GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300070001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC General Military Information
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2IXIDATE OBTAINED
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DATE PREPARED 14 May 1954
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1. On 6 and 19 April 1
atout 6:30 p.m. the same da rr 61 trucks, towinZ 3 x
guns, came from forest section No 17, where about ]_80 soldiers
from 2 field kitchens. At about noon on 19 April, 19 tents, 15 0 y.
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76.2-mm field guns and about 250 soldiers were t section
No 43. From,
12:30 . _., aspracticed sou o orest
.P*11L. UP UU '.7 section No 45. At about 3:30 p.rm., about 30 trucks, 1 radio truck, 11 guns
including 4 x76.2-mm field guns, 4 x 57-mm AT guns, 2 o r 2-
g d 1 x 85-mm AT un,.were seen in forest section No 42.
e unl spar a toward eue ue a in the afternoon on 20 April.1
2. No entraining or detraining operations were observed at Forst Zinna railroad
station during the period of observation.
3.
displaced in forest section No 17. At about i p.m. ra o truck and
3 T-34/F5 tanks arrived at the training grounds from the direction of
At about noon on b Apry--,2-mm, _wero,
Adolf Hitler Camp. Tank and.artillary firing was subsequently heard from
the direction of Mehladorf.
Between 20 and 23 April, n Camp Forst Tauer at
Lieberose troop training grounds, about 120,000 DM st had been allotted
for reconditioning work at 12 kitchen buildings,, 3 ildings of the generals
quarters, bathing insta or the laying of 4.6 km of water pipe
Wan r-,
lines and ?.3 km of ig 23 April, Gar.p Forst Tauer quartered - 11 about 350 to 400 troops 0 Tie r bordered black epaulets including some
with tank, or artillery gn e .nd by engineer troops who maintained a saw
mill. Most of the troops engaged in reconditioning work. The camp was scheduled
for occupation in late April or early May. No heavy weapons were observed.
Between 6 and 16 April, Neues Lager (1523) at Koenigshrueck troop training
grounds quartered about 3,000 to 3,500 troops who wore red-bordered black
e~v`o~r~roo*6~~ict~P~~~4~0~00~ opal
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Kershakov (fnu) retur
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`` 1 Apr'il encd in
was heard from the troo'p_train' ': g E.
On 15 April, the Kaserne Weixdorf (Luftkriegsschule) quartered about 300
troops who wore black-bordered crimson epaulets and about 150 to 180
troops who wore black-bordered glue epaulets.
On 2O , pril, Xindel troop training round ~' 01 o civilian traffic.
kinde1 cantonrnen was ony T1ght1r occup .ng activity vra s
noticed..Sporadie ertiller firing was heard a noon every second or third
day. On 20 April, trucks
drove to Sophien , carrying 45 soldiers wearing red - or ere
arrived at Eisenach.
aculets with artillery insignia. Prior to 20 April, no shipments had
7. Prior to 2
to resider
ago. On 21
611 e we
games 'All T6
equipment was brought to the station by truck
occu 1ea4 bar less troops than
At about f', p.m. on 21 April, a unit from the f u' ertus Kaserne (8 62) in
Naumburg was loaded end dispatched at Naunbuig railroad station: It
included 4 x p5-mm AT guns, 4 x 76.2-mm field guns, about 20 trucks,
4 sedans and 1 field kitchen. On 26 April, a unit from the Bluecher Kaserne
(6381) we's loaded onto 25 boxcars at Neuenburg Ostbahnhof. The billeting
9. At 7 a.m . on 27 April, 24 T-34/85 tanks, several armored personnel carriers
and trucks were entrained at Wittenberg railroad station.
1. I Iartillery units of the
s Wank Div conducted rng at ue er og. The same units
returned to Krampnitz by road on 20 April.
3.
ar a rfiel,d, small elements of the 57th z i e Div were at Kindel
e ,motor vehicle] belong to the 9th Mech Div. Th s? ndicates
ve j& B To -LT n6 `erre to ;amp Yoram Tauer .
troop training grounds. ,e units of the 655th How l
Regt and, presumably, an advance party of e Wk Gds Mtz F[ifle Rrgt entrained
in Naunnburg possibly went to Kindel.
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