MILITARY INFORMATION FROM POTSDAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600700005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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l :rtz toward tlal i along rnurldaen ;3trasse. At about 11 u,rn, an Jaanuar , 1.5 did
aiming practice with two 112-ax ,. r.;un howw_-tzt:rs in the area nor$ :twos-'; of x,trindsen
Strasse.
IC January, the Kav aiierie 'Dude at K a nprl.:t. t,z was oc e o_;_ed bar ?``)E? 3 to ?,000
ur' Fnrts rca.rirg red-bordex?ed b:laclE ezaulets with tan k .:rtil exr_s, s c5; .1 and rxo o
transport insignia. On 4 January, about 40, tI were engaged in 'tt ue cari truction.
at tunnels and entr nchi ng wcrl,. '.n the 41uilenwiacel 1 he tmlurl 13 t.rere ducr.
into the slope of the hills arid by wooden A s? r>~A h gel as:rmor?F
Nil: 1:ary Information from Potsdam
the installation; There was no other act: v1t~y.
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On and after 3 January 1954, the Un-:,erof'fizi er Schczl. s in ` Y i, . a7r2 z2a:,, ocw ztied by
dc?xut 250 troops wearir red -bor , r~:ti black cp .u:l.ets . a with Y -1:.?ry and
rMtor transport insignia. Cn 31 December 1953 u o it 4i.l "a i kith i Z 1 ix S ontered
2. On 8 Jama.ry, the Polizei 1',.ase:;-^nte occuried hy about 40C oor a4,it `r~.a..: ?4~voz ?~-:x
cd crimson e3 uletss. On 4 janoar I12 J entered t e TF.:C?a t ^uc _s
were parked In the' barracks :yard. O 8 anuary, the Adolf Hit3 r K. Esc, ne vas ocezz ied f ' a aout ..Cr zrttrx 3s wearing
?'~c -ho:~ d ;red black epaulets. :~cs~:~ w tlh t..nk at, rotor :a ~ 4
' t`,~sc;c3r;t i.n_? .~~.gr .a,ern 4
January, troops observed in? the bill etin{ area i.nciudc?ti about 4C EM a gaged in
.au raer drill about 1 ', '114 rece' wing. ins tr iwction on two = rucIrs , ,rd about 10 ZIM
a .n; field cables. Dri:vixt;, sch of ~f t h abrut 25 trucks was see%! af; Bo ru to dth r
Feld. On '5 s a.=kuary, P--34 8' a nk^7
~eft the n t tiI.i , Cat toward
C''n 8 Ja-nary, the Krieg schu1e was oct upi by about 6cc t7roo -. we:sri ig red-bordered
black epaulets, son e with artillery insi ;nia.. between 4 and ,"'January. /,o to ;
peac`uiced close-order drill. in the hil_lotirt c-rev_; and 6.0 to 150 EM wary enaa-ed _ n
? traininjy At c ?dte Feld.
5. On 8 Jaim arv, no activity gar seem at the barrack in t n Ia sR.c=: Wil c r; .rk West. 25X1
6. At about 12:20 ? 1o on ` January,, Seven prime movers
towed a 152:...si3Pnn gun howitzer E;a4"i ,1 ! 3.?C?C'. ~ tred4
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field run s were n niaced dear the ri1"c ;I;I^.t Z ~ gross i.ieni fr e a'4Iad . - OL.r pp-1111e
hovers, were parked near the ex-,:pl_a: ement.
Tree; other Y~'-rxfiri e: 'stns were seen in the Li: ehel.. 'e;nn area with prime, uio` orS>
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oersonne,l carrier drove into one of the tunnela. A prune mover tow in.; a .c52?-{t?C:i
field gun left the !ulienvwin el area toward i.rannpnitz. between 2 paan, and
''s.:30 p.m., 800 to 1,000 troops were engaged in a field exercise in the 11,ullen--
wilakel area. group of 14 J.-?~Sjy~`'t5`,i tanks with mounted infantr'y advanev toYVax
=enemy field fortifications a ', TTank u. ; :fir'e was responded. by aataehi t:c gun and X l'
fire from the eiemy positions ~ At a distance of about 3300 meters, the infantry
dismounted and advanced toward the field fortifications. The field ez-er?ciz:.c_
extended over the, entire iullenwin:Yke1 area 1, to 2 kilor=aeter?s south of the road
from rer'ampnitz to Gross UiienicKe. Four trucks towing a 57?-tiro. t '! gun each were
handing near this road. can d J