MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN BRANDENBURG NEURUPPIN NEUSTRELITZ AND NEUBRANDENBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007800310010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 28, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
East Germany
COUNTRY REPORT
Military Activities in Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Neustrelitz
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and Neubrandenburg
EVALUATION PLACE OBTAINED)
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED_ DATE PREPARED,
REFERENCES
PAGES 2 OSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
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1. At 0330 on 7 July 1955, a column with 4 two-load 203-mm howitzers,
10-tractors with T-34 chassis,and 10 trucks entered the Gentral-
feldzeugmeister Kaserne (2001) in Brandenburg from the direction of
the Brandenburg-Altstadt railroad station. On 8 and 9 July, guns
and vehicles were cleaned in the installation. Twenty large tarpaulins
were spread out for drying in the barracks yard on both days.;;.*..
2. On 4 July. 85-mm and 37-mm AA guns and trucks were assembled in the
Friedrich-Franz Kaserne (2201) in Neuruppin. At 1930, 4 trucks towing
37-mm AA guns left the installation for the railroad station. At 2300, 25X1
6 x 85-mm and 9 x 37 mm AA guns and trucks were seen on a train at
the Neuruppin freight station. Two trucks with 2 x 37-am AA guns
were seen in front of the loading ramp ready for entraining. In the
evening on 5 July. the quarters of the AAA unit in the Friedrich-
Franz Kaserne were dark. 2
3. On 8 July, the unit from the Alte Grenadier Kaserne (2225) in
Neustrelitz had returned. The installation was occupied by an
estimated 300 soldiers. Prior to 7 July, the restricted area on
Gerhart Hauptmannstrasse in Neustrelitz was only lightly occupied,
while the officer billets were fully lighted. After 8 July, the
installation was again occupied to capacity by about 500 soldiers
wearing red-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia. The quarters
were fully lit. Between 6 and 8 July. the Neue Infanterie Kaserne
(2221) in Neustrelitz was occupied by some 250 soldiers wearing red-
bordered black epaulets. On 8 July. the Schlossgarten restricted area
(2227) in Neustrelitz appeared to be konly lightly occupied. 3
It was learned, that 12 JS-1 or JS-2 tanks were unloaded at the
Neubrandenburg freight station on 1 une. Numerous fresh imprints of
tank tracks led to the Panzer Kaserne 2181) in Neubrandenburg. On 4
27 June, 6 JS-1 or JS-2 tanks were unloaded and left for the installation.
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Comment Units of the 124th Hv How Arty Brig which
had been stationed in Altengrabow, returned
their installation. The loading of these units in Brandenburg on
27 June had been reported
LComment. Units of the 75th AAA Regt of the 12th Gds Tank
Gds Mecz Div had transferred there at the same time.
Div were loaed, possibly for Altengrabow. ALA units of the
.Comment. The information indicates that the artillery units
of the 9th Gds Tank Div which had been
absent after 1 July, returned to Neustrelitz, presumably from the
Speck-Granzin training area, prior to 8 July.
apparently loaded in Neustrelitz. The train may have carried elements
of the 121st (?) AAA Regt of the division from the Schlossgarten
restricted area, which presumably also went to Altengrabow. See
-]Comment 2.
According to other reports, a shipment with medium guns was
~Cozament. Tank details of the u/i Gds Hv Tank SP Regt of the
9th Gds Tank Div which had possibly been stationed at Speck-Granzin
for firing practices are quite definitely believed to have returned.
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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
Z 1 Austria
COUNTRY TOPIC .Parndorf Airfield
EVALUATION - LACE OBTAINED
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DATE OF CONTENT
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DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED
REFERENCES
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i. Bcteen CSCO and 1500, 28 =G-15s .ra.rc counted at Farndorf airfield.
her; was a 5/T0 overcast at an altitude of' about 2,000 meters, northwesterly
wind of about 5 km/h, good visibility over the field, the Leitha hts were
Ilea,zy. No air activity observed.
.1 -bout 20 uexi wereeup o , 2 "To k at the taxiway.
."_. A! -;lac emplacement i with lix canvas-covered Al. guns.
The 0llo7ing rotor veilj4 1 tinier the ' lean-to " roofs:
21 trucks 25X1
ran-like truc k
6 tank truck?
1 111 osccvicn-type van- i _c ~ruc r.
One M-15 t i-Lhout till, 2 "van-like" crate s, PX f. grey crates were seen
na ar the repair hangar.
The foliowin3 ;motor vehicles were' neon moving from and to the airf e.d:
Van-like truck I with driver wearing blacknboraered blue
r .o et
Jeep
with driver rearin black-bordered red epaulets
Trueke I With driver wearing
red-bordered black epaulets
2. The former Agricultural School at Bruck/Leitha was guarded by sentries
wearing black-bordered blue epaulets. Two majors wearin`, blue-bordered blue
epaulets crd one major rearing red-bordered black epaulets and jeeps L] 25X1
epaulets ,,:e re observed,.
with drivers vrearirg black-borderea blue 25X1
cmment. Parndorf airfield is etill occupied by a Soviet fighter 25X1
r?egimer t. -
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