strasse, had been
enlarged and included ten 10-rnan tents and one medical tento
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l2., On 25 August 1953 a ',out :300 tents and 2?500 per
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sonnet at the carp in the Schlosspark F riedrichsfelde 0 rotor vehicle
parked at the entrance south of the Pichel2i f settlement included truck
vehicle proceed in from the camp toward Pie sdorf in-
cluded carrier
Las az so seen, . b tor ve tleJ es proce . rg from the dir&ctior;
500 men ?any KVPs were seen entering and leaving the camp. Truck
was identified at the installation,,.
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In the evening hours of 25 `ugust 2.9539 the personnel
stationed at the cantonment east of the i esdorf Stadtrark a-c 1F,O00 to
1.>.~. On 27 August 1053, the :MVP outguard which had been 50X1-HUM
previously observed on }:e . e_>ampsweg near 'M~ ohlgeruuth Strasser, had been
vacated. On 18 August 1953,. this V ,_~ was r .nned Icy about 50 men0
who wore red service color, had allegedly Leen assembled frog various
camps on the sector border and wore schodr5led to be discharged by late
August.
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l5,, Fr on 18 to 27 fugust l953________________ y the Alexaudrins n 50X1-HUM
Kaserne was occupied by about .600 men, including KVI s
wearing red service color and the golden letter K on their epau-50X1-HUM
lets, general Volkspolizel and a traffic control unit. The
troops were sem receiving individual trainin . Voter vehicle
nl-g erved at the installation included vehicle
.observed at the installation included vehicle
tered about 350 KVPs, who wore red service color l.otor vehicles
During the tine of observatIonfl the Friedrich earl Kaserne quarr50X1-HUM
From 24 to 27 August 1953,I the Schlosspark at
M3iedrichsfelde was occupied by about 2,000, KVPs wearing red ser-
vice color, The men were seen receiving training at sauad love
Vnfnr vinbir-1pq included vehicle
Ljzn~nentm See previous reports on the con itrent of KVP a i' .s
in 1 st Perlin,, It appears that there was no r-hanize in the strength
Ferlin
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