RUSSIAN ARMY MANEUVERS IN THE GERA AREA
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April 13, 2000
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Publication Date:
July 18, 1947
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
II' TELLIGENCE REPORT
.;tTRY Gera & y (Russian Zone)
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`FIJI tE 1 Ruaei an Army Hanoi. es rs i at the
Gera Area
ORIGIN
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2. At 1630 hours on 9 A sril a motorized field artillery unit passed through Gera
f`o11o d by engi a ers with bridging .teria1 rd 14-16 ls.. c ,4 Massy
dispateh riders were also on the red,.
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INFO
DIS I" U July 19.7
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Since 9 April 1947 maneuvers Faith mixed units have been taking place in the
area of Gera and along the road fro` Gera to Hof. Enuring the night of 8-9
Axseil the following vehicles passed through Gera in the direction of Hof:
Six roeoa i.seance oars in open formation (alternately on E,he right
a .left-hand side of the read;
One regiment of motorized infantry with eight anti-tank guns in between
each battalion;
Ono AA unit;
Field artillery whose pasoage took tors irrates, traveling slowly;
A bridging unit, 34-16 an bl la eo and a tea otoreyol as o
The bridging unit in paragraph. I built a brill, r during the night of 10 April
at a point some 6 Im . to the aarth of Grain 4, ' ur?ther Soviet units coming
iron the direction of Zwickau and Che nitz passed over this bridge.
`.i'he nanaus'er area is within the region enolo?sed by Gore., Schlesiz, Plauan,
ad Greia.,
Document No. 661
NO CHANGE in Class. Q
F1 DECLASSIFIED
Class. CIIAN:" =D TO: TS
DDA Momo, 4 Apr 77
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Auth: DDA REG. 77/1763
Date: 12 Art ia7& ,By: __
This document contains information
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United. States within the meaning of
the Espionage Act 5C, U.S,C. 31 and
32 as amended. Its transmission or
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