MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRST GDS MECZ ARMY IN MEISSEN POST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008000630003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
Bohr)itzsch. The driver wore red-bordered black collar patches with artillery
insignia.5
REPORT
TOPIC Military Activities of the First Gds Mecz Army in Meissen Post.
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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
gg . Elements of the u/i R1 Regiment of the First Gde Yecz Army,
which had been transferred to Jueterbog 2 Jull- C955 in 2 shirments.
had apparently not returned to Meissen by 12 August.
PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
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1. Between 8 and 12 August 1955, approximately 6C % of the Zaschendorf Kaserne (1601)
in Meissen was occupied by approximately 600-800 soldiers wearing red-bordered
black epaulets with artillery insignia. At least 12 x M-13 rocket launchers
were seen, partly in the sheds in the north section of the ba~ss installation,
partly at the Bohnitzseh firing range.l
2. The southern part of the installation, which was occupied by a signal unit,
was quiet. The storage place looked untidy; the piles of masts had been
removed almost entirely. During the period under review a telephone line
.e laid between the Zaschendorf laserne and the switching central in the
Niedgrauerstrasse. The work was carried out by 1 officer and approximately
15 eoldiers wearing blue-bordered black epaulets with signal insignia.2
3. The occupation of the Bohnitzech Kaserne (1602) in Meissen varied considerably
between 8 and 12 August. In the north section of the installation approximately
20 % of the windows were lit on one day, on another approximately 500, and
on two days there was no light whatsoever. Everything was quiet; no activity
was observed.3 In the southern section of the installation, especially in
the headquarters building, between 30% and 80% of the windows were lit.
A number of masts which-had been set up around a truck in the south and
of the installation had been removed.4 A truck 25X1
las observed moving from Zaschendorf in the direction of 25X1
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n . According to available information, on 27 July approximately
00 telephone poles were still seen in the storage place. Presumably they
have been used up for enlarging the signal lommunications in the meantime.
CLASSIFICATION
East Germany
PLACE OBTAINED
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Comment. After early May,, only rear details of the 45th Gds Tank Regt 25X1
of the 11th Gds Tank Div.werg seen in the installation. The regiment has
presumably been at the Koenigsbrueck training grounds since early May.
On 3 August, a tank firing detail, presu}rlably of the 45th Gds Tank Re t
was entrained in Priestewitz for Halge sleben. 25X1
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4. (Comment, Elements of the 1018th AAA Regt of the 11th Gds Tank
Div.stationed in the southern section of the Bohnitzsch Kaserne were
transferred to the Wustrow AAA firing range on 22 July in 2 shipments.
(Commen. According to the insignia of the driver and the direction
in which the truck proceeded, it is believed that this truck belongs to
the u/i RI, Regt of the First Gds Meoz Army.
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