MILITARY INFORMATION FROM POTSDAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003700160002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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i OPIC 1litary Information from, Potsdam
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I On 20 January- 1954 the Polize3. 1caserne, Potsdam was- occup1 A. ,bout
50 troops. Petween 19 ' , y
%VaP6100r.To insignia, 0n 23 .Tanuary, `about 60 troops,,received ;sig. raining
2., On. 20 January, the Adolf Id1 tler? ': aserne was occupied by about l,CC'O troops
weara:ig red-bordered black epaule s including some _with tan), ..ai O motor
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3. On 20 January, the riegs chule vas occupied b)r troops `wear G.rsg red,-bordered .
blac.. epaulets, including `.;,ome with arti3.lery and motor tra.r i or L insjgnla e
Sburce eras not able to doL*p ;ine the strength of the -troops, ' .ati. ned there.
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neon; a u Dope: un cis a tae uc s, On 20 January, sbctat 65. trucks,
including some which had already been unloaded, were observed in che'ba ticks
yard.: 'At about noon, 50 troops continued to unload the trucks., Ah)ut 30 of
these trucks towed r:ort ? s_.
the "rarracks yard. Other-trucks. also carr in billetinu e ui ,t
On 1S January, about 25 tucks carrying billeting equipment ;ours seen in
woe ..Between 9 a. .and 10 on 19 January, a column of 45 prime mo~Pers,
i~no lyding about 35 tpwing sac proe gun liowiteer and the others-to ping
tral era, each occupied 'ii about 25 trod'ps, pkse 'd through Fc ~sdasi, co~r nd
from the direction, of Amuftvsen Str sse and c5ceedi toward Saar4nth a
'aulbeer Allee and Rehbr k-
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The column was directed through the town by traffic control posits. vhich were
5. On 12 January, the south section of the Leibgarde flusaren Kaserne was occupied
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6 ~ On 12 1.anuary, the NCO school was occupied by about 200 troops wearing red--
bor der:d black epaulets,
7,, On 12 anuary, the Polizel Kaserne was occupied by about 350 to 4CC0 troops
we-zing black-bordered crimson eDaulete and redo-bordered black :amulets.
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S. On 18 y~_anuary, the Kavallerie Schule in Kai pnitz was occupied )y about
6,000 #;o 7,CO0 troops wearing rem-bordered black epaulets with ank,' artillery,
signal and nr!otor transport insignia.; and., a few, blue-bordered )lack epaulets.
On 1.1 January, 3 T-34/35 tanks and 6C troops were seen in the; allenwinkel
?::was i:; uoke were observed at driving .cfaoo3 practice In the Giebelfenu
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On 13 Janua y,, about 120 1aroops, equlrped with axes, saws, shovel.-.
a..r spt:-. es, left the rnstaliation toward, ;eatnd 6 T-34/85 ranks h ,td taken
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'oar 152? guns and about 25 tl ooF were seen In the , .. a east of
lr ,.:see ;1.egbundberg. About 12 troops ccin& ,aructed a telephone I no frorr there
t '3'a d n~Lrarapr=it m-west. On 15 Jana y, 2 T-::34/85 tanks were seed in the Bullen-
wirkel area, as well at, about 150 troops e:igaged in entrenching work, while
a P-toiu n of 13 trucks, each towing a 16C sr. z mortar 9 drove up i front of the
arse. m lnion de rot. The trucks carried ai tL7A,'ion, in addition to billeting
ec tia; r. n , ,, The mortars were being detached in front of the dero'; and the ? trucks
svliseauentl entered the instail~tion
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On 1E Januarys
a 'era rol :?~uged period of Inter: -up-)tion. that
th- quo !.rters in the west section of Kavallerie a cI ule were ed as previousl,,,,.k
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On 12 Jat`uar~y, the Adolf Hitler Kaserne was occupied by about 2,OO0 troops
we:xing red-bordered black epaulets with artillarv and tank n . n.ac
Between and 12 Januar only individual trucks,
engaged in driv1n school practice.
10 w On 1.2 January, the Delius Kaserne was occup.l ed bya total of about 1#500 to
2,000 troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insign."Lai
did not observe any training, a.ctivity .
1.1Y On 12 January, the Soviets-occupied section of the Leibgarde Husaren Kaoesne
wa. occupied by about 300 to 400 troops wearing black-bordered rirnson
epaulets? 1
report and the black-borde paulets observed, the occupation of the
Fol.? zei Kaserne may include MVD units w
120 On 22 January, the Kavallerie Schule in Kr?ampnitz was occupied 1,y about 1.O,000
to 12,000 troops wearing red-bordered black e aulets including some wtkp tank
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in driving practice in the training area n.or o, a ns a a -:on un lei
January, armored a sa.nnel caNr ? was seen in the same t rea e On 7
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January , trucks
loaded wwith ration supplies passed through Fa r land, coning from thiad-Lr_"_tlon
of the :atzkorn railroad station and proceeding , toward . Krampnit! r On 19 January,
10 tanks proceeded toted Marquard, coming from the direction o Kaval a ie
Schule: at about 9:30 a "VI., they were followed by 10 T-34/85 to kc including
and truck t . On the same day, about, 200
were seen r: . ng in the east section ref the installation. On "52 Ja
to .rd Xartzota. At _ about 7 p.m,,,, trucks
T-34,185 tanks and ,off ."
of he installations mentioned
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According to motor vehic?ie =nentioned in paragrap a r. e g e 3e
=C D went. The observation confirms J,:i 'ormation
ac t ? .. u o c ne Gds o Refit' c f the 14th Gds Tank Div moved
irlo ?iegsschule.
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Accord1 r F to this information, the Kavallerie `' chule in Kr .pni i; s
The unidentified ak ,ii. er Y regiment o f: s
Tai-,.'.K D: { is confirmed in the install.atio n weapons observeds, he mortars
me:3'ior'.: kL in paragraph 8 are fairly definitely believed to belong to the 299th
Gds. Mort R.egt of the division iich, after its transfer from. Dxandenbusrg to
the Kri, r;schule in l tsdax ,, probably turw-:d in ammunition at tc ammu-iithn
De?:xxt u1 the division.
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